Global Learning Specialist (Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund)

Job Description

Background

The duration of the assignment is for 364 days. Whereas an external candidate will be offered a temporary appointment; subject to release agreements, staff members in UN Women may be administered as a temporary assignment and staff members in the UN Common system may be administered under a loan arrangement.

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. The Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) is a partnership between the United Nations and the civil society, which supports women led and women’s rights organizations working to build peace and provide humanitarian response throughout the world. Since the end of 2016, the WPHF has been supporting over 500 civil society organizations and is present in 30 countries worldwide.

UN Women hosts the Secretariat of the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund. The WPHF Secretariat provides support to the Funding Board, mobilizes resources from Governments, companies, foundations and individuals, provides day-to-day support to Country Offices implementing WPHF programmes, and ensures timely and quality monitoring and reporting.

In fulfillment of its mandate to serve as a global knowledge center for local civil society organizations working on the front lines of conflict and crises, the WPHF Secretariat in 2020 led the design and launch of a global community of practice fostering a dynamic, innovative and collaborative online space for its CSO grantee partners. The WPHF Global Community of Practice enables local women peacebuilders and humanitarian activists from around the world to connect with each other, collaborate, strengthen their networks, share information and best practices, exchange experiences and deepen their skills and capacity. The WPHF Community constitutes the WPHF Capacity Building Programme & Peer Exchange Series as well as several channels and features (Digital Platform, Facebook group, Listserv) to disseminate a wide range of capacity building resources, knowledge products and exchange opportunities in multiple formats and languages to serve its growing network of WPHF CSO grantees and UN country office focal points.

In 2021, the WPHF Secretariat established a Global Learning Hub (L-Hub) which includes and expands the WPHF Community to offer capacity development and knowledge exchange opportunities to a wider pool of CSOs (beyond WPHF current CSO partners) through partnerships with governments, I/NGOs, private sector and research entities. WPHF launched two creative initiatives boosting collaborations between CSOs: the CSO Peer Learning Awards, in partnership with Women Have Wings, to support capacity strengthening between five pairs of youth-focused CSOs engaged in peace and crisis response through small grants, and the Mentorship Scheme in collaboration with Germany’s Action Network on Forced Displacement, to provide learning and mentoring opportunities to CSOs working with women in displacement settings.

Under the overall leadership of the Head of WPHF programme and under the supervision of the WPHF Head of Secretariat with a matrixed reporting line to the WPHF Communications, Advocacy and Knowledge Management Specialist, the WPHF Global Learning Specialist will manage the continued design, maintenance, implementation, assessment and reporting of all WPHF L-Hub initiatives to benefit and engage WPHF civil society grantees around the world.

This WPHF Global Learning Specialist will build upon and deepen the capacity building and peer exchange work undertaken by the WPHF Secretariat, and continue to identify currently available resources, assess and prioritize the most urgent topics indicated by WPHF partners, and will leverage these learnings to design and develop additional capacity training and peer exchange programming to be populated across WPHF L-HUB channels.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Lead the design, development and dissemination of additional capacity building resources, knowledge products and exchange opportunities in multiple formats and languages to serve WPHF’s growing network of CSO grantees and UN country office focal points.

• Build upon work undergone to test and reinforce effective training module delivery and accessibility and evaluate the application of new capacity and peer exchange competencies.
• Coordinate alignment of WPHF Capacity Building efforts between global and country levels.
• Provide guidance and assistance to WPHF country focal points in the design, planning, implementation and reporting of CSOs’ capacity building initiatives conducted by at national level.

2. Manage onboarding of CSOs to the WPHF Community and support other L-HUB related communications processes.

• Manage content for WPHF Community channels.
• Provide technical support to grant proposal review related to capacity building.
• Support WPHF secretariat with coordination of visibility and advocacy events, including identifying CSO partner speakers.

3. Execute WPHF Global Learning Hub (L-HUB) activities and related mentorship programming.

• Liaise with WPHF programme and operations’ staff, WPHF country focal points, donors and Action Network on Forced Displacement.
• Mobilize expertise and resources for the L-HUB’s initiatives among governments, I/NGOs and private sector entities.

4. Monitor and report on the L-HUB’s achievements to internal and external audiences including WPHF board and donors.

• Actively track participation and engagement of CSO partners in L-HUB activities to identify progress and areas of improvement.
• Collect and publish concrete examples of impact of L-HUB initiatives and coordinate with WPHF communications colleagues to amplify results across WPHF channels.

5. Manage personnel of the L-HUB’s team.

• Manage interns and consultants and provide feedback on their performance assessments.
• Conduct recruitment processes for interns and consultants, as necessary.

6. Perform other tasks as required.

Key Performance Indicators:

• The WPHF Global L-HUB channels are regularly maintained and populated with new resources and engagement opportunities in multiple languages.
• Active onboarding and engagement among WPHF partners with the WPHF Community continues to be enhanced.
• The systematization of WPHF peer exchange opportunities and CSO-initiated knowledge products is undergone.
• An additional 12 online capacity building modules / peer exchange opportunities (with complementary guidelines, dialogue briefings, knowledge products, etc…) targeting WPHF grantees (in four languages) are designed and delivered in multiple languages.
• Learnings from the comprehensive survey assessing the overall impact of the WPHF Global CoP initiatives among WPHF Community members are documented and applied.
• Alignment of WPHF Capacity Building efforts between global and country levels is enforced and maintained and WPHF country focal points are supported and guided to implement capacity building initiatives at country level.
• Communications processes and content management systems are reinforced for WPHF CoP.
• Assessment of donor capacity landscape for the L-HUB’s initiatives is conducted and potential donors (governments, I/NGOs and private sector entities) are approached to accelerate the synergies, improve the coordination, enhance the quality and expand the availability of capacity building resources at the global and national.
• Regular monitoring and reporting of the L-HUB activities to a wide range of audiences is undertaken and realized.

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

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Functional Competencies:

• Knowledge of civil society dynamics and familiarity with development and humanitarian action
• Familiarity with learning methods and management of web-based platforms
• Effective communication skills with different audiences
• Demonstration of cultural sensitivity and appreciation for different cultures and practices
• Ability to pay great attention to detail and exercise sound judgment
• Ability to work well in a team and project a positive image

Required Skills and Experience

Education and certification:

• Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Political, Law or Social Science, Economics, International Development Studies, Gender/Women’s Studies 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 5 years of progressively responsible experience at the national or international level in capacity building for projects/programmes;
• Experience working with NGOs or grassroots civil society organizations;
• Experience with management of small grants is an asset.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English (written and oral) plus one other official UN language is required.
• A third UN language is an asset.

Application:
All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-P11-Personal-History-Form.doc . Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.

Note:
In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Diversity and inclusion:
At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.

UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.)

Deadline: October 26, 2022