Functional Responsibilities

This role will support the mainstreaming of the cross cutting thematic areas across all grants.

Mainstreaming of the Cross Cutting Themes

Contextualize requirements of the Cross Cutting Themes (gender, disability inclusion, accountability, conflict-sensitivity, emergency response, PSEA) to the specific environment of the Programme, ensuring to balance requirements with context, challenges and capacity.
Provide guidance and support to internal colleagues for mainstreaming of cross cutting themes, grant making, and development of localization work across the Programme
In close networking with partners, local civil society organizations, disabled people’s organizations, and relevant key stakeholders, ensure that supported activities are aligned with the Programme’s strategies and priorities, with conflict sensitivity principles, with approaches to civil society engagement, and with other key principles of the Fund
Maintain a clear understanding of cross cutting themes related grant outcomes and core indicators, in particular as they relate to the strengthening of community health systems and the improved health situation of vulnerable communities in the conflict affected areas.
Provide management oversight to ensure that (i) community engagement and (ii) conflict sensitivity (iii) gender mainstreaming and inclusion, disability inclusion, accountability and other cross cutting principles are an integral part of the approach of all partners
Ensure that demand side is not ignored under the health for all lens when essential health services available to vulnerable people in Myanmar and increasing the number of people with access to these services
Ensure grants contribute to the strengthening of health systems particularly community health system and ensuring cross cutting areas’ standards such as disability inclusion, community feedback mechanism, conflict sensitivity and social cohesion and gender mainstreaming
Support the implementing of UNOPS Myanmar PSEA Minimum Requirements for all partners

Capacity Strengthening throughout Project Management Lifecycle

Conduct capacity strengthening activities with partners to support their development throughout the project management lifecycle. Support one-to-one capacity strengthening activities where relevant and necessary.
Ensure mainstreaming of cross cutting themes to support partners in reaching the most vulnerable populations throughout the project management lifecycle.
Where safe and feasible, support cross-learning between partners to strengthen their cross cutting themes mainstreaming and supportive systems.

Information and knowledge management

Ensure adequate knowledge management and information – keeping the partners abreast of important developments and capturing and sharing lessons learned
Identify and suggest ways to expand integrated health services to vulnerable population in conflict affected areas
Maintain confidentiality and data security at all times
Work in close collaboration: share information, seek their advice and give due consideration to advice received to move the portfolio forward in a way that is both managerially and technically sound

Education/Experience/Language requirements

Education

A Master’s degree in a relevant discipline (for example: international development, social science, public administration, political science) with 5 years of relevant experience.
A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (for example: international development, social science, public administration, political science) with 7 years of relevant experience is considered as equivalent.

Work Experience

At least 5 years of experience managing grants or projects is required
Within the experience, at least 3 years of working in the health or humanitarian or community development sector is required
Full competency in the usage of computers and office software packages including g-suite is highly desirable
Experience of working sensitively and effectively in a culturally diverse setting is preferable
Experience of working in local governance, including but not limited to formal local government structures, local and community based NGOs, traditional governance systems, and informal networks desirable

Language