Programme Support Consultant

Background:

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works to eliminate discrimination against women and girls, empower women, and achieve equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action, and peace and security. 

UN Women Country Office in Tajikistan supports the Government of Tajikistan and national stakeholders in fulfilling international and national commitments on gender equality and women’s empowerment, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, UN Security Council resolutions on Women, Peace and Security (WPS), and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Guided by UN Women’s Strategic Plan, the Country Strategic Note, and operating within the framework of the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) 2023–2026, the National Development Strategy of the Republic of Tajikistan until 2030, the National Strategy on Gender Equality, and the National Action Plan on UNSCR 1325, UN Women Tajikistan delivers results through its triple mandate of normative support, UN system coordination, and operational activities to deliver coherent and impactful results.

UN Women Tajikistan’s programme focuses on: Eliminating violence against women and girls (EVAW); Advancing women’s economic empowerment (WEE); Strengthening women’s meaningful participation and leadership in peace, security, governance, and decision-making; and Promoting gender-responsive humanitarian action, disaster risk reduction, and climate resilience. UN Women Tajikistan promotes an open, collaborative spirit with partners, ensuring synergies across programme interventions, fostering strong and inclusive partnerships, and maintaining a client-focused, results-oriented approach fully consistent with UN Women policies, rules and procedures.

To provide high-quality programme coordination and technical support for UN Women Tajikistan’s portfolios on Ending Violence against Women (EVAW), Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE), and Women, Peace and Security (WPS), ensuring effective implementation, monitoring, and reporting aligned with national priorities, the UNSDCF, and UN Women’s Strategic Plan, UN Women seeks to recruit a Programme Support Consultant (SSA).

Reporting to the Country Programme Manager/Head of Office, the Programme Support Consultant will provide substantive technical and coordination support to the design, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of UN Women programmes in Tajikistan. The incumbent will ensure effective programme delivery across the EVAW, WEE, and WPS portfolios, in close collaboration with programme and operations teams, government counterparts, UN partners, donors, and civil society. 

Under the overall guidance and the direct supervision of the Head of UN Women Office in Tajikistan, the Programme Support Consultant will provide professional support and facilitate the effective delivery of UN Women programmes by monitoring results achieved during implementation, ensuring the appropriate application of corporate systems and procedures, and proposing improvements where necessary. 

The Programme Support Consultant will work in close collaboration with CO programme and operations teams, relevant colleagues at UN Women ECA Regional Office, government counterparts, bilateral and multilateral donors, and civil society organizations to ensure the successful implementation of UN Women’s programme portfolio.

Under the overall guidance and the direct supervision of the Head of UN Women Office in Tajikistan, the Programme Support Consultant will provide professional support and facilitate the effective delivery of UN Women programmes by monitoring results achieved during implementation, ensuring the appropriate application of corporate systems and procedures, and proposing improvements where necessary. 

The Programme Support Consultant will work in close collaboration with CO programme and operations teams, relevant colleagues at UN Women ECA Regional Office, government counterparts, bilateral and multilateral donors, and civil society organizations to ensure the successful implementation of UN Women’s programme portfolio.  

Description of Responsibilities

Under the overall guidance of the UN Women Head of Office, the Programme Support Consultant will:

1. Provide high-quality programme development support, including: 

• Support development, implementation and monitoring of the programs related to EVAWG, WEE, and WPS in Tajikistan;

• Provide substantive inputs to UN Women Tajikistan’s programme planning and strategic positioning, ensuring alignment with national development strategies, UNSDCF priorities, and UN Women’s Strategic Plan;

• Lead the design, formulation, review, and rev