Programme Associate in Women Leadership and Economic Rights at UN Women July 2025

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 centre of its efforts, UN Women is mandated to lead and co-ordinate United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming are translated into action. It is also mandated to provide strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

In line with the Tanzania’s national priorities, UN Women’s strategic Plan 2022-2026 lays out the agency’s unique role and comparative advantage in supporting national stakeholders in advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women by strengthening women’s leadership and participation in political and governance systems, gender statistics, implementation of global gender norms and standards, ending violence against women and girls, and women’s economic empowerment.

Based at UNWOMEN Country Office in Dar es Salaam, the International UN University Volunteer – Programme Associate will have dual reporting: direct reporting to the Women Leadership and Economic Rights (WLER) Project Programme Manager and second level reporting to the Programme Analyst. She will provide programme support to the effective management of UN Women programmes at the Local Levels in Tanzania, including in the Mtwara sub-office by contributing in the programme design, formulation, implementation, and evaluation. The IUNV University Volunteer – Programme Associate will provide strategic support to evidence-based planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of the interventions undertaken by projects.

Under the direct supervision of the WLER Project Manager and second level reporting to the Programme Analyst, the International UN University Volunteer – Programme Associate will undertake the following tasks:

1. Assist in providing technical support to the implementation and management of programmes at Local Levels in Tanzania
• Assist in providing inputs to the annual workplan and budget as required
• Support coordination, monitoring and implementation of programme activities
• Assist in coordinating calls/request for proposals, including organization of technical review committees, and capacity assessment of partners
• Assist in reviewing and coordination of submission of both financial and narrative reports from the implementing partners
• Assist in training partners on Results Based Management

2. Assist in providing technical inputs to the monitoring and reporting of the programme/ project
• Support in monitoring progress on programme implementation and tracking results
• Assist in providing inputs to quarterly reports, donor reports and other reports on outputs, results and outcomes

3. Contribute to building partnerships, coordination and resource mobilization strategies
• Contribute to providing inputs to resource mobilization strategies, analysis and maintenance of information and databases
• Provide support in coordinating meetings and key programme events, including the preparation of background documents and dissemination of relevant minutes and notes to support follow-up actions
• Assist in coordinating relationships with implementing partners to support the programme implementation, and coordinate needs assessment exercises for partners’ capacity building

4. Provide inputs to advocacy, knowledge building and communication efforts
• Assist in providing technical inputs to the drafting of programme background documents, projects briefs and presentations
• Contribute to coordination, and support the organization of advocacy activities and campaign events, trainings, workshops and knowledge products, including project success stories.
• Support the programme team in provision of inputs to the development of knowledge management products