Closing date
30 September 2021Jobs from
UNDPProject officer
The position of Project Officer is in direct support of UNDP’s joint project with the State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs (SCFWCA) titled “ Empowering Women in Azerbaijan for Social and Economic Participation”, implemented with funding from the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland represented by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (“FCDO”).
The project’s goal is through building capacities of women, creating more equal opportunities and strengthening the enabling environment, the project reinforces especially the recovery and relief pillar of Women, Peace and Security, where conflict affected women become agents of change to participate in the economic and social lives of their communities after the recent Karabakh conflict. As a platform for change, the Women Resource Centers (WRCs) will be utilised to advance gender equality in these communities with women and for women. Increasing financial literacy of women and endorsing them for social change through tailored capacity building is complemented with strong formal and informal support networks. Ultimately the project aims to achieve economic security of conflict affected women so they are better prepared for external shocks of conflict and crises.
The project will aim to ensure that:
Outcome 1. Vulnerable women are empowered with skills and have access to services and information to improve livelihoods and deliver community-level benefits sustainably, by cooperating as part of the network of WRCs;
Outcome 2. Stakeholders at national and local levels are supportive of WRC models and take actions to strengthen vulnerable women’s economic and social inclusion through targeted interventions informed by stakeholder analysis produced by the project.
The Project Officer will work in close collaboration with the Programme, Operations, Communications teams of UNDP in the organization for effective achievement of results, anticipating and contributing to resolving complex programme /project-related issues and information delivery. The incumbent is expected to exercise full compliance with UNDP programming, financial, procurement and administrative rules, regulations, policies and strategies, as well as implementation of the effective internal control systems. The Project Officer will provide essential support to the Project Manager in day-to-day project management and achievement of the project milestones.
Please read more details on this vacancy in the attached document - Terms of reference.