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.
The MCO Caribbean 2022 -2025 programme builds on the works of the 2017-2021 Strategic Note with a focus on the Normative Framework (Proposed Outcome 1), Women’s Economic Empowerment (Proposed Outcomes 2 and 3), Ending Violence against Women and Girls (Proposed Outcome 4) and Climate Change and Disaster Risk Resilience (Proposed Outcome 5). All the Outcomes like the SDGs are interconnected and interrelated. The MCO will focus on Governance and Participation in Public Life across all Outcome Areas and Peace and Security within the context of Outcomes 4 and 5. The programme will be implemented both at the regional and multi-country level.
Reporting to the Project Coordination Analyst, the Programme Assistant works with and provides support to the members of the Programme Team in the development and implementation of effective programmes consistent with UN Women rules and regulations. The Programme Assistant provides programme, administrative, and logistical assistance to the team for the smooth programme implementation.
Duties and Responsibilities
Provide administrative and logistical support to the formulation and management of programmes
Provide administrative support in the preparation of programme work plans, budgets, and proposals on programme implementation arrangements, including tracking the delivery of funds;
Provide administrative support to the executing agencies / responsible parties on routine delivery and reporting of programme supported activities and finances;
Provide administrative support for the audit of programmes/ projects and support implementation of audit recommendations;
Identify sources, and gather and compile data and information for the preparation of documents, guidelines, speeches and position papers, in collaboration with the Programme team.
Provide administrative support to the financial management of the Programme Unit
Create projects in Atlas, prepare budget revisions, revise project awards and status; and determine unutilized funds and the operational and financial close of a project;
Provide administrative support in monitoring and preparation of budget and the finances of programmes/projects, and in the preparation of FACE forms;
Prepare non-PO vouchers for development projects;
Process payment for consultants, as delegated;
Create requisitions in Atlas for development projects; register good receipts in Atlas.
Provide administrative support to the Programme Unit
Undertake all logistical, administrative and financial arrangements for organization for meetings, workshops, events, and missions;
Make travel arrangements for the Programme Team, including travel requisitions and claims;
Draft minutes in meetings, as delegated;
Assemble briefing materials and prepare power-point and other presentations, in collaboration with the Programme team;
Organize and coordinate filing of documents; maintain mailing lists.
Provide administrative support to resource mobilization
Organize, compile, and process documentation and information from donors, and programme team as inputs to various databases and documents.
Facilitation of knowledge building and knowledge sharing
Provide administrative support to the organization of training for the office staff and partners on programme and operations related issues.
Key Performance Indicators
Timely and accurate administrative and logistical support to events, workshops, and missions;
Full compliance of administrative activities with UN Women rules, regulations, policies and procedures;
Timely and accurate tracking of data for MCO management and donor purposes;
Quality maintenance of internal systems and files;
