Organization: UNV – United Nations Volunteers
Location: Dhaka
Grade: Volunteer – National Specialist – Locally recruited Volunteer
Occupational Groups:
Administrative support
Project and Programme Management
Closing Date: 2024-09-03
Details
Mission and objectives
UNDP’s mandate is to end poverty, build democratic governance, rule of law, and inclusive institutions. We advocate for change, and connect countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has partnered with Bangladesh ever since its birth and through its remarkable journey from a war-ravaged economy to a middle-income country. It remains a catalyst in Bangladesh’s journey from Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. UNDP assists in building institutions and helps strengthen institutional capacities through people-centric, pro-poor, inclusive and sustainable policy making and development governance.
Context
UNDP Bangladesh has been a key facilitator in Bangladesh’s remarkable development story since it first arrived in 1972. It has been a valuable partner throughout this process, acting as an honest broker and a helpful catalyst in promoting transformational changes in the lives and livelihoods of the people of Bangladesh. Through its work, UNDP is also helping Bangladesh to meet its Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. To help the people of Bangladesh reach these ambitious targets. UNDP Bangladesh is focusing on three priorities: (a) Ensuring economic growth is inclusive and supports economic opportunities, particularly for women; (b) Improving social policies and programmes, with a focus on good governance and structural inequalities; and (c) Building resilience and improving environmental sustainability. In support of these priorities, The Social Protection Policy Support (SPPS) Programme responds to a need to reconfigure the existing social protection system. The programme provides technical assistance, bring global expertise and meet major investment requirements to enable the GoB to roll out a fully functional system in line with the National Social Security Strategy (NSSS) and its Action Plan. It will draw on the NSSS, which provides a functional entry point for effecting changes in the wider social protection system via better governance and oversight of the system. The first component of the Programme is the improvement of governance of social protection by helping to build coordination, M&E and reporting functions. It will also strengthen research and analysis capacities in order to build a more effective evidence base for effective policy development. The second component of the programme is to strengthen Social Protection System, with the purpose of developing a modern social protection infrastructure capable of supporting a nationally integrated delivery system for reliable, transparent and developmental GoB social transfers and promote linkages to ensure effective coordination. The two SPPS components will function alongside a piloting delivery component that will enable testing and learning and inform social protection strategy and policy through field-based evidence.
Task description
The Government of Bangladesh has formulated the National Social Security Strategy (NSSS) with the objective of tackling poverty and vulnerability by contributing to human resource development which will have particular focus on child social protection. Therefore, the NSSS adopts the social protection programmes for families with children as the primary challenge. The SPPS Programme supports the government in implementation of the NSSS which recommends child social protection as the most important agenda of social protection reforms. Thus, the development of child social protection and nutritional upliftment has come to be most prominent engagement of SPPS Programme. In view of the above, the SPPS Programme is looking for a young professional (with Bangla and English language proficiency) capable of working collaboratively, with technical expertise of administration and facility management for a certain period to work directly in different NGOs’. As an effort to increase its internal capacity, SPPS Programme prefers a qualified young professional will support the administration finance team for logistics support, event organizing, and management, who will support Cabinet Division and GED in implementation of NSSS. Under the direct supervision of National Project Manager, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks: • Provide day-to-day administrative support for project activities. • Provide all kinds of support to the Cabinet Division & GED to facilitate meetings/workshops. • Participate in the monitoring and evaluation of program activities to assess progress and impact. • Help identify areas for improvement and suggest corrective actions. • Prepare materials for presentations, workshops, and briefings, including handouts and other documents • Assist in the preparation of reports, including progress reports, research findings, and policy recommendations. • With guidance from the ICT Expert, support the updating of the website with news, events, publications, and other relevant information in both English and Bengali. • Assist in the review and editing of documents related to social protection, ensuring consistency and accuracy. • Contribute to the conceptualization and design of knowledge products, such as reports, policy briefs, and presentations. • Support in documenting and reporting on program achievements and challenges • Support GED and Cabinet Division with day to activity related to SPPS Programme. • Collaborate with GED and Cabinet Division and assist in the implementation of monitoring and evaluation tools for program effectiveness. • Any other task assigned by the SPPS Project Manager.