Emplois au PNUD - 51952- Team Leader, Responsive & Accountable Institutions

Team Leader, Responsive & Accountable Institutions

Lieu :

New York, ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE

Type de contrat :

FTA International

Date de commencement :

Date limite de candidature :

23-Dec-14 (Minuit New York, États-Unis)

Niveau du poste :

P-5

Durée du contrat initial

Langues requises :

Anglais

Durée prévue de la mission :

Le PNUD s’engage à recruter un personnel divers en termes de genre, de nationalité et de culture. Nous encourageons de même les personnes issues des minorités ethniques, des communautés autochtones ou handicapées à postuler. Toutes les candidatures seront traitées dans la plus stricte confidentialité. Le PNUD ne tolère pas l’exploitation et / ou les atteintes sexuelles, ni aucune forme de harcèlement, y compris le harcèlement sexuel, et / ou toutes formes de discrimination. Tous/tes les candidats/tes selectectionnes /ées devront ainsi se soumettre à de rigoureuses vérifications relatives aux références fournies ainsi qu’à leurs antécédents.

Historique

The Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS) has the responsibility for developing all relevant policy and guidance to support the results of UNDP’s Strategic Plan. BPPS’s staff provides technical advice to Country Offices; advocates for UNDP corporate messages, represents UNDP at multi-stakeholder fora including public-private dialogues, government and civil society dialogues, South-South and Triangular cooperation initiatives, and engages in UN inter-agency coordination in specific thematic areas. BPPS works closely with UNDP’s Crisis Response Unit (CRU) to support emergency and crisis response. BPPS ensures that issues of risk are fully integrated into UNDP’s development programmes. BPPS assists UNDP and partners to achieve higher quality development results through an integrated approach that links results based management and performance monitoring with more effective and new ways of working. BPPS supports UNDP and partners to be more innovative, knowledge and data driven including in its programme support efforts.

Reporting to the Chief of Profession for Governance and Peacebuilding in New York, the Policy Team Leader based in HQ leads the collaborative process of policy development in the Responsive and Accountable Institutions thematic area. S/he manages a team within the Responsive and Accountable Institutions thematic area in HQ. S/he works with teams across UNDP’s Regional Hubs, Country Offices and Global Policy Centers, overseeing the development of substantive approaches, products and tools on Responsive and Accountable Institutions to support policy and programming services to UNDP Country Offices. This guidance is informed by the empirical perspectives of programmatic and partnership dimensions at the country level. The Policy Team Leader advances results, the credibility and recognition of the organization’s programmes in the thematic area. S/he is responsible for leading the following:

Policy Formulation and Development;
Policy Advice and Programme Support Delivery;
Overall Management and Resource Mobilization;
Partnerships, Representation and Advocacy;
Knowledge Management.

Devoirs et responsabilités

Policy Formulation and Development:

Guide the Responsive and Accountable Institutions team on the integration of UNDP’s work into a coherent policy and programming framework in support of the implementation of the UNDP Strategic Plan;
Lead and coordinate development of UNDP policy in the areas of Core Government Functions, decentralization, local governance and urbanization as well as the production of relevant analysis and guidance, in close collaboration with BPPS strategic policy team on emerging issues of global significance;
Design policy initiatives for different contexts on key emerging policy agendas, in collaboration with policy teams in the Regional Hubs bringing in perspectives and knowledge from Country Offices and the regions, and as appropriate, UN missions and other UN entities;
Coordinate and commission new research, including through working with the Global Policy Centers; and
Guide the quality assurance of policy services and foster policy innovation in the specific thematic area to enhance programme delivery.

Policy Advice/ Programme Support Delivery:

Provide guidance and input to teams in Regional Hubs in their provision of policy advisory services to country offices, helping them to ensure relevance of the services provided to the country and regional context while ensuring fulfillment of UNDP’s country and regional level commitments in the area of Core Government Functions in crisis and post-conflict contexts.
In collaboration with the BPPS teams the Regional Hubs, deliver technical policy advice and programme support which responds to country office needs, including through the provision of capacity building and backstopping,
Guide the team in using integrated multi-disciplinary approaches, including through Development Solutions Teams (DSTs), to meet policy and programming needs in line with corporate guidance and standards; and
Liaise with the CRU to ensure a rapid and well-coordinated response to crisis and conflict situations and provide related contributions to UNDP SURGE for country offices.

Overall Management and Resource Mobilization:

Set the direction for the team, including roles and responsibilities, accountability and reporting;
Lead and manage staff in the team in the formulation and implementation of the substantive work plan of the team and oversee staff accountability;
Ensure that the technical capacity of the policy advisors and specialists managed is optimally aligned with business needs and that team members are encouraged to seek new client opportunities and amplify the value and reputation of BPPS in the thematic area;
Encourage the team to critically assess itself against emerging trends and thinking in the profession;
Ensure that Performance Assessments are carried out according to UNDP procedures;
Establish and maintain an enabling environment for harmonious working relationships and team-building, by promoting consistent and constructive communication, open information sharing, and coordination among all staff;
Ensure that the work of the team is conducted in accordance with relevant business processes and that high-quality outputs are delivered on time; and
In collaboration with BERA and in coordination with the Chief of Profession, lead resource mobilization to support the delivery of UNDP results.

Partnerships, Representation and Advocacy:

Lead the team to:

Mobilize, foster and strengthen strategic partnerships with UN entities and other relevant bodies (e.g. UNCDF, World Bank, DESA, UN Habitat, UN Women, DPKO; DPA; etc.) and provide substantive inputs to those partnerships in support of UNDP initiatives;
Lead UNDP’s interagency coordination and engagement on responsive institutions and in other fora to advance UNDP’s strategic agenda in this area;
Advocate policy and positioning of this thematic area in various fora, including academia and civil society.

Knowledge Management:

Guide and coordinate cross-regional exchange of knowledge by collaborating with policy teams in Regional Hubs to research, develop and share knowledge-based tools and guidance to help influence/advance policy dialogue in the thematic area and present such material at various fora;
Oversee the knowledge 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.

Compétences

Core Competencies:

Innovation

Ability to make new and useful ideas work.

Leadership

Ability to persuade others to follow.

People Management

Ability to improve performance and satisfaction.

Communication

Ability to listen, adapt, persuade and transform.

Delivery

Ability to get things done.

Technical/Functional:

Primary:

Responsive and Accountable Institutions

Ability to provide policy advise and translate corporate strategy on responsive institutions' into substantive expertise for application to strategic and/or practical situations.

Representation

Ability to productively share UNDP knowledge and activities (at UN and other venues).

Resource Mobilization

Ability to identify and organize programmes and projects to implement solutions and generate resources.

Partnerships

Ability to engage with other agencies and forge productive working relationships.

Secondary:

Core Government Functions

Knowledge of key public administration areas and core government functionality and ability to apply to strategic and/or practical situations in different development situations.

Local Governance

Knowledge of local governance systems and institutions, decentralizations policies and laws, basic service delivery and recovery planning and ability to apply to strategic and/or practical situations.

Crisis Governance

Knowledge of Crisis Governance concepts and principles and ability to apply to strategic and/or practical situations.

Urban Governance, Planning, and Development

Knowledge of Urban Governance, Planning, and Development and ability to apply to strategic and/or practical situations.

Trends and emerging areas analytics

Ability to scan the horizon and identify approaches and initiatives to bring into policy and programme design.

Advocacy

Ability to advocate a point of view and influence others.

Knowledge Management

Ability to efficiently handle and share information and knowledge.

Qualifications et expériences requises

Education:

Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in economics, business administration, social sciences or related disciplines.

Experience:

10 years of professional work experience leading teams, providing policy advice and pioneering approaches in the general area of Responsive and Accountable Institutions in different development contexts.
Experience working in developing country settings and crisis contexts is required.

Language Requirements:

Fluency in English, both written and oral;
Working knowledge of another UN language is desirable.