Overview
The UNIDO Representative and Director, Sub-Regional Office Egypt is responsible for representing UNIDO in the host country and countries of coverage, promoting the organization as an effective partner for development, and maintaining close contacts with local stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Represent UNIDO in the host country and countries of coverage.
- Lead the activities of the SRO and contribute to sub-regional and national development goals.
- Identify donors’ technical and funding priorities.
- Lead the identification, development, implementation, resource mobilization, monitoring, and evaluation of technical cooperation projects and programmes.
- Coordinate and report on UNIDO’s activities.
- Strengthen dialogue and partnerships with government counterparts, the private sector, other UN organizations, and bilateral and multilateral partners.
- Advocate and highlight the relevance and work of the Organization.
- Support Country Offices in their daily operations.
- Manage the Field Office’s financial and human resources.
- Ensure coherent and systematic delivery of UNIDO’s services.
- Develop a results-oriented and gender-mainstreamed yearly business plan.
- Apply Results-Based Management (RBM).
Required Experience
- First-level university degree (Bachelor’s): at least 15 years of relevant professional experience.
- Advanced university degree (master’s or equivalent): at least 12 years of relevant professional experience.
- Doctorate: at least 10 years of relevant professional experience.
- Progressively responsible professional experience, including international levels (outside of own country) in the field of economic development, involving technical cooperation at senior level.
- Experience in evaluating the needs, conditions and problems of developing countries.
- Experience in supervising/managing both technical and non-technical teams in aspects of the project cycle.
- Experience in collecting, analyzing, and using performance and results data.
- Experience in representational functions (outside own country).
- Experience working in or with the UN system.
- Experience in working with intergovernmental bodies, leading with results on strategic partnerships, and resource mobilization is desirable.
Qualifications
A first-level university degree (bachelor’s or equivalent) in economics, business administration, international relations, public administration, or other relevant field with specialization in development economics, is required. An advanced university degree (master’s or equivalent) or Doctorate in the same fields are accepted.
