UNDP South-South Coordination and Project Support Analyst || Apply Now |
BRH is seeking the support of a South-South Coordination (SSC) and Project Support Analyst to promote effective and meaningful south-south cooperation among the four participating countries as well as between the participating countries and other countries that fosters sharing of good practices, valuable lessons learned and accumulated knowledge and experiences related to green transformation.
Duties and Responsibilities of South-South Coordination
Promoting South-South Cooperation
- Support the Identification of strategic regional and global events to promote UNDP’s ongoing interventions around green transformation and the Climate Promise, and work with Nature, Climate, Energy and Waste (NCW+E) and GPN teams to design and support UNDP’s effective participation with a focus on South-South Cooperation and innovative solutions to avance green transformation, especially just and green energy transition, in the Pacific.
- Coordinate the development of flagship events to increase awareness of the project to leverage and nurture partners both in the region and globally to support UNDP’s work on green transformation and the broader Climate Promise Offer.
- Support the capturing and sharing of lessons and stimulating the uptake of best practices and knowledge, leading to the development of knowledge materials.
- Co-create and support the Communication team to produce project communication pieces effectively showcasing impacts of green transitions in the four countries
- Undertaking virtual and/or physical missions (if required) to capture results of the project in the four countries, and support in ensuring managing quality assurance of all communications related to the project.
Project Implementation Support
- Provide support to the project teams to ensure that targets and deadlines are met, and work closely with the Regional Project Manager and other members of the Regional Project Management Unit to support the four countries in the timely implementation of the project activities.
- Support the development of necessary terms of references (TORs) for the projects’ experts/ consultants, including procurement of goods, as needed for conducting the project activities.
- Support the Project Manager and the country teams on timely donor reporting and the overall dissemination of the progress through different communications channels
- Support in addressing project queries, progress, impacts and lessons.
- Peer reviewing, commenting on, and seeking to improve the technical quality of project documents and best practices.
- Support the four countries and regional teams, ensuring the country office project teams’ understanding of technical and operational aspects of South to South/triangular cooperation
Implementation of relevant knowledge management activities
- Work proactively with the project team, NCW & E team and GPN to ensure regular exchange of information on the results and lessons learned from the project are fed into the South-South Exchanges through UNDP’s regional and global networks.
- Develop and maintain the calendar of events to ensure knowledge flow to major regional and global events, and work with the project communications specialist to co-create knowledge content for wider dissemination.
- Work closely with the regional team to ensure optimum visibility of the project activities by promoting the project activities through various South-South communications channels and promoting the project on high-level events targeting the partner governments and donors.
Provision of support to partnership management for the project
- Support and document of meetings with the donor and/or UNDP senior management in conjunction with project (including preparing briefing notes, presentations, and other relevant documents)
- Support the development and implementation of project’s donor recognition and visibility; produce and contribute to visibility materials as needed (factsheets, human-interest stories, newsletter, briefs, social media publications, reports, brochures, multimedia assets) and ensure dissemination to highlight impact of project in the four countries.
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Required Skills and Experience
Education:
- Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in development studies, natural resource management, economics, international relations, or other closely related field is required.
- A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree) in development studies, natural resource management, economics, international relations, or other closely related field in in combination with two years of qualifying work experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Experience:
- Applicants with a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field of study are not required to have professional work experience. Applicants with a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) are required to have a minimum of 2 years of experience working on development issues, development program management, or other closely related fields.
- Experience working on development issues related to Small Island Development States is an asset.
- Demonstrated professional experience in successfully designing, planning and managing the implementation of cross-country knowledge exchange activities, study tours and workshops involving multiple countries;
- Proven experience leading or facilitating SSC initiatives, with a track record of successful exchanges, partnerships, and knowledge-sharing activities.
- Experience in planning, coordinating and executing high-profile events, workshops, and forums at both country and regional levels.
- Experience working across the Asia and/or Pacific region is required.
- Experience working on projects in SIDS countries, coordinating with multiple teams and stakeholders will be highly desirable
- Working experience in an international organization is an advantage, as is knowledge of UNDP policies, procedures, and practices
- Professional experience in designing, planning and coordinating south-south cooperation activities in and among countries in Asia and the Pacific region especially with the Pacific island countries is a strong advantage;
- Familiarity with and research and/or working experience on issues related to energy transition is an asset;
- Demonstrated experience in coordinating and implementation of projects in geographically challenging setting (preferably in SIDs countries), and working with SIDS government artners and private sector partners is an asset.
Required languages:
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in the English language.
Travel:
- UNDP will cover the cost of travel of the individual to the duty station and their return to their home upon completion of their services. Travel costs are covered only if the function will be undertaken physically in the duty station and excludes working from home arrangements.
- The Project will provide full support concerning logistics, IT, and required services (including travel, workshops, etc.) to ensure the Project’s successful implementation. Office space will be provided
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