Programme Management Specialist, Kyiv

## Programme Management Specialist, Kyiv - Organization:UN Women - United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women - Office:UN Women Kyiv, Ukraine 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. Ukraine UN Women Country Office opened its operations in 2015. The main office is based in Kyiv, with the sub-office in Dnipro (Eastern Ukraine). The UN Women program is focusing on supporting national, regional, and local partners, including women's civil society organizations in advancing gender equality. UN Women has been producing evidence and gender analysis, and technical support to mainstream gender in the national and regional strategies, policies, programs, plans and budgets, supporting institutional capacities for gender equality, supporting women's CSOs capacity development and targeted activities, etc. The Russian invasion in Ukraine, humanitarian crises and political instability continue to pose substantial risks and challenges to the CO operations. Fifth Rapid damage And Needs Assessment (RDNA5)1 underlines both the scale of recovery needs and the gendered nature of the human impacts. It estimates US$587.7 billion in recovery and reconstruction needs over 10 years (as of December 31, 2025), reflecting the mounting pressure on public systems to prioritize, coordinate, and deliver effectively. At the same time, RDNA5 documents widening gender disparities. In 2025 women represented over 82% of registered unemployed persons, and caregiving responsibilities continue to constrain women's labor market participation and income opportunities. Care responsibilities constrain job-seeking IDPs, specifically affecting 35% of women, reinforcing the practical link between recovery delivery capacity and policies that address care burdens, safe workplaces, and inclusive services. Compared with 2024, according to the UN Human Rights Mission in Ukraine women's civilian casualties increased by 27% in 2025. At the same time financing and funding for gender equality and women's empowerment continued to decline after the share of bilateral allocable official development assistance (ODA) to Ukraine that included gender equality objectives decreased to 16% in 2024 according to the OECD, and budget cuts led by the United States reduced funds for women led and women's rights organizations. [1] Since 2025, Ukraine CO has been implementing its Strategic Note 2025-2029 which contributes to the achievement of two UNDSDCF 2025-2029 priorities related to peace, justice and strong institutions (CF Outcome 4) and inclusive economic recovery (CF Outcome 2) and is aligned with UN Women's Strategic Plan 2025-2029. A needs-based and adaptive programming approach will be applied across the humanitarian-development-peace (HDP) nexus in response to evolving context, in response to evolving context, rapidly changing needs at the ground, pollical and humanitarian scenarios. The CO implements its programming under three SN Outcomes: 1) Leadership, governance and WPS; 2) Women's Economic Empowerment; 3) Humanitarian response and coordination. Under the supervision of the Deputy Representative, the Programme Management Specialist is responsible for overseeing the management, development, implementation, monitoring and reporting of programmes as well for managing the human and financial resources of the team. This includes providing technical support to the implementation of the Country Office programmes, overseeing the monitoring of progress against mutually agreed results frameworks and performance indicators, monitoring Country Office programme financial situation to ensure adherence to delivery rates and utilization of resources to meet agreed upon targets and results, reviewing and developing partnerships and resource mobilization strategies; and leading knowledge management efforts. - Advise and guide the development of Country Office programmes, including design and formulation programme/ project initiatives; - Review and provide feedback to ongoing projects/ programmes on related strategies and documents, workplans, case studies, and related knowledge products and publications; - Provide strategic and specialized technical advice on the development of systems, processes and mechanisms to support programme planning, implementation, monitoring and progress reporting; - Review and evaluate proposals and oversee the preparation of donor proposals and reports; - Finalize policy documents, briefs and other strategic papers/ materials for the use in the development and presentation of policy and programmatic positions. - Provide technical support to the implementation of the Country Office' programmes - Assess Country Office annual work plans and provide recommendations to assure compliance with programme goals and results-based indicators; - Analyze and ensure alignment of project budgets with logical framework matrices and work plans; - Oversee programme quality control and identification of potential challenges; - Oversee monitoring and reporting for Country OfficeReview and recommend programme monitoring standards, criteria, and other indicators for measuring and assessing progress/results; - Oversee the monitoring of progress against mutually agreed results frameworks and performance indicators; - Gather information and prepare reports on progress of programme implementation for CO and donors; prepare technical reports; - Provide technical support in the preparation of audits and follow up on the implementation of audit recommendations; - Develop, coordinate and provide training on results-based management toCO. - Review budget management for Country Office and manage people - Lead a team, perform staff performance reviews, ensure capacity development of staff members by suggesting development opportunities; - Monitor Country Office programme financial situation to ensure adherence to delivery rates and utilization of resources to meet agreed upon targets and results; - Ensure effective information flow, communication and coordination between offices, programmes and projects. - Build partnerships and support in developing resource mobilization strategies - Contribute to development of partnerships and resource mobilization strategies; - Finalize relevant documentation on donors and develop potential opportunities for resource mobilization; - Analyze and research information on donors, prepare substantive briefs on possible areas of cooperation, identification of opportunities for cost sharing; - Advice on programmatic areas of cooperation, based on strategic goals of UN Women, country needs and donors' priorities and develop the relevant partnerships. - Lead knowledge building and sharing efforts - Lead the process of identifying and synthesizing of best practices and lessons learned that are directly linked to the implementation of the programme and contribute to their global dissemination. - The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organisation. Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities: N/A or Incumbent leads a team of 4 personnel. - Respect for Diversity. - Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues; - Creative Problem Solving; - Effective Communication; - Inclusive Collaboration; - Stakeholder Engagement; Please visit this link for more information on UN Women's Values and Competencies Framework: Functional Competencies: - Excellent programme formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation skills - Ability to develop detailed operational plans, budgets, and deliver on them - Ability to synthesize program performance data and produce analytical reports to