UNDP Jobs - 48563- 033 RSC 2014 - Long Term Agreement

033 RSC 2014 - Long Term Agreement – UNDG LAC Associate Expert Network on UNDAF - SECOND CALL

Location :

Panama, PANAMA

Type of Contract :

Other

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

05-Aug-14 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

Other

Duration of Initial Contract :

12 months

Languages Required :

English Spanish

Expected Duration of Assignment :

12 months

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

The United Nations Development Group for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNDG LAC) is composed of 19 Agencies, Funds, and Programmes. The UNDG LAC´s mission is to enhance UN System-wide coherence at the regional level and support UN country teams at the country level in order to deliver as one and achieve sustainable human development. The key role of UNDG LAC, is to provide leadership, strategic guidance, and support to Resident Coordinators (RCs) and UN Country Teams (UNCTs) for the achievement of country level results. Each year, a number of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) will initiate the process of developing a new UNDAF. To the UNDG LAC, this poses particular challenges in terms of continued, full time process management and support to detect and prevent bottlenecks, help facilitate the provision of proper capacity and training at country level from DOCO and the UN System Staff College, identifying and calling upon the available expertise and strategic guidance available at regional level.

The objective of the establishment of the Associate Expert Network on UNDAF is to enhance the support provided from the regional level to the UNDAF roll out process in Latin America and the Caribbean, especially to provide strategic, learning, and facilitation support to UN Country Teams in their efforts to develop the Comprehensive Country Analysis (CCA) and the UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF).

The Associate Experts Network will provide UN Country Teams with an entry point to identify and engage expertise in the region to support programmatic inter-agency activities and/or request training and facilitation support that could be deployed to address their specific needs.

Based on the demand from the Resident Coordinators and United Nations Country Teams in the region in the area of UNDAF, consultants would be required to support them UNCTs in:

(i) Designing CCA and UNDAFs;
(ii) Monitoring, and evaluating UNDAFs; and
(iii) Training and/or facilitating Strategic Planning Retreats, seminars, learning workshops, social networks and other processes at country level, as required. Apart of the UNCTs, the associate experts may be required to support to UNDP Regional Service Centre’s Thematic Areas, UN agencies funds, and programmes at the country and regional level, and Governments.

Duties and Responsibilities

The associate expert will be supervised by the Regional UNDAF Specialist, and work closely with the UNDG LAC Secretariat staff, and the Peer Support Group (PSG). The associate experts will contribute to the strengthening of UNDAF support in the region, and will have expertise and/or specialized training on areas such as UNDAF cycle, UNDAF roadmap preparation, Results Based Management and incorporation of cross cutting programming principles in the UNDAF.

Main Activities:

The Associate Expert will provide professional services in designing, monitoring and evaluating UNDAFs, and facilitating UNDAF related workshops. Activities to be developed by the Associate Expert may vary on each particular case, depending on the profile of the Associate Expert and his/her sub-area of expertise. Any modification of the terms will be agreed upon, and specific terms of reference for the development of each product will be agreed between the supervisor and the associate expert. For detailed information, please consult Annex I.

Competencies

Functional Competencies:

Familiarity with UN principles, mandates and procedure;
Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities;
Responds positively to critical feedback and differing points of view.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

PhD or Master’s Degree or equivalent in Development Studies, Economics, Social Sciences, International Relations, Political Sciences or related field or equivalent experience.

Experience:

At least 7 years of professional experience in the area of development, including project management, RBM, and Monitoring and Evaluation or;
At least 7 years of professional experience in facilitation and motivation of exchange spaces, including training and facilitation experience from multi-stakeholder settings;
Practical experience in strategic planning and/or formulating development strategies and policies;
Knowledge and experience related to the UN system and CCA/UNDAF processes;
Knowledge of face-to-face and virtual facilitation and motivation techniques;
Professional experience in more than one country of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Languages:

Excellent command of Spanish or English, spoken and written (studies or professional work conducted in one of the language will be an asset);
Knowledge of other languages is an advantage, especially in French and/or Portuguese;

Note:

All applications must include (as an attachment) all documents requested in Section 4 of the Terms of Reference, that can be downloaded from the Consultancy and Procurement section at http://www.regionalcentrelac-undp.org/es/adquisiciones

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Incomplete applications will not be considered for further assessment.