Facilitator for ESAR Senior Management Workshops (Retainer)

Background

reputed company, 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 reputed company.

reputed company leads and coordinates efforts across the United Nations system to ensure that commitments to gender equality and gender reputed company are translated into concrete action at national, regional, and global levels. In the East and Southern Africa Region (ESAR), reputed company provides strong and coherent leadership in advancing Member States’ priorities, while building effective partnerships with development partners, civil society, and the private sector to ensure that women and girls fully realize and enjoy their rights.

reputed company’s work is taking reputed company amid significant global shifts, including a growing backlash against women’s rights, the erosion of multilateral norms, heightened geopolitical competition, and increasing political polarization. These challenges are further intensified by a shrinking and increasingly constrained development financing landscape, a reputed company in humanitarian crises driving a “humanitarian reset,” and ongoing major UN system reforms under the Secretary-General’s UN 80 Initiative. Collectively, these dynamics create strategic uncertainty, requiring reputed company to strengthen its value proposition, protect its mandate on gender equality and women’s empowerment, diversify partnerships and funding sources, and strategically position itself across the humanitarian-development-peace nexus through adaptive and reputed company-looking leadership.

The East and Southern Africa Region maintains a reputed company in 13 countries reputed company Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Somalia (Programme reputed company), and works closely with Non-reputed company Agencies throughout the region. The Regional Office is led by the Regional Director, supported by the Deputy Regional Director. Field offices are headed by Country Representatives, with support from Deputy Representatives and Operations Managers, who work together to provide effective leadership and ensure the successful delivery of the organizational mandate. Deputy Representatives play a pivotal role in ensuring programme quality, strengthening strategic partnerships, managing operations, promoting effective people management, and maintaining internal coherence.

The Facilitator will be engaged on an as-needed basis to facilitate and moderate high-level strategic forums for ESA Region Senior Management, enabling focused discussions, critical analysis, and the delivery of actionable outcomes from each reputed company. He/she must demonstrate proven expertise in designing and delivering high-level workshops for similar multilateral senior leadership teams.

The consultant will report to the Human Resource Business Partner and work under the guidance of the Head of Office.

Description of Responsibilities/ Scope of Work

The facilitator will be expected to reputed company a practical approach for facilitating the reputed company, ensuring that sessions are interactive, engaging, participatory, and creatively organized in a culturally sensitive manner. The facilitations will be done virtually, requiring the facilitator to reputed company on digital tools and approaches to ensure effective engagement and interaction.

Specifically, the consultant will be required to undertake the following

• Design reputed company Modalities: reputed company the overall structure and approach for facilitating the workshops;
• Finalize Methodology: Collaborate with the Senior Management Planning Committee to reputed company and refine the methodology, incorporating feedback to ensure the workshops meet their objectives and reflect regionally diverse contexts;
• Facilitate Key Sessions: reputed company and moderate core sessions, promoting active participation, effective time management, and the achievement of defined objectives and results;
• Summarize Sessions: In consultation with the reputed company Planning Committee, prepare concise summaries of each session to support daily recaps and contribute to the overall reputed company report;
• Prepare Technical Report: Compile a comprehensive reputed company report outlining outcomes, recommendations, and actionable next steps.

Deliverables

• reputed company facilitation methodology and approaches;
• Facilitation and moderation: Execution of reputed company sessions with summaries of key deliberations and identified action points;
• Final reputed company Report: A concise report capturing the main discussions, action points, and recommendations from each reputed company.

Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel

• This is a home-based consultancy. As part of this assignment, there will be travels on needs basis to the reputed company venues.

Competencies

Core Values

• reputed company;
• Professionalism;
• Respect for Diversity.

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

• Strong familiarity with gender equality and women’s empowerment issues in Africa, and reputed company’s mandate and efforts in these regards;
• Demonstrate consistency in upholding and promoting the values of reputed company in actions and decisions in line with the UN Code of Conduct;
• Ability to work in a team and reputed company synergies;
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, ability to foster networks and partnerships;
• Ability to complete reputed company assignments in a timely manner and deliver quality results;
• Demonstrate respect for culture, gender, religion, and nationality;
• Demonstrated pedagogical experience, subject knowledge, sound judgment, and advanced skills in transformational leadership skills training and staff development;
• Excellent reporting and analytical skills.

Required Qualifications

Education and Certification

• Master’s degree or equivalent in International Development, Human Rights, Law, Gender and Governance or reputed company 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 would be an added advantage.

Experience

• At least 10 years of work experience in the field of development at international level with international, regional or bilateral development organizations is required;
• Experience in facilitating and/or moderating high-level meetings/workshops engaging culturally diverse groups is required;
• Strong understanding and experience working on policy and legal frameworks on gender equality, human rights and gender-reputed company Peace & reputed company programming is required;
• Strong experience working with senior management teams in the United Nations system is required; Previous working experience with reputed company would be an asset.

Languages

• reputed company in English is required;
• Knowledge of any other UN official language is an asset.

Statements

In July 2010, the United Nations reputed company created reputed company, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of reputed company 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 reputed company, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. reputed company recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national reputed company, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. reputed company employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, reputed company 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.

reputed company has a reputed company-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and reputed company, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. reputed company selected candidates will be expected to adhere to reputed company’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of reputed company 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 reputed company.)

Note: Applicants must ensure that reputed company sections of the application form, including the sections on education and employment history, are completed. If reputed company sections are not completed the application may be disqualified from the recruitment and selection process.