United Nations Development Programme
Experience: 5 to 10 Years
Skill Required: Project and Program Management
Apply By: 10-09-2022
UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.
Aligned with the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,UN Women is currently implementing a programme called Second Chance Education and Vocational Learning (SCE), which is aimed at empowerment of the most marginalized women who, owing to poverty and gender-based discrimination, have been denied access to opportunities at an early age.
The programme undertakes a holistic approach to empowerment using the pathways of learning, employment and entrepreneurship. The SCE programme enables and offers women opportunities to (1) re-enter into formal education, (2) undertake vocational education (3) receive entrepreneurship training and skills (4) potential employment. SCE offers a comprehensive solution by adopting a holistic approach, leveraging partnerships at all levels, using innovative pedagogies and finance to achieve its objective.
During the course of implementation of the SCE programme, experiences of women and girls has highlighted that finding job opportunities were restricted due to the lack of degrees and/or diplomas from higher education/training institutes, lack of employable skills (domain and transferable skills) and lack of entrepreneurship opportunities.
To respond to this challenge UN Women is implementing the Link Women project to create a cadre of skilled women, who have completed their higher education and are ready to gainfully participate in the digital economy. This project will be implemented for a duration of fifteen months – July 2022 to October 2023 in the Greater Metropolitan Region and Pune region in Maharashtra. By the end of the project duration, approximately 2000 women and girls will have completed their higher/technical/vocational education to attain a degree/diploma along with attaining employable skills for gainful employment, and increased connectivity on e-platforms such as LinkedIn. Further, about 3000 girls and their parents will be sensitized on gender equality and women empowerment.
Reporting to Project Analyst, Second Chance Education, the Project Coordinator contributes to the effective management of Link Women by providing substantive inputs to project design, formulation, implementation and evaluation. S/he facilitates the delivery of the project by monitoring results achieved during implementation and ensuring appropriate application of systems and procedures and develops enhancements if necessary. She/he works in close collaboration with the programme and operations team, UN Women HQ staff, Government officials, multi and bi-lateral donors and civil society ensuring successful implementation of the project. Along with this, the Project Coordinator will provide oversight to other UN Women SCE projects in Maharashtra.
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Contribute technically to the development of project strategies:
Provide substantive technical support to the implementation and management of the Project:
Provide technical inputs to the monitoring and reporting of the programme/ project:
Provide substantive technical inputs to the management of people and finances of the project:
Provide substantive inputs to building partnerships and resource mobilization strategies:
Provide administrative support to the project:
Provide substantive inputs to advocacy, knowledge building and communication efforts:
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Source: https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=108779