Background
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The following documents shall be required from the applicants:
Personal CV or P11, indicating all past positions held and their main underlying functions, their durations (month/year), the qualifications, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate, and at least three (3) the most recent professional references of previous supervisors. References may also include peers.
A cover letter (maximum length: 1 page) indicating why the candidate considers him-/herself to be suitable for the position.
Managers may ask (ad hoc) for any other materials relevant to pre-assessing the relevance of their experience, such as reports, presentations, publications, campaigns or other materials.
Office/Unit/Project Description
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Istanbul International Center for Private Sector in Development (IICPSD) has a mandate to leverage the role of the private sector in development. The IICPSD was established in Istanbul, Turkey on the basis of the Partnership Framework Agreement signed between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the United Nations Development Program in March 2011. The center is one of the six global thematic centers of UNDP, advocating and facilitating the contribution of the private sector to human development and inclusive growth.
The SDG AI Lab is a joint initiative of UNDP Bureau of Policy and Programme Support (BPPS) teams and hosted under UNDP IICPSD. The Lab has a mission to harness the potential of frontier technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for sustainable development. SDG AI Lab provides research, development, and advisory services in the areas of frontier technologies and sustainable development. As well, the Lab supports UNDP’s internal capacity strengthening efforts for the increasing demand for digital solutions. To bridge the talent gap in the use of frontier technologies in development contexts, the Lab mobilizes volunteer data scientists, connecting UNDP teams and highly skilled data scientists to address development challenges with digital solutions.
Under the guidance and direct supervision of the IICPSD’s Technical Specialist, the Partnerships Analyst will provide the overall coordination support to SDG AI Lab activities. The Analyst will also support resource mobilization efforts and partnerships building.
Institutional Arrangement
The Partnerships and Coordination Analyst will be working under the guidance of and reporting directly to the UNDP IICPSD Technical Specialist.
Duties and Responsibilities
Scope of Work
1) Supporting resource mobilization and partnership efforts:
- Identifying potential funding partners at the global, regional and country-levels, including donor governments, private sector, and foundations.
- Drafting concept notes, presentations, pitch decks, donor progress reports and other materials.
- Supporting partnerships and coordinating communications with potential and existing donors as well as with other relevant actors, including clients.
- Commissioning and coordinating the due diligence and partnerships documentation processes for new partners.
- Internally engaging with other relevant actors within UNDP, including the SFH, UNV, Country Offices, and others on partnerships and resource mobilization, as needed.
2) Supporting SDG AI Lab’s communications, outreach and advocacy strategies
- Conducting communications needs assessments and risk analysis.
- Identifying communications opportunities and designing communications materials.
- Coordinating, adapting and implementing corporate communications and advocacy strategies and efforts.
- Managing SDG AI Lab social media pages and other communications tools.
- Planning and organizing outreach events such as Demo Days and others.
3) Coordinating Volunteer Data Scientists initiative
- Developing and implementing volunteer engagement strategy.
- Coordinating volunteers onboarding, offboarding and community events.
- Strengthening SDG AI Lab Volunteer Developers community through organizing team building and capacity strengthening activities.
- Supporting the recruitment and coordination of volunteers.
Performing other duties related to this assignment as may be required by the Supervisor.
Competencies
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Achieve Results: | LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline | |||||||||||||||||||||
Think Innovatively: | LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements | |||||||||||||||||||||
Learn Continuously: | LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback | |||||||||||||||||||||
Adapt with Agility: | LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible | |||||||||||||||||||||
Act with Determination: | LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident | |||||||||||||||||||||
Engage and Partner: | LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships | |||||||||||||||||||||
Enable Diversity and Inclusion: | LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination | |||||||||||||||||||||
Cross-Functional & Technical competencies
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Required Skills and Experience
Min. Academic Education |
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Min. years of relevant Work experience |
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Required skills |
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Desired additional skills |
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Required Language(s) (at working level) |
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Professional Certificates |
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