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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.

Within this framework, the Gender Equality Accelerator (GEA) represents a flagship joint initiative coordinated by UN Women in partnership with UNFPA, UNDP, and UNICEF. The GEA aims to accelerate transformative change on gender equality and women’s empowerment by supporting systems-level reforms and advancing institutional accountability across three interconnected pillars.

1.    Coordinate the Governance and Leadership Programme
•    Design and formulate programme/project proposals and initiatives;
•    Manage the technical implementation of the Programme; ensure synergies with other teams;

2.    Contribute to inter-agency coordination on Governance and Leadership to achieve coherence and alignment of UN Women programmes with other partners in the country
•    Provide substantive technical support to the Representative and Programme Management Specialist on inter-agency coordination related activities by drafting background reports and briefs;
•    Working closely with the partner agencies to achieve synergies and coherence in the implementation of joint programmes and initiatives.

3.    Guide coordination with national partners and other stakeholders
•    Coordinate relationships with national partners to support implementation and expansion of the Governance and Leadership Programme, raise potential problems and provide solutions;
•    Provide guidance to partners on establishment of performance indicators, and monitoring achievement of results; and

4.    Coordinate the monitoring and reporting on the Governance and Leadership Programme
•    Gather and compile all information necessary for monitoring and reporting on programmes and projects from the planning to the evaluation stages, using results-based management tools;
•    Monitor the implementation of activities and the expenditure of funds by partners; conduct regular monitoring visits;

•    Master’s degree or equivalent in public administration, law, human rights, gender equality, management, social sciences or other related areas 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.

•    At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in managing complex and multi-component programme interventions with national partners, preferably related to thematic area is required.
•    Experience in coordinating, implementing, monitoring and evaluating development programmes and projects is required. 
•    Experience leading and coaching staff in international settings is required.
•    Fluency in English is required.
•    Fluency in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian is required.