UNDP Coordination Specialist JAC-People Centered Justice || Apply Now

The UNDP Coordination Specialist will be directing key activities which include support towards country selections for Catalytic Fund investments, coordination with key stakeholders, and particularly JAC partners, facilitate continuous learning processes throughout implementation of country projects including putting in place a robust monitoring Learning and Evaluation tools, supporting conducting research and analysis to support of the team’s efforts to provide policy and programme advisory, advocacy, relationship building, and knowledge to the thematic area of Rule of Law, Justice and Security within the Crisis Bureau and UNDP as a whole across a range of development settings, particularly in conflict, crisis and fragile settings.

Duties and Responsibilities of UNDP Coordination Specialist

Ensure Effective Project Management and Coordination

• Advises and supports the development and implementation of country selection process for the Catalytic Fund on people centered justice.
• Contributes towards supporting the implementation of the Catalytic Fund projects at country level including activities related to work planning, monitoring, and reporting.
• Contribute to the development of coherence in the implementation of guidance on people centered security related tools for the implementation of global policy standards, including testing and rolling out of tools and methodologies.
• Contribute towards coordination and conducting of analysis of data, case evidence and research findings to distill relevant lessons from projects and programmes to inform policy formulation and guidance on people centered justice.

Build Partnerships and Resource mobilization 

• Guides and supports ROLSHR engagements with current and prospective partners, including Member States, Private Sector organizations, CSOs/NGOs, and others to make available capacities for supporting Catalytic Fund programmatic efforts in the field and at HQ.
• Supports the implementation of partnership building and resource mobilization strategies, in line with Crisis Bureau’s and ROLSHR resource mobilization strategy in coordination with the ROLSHR Team Leader and Global Programme Manager.
• Contribute to the partnerships at field level for the implementation of JAC catalytic initiatives and provide advice and guidance to Country Offices on partnership strengthening.

Policy Positioning and Representation

• Facilitates teamwide efforts in strengthening strategic partnerships with JAC members, UN entities and other relevant bodies and provide inputs to those partnerships in support of UNDP initiatives:
• Supports the preparation of briefing notes and speeches.
• Advises and supports efforts in advocating for the importance of people centered justice and UNDPs work in this domain in various fora, including academia and civil society, with a view to deepen related political commitment and related reforms; and
• Facilitates team’s engagement in UN interagency and other coordination in relevant policy areas by providing research insight in specific thematic area.

Facilitate Knowledge Management

• Contributes to the maintenance of library of knowledge related to the thematic area, whether at the global, cross-regional, or region-specific level to and proactively share documents with team members and respond to their specific requests for information; and
• Contribute to the development and review of knowledge products in close coordination with HQ, Regional Hub, and country teams by analyzing and sharing lessons learnt and programme evaluation results.
• Participate in knowledge sharing processes and events within UNDP and with external partners and in particular JAC members and national counterparts at field level.

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Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in Development Economics, Law, Governance, Human Rights, Development Studies, Political Science, Business Administration, Social Sciences, or related disciplines is required. OR
• A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in the areas mentioned above, in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• A minimum of 5 years (with master’s degree) or 7 years (with bachelor’s degree) of professional work experience providing policy advice and programme support in the area of justice, human rights, rule of law in development and/or crisis contexts is required.
• At least 3 years of experience working in developing country settings is required.
• Experience in project coordination working with a wide range of partners on justice, human rights, and rule of law (public, private, academic, civil society, business community leaders) is required.
• Proven track record and leadership experience in the UN System related to working on justice, rule of law and human rights in crisis and/or developments contexts is required.
• Proven track record of project management and project coordination is an asset.
• Experience in crisis contexts is an asset.

Language:

• Fluency in English, both written and oral, is required.
• Fluency in another UN language is an asset.

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