Vacancy: UN WOMEN: Representative

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. Placing women’s rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

UN Women Zimbabwe CO has been working with Government, Civil Society, UN Country Team and others on promoting gender equality and Women’s empowerment. The programme is carried out through the various implementation modalities available to UN Women, in partnership with government, civil society organizations and UN entities. As UN Women is also part of the UN Country Team and its work contributes to the UN Women Strategic Plan, which is also in line with the National Priorities on Gender and the current Zimbabwe UN Development Assistance Framework (ZUNDAF) jointly developed with the Government of Zimbabwe as well as other collaboration mechanisms on the ground.

The UN Women Representative reports to the Director, Regional Office who provides general direction and guidance.

The UN Women Representative is responsible for translating the UN Women’s Strategic Plan (SP), in line with regional and national priorities, into development initiatives and results by developing, implementing and managing programmes and projects; and developing effective partnerships with Government counterparts, UN system agencies and organizations, CSOs, and with bilateral and non-traditional donors in order to promote inter-agency partnerships, support for UN reform, and mobilization of visibility and resources to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment.

For full details and to apply please visit this link.

Application deadline: 10 May 2013

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