[Hiring] Programme Support Consultant @UN Women

Role Description

To provide high-quality programme coordination and technical support for UN Women Tajikistan’s portfolios on Ending Violence against Women (EVAW), Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE), and Women, Peace and Security (WPS), ensuring effective implementation, monitoring, and reporting aligned with national priorities, the UNSDCF, and UN Women’s Strategic Plan, UN Women seeks to recruit a Programme Support Consultant (SSA).

The Programme Support Consultant will provide substantive technical and coordination support to the design, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of UN Women programmes in Tajikistan. The incumbent will ensure effective programme delivery across the EVAW, WEE, and WPS portfolios, in close collaboration with programme and operations teams, government counterparts, UN partners, donors, and civil society.

Under the overall guidance and the direct supervision of the Head of UN Women Office in Tajikistan, the Programme Support Consultant will:

• Provide high-quality programme development support.
• Offer substantive technical support to programme implementation and management.
• Monitor, report, and manage results.
• Engage in partnerships, resource mobilization, knowledge management, and communication.
• Participate in inter-agency coordination and UN system engagement.

Qualifications

• Higher education degree (Bachelor’s or higher) in International Relations, Gender Studies, Human Rights, Development Studies, Social Sciences, or other relevant disciplines.
• A minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible professional experience in the design, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of development programmes, preferably in the areas of gender equality, or UN/UN system–supported projects.
• Demonstrated experience in results-based management (RBM), including programme reporting, data collection, analysis, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E).
• Proven experience in using corporate or results-based reporting platforms, such as UNINFO, PRISM, or similar systems.
• Experience in supporting inter-agency coordination mechanisms, including working groups, task teams, or theme groups.
• Experience in supporting resource mobilization efforts, including preparation of inputs for concept notes, proposals, donor reports, and briefing materials.
• Fluency in written and spoken English, Russian and Tajik is essential to be considered for the assignment.

Requirements

• Strong commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment.
• Ability to handle a large volume of work possibly under time constraints.
• Builds strong relationships with colleagues and audience, focuses on impact and result and responds positively to feedback.
• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude.
• Identifies opportunities and builds strong relationships with partners and targeted groups.
• Demonstrate exceptional ability to remain calm, in control and good humored even under pressure and right deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal and networking skills, and ability to work in multicultural and multidisciplinary environments.
• Excellent communication skills.

Benefits

• Monthly payments in TJS, subject to the submission and approval of deliverables.
• Opportunity to work remotely using own computer.

Company Description

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works to eliminate discrimination against women and girls, empower women, and achieve equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action, and peace and security.

UN Women Country Office in Tajikistan supports the Government of Tajikistan and national stakeholders in fulfilling international and national commitments on gender equality and women’s empowerment.