Programme Management Specialist
Organizational Context
UN Women Mali operates to eliminate discrimination against women and girls, empower women, and achieve gender equality. Guided by its Strategic Note, the office focuses on women's leadership, economic empowerment, ending violence against women, and peace and security. The organization coordinates gender-related efforts and contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework, leveraging its mandate and comparative advantage.
Job Purpose
The Programme Management Specialist will coordinate programmatic units and guide the office's coordination work under the supervision of the Country Representative. This role is crucial for the design, planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of UN Women Mali's activities. The specialist will provide technical support for program implementation, manage reporting to donors, oversee staff and budget for the program team, foster partnerships, support resource mobilization strategies, and manage knowledge-building efforts, ensuring alignment with UN Women's strategic objectives and mandate in Mali.
Responsibilities
The Programme Management Specialist is responsible for managing programmatic development based on the strategic note, guiding country program development, and providing technical and strategic support for initiative design. This includes reviewing project documents, facilitating synergies between projects, and advising on systems for program planning, implementation, and reporting. The role involves providing technical support for program implementation, reviewing annual work plans for strategic alignment, analyzing budget alignment, and ensuring quality reporting to donors. The specialist will manage program quality control, coordinate between program and operations teams, and build relationships with national partners and donors. Additionally, the role entails managing monitoring and reporting processes, defining performance indicators, coordinating information collection, preparing technical reports, and preparing the program team for audits. The specialist will also supervise and guide the program team, manage financial situations of portfolios, and ensure effective communication and coordination within the office and with other UN Women units. Furthermore, the role involves developing and implementing partnership and resource mobilization strategies, analyzing donor information, identifying cooperation opportunities, and managing knowledge development activities by synthesizing best practices and lessons learned.
Work Experience
A minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience in programme management, including design, coordination, monitoring, evaluation, donor reporting, and capacity building, is required. Proven experience in a gender-related field is desirable. Experience in strategic prioritization, budgeting, work planning, and programme development/writing is essential. Experience in managing institutional relations and fundraising is required. Effective team management experience is desirable. Fluency in French and English is required, along with proficiency in Bambara or another local language. Knowledge of another UN official language is desirable.
Skills
Strong skills in programme formulation, execution, monitoring, and evaluation; ability to develop and adhere to detailed operational plans and budgets; good knowledge of gender equality challenges in Mali; capacity to synthesize programme performance data for strategic decision-making; strong analytical skills; solid knowledge of results-based management; good knowledge of UN programme management systems.