Gender Project Associate

The Gender Project Associates will be directly supervised by project officer and will receive regular guidance from Hama Area Manager, Gender analyst and the Social Cohesion Team Leader to fulfill the following specific objectives:

1) Technical Support at field level:

2) Assist in Coordination and Networking at field level:

3) Project activities implementation and monitoring

Key functions and responsibilities

The Gender project associate will be designated focal point responsible for day-to-day coordination of all activities their area of responsibility. The responsibilities will include:

1) Technical Support at field level:

Support Project Officer in project activities implementation especially:

– Support formulation of local women networks as per project document identified criteria.

– Support in identification of women network training needs and share it with Gender project officer, area manager and Gender analyst.

– Support in awareness session and trainings organizing and implementation

2) Assist in Coordination and Networking at field level:

– Assist in organization of local trainings and regular meetings of the Women’s network and any agreed ad hoc meeting as needed.

– Liaise with UNDP, gender project officer and relevant government entity in area of responsibility for effective coordination of all admin related work for project activities.

– Maintain an up-to-date database of the Women’s local network including their current activities and advocacy initiatives.

3) Project activities implementation and monitoring

– Initiate awareness campaign in target communities towards changing gender stereotypes and biases which diminish women’s choices of socio-economic and cultural functions.

– Increase and enhance engagement of and input from Women beneficiary through regular and quality written and oral communications.

– Conduct consultation sessions to provide information support drafting gender analysis briefs, developing initiatives concept notes, etc.

– Support implementation of local women led initiatives.

– Follow up on local women network peer to peer activities, implemented initiatives and ways for its sustainability.

– Contributes to compiling case studies for media and advocacy purpose.

– Assist in costing and managing budgets for Women’s local network meetings and activities at local level and report it to Project officer at national level.

– Assist in administrative work including workshop arrangement, reservations, travel arrangements as per UNDP procedures and regulations.

– Prepare monthly local work plans and submit them to the project officer for compilation and gender analyst approval.

– Facilitate the preparation of the local financial reports, as required by project officer and gender analyst.

– Draft and prepare project local procurement plan and coordinate the procurement of services and goods under the project under direct supervision of project officer.

– Support the preparation of payments, collecting necessary supporting documents, and ensure UNDP rules and regulation for financial management are adequately followed.

– Facilitate required approval of project activities at local level.

– Conduct regular monitoring activities for project sites and activities in area of responsibility.

– Share project risks initially identified at local level including expenditure one to the project officer and gender analyst for consideration and decision on possible actions if required; update the status of these risks by maintaining the Project Risks Log.

– Coordinate and monitor the project implementation at local level, ensuring the timely delivery of expected outputs, and effective synergy among the various activities.

– Work to ensure complimentary with other UNDP activities in the field.