Historique

UNDP supports Bangladesh to become a nation resilient to shocks and stresses related to disaster and climate change, which is one of the three pillars of Bangladesh’s Seventh Five Year Plan (7FYP). The 7FYP will be implemented in a new development context shaped by the country’s Middle Income Country status and adoption of new global drivers i.e. SDGs, Sendai Framework and Paris Agreement on climate change. UNDP’s Country Programme Document for 2016-2020 is under formulation which will be aligned to this new context. The disaster resilience activities and projects of UNDP Bangladesh are managed by the Climate Change, Environment and Resilience Cluster (CCER).

UNDP has been a long-standing and strong partner of GoB in the area of environmental sustainability, climate change adaptation and mitigation. In the next five years, UNDP will further intensify its efforts with GoB and stakeholders in innovating sustainable solution and scaling up its efforts in environmental governance and climate change mitigation and adaptation.

UNDP’s current and prospective work with GoB include sustainable and adaptive management of ecosystems including ECAs, carbon sequestration through coastal afforestation; and pollution control and biodiversity conservation. UNDP will work on these areas, as prioritized by the government, through high quality policy advice, resource mobilization, capacity building, programme management, knowledge management and innovation, consistent with UNDP’s mandate.

Under the supervision of the Programme Specialist- Environmental Sustainability & Energy, the Research Assistant will assist in conducting research, supporting project formulation, and support communication activities for UNDP Bangladesh’ disaster resilience activities.

Devoirs et responsabilités

1. Support to project formulation.

  • Drafting concept notes, presentations and other documents.
  • Managing appointments and coordinating with external contributors.
  • Draft ToRs, support recruitment and procurement of consultants, and coordinate consultants when needed.

2. Assist in conducting research.

  • Conduct literature reviews.
  • Primary and secondary data collection.
  • Information gathering and analysis.
  • Develop bibliographies, including preparation of citation and reference.

3. Support to coordinate various media and advocacy initiative to assure understanding and visibility of the project.

  • Support for responding to requests for information by facilitating access to relevant UNDP materials.
  • Support to prepare and disseminate high quality communication and publicity materials, including online.
  • Support to organize awareness, advocacy and result sharing/dissemination events.

4. Regularly monitor and keep an overview on for national and environmental sustainability, ecosystem management, and environmental governance innovations.
5. Assist knowledge management of the CCER Cluster.

Compétences

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:

Communication:

  • Speaks and writes clearly and effectively.
  • Listens to others, correctly interprets messages from others and responds appropriately.
  • Asks questions to clarify, and exhibits interest in having two-way communication.
  • Tailors language, tone, style, and format to match the audience.
  • Demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.

Team work:

  • Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals.
  • Solicits input by genuinely valuing others’ ideas and expertise; is willing to learn from others.
  • Places team agenda before personal agenda.
  • Builds consensus for task purpose and direction with team members.
  • Supports and acts in accordance with final group decisions, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect own position.
  • Shares credit for team accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.

Knowledge Management and Learning:

  • Shares knowledge and experience.
  • Encourages office staff to share knowledge and contribute to UNDP Practice Areas.
  • Actively works towards continuing personal learning and development in one or more Practice Areas, acts on learning plan and applies newly acquired skills.

Qualifications et expériences requises

Education:

  • Bachelor degree in Environmental science, management or engineering, Natural Resource Management, Geography, Forestry, or other relevant field.

Experience:

  • Minimum 2 (two) years’ experience in different research/development related supportive activities in the environmental sustainability field or related field. One year YPO work experience in UNDP/ UN Agencies will also be treated as qualified experience for the position.
  • Experience in the use of computers and office software packages, (i.e. MS word, excel, PowerPoint etc.) and experience in the use of spreadsheet and database packages are required.
  • Previous experience in similar positions will be an advantage.

Language Requirements:

  • Excellent knowledge of English and Bangla, both written and verbal.