Country Representative Job Description

The Country Representative is responsible for leading and managing the Ecuador Country Office (CO) portfolio, translating UN Women's Strategic Plan into development initiatives and results, and promoting inter-agency partnerships to advance gender equality and women's empowerment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the strategic country programme planning and development, including developing and implementing the Country Strategic Note.
• Lead the Ecuador Country Office, overseeing the implementation of programmes and projects, and ensuring the quality of results-based and rights-based programming.
• Provide support to the Resident Coordination and serve as a member of the UN Country Team, collaborating on and leading UNCT programming and advocacy to ensure gender equality and women's empowerment issues are fully integrated into UN programming processes.
• Represent UN Women in intergovernmental forums, public information/relations events, and key meetings, participating in policy dialogue and building relations and partnerships with high-level and senior government officials, multi-lateral, bi-lateral agencies, and NGOs.
• Create and maintain strategic partnerships and manage resource mobilization strategies, leading the development of resource mobilization strategies and managing the implementation of resource mobilization plans and efforts.

Requirements:

• Master's degree or equivalent in development-related disciplines, economics, or public policy or other social science fields.
• At least 10 years of progressively responsible development experience that combines strategic and managerial leadership in development cooperation at the international level.
• Experience in gender and women's issues programming, at the international level, preferably in developing countries within the UN system, Agencies, Funds or Programmes or UN Mission.

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