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Under the guidance and direct supervision of the Deputy Resident Representative, the Programme Analyst is the team leader for UNDP Kyrgyzstan’s Peace and Development Programme. The Programme Analyst analyzes political and conflict trends, leads formulation of programmes, provides policy advice, strategic leadership and hands-on programmatic guidance and quality assurance within his/her portfolio, provides policy advice services.

The Programme Analyst builds and maintains quality relationships with key government counterparts; monitors/ evaluates project implementation progress and makes recommendations towards improving programme results, and coordinates with other partners (including other UN agencies) to ensure coherent delivery of UNDP peace and development interventions. The Programme Analyst works in close collaboration with staff in the Programme Management Unit (PMU) and Area-Based Development (ABD) Offices, programme staff in other UN Agencies, UNDP HQs staff and Government officials, technical advisors and experts, multi-lateral and bi-lateral donors and civil society ensuring successful UNDP programme implementation.

Deberes y responsabilidades

Summary of Key Functions:

• Analyze political and conflict-related trends;
• Initiate and formulate strategic peace and development initiatives/ projects;
• Carry out quality assurance role with regards to programme implementation;
• Create strategic partnerships and mobilize resources for peace and development initiatives/ projects;
• Provide quality policy advice;
• Facilitate knowledge building and management, and communicate peace and development results.

Analyze political and conflict-related trends

• Conduct ongoing analysis and research of the peace and development context in the country in order to identify political risks for development, emerging issues/ trends, underlying causes of conflict, etc.;
• Promote mechanisms for conflict analysis to reflect on trends and their implications for UNDP programming in Kyrgyzstan;
• Engage national stakeholders in reflecting on conflict-related trends/ prospective scenarios towards identifying policy options and entry points for preventive action;
• Prepare substantive inputs to CCA, UNDAF, CPD, CPAP and other documents.

Initiate and formulate strategic peace and development initiatives/ projects

• Based on analysis, identify opportunities and entry points for UNDP peace and development initiatives/ preventive action and make concrete proposals to UNDP senior management;
• Design and formulate strategic peace and development initiatives/ projects, especially in the framework of UNDP’s partnership with UNRCCA, translating the mandates and priorities of UNDP into concrete interventions (moving from analysis to action in order to respond to emerging trends and political risks);
• Foster collaboration between different UNDP programmes to ensure that peace and development interventions are designed in a holistic manner;
• In close coordination with the Country Office, support the design and development of regional activities (particularly focusing on cross-border cooperation in the Fergana Valley);
• Develop programme/project documents and proposals in co-ownership with UNDP’s Programme Management Unit and Area-Based Development (ABD) programmes, and where applicable with UNRCCA and other relevant UN entities (including the development of performance indicators/ success criteria, targets and milestones; presentation of the project to PAC; finalization of contribution agreement; close of projects through review, etc.).

Carry out quality assurance role with regards to programme implementation

• Perform quality assurance functions with a focus on conflict sensitivity and conflict prevention to ensure the implementation and evaluation of programme strategies against committed outcomes and outputs, report any deviations in the implementation of programme strategies to the DRR, share observations and feedback with the Programme Management Unit;
• Perform objective and independent project oversight, monitoring and evaluation through the effective application of RBM tools (monitoring of targets and results); visits to project sites and field locations to ensure the technical quality of projects; check compliance with programme/ project documents, strategies and frameworks as well as the application of appropriate methodologies/ approaches;
• Finalize narrative reports to donors before their submission to the Country Management for clearance;
• Collaborate with UNDP Programme Management Unit, ABD programmes, and where applicable with UNRCCA and other UN agencies to find creative ways to overcome key implementation bottlenecks;
• Enhance the capacity of UNDP programmes in conflict-sensitive programming and support the design and implementation of related systems/ tools.

Create strategic partnerships and mobilize resources for peace and development initiatives/ projects

• Liaise with stakeholders active in the field of conflict prevention and identify opportunities for partnership building and resource mobilization: Ensure the creation of strategic partnerships that advance the conflict prevention initiatives/ projects of UNDP, its partners and the UN System in the Kyrgyz Republic (e.g. development of partnerships with UN Agencies, IFIs, Government institutions, bilateral and multilateral donors, the private sector and civil society);
• Analysis and research of information on donors, preparation of substantive briefs on possible areas of cooperation, identification of opportunities for initiation of new projects, active contribution to overall resource mobilization efforts;
• Pipeline management for conflict prevention and peacebuilding interventions.

Provide quality policy advice

• Provide policy analytical and policy advisory services in the areas of conflict prevention, peacebuilding and conflict sensitivity to UNDP as requested;
• Provide policy analytical and policy advisory services to national counterparts at the central level, as requested;
• Support the development of policies and institutions to help address the country’s problems and needs, in collaboration with the Government and other strategic partners.

Facilitate knowledge building and management, and communicate conflict prevention results

• Draft communications and success stories in close coordination with the Communication Unit to demonstrate conflict prevention results;
• Facilitate knowledge building and management focusing on achievement: Identification of sources of information related to policy-driven issues; identification and synthesis of best practices and lessons learnt directly linked to UNDP conflict prevention and peacebuilding programming;
• Provide sound contributions to knowledge networks, communities of practice, studies/ surveys and UNDP publications;
• Maintain close contact with relevant staff in Headquarters and regional representatives (e.g. RBEC; BCPR; DPA; UNRCCA, etc.), contributing to  knowledge management by generating lessons learned and best practices.

Perform other duties as and when required by RC/ RR and DRR.

Competencias

Functional Competencies:  

Advocacy/Advancing A Policy-Oriented Agenda

• Identifies and communicates relevant information for a variety of audiences for advocating UNDP’s mandate.

Results-Based Programme Development and Management

• Assesses project performance to identify success factors and incorporates best practices into project work;
• Researches linkages across programme activities to identify critical points of integration;
• Monitors specific stages of projects/programme implementation;
• Analyzes country situation to identify opportunities for project development;
• Participates in the formulation of project proposals and ensures substantive rigor in the design and application of proven successful approaches and drafts proposals accordingly.

Building Strategic Partnerships

• Maintains an established network of contacts for general information sharing and to remain up-to-date on partnership related issues;
• Analyzes and selects materials for strengthening strategic alliances with partners and stakeholders.

Innovation and Marketing New Approaches

• Generates new ideas and proposes new, more effective ways of doing things;
• Documents and analyses innovative strategies/best practices/new approaches.

Resource Mobilization (Field Duty Stations)

• Analyzes information/databases on potential and actual donors;
• Develops a database of project profiles.  Identifies opportunities for project proposals for presentation to donors.

Promoting Organizational Learning and Knowledge Sharing

• Generates new ideas and approaches, researches best practices and proposes new, more effective ways of doing things;
• Documents and analyses innovative strategies and new approaches.

Job Knowledge/Technical Expertise

• Understands and applies fundamental concepts and principles of a professional discipline or technical specialty relating to the position;
• Possesses basic knowledge of organizational policies and procedures relating to the position and applies them consistently in work tasks;
• Strives to keep job knowledge up-to-date through self-directed study and other means of learning;
• Demonstrates good knowledge of information technology and applies it in work assignments;
• Demonstrates in-depth understanding and knowledge of the current guidelines and project management tools and utilizes these regularly in work assignments.

Global Leadership and Advocacy for UNDP’s Goals

• Identifies and communicates relevant information for advocacy for UNDP’s goals for a variety of audiences;
• Identifies and takes advantage of opportunities for advocating for UNDP’s mandate.

Client Orientation

• Researches potential solutions to internal and external client needs and reports back in a timely, succinct and appropriate fashion
• Organizes and prioritizes work schedule to meet client needs and deadlines
• Anticipates client needs and addresses them promptly

Core Competencies:

• Demonstrating/safeguarding ethics and integrity  
• Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment
• Self-development, initiative-taking
• Acting as a team player and facilitating team work
• Facilitating and encouraging open communication in the team, communicating effectively
• Creating synergies through self-control
• Managing conflict
• Learning and sharing knowledge and encourage the learning of others. Promoting learning and knowledge management/sharing is the responsibility of each staff member;
• Informed and transparent decision making.

Habilidades y experiencia requeridas

Education:

• Master’s Degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Public Administration, Economics, Political Sciences/ International Relations, Social Sciences, Peace and Conflict Studies or related field;
• Prince2 training and certification, RMG.

Experience:

• 2 years of relevant experience at the national or international level in providing management advisory services, hands-on experience in analysis, design and monitoring of development projects out of which at least 1 year should have been spent in the area of conflict prevention peacebuilding/ resilience to violent conflict or governance;
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages, experience in handling of web based management systems.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in Russian and English required;
• Knowledge of Kyrgyz language as an asset.

Application:

• Applications without UNDP Personal history form will not be considered. Please download P.11 form from http://www.kg.undp.org/content/kyrgyzstan/en/home/;
• Please upload P.11 form instead of CV.