Empleos en el PNUD - 35144- Programme and Research Assistant

Programme and Research Assistant

Localidad :

Beijing, China

Tipo de contrato :

Individual Contract

Fecha de comienzo del contrato :

01-Mar-2013

Fecha límite de postulación :

05-Feb-13 (Medianoche Nueva York, Estados Unidos)

Nivel de puesto :

International Consultant

Duración del contrato inicial :

5 Months

Idiomas requeridos :

Inglés Chino

Duración esperada del puesto :

One Year

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Antecedentes

Under the guidance and supervision of the Senior Advisor to the UNDP Resident Representative, the Programme and Research Assistant is responsible for identifying and producing and/or commissioning research and analysis on global and regional development issues. He/she will also support work in the area of specific global and regional initiatives. Moreover, he or she assists Senior Advisor to the UNDP Resident Representative to identify policy options in the areas of development framework studies, such as Post-MDGs and global governance, and to enhance the policy impact of UNDP projects and programmes. The Programme and Research Assistant advocates for and represents UNDP in his/her area of expertise as requested by his/her supervisor and Senior Management.

Deberes y responsabilidades

Summary of Key Functions:

Produce policy research on global and regional development issues and development framework studies
Support to the specific global and regional initiatives and activities and Team’s daily housekeeping issues
Support to identify policy options in the areas of development framework studies, such as Post-MDGs and global governance, and to enhance the policy impact of UNDP projects and programmes

Independent research on global governance issues and development studies

Collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative data on China’s development in the area of global and regional development issues and development studies such as Post-MDGs studies and global governance.
Analyze information on research institutes on global and regional development studies, prepare substantive briefs on possible areas of cooperation, identification of opportunities for initiation of new projects.
Prepare inputs for reports on global governance and development studies for external and internal purpose.
Produce internal research notes on key issues in the area of global and regional development studies and draft speeches for UNDP Senior Management under this portfolio.
Identification of sources of information related to global and regional development issues.
Sound contribution to the development of UNDP’s research networks on global and regional development studies.

Support to the specific global and regional initiatives and activities and Team’s daily housekeeping issues

Provide technical support to the preparation of the specific global and regional initiative and relevant events, such as collecting the background information, drafting background papers, contributing the programme of the initiatives, taking the notes of the events and generating the summary reports.
Conduct background research pieces on global and regional initiatives, including the proposal of the specific global and regional initiatives
Review and proofread the drafts of the research papers and/or speeches drafted internally and externally.
Provide administrative support to the preparation of the global and regional initiatives and events, such as timely drafting and submitting the relevant donor-requested documents, and going through UNDP internal operational process of the event preparations.
Provide the operational support to the Team’s daily housekeeping issues, such as contributing to the work plan and periodically reports.

Support to identify policy options in the areas of development framework studies, such as Post-MDGs and global governance, and to enhance the policy impact of UNDP projects and programmes

Provide support to the formulation and implementation of the country office’s global and regional cooperation programmes.
Assist policy advocacy and programme advisory tasks such as preparing project briefs, speeches, presentations, and strategy papers related to regional cooperation, and brief visiting missions, donor agencies and national counterpart agencies.
Report to the UNDP Headquarters and Regional Center on the project/programme implementation through UNDP reporting web-system and timely draft the review reports as requested.
Maintain good partnership with the relevant UNDP internal units and national counterparts, as well as donors.
Conduct the missions in China if needed.

Competencias

Functional Competencies:

Knowledge Management and Learning

Shares knowledge and experience and contributes to UNDP Practice Areas and actively works towards continuing personal learning and development
Ability to provide top quality policy support services on global and regional development issues
In-depth practical knowledge of inter-disciplinary development framework issues

Development and Operational Effectiveness

Ability to contribute to strategic planning, results-based management and reporting
Ability to contribute to implementation of development programmes and projects
Ability to apply global and regional development theory to the specific country context, carry out high-quality research

Management and Leadership

Focuses on impact and result for internal and external clients and responds positively to critical feedback
Encourages risk-taking in the pursuit of creativity and innovation
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

Global Leadership and Advocacy for UNDP’s Goals

Identifies relevant information for advocacy for UNDP’s goals for a variety of audiences

Core Competencies:

Demonstrating/safeguarding ethics and integrity
Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment
Self-development, initiative-taking
Self-motivated learning on UNDP rules and operational process on project implementation
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 Political or Social Sciences, International Studies, Development Studies or related disciplines.

Experience:

3 years of progressively responsible policy research and analysis experience is required at the national or international level.
Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Publisher, Excel, STATA, etc) and advance knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling of web based management systems.

Language Requirements:

Fluency in English and Mandarin Chinese.