Country Programme Coordinator

The Country Programme Coordinator leads the UN Women country office in Chile, responsible for planning, implementing, and managing UN Women interventions. The role involves technical support, programme management, partnership building, resource mobilization, and coordination with national and UN partners to advance gender equality and women's empowerment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Chile country programme including planning, implementing, and monitoring the annual workplan and programme workplans with budget and results framework
• Manage delivery of day-to-day programme activities ensuring prompt and adequate delivery of results
• Ensure effective use of resources and compliance with UN Women rules, policies, procedures and donor/fund requirements
• Prepare for programme audits and implement recommendations
• Provide substantive technical support and capacity development to national partners and stakeholders in areas such as women, peace and security, economic empowerment, women’s political participation, care systems, data analysis, women, climate and resilience and ending violence against women
• Build relationships with national partners to support programme implementation and expansion
• Manage capacity building initiatives for key institutions and mechanisms
• Establish effective monitoring systems for programme results delivery
• Prepare quarterly and annual progress and donor reports and organize progress reviews
• Attend field missions and write monitoring reports
• Manage programme budget and office operations as necessary
• Write financial reports and submit to Regional Office and donors
• Supervise and coach programme staff and manage performance
• Write terms of reference for new staff, consultants and contractors and oversee recruitment
• Participate in country level UN coordination processes and provide guidance to UN Country Team
• Collaborate with Regional Office and coordinate with UN Agencies, NGOs and national authorities to promote gender equality and women empowerment
• Identify joint programming opportunities and participate in development of UN joint programmes
• Develop and implement partnerships and resource mobilization strategies
• Analyze donor information and prepare briefs on cooperation opportunities
• Develop knowledge management strategies and methodologies
• Identify and disseminate best practices and lessons learned
• Provide updates and information for publication and advocacy campaigns
• Perform other duties as necessary for efficient functioning of the Office and Organization

Requirements

• Master’s degree or equivalent in social sciences, human rights, gender/ women’s studies, international development, 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
• A project/programme management certification (such as PMP®, PRINCE2®, or MSP®) would be an added advantage
• At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development projects is required
• Experience in establishing and strengthening partnerships between international organizations and national governments is required
• Experience in the field of gender and human rights of women is required
• Experience in leading and coaching staff is required
• Experience in resource mobilization is desirable
• Experience in programme budget management is desirable
• Experience in project and programme management systems within the UN system is desirable
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling of web-based management systems is required
• Fluency in Spanish and working knowledge of English are required
• Knowledge of another official UN language is desirable (French, Arabic, Chinese, or Russian)

Skills

• Project Management
• Programme Management
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Partnership Building
• Gender and Human Rights Knowledge
• People Leadership
• Coaching
• Resource Mobilization
• Programme Budgeting
• UN Project Management Systems
• Office Applications
• Spreadsheet Management
• Database Management
• Web-based Management Systems

Languages

Spanish, English