Brief details about Jobs Asia – Programme
Specialist:
- Organization: UNDP – United Nations Development Programme
- Location: Jobs Asia , Istanbul
- Grade: Level not specified – Level not specified
- Occupational Groups:
- Project and Programme Management
- Closing Date: 2023-07-01
About UNDP:
Information about the organization that has offered the Jobs Asia – Programme Specialist job:
UNDP Programe is well arranged and manifestly image Albania’s improvement priorities articulated in the National Strategy for Development and Integration as well as in the Albania-United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2022-2026. Our Programme is alike with the UNDP Global Strategic Plan. It is contributed towards the European Union Integration Agenda through several European Union acquis chapters. The Programme contributes to the goals of several Sustainable Development Goals. Furthermore, Based on its reputation and strength as a UN system integrator for Agenda 2030 and trusted impartial partner, UNDP will set economic transformation and eradication of multidimensional poverty and establish systems that address risk disasters and social injustice within the SDGs. In addition ,The key component of UNDP’s means will be integration and innovation.
Tasks of Jobs Asia – Programme Specialist:
Programme Support and Policy development
- Provide research, understanding and advisory support and feedback on policy and programmatic gaps and opportunities from the regional perspective to advance a prevention approach to conflict prevention and peacebuilding;
- Provide policy and programmatic help in areas such as anticipation, foresight, conflict prevention, confidence building, social cohesion and peacebuilding;
- Lead and support the development of multi-dimensional conflict, fragility and risk analyses, foresight and scenario-building exercises at Country Offices and regional level;
- Help the development of research, policy and programmatic work in relation to hate speech and divisive narrative (online and offline);
- Help programmatic engagements with Country Offices to ensure demand- and needs-based responses to emerging country and regional context including crisis situations;
- Help the roll-out of the UNDP Crisis Offer, including support to the various pilot countries in ECA and the development and implementation of relevant Prevention Action Plans
- Back the implementation of the upcoming Regional Framework, and related project(s), on Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding for Europe and Central Asia;
- Arrange consultations with country/regional teams and analyze and compile background information, as needed;
- Assure alignment with global development policies, norms and standards, and foster policy innovation in the specific thematic area to enhance programme delivery;
- Provide timely specialised policy and programme advice for crisis situations in response to requests.
Partnerships, Advocacy and Resource Mobilization
- Aid partnership engagements with partners including to develop knowledge sharing networks and for resource mobilization, through preparation of funding proposals, donor briefings, timely corporate and donor reporting, advocacy and information-sharing requirements;
- Help the organization of relevant conferences, workshops and/or training initiatives and related events, across the region and as relevant;
- Seek opportunities for inter-agency engagement at national or (sub-)regional levels, for instance through participating in preparations and design of thematic events;
- Draft background documents and talking points in the thematic area of conflict prevention and peacebuilding, as requested.
Knowledge Management and Analytics
- Support and lead the development of multi-dimensional conflict, fragility and risk analyses;
- Coordinate understanding extraction, analysis, documentation, codification of results/lessons learned in the specific thematic area, ensuring that knowledge sharing, and content management is in line with guidelines and performed using corporate tools;
- Aid conflict analysis, scenario building exercises, the development of risk monitoring tools and UNDP Crisis Risk Dashboards in the region;
- Provide sound contributions to understanding networks and communities of practice;
- Help cross-regional exchange of knowledge by collaborating with policy teams in HQ and Regional Hubs to research, develop and share knowledge-based tools, guidance and case studies to help influence/advance policy dialogue in the thematic area.
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Qualifications ofJobs Asia – Programme Specialist:
Education:
- Advanced university degree (Master’s Degree or equivalent) in political science, sociology, international relations, law, public administration, or other connected social sciences.
- A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree) with additional two years of background will be given due consideration in lieu of Master´s degree.
Experience:
- A minimum of 5 years (with a Master´s degree) or 7 years (with Bachelor´s degree) of relevant professional background including demonstrated experience in conflict prevention and peacebuilding initiatives and programming.
- Progressively responsible background in conflict analysis, policy, programme and/or strategy development in the thematic areas of conflict prevention and peacebuilding in a governmental, multilateral or civil society organization is an asset.
- Programmatic/policy and/or research background in complex and/or crisis settings is an asset.
- Illustrated professional work experience and/or expertise on the Europe and Central Asia region is an asset.
- Background in conflict analysis, foresight, scenario building and/or risk monitoring is an advantage.
- Background at local and community-level on conflict prevention, community-based early warning system, peacebuilding, confidence building, and related initiatives is an advantage.
- Work experience with the UN/UNDP is an advantage.
Languages:
- Fluency in English with outstanding writing skills.
- Understanding of additional UN language(s), especially Russian, is an advantage.
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