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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 will lead and coordinate United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It will provide strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.
One of the key areas of work for UN Women country office for South Sudan is supporting Women and Youths access to financial services and skills for their economic empowerment as stipulated in the UN Women 2022 Annual Work Plan. The overall goal of this intervention is to increase employment opportunities, market access and incomes for marginalized women and youths in South Sudan. The specific objectives will be to (i) Support the growth of SMEs and link them to MFIs & Markets and (ii) Strengthen institutional capacities of the government and private sector institutions to promote the growth of SMEs and the economic empowerment of women and youths.
Under the overall guidance of the Country Representative, and direct supervision of the Deputy Representative, the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist will support the monitoring and reporting on interventions undertaken by UN Women Economic Empowerment program/project by analyzing results achieved during implementation and supporting the drafting of the progress and end-line reports using appropriate systems and procedures. The Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist will work in close collaboration with the programme team at UN Women in South Sudan to deliver on these results, with frequent monitoring visits to project sites in Western Equatoria (Yambio) and Western Bahr-el-ghazal (Wau).
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