Outcome MOZ_O_1

Nurturing an empowered workforce and advancing an inclusive UN-Women culture

During the reporting period, the CO delivered on its talent acquisition recruiting and onboarding international staff, national staff level and UN Volunteers. International Staff Expansion: For the first time, the Country Office (CO) doubled its number of international staff, enhancing capacity for improved results. National Staff Recruitment: Three national staff were recruited under Fixed-Term Appointment (FTA) contracts, supporting talent retention and contract improvement. UN Volunteers: The CO continued to engage UN Volunteers, further diversifying and strengthening the team With the additional staff, the CO was able to deliver timely on its programmes. The newly recruited staff led and supported the establishment of multiple partnerships that saw the CO improve its efficiency and effectivectiness in the delivery of its programmes. To further stengthen the team and to expedite delivery, the CO focused on new staff orientation on the new systems and completion of mandatory courses. Onboarding and Orientation New Staff Orientation: All new personnel received orientation on new systems and completed mandatory courses, ensuring rapid integration and readiness. Learning Opportunities: The CO provided internal and external learning opportunities, including regional trainings, to strengthen understanding of the Programme Management cycle, fraud risk management, and other key areas. The trainings strengthened the personnel's understanding of the entire Programme Management cycle, fraud risk management among others therefore contributing to high quality annual work plan, timely donor reports, mid year reporting and risk register validation. In addition, the CO continued to embed the culture of performance management ensure 100% completion of the 2025 performance.

Nurturing an empowered workforce and advancing an inclusive UN-Women culture

During the reporting period, the CO delivered on its talent acquisition recruiting and onboarding two international staff, two national staff at an NOB level and three UN Volunteers. For the first time, the CO doubled the number of international staff as part of its goal to strengthen the team for improved results. The recruitment of the three national staff under FTA contracts was part of the CO's initiative to improve contracts in order to retain talent. With the additional staff, the CO was able to deliver timely on its programmes. The newly recruited staff led and supported the establishment of multiple partnerships that saw the CO improve its efficiency and effectivectiness in the delivery of its programmes. To further stengthen the team and to expedite delivery, the CO focused on new staff orientation on the new systems and completion of mandatory courses. The CO further provided learning opportunities to all personnel both internally and externally within the region. The trainings strengthened the personnel's understanding of the entire Programme Management cycle, fraud risk management among others therefore contributing to high quality annual work plan, timely donor reports, mid year reporting and risk register validation. In addition, the CO continued to embed the culture of performance management ensure 100% completion of the 2023 performance evaluation and the individual work plans for 2024.

Nurturing an empowered workforce and advancing an inclusive UN-Women culture

The CO strengthen its workforce putting the a people centered approach in the work place and ensuring timely recruitments to ease pressure and to allow for a work life balance. The CO focused on diversity as a strength ensuring a diverse team that contributed to its delivery. The CO further embarked team building, training, and flexible working arrangements as key elements that contributed to the overall performance during the year. In order to attract and retain talent, the CO worked on the establishment of stable type contracts focusing more on FTAs most which were established and approved.