UNDP Jobs - 26492- International Programme Coordinator, Justice and S

International Programme Coordinator, Justice and Security

Location :

GUATEMALA, GUATEMALA

Type of Contract :

FTA International

Starting Date :

02-Jan-2012

Application Deadline :

16-Nov-11 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

P-4

Duration of Initial Contract :

1 year

Languages Required :

English Spanish

Expected Duration of Assignment :

2 years

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

In agreement with the United Nations Development Assistance Framework 2010 - 2014 UNDP Guatemala has formulated a specific programme on democratic governance which includes the strengthening of the rule of law and support to the reform of the justice and security sector. UNDP Guatemala has been successful in mobilizing resources to support key activities on these issues. The on-going projects and programmes are backing the transition process towards the transferring of capacities and functions from the United Nations Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) towards national institutions as its mandate expires in 2012.

With this purpose, the UNDP Country Office generated the programme “Fight against impunity and the strengthening of peace in Guatemala”, which is particularly aimed at supporting the fulfillment of the National Agreement for the Advancement on Security and Justice (NAASJ), signed by the Presidents of the three branches of Government and the General Prosecutor in 2010.

Among the different projects that are being implemented within this programme, the project “Fight against impunity and the strengthening of peace in Guatemala: Facilitating the implementation of the NAASJ, the institutional strengthening of the Judicial Branch and legislation on security and justice” –or shortly, “the project”– is aimed at achieving three outputs. The first is related to the facilitation of the comprehensive fulfillment of the National Agreement for the Advancement of Security and Justice (NAAJS), with an adequate focus on gender; the second, to the modification of the organizational structure and the operational functioning of the Judicial Branch (Organismo Judicial) in order to separate the administrative functions from judges and Magistrates; and, the third, to provide technical assistance and support to National Congress for the enactment of legislation on security and justice, according to the NAASJ.

The International Programme Coordinator, Justice and Security (Development Project Funded – DPF - post) will be the Coordinator of the project, and will have, additionally, the specific responsibilities of generating and supporting catalytic actions to accelerate the fulfillment of the priority commitments of the NAASJ and to emphasize a gender focused approach in it, as well as the identification, definition, setting up and internal coordination of the project portfolio being generated, and the mobilization of fresh financial resources. The International Programme Coordinator will develop this work under the guidance of the Project Director, in coordination with the Programme Specialist in charge of the Country Office’s Democratic Governance Area, and with the accompaniment of the Rule of Law and Peace Projects Implementing Manager.

The objective of this post is twofold: (1) to ensure the technical and administrative implementation of the mentioned project, including the coordination with and support to the Judicial Branch and the National Congress for ensuring a smooth conduction of the respective components of the project, for achieving outputs 2 and 3 of the project, and (2) to assume directly the accomplishing of output 1 of the project.

Duties and Responsibilities

The coordination of the project, acting as the “Project Coordinator”:

Build and propose strategies for the implementation of the project, including the project entry and exit strategies and those focused on the strengthening of the participant institutions;
Promote coordination and synergy of efforts with programmes and projects with overlapping objectives and related topics, particularly within the programme;
Define project work plans and annual budgets, and taking care of their required adjustments;
Prepare project reviews and adjustments according to needs;
Prepare project narrative and financial reports quarterly, annual and final project and programme and others that are required by the Program Steering Committee / Board of Project or UNDP;
Ensure compliance with UNDP procedures in the execution of the project resources, and assuming direct responsibility for the strict compliance with them in the project;
Design and implement a project monitoring system, coherent with the programme’s, in coordination with the project’s participant institutions, in consultation with the UNDP M&E official, and share the respective information regularly to update the overall programme’s system;
Build links with other programmes and projects with overlapping objectives and issues to identify best practices and share lessons with partners;
Support and facilitate the conduct of external evaluations;
Ensure that corrective actions are taken based on the findings of the monitoring and evaluation processes;
Participate in and promote activities of communication and public information concerning the project, within the respective programme’s activities;
Direct, supervise and ensure the good performance of the Administrative Assistant, as well as others that are incorporated into the project team;
Assume direct responsibility for project management and compliance with UNDP procedures in the implementation thereof, including, among others, management of requests for administrative action, the processes of procurement, recruitment processes, planning and control of budget execution, reporting, monitoring performance and risk management, and field visits;
Provide advice on his/her fields of expertise to the UNDP Country Director, the Programme Coordinator, and the Democratic Governance Area programmatic team;
Support specific requests, other programmatic processes of the UNDP Democratic Governance Area.

The accomplishment of Output 1 of the project, “The priority commitments of the NAASJ are taken up by institutions and other state actors through a comprehensive set of ongoing projects (supported by UNDP and the UNS) in order to ensure their compliance, with an adequate focus on gender”:

Provide input and guidance criteria, scope and strategies for the programme and its project portfolio, aimed at assuring the widest possible coverage of NAASJ commitments;
Manage institutional support, to create conditions conducive to the complete execution of the NAASJ;
Promote the strengthening of institutional capacity of state actors involved to play such a role;
Contribute to overall programme planning;
Mobilize fresh financial resources, in coordination with the Project Director, for supporting new initiatives related to the compliance of the NAASJ;
Collect and make analysis of information on donor contacts, funding priorities, criteria and processes related to Rule of Law, Human Rights and Access to Justice;
Identify opportunities for the implementation of the programme and its projects, making specific recommendations on actions needed;
Provide support to the Secretary of the Steering Committee of the Programme / Project Board on two levels, political and technical, according to the needs;
Support the programme’s partners in the identification, formulation, implementation, management, monitoring and evaluation of programme-specific projects, through technical assistance and advice and operational;
Conduct analysis of results of monitoring programme and submit to UNDP, in order to provide elements to adjust or confirm the intervention strategies;
Design specific strategies aimed at assuring a strong and adequate focus on gender on all programme’s projects, promote gender equality and empowering women from their ethnic and cultural diversity, in accordance with the commitments outlined in the UN Secretary General’s Report on Women’s Participation in Peacebuilding (A/65/354-S/2010/466), as well as, in compliance with the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security, promote the incorporation of a gender perspective in the civil police reform and the justice sector;
Generate specific mechanisms in the projects dealing with gender based violence data (GBV), for linking the collected data with the institutional and national databases.

Competencies

Corporate Competencies:

Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Treats all people fairly without favoritism;

Functional Competencies:

Knowledge Management and Learning:

Promotes a knowledge sharing and learning culture;
In-depth knowledge on development issues;
Ability to advocate and provide policy advice;
Actively works towards continuing personal learning and development in one or more Practice Areas, acts on learning plan and applies newly acquired skills.

Development and Operational Effectiveness:

Ability to lead strategic planning, results-based management and reporting;
Ability to lead formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development programmes and projects, mobilize resources;
Good knowledge of the Results Management Guide and Toolkit;
Strong IT skills;
Ability to lead implementation of new systems (business side), and affect staff behavioral/ attitudinal change;
Strong IT skills;
Plans and produces quality results to meet established goals;
Generates innovative, practical solutions to challenging situations;
Team worker.

Management and Leadership:

Focuses on impact and result for the client and responds positively to feedback;
Leads teams effectively and shows conflict resolution skills;
Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills;
Builds strong relationships with clients and external actors;
Remains calm, in control and good humored even under pressure;
Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities;
Shares information openly with co-workers and partners while using discretion to protect confidences;
Initiates and sustains relationships with key constituents (internal /external /bilateral/ public/ private/ NGO);
Communicates sensitively and effectively across different constituencies.

Job Knowledge and Expertise:

Thorough knowledge of rule of law and access to justice principles and procedure at the national or international level, and prefer knowledge of professional conduct and ethics codes;
Strong analytical skills, with the ability to deal with a range of complex legal issues;
Superior legal research and writing skills including relevant experience in legislative reform, drafting legislation and policy development experience;
Sound and proven management skills, training experience, strong leadership, people development skills, and proven ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with host-country counterparts;
In-depth practical knowledge and experience in capacity development/training approaches;
Experience at high level policy advice and strategic planning within a national government or international organization;
Strong personal knowledge and practice in formulating programs and projects focused on results;
Ability to lead formulation, oversight of implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development projects;
Proven capacity and experience on building strong relationships with clients, focuses on impact and result for the client and responds positively to feedback.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s degree in law, Human Rights, political sciences or international relations, preferably with specialization in human rights and/or international criminal law.

Experience:

At least 7 years’ work experience dealing with issues related to access to justice, judicial reform and/or strengthening of the rule of law in conflict and post-conflict countries, preferable with important experience in Guatemala, including relevant experience on policy advice at national and institutional levels;
Significant knowledge of development process and post-conflict related issues, particularly in the revival and development of accountable rule of law institutions in a post-conflict/peace-building environment;
;Highly qualified experience in promoting an equitable gender focus in institutional development and on UN programs and projects, and complete domain of the concepts and criteria of the UN Secretary General’s Report on Women’s Participation in Peacebuilding (A/65/354-S/2010/466) and the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security, and excellent understanding of and proven experience in addressing sexual and gender based violence (SGBV);
At least 7 years of relevant experience in project formulation, management and control; resource mobilization; and monitoring and evaluation of development projects, preferably with specific Rule of Law or Access to Justice focus;
5 or more years of experience within an International organization, preferably UNDP or other UN agencies, working on governance and project management issues;
Experience working in a multi-cultural and/or international work environment;
Experience from previous UN assignments and/or multilateral organizations and bi-lateral aid organizations would be an asset.

Language Requirements:

Fluency in Spanish and English.

Others:

Knowledge of Prince2 and other proven Results Based Management methodologies would be an asset;
Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and advanced knowledge of spreadsheet and PowerPoint;
Knowledge of ATLAS and PeopleSoft would be an asset.

Candidates must comply with the requirement of filling out UNDP P11 Form available at http://www.undp.org.gt/frmJobs.aspx Kindly upload P11 Form duly signed with your application.