Position: BRAVE Project Coordinator
Project BRAVE – Building COVID-Safe Responses and Voices for Equity
Purpose of consultancy (IC):
Under the supervision of the Gender/GBV National Programme Officer and SRH National Coordinator the BRAVE Project Coordinator is primarily responsible for the coordination, monitoring and ensuring proper implementation of the Project BRAVE (Building COVID-Safe Responses And Voices for Equity) through direct contact with the project’s Implementing Partners (IPs).
How you can make a difference:
UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. In 2019 UNFPA marks its 50th anniversary. Since the International Conference on Population and Development in 1994, UNFPA has been assisting countries with implementing the ICPD Programme of Action to put sexual and reproductive health and rights and population dynamics to achieving three transformational goals by 2030 - ending preventable maternal deaths, ending unmet need for family planning, and ending gender-based violence and other harmful practices against women and girls including child marriage
In the Philippines, UNFPA 8th Country Programme 2019-2023 is tightly aligned with the mid- and long-term development goals of the Philippines, as detailed in the Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022 and Ambisyon Natin 2040, as well as the global Agenda 2030 including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.
Scope of work:
Duties and Responsibilities
- Coordinate with Implementing Partners (IPs) to ensure implementation of planned activities and timely submission of all IP deliverables
- Assist in the review of Quarterly Monitoring Report of IPs and provide feedback to be submitted to the GBV and SRH National Programme Officers
- Support in the monitoring and quality assurance of IP activities based on the approved IP workplan
- Assist in consolidating and preparing the quarterly progress reports of BRAVE to be submitted to DFAT
- Assist in the preparation and completeness of the End of Project Report for BRAVE
- With the help of the IPs, identify success stories from Project BRAVE that can be shared with key stakeholders and the general public as best practices/strategies in addressing GBV and providing MHPSS in emergencies
- Coordinate with Cash for Protection Consultant to ensure timely submission of deliverables according to the TOR
- Provide other related support, as deemed necessary
Duration and working schedule:
- The consultant will be hired for a period of approx. 4 months with possibility of contract extension.
- Place where services are to be delivered: UNFPA Country Office - Manila
- Delivery dates and how work will be delivered (e.g. electronic, hard copy etc.):
- The consultant will be placed at UNFPA Manila. The key deliverables are listed below but not all deliverables are to be provided in electronic and hard copy as applicable.
- Monitoring and progress control, including reporting requirements, periodicity format and deadline:
- Submit monthly accomplishment reports based on the Terms of Reference with proper documentation
Supervisory arrangements:
The consultant will report to and be supervised by the Gender/GBV National Programme Officer and SRH National Programme Officer.
Expected travel:
The Consultant is expected to undertake field missions as applicable in consultation with the supervisors.
Required expertise, qualifications and competencies, including language requirements:
Qualifications and Experience
Education:
- Master’s Degree in Gender Studies, or related Social Sciences, or any other relevant field of study, plus two (2) years equivalent number of relevant professional experience
- Knowledge and Experience
- Demonstrated experience in programme/project planning design, follow-up, monitoring and evaluation;
- Substantive experience with programming and implementing MHPSS and GBV initiatives;
- Substantive experience in coordination and working with various local partners for a specific project
- Strong results-based management skills; and
- Knowledge and experience working with the United Nations system would be an advantage.
Languages:
Fluency in Filipino and English
Required Competencies:
Values:
- Exemplifying integrity
- Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system
- Embracing cultural diversity
- Embracing change
Competencies:
- Achieving results,
- Being accountable,
- Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen,
- Thinking analytically and strategically,
- Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships,
- Communicating for impact
Functional Competencies:
- Conceptual innovation in the provision of technical expertise;
- Leveraging the resources of national governments and partners;
- Building strategic alliances and partnerships;
- Adaptation/application of knowledge in different contexts;
- Job knowledge/technical expertise; and
- Integration in a multidisciplinary environment
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UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, teamwork, Embracing diversity in all its forms, integrity and a healthy balance of work and life. We are committed to maintaining our balanced gender distribution and therefore encourage women to apply. Qualified female candidates, and individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply.
