Training and Capacity Building Officer

In Afghanistan, UN Women works in four thematic areas i.e., Governance and Participation, Ending Violence Against Women, Women Economic Empowerment, and Women Peace and Security (WPS). On Women Peace and Security, UN Women is catalysing the UN system and supporting Afghanistan to deliver on the women, peace and security agenda and enhanced capacities and opportunities for gender equality advocates to participate in peace processes at all levels. UN Women, Afghanistan Country Office (ACO) assists the Government of Afghanistan to implement their commitments on women, peace and security and more women and civil society organizations and those actors with gender equality agendas, influence peace, and security processes. UN Women’s priority outcomes for WPS in Afghanistan are the following: (i) supporting an enabling environment for the implementation of WPS commitments; (ii) ensuring that women are represented and meaningfully participate in all peace and security, peacebuilding and recovery processes, including formal and informal peace negotiations processes; and (iii) supporting gender-responsive security sector and justice reforms. Under the overall guidance from the Country Representative and Deputy Representative, the WPS Analyst will report directly to the Head of WPS Thematic Area and will support engagement with civil society, as well as with government counterparts and support coordinating, and monitoring of UN Women interventions implemented through civil society organizations and selected government institutions.

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. Placing women’s rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations System efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors Afghanistan is one of the world’s most complex emergencies, and the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. Afghan people are grappling with the impact of conflict, poverty, economic decline, and natural disasters. In this context, Afghan women and girls face unique vulnerabilities and require urgent support as gender inequality is interwoven with conflict dynamics and humanitarian needs. It is essential that Afghan women and girls can continue to shape the development of their country, and that their gains are protected. UN Women remains fully committed to supporting Afghan women and girls and to putting them at the center of the global response to the crisis in Afghanistan. Economic Empowerment and engagement of women in meaningful economic activities is one of the pillar of work of UN Women Afghanistan. Through this pillar UN Women supports Afghan women Entrepreneurs through various skills building, training, access to finance programs and also advocates for women’s engagement in private sector. UN Women is seeking a qualified national volunteer to support the i. Training and capacity building for women entrepreneurs to develop their business, marketing and financial management skills and ii. Support Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) pillar for smooth operation and implementation of projects specially by supporting monitoring/reporting and partner contract management.

UN Volunteer will report to the WEE Programme Manager, and will undertake the following tasks: 1. Training and Capacity building - Develop standardized training modules for business skills, marketing, financial management related training - Develop Training of Trainers (TOT) plan for Implementing partners of UN Women to roll out the trainings - Develop tools to assess the training and produce training reports - Provide technical support to Integrated Program and cross pillar trainings for women entrepreneurs 2. Monitoring and Reporting - Support coordination of field monitoring and take part in monitoring visits as feasible and required - Support drafting of monitoring or field reports and ensure all reports are filed - Support annual, quarterly reporting processes by keeping close track of reporting deadlines, supporting partner coordination for reporting - Participate in program monitoring visits at the field level and helps to prepare reports 3. Contracting and Administrative Processes - Support Preparation of contract extension package for Programme partners under the guidance of experienced teammates. - Get familiar with the UN Women’s corporate systems such as Quantum, Partner Grant Agreements Management System (PGAMS), Performance & Results Integrated System for Management (PRISM) etc. and their usage - Learn Operations related polices, especially in procurement and travel, and support the team in events organization/management accordingly 4. Knowledge management and research - Keep abreast of emerging trends, research and studies related to overall countries economy and women’s related issues in business and employment - Support identification of areas for research and studies related to WEE - Supports policy analysis and research and identifies entry points for strengthening UN Women’s programming for Women’s economic empowerment - Update the beneficiaries and partners profiles for the projects under WEE - Maintain stakeholder profile and contact for consultations and meetings - Support knowledge management through collection and drafting of success stories, human interest stories in close coordination with communication team Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers Programme mandate within their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their work. As such, UN Volunteers should dedicate a part of their working time to some of the following suggested activities: - Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UN Volunteer and external publications and take active part in UN Volunteer activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day). - Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country. - Provide annual and end of assignment self- reports on UN Volunteer actions, results, and opportunities. - Contribute articles/writeups on field experiences and submit them for UN VOLUNTEER publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc. - Assist with the UN Volunteer Buddy Programme for newly arrived UN Volunteers. - Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UN Volunteer Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.