The Regional Strategic Planning Specialist works closely with the Regional Coordination Specialist, the Regional Monitoring & Reporting Specialist/Focal Point and the Regional Operation Manager, as well as the rest of RO colleagues and CO colleagues in the region. They also coordinate with other Regional Strategic Planning Specialists in other ROs to facilitate cross-regional learning and peer-to-peer support mechanism. In carrying out the functions, they coordinate and collaborate closely with relevant HQ Divisions and units, including the Strategy, Planning, Resources and Effectiveness Division (SPRED) and the Policy, Programme and Inter-Governmental Division (PPID), in order to ensure the implementation of corporate policy, procedures, guidance and systems associated with the strategic planning and results management in their respective region.
Duties And Responsibilities
Provide strategic planning and RBM-related guidance and technical support to the UN Country Teams (UNCTs) and UN Women COs in the region for the development of UNSDCFs through the inter-agency regional mechanism, such as Peer Support Group (PSG), in close collaboration with Regional Coordination Specialist:
- Substantively support and contribute to the inter-agency
strategic planning processes at the regional and country levels, by
coordinating with PSG co-chairs and participating in PSG meetings and
related activities related to strategic planning, RBM, monitoring and
reporting;
- Review draft Roadmaps, Common Country Assessment (CCA) and
UNSDCFs from the perspective of strategic planning, RBM and
monitoring/reporting, in line with the guidance/standard from DCO, in
close collaboration with Regional Coordination Specialist;
- Provide additional technical support to UNCTs and Results
Groups, upon request, in relation to UNSDCFs, joint work plans, RBM
capacity development, monitoring and reporting;
- Provide guidance and technical support to UN Women COs in the
areas of strategic planning, RBM, monitoring and reporting related to
UNSDCFs, Joint Workplans and the UN Info platform, clarifying the
alignment and linkage with UN Women Strategic Plan, Strategic Notes,
workplans and UN Women Results Management System (RMS).
Provide strategic guidance, technical support and
quality assurance to UN Women COs in the areas of strategic planning, RBM and
UN Women Result Management System (RMS):
- Provide guidance, technical support and quality assurance to
UN Women Country Offices in the region to ensure the quality and timely
submission and finalization of Strategic Notes, ensuring the full
alignment with the respective UNSDCFs and in line with UN Women’s relevant
corporate policies, procedures and guidance;
- Provide guidance, technical support and quality assurance to
UN Women Country Offices in the region to ensure the quality and timely
submission and finalization of workplans, in line with UN Women’s relevant
corporate policies, procedures and guidance;
- Lead and manage the regional level review and appraisal
process of workplans from COs, in collaboration with the relevant RO
colleagues, to ensure quality in the region to facilitate the approval of
those CO workplans by Regional Director;
- Provide guidance and support to COs to ensure amendments of
Strategic Notes and workplans are completed in a timely manner in line
with relevant corporate procedure, in coordination with HQ;
- Provide guidance, technical support and training to strengthen
the capacity of COs in the areas of RBM in relation to strategic planning;
- Provide guidance and technical support, upon request, when a
CO conducts Mid-Term Review (MTR) of their Strategic Note;
- Provide guidance and technical support to COs to ensure the
effective use of RMS for the planning processes.
Leads and coordinate the strategic planning processes
at the regional level;
- Lead and manage the overall processes and coordinate within RO
and with COs in the region to develop a new Strategic Note, ensuring the
timely submission and quality in line with the relevant corporate
policies, procedures and guidance;
- Lead the overall processes and coordinate within the RO to
develop and finalize workplans of the RO, ensuring the timely submission
and quality in line with the relevant corporate policies, procedures and
guidance documents;
- Lead and manage the amendment process of Strategic Note and
workplan of RO in line with relevant corporate procedure and in
coordination with SPRED/SPU;
- Provide RBM-related guidance and technical support to RO
personnel to improve strategic planning in RO;
- Provide guidance and technical support to personnel in the RO
to ensure the effective use of RMS for RO’s planning processes;
- Provide support to the Regional Operations Manager for matters
relating to the Regional Quarterly Business Review (QBR), the Regional
Risk Management process and the development of the regional Office
Typology and physical presence setup.
Contribute to HQ-led corporate initiatives in the
areas of Strategic Planning and RBM in close collaboration with HQ to ensure
the field perspectives and needs are reflected in those corporate initiatives:
- Contribute to corporate level strategic planning exercises
associated with UN Women Strategic Plan, including development of new
Strategic Plan and Mid-Term Review of Strategic Plan;
- Contribute to development, revision and roll-out of relevant
corporate policies, procedure and guidance in the areas of strategic
planning and RBM;
- Contribute to development/revision of corporate RBM capacity
development resources and tools in the areas of strategic planning;
- Contribute to development/enhancement of corporate systems in
the areas of strategic planning and results management;
- Contribute to enhancement of UN Women’s Transparency Portal to
improve publishing of planning data;
- Contribute to cross-regional and corporate level knowledge
exchange and learning on strategic planning and RBM in close collaboration
with other Regional Strategic Planning Specialists and HQ colleagues;
- Coordinate and collaborate with HQ to support the preparation
of sessions with the Executive Board associated with Strategic Notes, as
needed.
Oversee documentations in the areas of strategic
planning and RBM within the Regional Office and contribute to audits and
evaluations:
- Ensure Strategic Notes and workplans of RO and COs in the
region are fully updated in the corporate systems and documented with
amendments, ensuring the readiness for future audits and evaluations;
- Contribute to internal/external audits, corporate/regional
evaluations, other assessment/reviews and reporting requirements, by
providing necessary data, information and documents associated with
UNSDCFs, Strategic Notes and workplans from the region.
Other functions;
- Contribute to the corporate level monitoring and reporting
requirements, such as the Executive Director’s Annual Report (EDAR) to the
Executive Board on the implementation of UN Women Strategic Plan and UN
Women’s Transparency Portal.
- Provide guidance and technical support to Country Offices to
support planning of monitoring and reporting work at the planning stage of
Strategic Notes, workplans and projects in line with the corporate
requirements.
Lead and manage personnel under their supervision:
- Manage the performance of personnel under their supervision by
providing managerial direction, guidance and leadership as well as
performance feedback and coaching;
- Ensure performance assessment are completed on time and
identify learning and development opportunities to support personnel’s
engagement;
- Ensure all personnel under their supervision are fully aware
of UN Women’s workplace relations policies.
The incumbent performs other duties within their
functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the
Office and the Organisation:
Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities:
- The incumbent supervises the Regional Monitoring and Reporting
Specialist (P3) and G6 Programme Associate
Competencies
Core Values:
- Respect for Diversity
- Integrity
- Professionalism
Core Competencies:
- Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
- Accountability
- Creative Problem Solving
- Effective Communication
- Inclusive Collaboration
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Leading by Example
Functional Competencies:
- Excellent knowledge of strategic planning and RBM;
- Excellent knowledge of UN system and understanding of
inter-agency strategic planning processes;
- Excellent analytical skills;
- Ability to promote and monitor inclusion of gender-specific
results, indicators, targets and activities in various planning
frameworks;
- Ability to conceptualize and convey strategic vision;
- Ability to support others to strengthen their knowledge and
skills in the areas of strategic planning
Required Skills and Experience
Education and Certification:
- Master’s degree or equivalent in development-related
disciplines, Social Sciences, Political Science, Development Studies,
Public Administration, Gender, or a related field is required;
- A first-level university degree in combination with two
additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the
advanced university degree.
Experience:
- At least 7 years of progressively responsible development
experience that combines strategic and managerial leadership in
development cooperation, international relations, public administration or
a related field is required;
- At least 3 to 5 years of experience in Results-Based
Management (RBM) and strategic planning, including managing and
coordinating the development of strategy, multi-year planning documents,
work plans, and/or programme documents at the country, regional and/or
international levels is required;
- Experience in providing guidance and technical support for
development of Theory of Change, results frameworks, logical frameworks
and indicators for programmes/projects, to ensure the minimum standard of
RBM is required;
- Experience in inter-agency strategic planning work related to
UNDAF/UNSDCFs at the country, regional or international level is required;
- Experience in developing RBM resources and tools is desirable;
- Experiences in conducting RBM training, as a trainer, to
personnel and/or external partners to support results-based planning,
monitoring and reporting is desirable;
- Experience in the use of a modern web-based results management
system, is desirable
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