Regional Programme Specialist

UN Women's home-based regional programme specialist manages UN Trust Fund grants across Latin America, Africa and the Arab States. The role provides feminist technical support to civil-society partners, oversees programme quality and risk, appraises grants, strengthens organisations and turns portfolio evidence into learning.

Department: UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women

• Provide technical accompaniment and quality assurance to civil-society grantees addressing violence against women and girls
• Manage regional grants through implementation, revision, disbursement, monitoring and closure
• Assess partner performance, safeguarding, fiduciary and programme risks
• Appraise proposals, partner capacity, budgets, theories of change and monitoring frameworks
• Design capacity-development, peer-learning and institutional-strengthening support
• Analyse portfolio data and prepare strategic, donor and management reporting
• Coordinate with UN Women offices, United Nations entities, donors and women's rights organisations

• Master's degree in social sciences, political science, development, public administration, gender studies or a related field, or a bachelor's degree with two additional years of qualifying experience
• At least five years of programme management experience covering design, coordination, monitoring, evaluation, donor reporting and capacity building in ending violence against women
• Experience working directly with civil society and women's organisations
• Experience in programme design, monitoring, reporting and results-based management
• Fluency in English, French and Spanish

• Home-based assignment covering portfolios in Latin America, Africa and the Arab States
• International experience is desirable