Background

The following documents shall be required from the applicants:

1. 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.
2. A cover letter (maximum length: 1 page) indicating why the candidate considers him-/herself to be suitable for the position.

Office/Unit/Project Description:    

UNDP is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNDP’s policy work carried out at HQ, Regional and Country Office levels, forms a contiguous spectrum of deep local knowledge to cutting-edge global perspectives and advocacy. In this context, UNDP invests in the Global Policy Network (GPN), a network of field-based and global technical expertise across a wide range of knowledge domains and in support of the signature solutions and organizational capabilities envisioned in the Strategic Plan.

Within the GPN, 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, and engages in UN inter-agency coordination in specific thematic areas.

UNDP launched in March 2019 a Sustainable Finance Hub as a finance and innovation platform that draws on a critical mass of UNDP expertise, initiatives, and partnerships to support the mobilization and leveraging of resources for the SDGs and lead the implementation of the new private sector strategy and other initiatives. The Hub is an integral part of both the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS) and the Bureau of External Relations and Advocacy (BERA), as part of the Global Policy Network (GPN).

The Istanbul International Center for Private Sector in Development (IICPSD) is one of the five global thematic centers of UNDP mandated to leverage the role of the private sector in development. The Center supports the GPN and BPPS by leading UNDP’s strategic offer to partner and work with the private sector. The Centre efforts is a leading center of excellence on engaging the private sector in development globally and will align and create synergies with the work of UNDP’s Country Offices, Regional Hubs and Finance Sector Unit , by focusing on the following objectives: (i) Support the development of inclusive markets and inclusive business models that engage poor people into value chains as producers, employees, consumers and entrepreneurs, with the end goal of poverty alleviation; (ii) Creation of a demand driven set of tools and guidelines for engaging the private sector in development, in key markets that will be used as best practices guidelines; (iii) programmatic private sector partnership for SDG implementation across UNDP, by designing, establishing and monitoring concrete global and national public private partnerships that creates results for development; and (v) global Centre of excellence for dialogue on private sector development by convening business and supporting actors. This could especially have a focus on South-South dialogue.

Based on an agreed workplan, the Programme Analyst on Knowledge Management and Partnerships will be essential to IICPSD in maintaining the relationships with key actors at the global and country levels and in deploying IICPSD projects on private sector engagement. The outcome of this work is the delivery of well-structured documents to support project implementation and partnership structuring that will contribute to the alignment of private sector in development under the UNDP new Strategic Plan, contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals.

Under the direct supervision of the IICPSD Director and working closely with other SFH / IICPSD / Private Sector Facility team members, the Programme Analyst on Knowledge Management and Partnerships will support the partnership engagement, maintenance, across countries with the solutions and content packages developed by IICPSD and strategic projects.

Institutional Arrangement:

The Programme Analyst on Knowledge Management and Partnerships will work under the direct supervision of the IICPSD Director and in close collaboration with other SFH / IICPSD / Private Sector Facility team members

Travel: 

UNDP will cover the cost of travel of the individual to the duty station, as well as their return to their home upon completion of their services. Travel costs are covered only in the event that the function will be undertaken physically in the duty station and excludes working from home arrangements.

Cost of other travel, as deemed necessary by UNDP while performing the outlined functions, shall be at UNDP’s expense and in accordance with the applicable UNDP travel policy

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support preparation and development of materials for coordination of meetings between the partners in IICPSD.
• Provide ad hoc support for IICPSD Director including conducting analysis and preparing materials for partnership engagements on day-to-day systematization (e.g., facilitation of meetings, preparation of briefing notes and presentations, minutes writing, etc.).
• Support management and development of the Digital Path UNDP e-learning platform to be deployed  by Country Offices and initiatives on a cost-recovery model through end-to-end solution of platform deployment, incorporation of content, maintenance of the platform and monitoring and evaluation through a live dashboard to track the progress and experience from beneficiaries.
• Serve as a liaison for the Smart Facilities for Health project on capacity building by creating a bridge with the Digital Path e-learning platform and supporting on partnership coordination with other UN agencies and donors.
• Support the  finalization of the UNDP Private Sector Strategy 2023-2025 by collecting and reviewing inputs, conducting research and drafting sections as may be needed.
• Support different workstream of the UNDP 100 Day Action Plan including updating the Development Services Agreement, enhancing the quality assurance of UNDP’s Private Sector engagement through UNDP’s Quantum+ UNITY platform by liaising with Regional Bureaux and Country Offices, and others.

Competencies

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies 

Required Skills and Experience

Minimum Qualifications of the Successful IPSA: