Programme Assistant - New Delhi, India - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

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New Delhi, India

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Deepika Kaur

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Description

Programme Assistant - Gender Responsive Budgeting (Open to Indian Nationals Only):

Advertised on behalf of:

Location:

New Delhi, INDIA
Application Deadline:
07Dec22

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(Midnight New York, USA)

Time left:

15d 20h 53m
Additional Category:
Gender Equality
Type of Contract:
Service Contract
Post Level:
SB3
Languages Required:
English
Starting Date:
02Jan2023
Duration of Initial Contract:

Expected Duration of Assignment:

Background:

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, men and diverse genders as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

All human development and human rights issues involve gender dimensions.

UN Women globally focuses on key priority areas that are fundamental to women's equality, and that can unlock progress across the board.

UN Women's priority areas include increasing women's leadership and participation in political spaces, ending violence against women, enhancing women's economic empowerment, engaging in all aspects of women peace and security processes, making gender equality central to national planning and budgeting through Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) and advancing gender in intergovernmental processes.

UN Women's India Country Office, based in New Delhi is implementing a project with the objective of strengthening institutional mechanisms for GRB resulting in an increase of gender perspective in budgets, improved availability of data, and tracking of progress on gender equality initiatives across ministries and select states/UTs.

It will aim to create a conducive policy environment and enhance institutional capacities on gender budgeting at the national and State/UT level.

It will identify strategies and operational approaches to strengthen on-going efforts in the area of GRB.

Insights generated from this project will enable key stakeholders at the national and state level to accelerate their efforts to ensure that women's priorities are adequately reflected in national and state budgeting processes, and to make concrete changes for adequate resource allocation towards women's priorities.

UN Women through this programme will work with national ministries including Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD), Ministry of Finance and line ministries to deepen anchoring of GB across union ministries and sectors.

It will create and strengthen institutional mechanisms for GRB and institute methodological changes in Planning-Budgeting and Auditing (PBA) systems for enabling gender responsive actions.

The project will aim to enhance capacities of government officials and other stakeholders to implement the gender responsive PBA measures, and leverage technology to advance gender budgeting including through and e-governance tool.

Within this context, UN Women seeks the services of a Programme Assistant - GRB in New Delhi.

Reporting to the Team Lead and GRB Expert, UN Women to support smooth management including implementation, monitoring and evaluations of the project.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Under the overall guidance and supervision of Team Lead and GRB Expert, the Programme Assistant - GRB will work with the Programme/ Project team to ensure that the project produces the results in the State to the required standards of quality and within the given time and cost specifications.

The Programme Assistant will have the following tasks:
Provide administrative and logístical support to the formulation and management of the Programme/Project:

Provide administrative support in the preparation of project work plans, budgets, and proposals on project implementation arrangements;
Provide technical guidance to the Project team and executing agencies on routine delivery and reporting of project supported activities and finances;
Prepare information for the audit of the project 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.

Provide administrative support to the financial management of the Programme/Project:

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 support in monitoring budget preparation and the finances of projects/projects; including the finalization of FACE forms/Financial reporting forms;
Review financial reports; prepare nonPO vouchers for development project;
Process payment for team and consultants;
Maintain internal expenditures control system;
Create requisitions in ATLAS for development projects; register good receipts in ATLAS;
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