Project Management Specialist - WEE (Agriculture and Food Production)
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 (UNSDCF) for 2023-2025, aiming to enhance economic opportunities, improve access to social services, and promote inclusive governance, with a specific focus on women's economic security and rights.
Job Purpose
The Project Management Specialist will lead the planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring, and reporting of Horizon-funded interventions in Gaza, specifically focusing on women's economic empowerment within the agriculture and food production sectors. This role involves managing project timelines, budgets, and indicators, while coordinating with implementing partners, UN agencies, and various stakeholders. The specialist will provide technical guidance on women's economic empowerment, support data gathering and assessments, build partnerships with agricultural actors, and ensure the integration of inclusive and safeguarding principles throughout project activities. The aim is to contribute to sustainable livelihoods and economic opportunities for women in agriculture.
Responsibilities
Lead project planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring, and reporting for women's economic empowerment initiatives in agriculture and food production in Gaza. Ensure project delivery aligns with workplans, budgets, and timelines. Coordinate effectively with implementing partners, service providers, producer groups, cooperatives, private sector entities, women-led organizations, CSOs, and other stakeholders, actively tracking deliverables and managing risks. Collaborate with participating UN agencies on early recovery joint programming. Prepare and maintain essential project documentation, including workplans, results frameworks, budgets, and risk logs. Conduct field monitoring and quality assurance to validate progress and address operational or programmatic issues. Ensure timely, accurate, and evidence-based reporting, documenting results, lessons learned, and scalable approaches. Provide technical guidance on women's economic empowerment in agriculture, agri-processing, value-chain development, and market access. Support data collection and assessments related to women's participation in agriculture and food production. Foster partnerships with women farmers, producers, agribusinesses, and technical institutions. Promote climate-responsive, safe, and inclusive approaches, integrating disability inclusion, safeguarding, and do-no-harm principles.
Work Experience
A minimum of 7 years of progressive experience in project or programme management, including planning, implementation, partner coordination, monitoring, budget oversight, and reporting. Demonstrated experience or knowledge in agriculture, food production, agribusiness, agricultural value chains, or market access is required. Experience working with women producers, cooperatives, agribusinesses, or relevant organizations is desirable, as is experience managing projects in humanitarian, recovery, or crisis-affected settings.
Skills
Professionalism, integrity, teamwork, respect for diversity, commitment to continuous learning, planning and organizing, effective communication (written and spoken), and flexibility. Genuine commitment to the principles of voluntary engagement and UN Women's mission. Expertise in project management, programme development, strategy, and knowledge of administration are essential. Familiarity with nutrition is also noted.