Programme Specialist (Crisis Governance), Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, Wednesday 1, February 2012

Background:
The Governance and Rule of Law Group (GRoLG) is responsible for practice development in the areas of governance and rule of law, justice and security as they relate to crisis prevention and recovery in conflict and disaster settings. The goal of GRoLG is to provide high quality technical support to UNDP country offices for the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programme support activities relating to governance and rule of law, justice and security. It is headed by a Coordinator reporting to the Deputy Assistant Administrator and Deputy Director.

Under the supervision of the Advisor (Crisis Governance), the Programme Specialist will be responsible for providing high-quality technical assistance on post-conflict governance policy and programming issues to UNDP Country Offices, and for contributing to the development of UNDP policy and other policy processes such as the OECD International Network on Conflict and Fragility, best practices and knowledge products to aid this work.

The incumbent will also, where appropriate, liaise and coordinate BCPR’s post-conflict governance work with UNDP’s Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP’s Regional Bureaux and with other partners such as DPA, DESA, DPKO, World Bank, UN DOCO, OECD, other international organizations and national partners.

Summary of Key Functions: Promotes integrated programming related to the restoration of governance capacities in crisis and post-crisis situations with a view to deepening national ownership, enhancing inter-agency collaboration and mobilizing donor support;

Provides policy advice and technical advisory services on crisis governance programming to UNDP Country Offices, including in emergency settings with a focus on state building, strategies to enhance the social contract and improve state society relations as well as advise on political governance including, inter alia, enhancing conflict sensitive dimension of support to electoral processes, support to parliamentary strengthening processes and political party development in crisis settings, support to constitution building and political dialogue as well strategies to ensure current approaches to state building and peace building are integrated into the design of responses;

Provides support to the team’s strategic planning and priority-setting;

Represents UNDP/BCPR in discussions related to state building in post-conflict settings; the restoration of governance capacities and post-crisis political governance in inter-agency forums, donor consultations, engagement with UN system, bilateral partners;

Contributes to knowledge management and knowledge sharing on (post)crisis governance programming.

Required Skills and Experience Education: A minimum of a Master’s degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Public Administration, Economics, Political Science, Social Sciences or related field Experience: At least 7 years of relevant professional work experience at the national and/or international level in conflict prevention and recovery, as well as governance in crisis situations; Able to provide project and programme management support; Experience working in an international organization, preferably UNDP, and familiarity with Crisis Prevention and Recovery issues; Knowledge of UNDP/UN regulations, rules, policies, procedures and practices. Language Requirements: Fluency in English, both oral and written, is required; An additional UN language such as French, Spanish or Arabic is highly desirable.

How to apply: 

Interested candidates can view full job description and submit their application at the UNDP Job Site:http://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=27942