Project Management Specialist - Women’s Economic Empowerment (Livelihoods)
Organizational Context
UN Women (UNW) operates globally to eliminate discrimination against women and girls, empower women, and achieve gender equality. In the State of Palestine, UN Women has been active since 1997, focusing on advancing gender equality in line with national priorities. Its work supports the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework, aiming to enhance women's economic opportunities, ensure access to inclusive social services, and promote democratic and accountable governance.
Job Purpose
The Project Management Specialist will lead the planning, implementation, and monitoring of UN Women's interventions in Gaza focused on women's economic empowerment, vocational training, and livelihoods. This role involves coordinating with implementing partners, service providers, and stakeholders to ensure project delivery aligns with work plans, budgets, and timelines. The specialist will provide technical guidance, ensure effective reporting with disaggregated data, and integrate protection and safeguarding measures. The position contributes to improving women's access to safe and inclusive training and livelihood opportunities, aligning with the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for Palestine.
Responsibilities
Lead project planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring, and reporting for women's economic empowerment initiatives in Gaza, ensuring adherence to work plans, budgets, and timelines. Coordinate effectively with implementing partners, service providers, and stakeholders, tracking actions, deliverables, and risks. Prepare and update project documentation, including work plans, results frameworks, budgets, and progress reports. Conduct field monitoring and quality assurance, documenting progress and escalating issues. Ensure timely, accurate, and evidence-based reporting, collecting and analyzing sex- and age-disaggregated data. Provide technical guidance on vocational training, employability, livelihoods recovery, and income-generation opportunities, and contribute to the design of TVET programs. Build partnerships with women-led organizations, CSOs, training providers, and the private sector to enhance women's access to training and livelihood opportunities. Integrate disability inclusion, protection, safeguarding, and do-no-harm principles into project implementation.
Work Experience
Requires at least 7 years of progressive experience in project/programme management, including planning, implementation, partner coordination, budget oversight, and reporting. Demonstrated technical experience in women's economic empowerment, employment, vocational training, livelihoods, or income generation is essential. Experience managing projects in humanitarian or crisis-affected settings, and working with women-led organizations or UN entities, is desirable.
Skills
Professionalism, integrity, teamwork, respect for diversity, commitment to continuous learning, planning and organizing, and strong communication skills are essential. The role requires effective problem-solving, ability to work under pressure, and flexibility to adapt to challenging environments. Genuine commitment to the principles of voluntary engagement and UN Women's mission is required. Expertise in administration, economics, poverty reduction, livelihoods, gender, and women's rights is beneficial.