Collective Action Platform Associate

The mission can be carried out in partnerships with totally different key stakeholders together with International Labor Organization (ILO).  It adopts varied revolutionary approaches corresponding to an ecosystem improvement method at varied ranges.

The mission has developed a coco sector mapping report and highway map that can be supported to advertise  structuring collective motion participating totally different stakeholders, and mobilise their collective sources, together with their experience, and the place potential in-kind or monetary sources, to deal with the crucial ecosystem gaps recognized. Aggregators and different related technical establishments (analysis establishments, technical businesses

UNDP Solomon Islands is on the lookout for the providers of a nationwide Collective Action Platform Associate to help the functioning of the Cocoa Sub-Sector Collective Action Platform. The Platform Associate can be chargeable for coordination of stakeholders to help implementation of actions of the platform together with implementation, monitoring of the platform motion plan, and mobilizing further sources. S/he’s anticipated to be educated about multi-stakeholder coordination, have a superb understanding of the nation’s agriculture sector with give attention to the cocoa sub-sector panorama and experiences in coping with key private and non-private stakeholders and have technical data on personal sector improvement and engagement.
 

Ensure efficient coordination and help partnerships administration  

• Undertake platform secretariat actions to operationalize (planning, implementation, partnership administration, doc administration) the platform and be certain that the platform is operational/ functioning together with the governance construction, partnership agreements, imaginative and prescient, and collaborative motion plan.
•  Promote and advocate for the event / strengthening platform; and act as a primary level of contact for platform stakeholders.  
• Establishes, promotes, and construct efficient partnerships by common interactions with mission stakeholders and share data transparently throughout the entire community, together with by updating the platform web site and coordination.
• Ensure engagement of the cocoa platform stakeholders within the planning and implementation of platform actions; with a view to strengthening and implementing really helpful sector strengthening approaches.
• Develop idea notes for platform actions, and Terms of Reference (ToRs) for consultants as could also be required.
• Proactively interact with regulators and key stakeholders to enhance the enabling setting to ship platform improvement and growth alternatives.

Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting

• Monitor the work of the platform in opposition to the collaborative motion plan, observe up to make sure profitable implementation of platform actions, and maintain platform members accountable for the supply of labor plan’s outputs.
• Develop platform technical reporting mechanisms and put together platform progress stories.
• Organize annual critiques of the efficiency of the platform primarily based on the agreed-upon interventions
• Identify and help improvement and dissemination of information merchandise, finest practices and classes learnt from the platform and platform actions. 
• In collaboration with stakeholder contribute to the Learning outcomes as per the donor necessities.
• Monitor the implementation of choices made by the platform stakeholders.

Provision of efficient administrative help to realize the next in shut session with the National Project Coordinator:

• Facilitate journey and  and logistical preparations for workshops, trainings, visiting missions and subject visits.
• Timely provision of help to acquire items and providers required by the mission, in liaison with related workers of UNDP.
• Review of economic stories, vendor’s approval in Quantum, preparation of non-PO invoices.
• Maintain the inner expenditures management system to make sure that invoices processed are matched and accomplished,transactions are accurately recorded and posted in Quantum.
• Make well timed corrective actions on unposted invoices,together with the invoices with finances test errors, match exceptions, unapproved invoices.
• Creation of requisitions in Quantum for initiatives, registration of products receipt in Quantum.
• Making finances test for requisitions, Purchase Orders and invoices. 

The incumbent performs different duties inside their purposeful profile as deemed obligatory for the environment friendly functioning of the Office and the Organization. 

• Achieve Results: Level 1: Plans and displays personal work, pays consideration to particulars, delivers high quality work by deadline
• Think Innovatively: Level 1: Open to inventive concepts/identified dangers, is pragmatic downside solver, makes enhancements 
• Learn Continuously: Level 1: Open minded and curious, shares data, learns from errors, asks for suggestions
• Adapt with Agility: Level 1: Adapts to alter, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is versatile 
• Act with Determination: Level 1: Shows drive and motivation, in a position to ship calmly in face of adversity, assured
• Engage and Partner: Level 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding in direction of others, kinds constructive relationships
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion: Level 1: Appreciate/respect variations, conscious of unconscious bias, confront discrimination

Business Direction and Strategy    

• Negotiation and Influence. Ability to achieve an understanding, persuade others, resolve factors of distinction, acquire benefit within the final result of dialogue, negotiates mutually acceptable options by compromise and creates ‘win-win’ conditions.

Business Management    

• Partnerships Management. Ability to construct and preserve partnerships with huge networks of stakeholders, Governments, civil society and personal sector companions, consultants and others in step with UNDP technique and insurance policies.
• Communication. Ability to speak in a transparent, concise and unambiguous method each by written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and select communication strategies relying on the viewers. Ability to handle communications internally and externally, by media, social media and different applicable channels

Innovations    

• Innovation ecosystem curation. Ability to establish key gamers in an ecosystem, interact with them and mobilise them to construct a neighborhood and over time a motion round a typical mission that may result in adjustments on the system stage. Ability to provide sense of goal and construct belief, develop programmes of actions and platforms to construct and strengthen relationships.

External Relations & Advocacy    

• Private Sector Engagement. Ability to establish, conduct outreach, and handle relationships with the personal sector and CSOs
  External Relations & Advocacy    CSO engagement    Knowledge and understanding of CSOs and the power to have interaction with CSOs.