Overview
Leads the provision of strategic guidance to the UN Resident Coordinator and UN Country Team on effective UN support for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. Oversees the initiation, establishment, and coordination of external partnerships and joint resource mobilization efforts.
Tasks Summary
- Leads and coordinates substantive support to the RC/UNCT in articulating and communicating a strategic vision for the UN through the UNSDCF.
- Provides strategic direction and develops recommendations to facilitate decision-making by the RC/UNCT.
- Develops policy recommendations to the RC/UNCT on the development, implementation, monitoring, reporting and evaluation of the CA/UNSDCF.
- Leads the strategic design of UN's policy and programmatic services, operational capabilities, and partnership mechanisms.
- Facilitates and oversees the initiation, establishment and coordination of effective working relationships with national and international public and private partners.
- Oversees the formulation and implementation of inter-agency approaches to development financing, development partnerships, and funding for agency programming.
- Coordinates and supports roll-out and implementation of the efficiency agenda (Business Operations Strategy, Common Premises and Local Shared Service Centers/Common Back Office).
- Manages and directs knowledge management and capacity development activities in and outside the UN System.
- Coordinates the formulation and implementation of the substantive work programme of the UNCT; allocates and monitors RCO resources.
- Supervises the activities undertaken by the RCO and manage performance of RCO staff.
Experience Requirements
- A minimum of ten years of progressively responsible experience in strategic planning, sustainable development policy and programme development and management in the context of development cooperation or related area is required.
- Experience with multi-stakeholder coordination on the context of development cooperation or related area is required.
- Experience in team leadership and management is required.
- Experience in UN interagency coordination is desirable.
- Experience in complex settings is desirable.
- Experience in developing finance solutions and investment is desirable.
- Experience in strategic or corporate communication is desirable.
- Experience in designing and implementing partnership and resources mobilization strategies is desirable.
- Experience in promoting knowledge management in the context of development cooperation is desirable.
Qualification Requirements
Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent degree) in business or public administration, sustainable development, social sciences, education or related area. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
