National Technical Specialist

National Technical Specialist


  • Job Identification
    22031
  • Posting Date
    2024-11-11, 09:57 a.m.
  • Apply Before
    2024-11-26, 07:59 a.m.
  • Job Schedule
    Full time
  • Locations





    Islamabad, Pakistan





  • Agency
    UNDP
  • Grade
    NPSA-11
  • Vacancy Type
    National Personnel Service Agreement
  • Practice Area
    Governance
  • Bureau
    Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific
  • Contract Duration
    1 Year with Possibility for extension
  • Education & Work Experience
    Master’s Degree – 7 12 months(s) expertise OR Bachelor’s Degree – 9 12 months(s) expertise
  • Required Languages
    English and Urdu
  • Vacancy Timeline
    2 Weeks

  • Job Description

    Background
     
    Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are core ideas at UNDP:  we worth variety as an expression of the multiplicity of countries and cultures the place we function, we foster inclusion as a manner of guaranteeing all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, and we guarantee fairness and equity in all our actions. Taking a ‘leave no one behind’ method to our variety efforts means rising illustration of underserved populations. People who establish as belonging to marginalized or excluded populations are strongly inspired to apply. Learn extra about working at UNDP together with our values and inspiring stories.
     
    UNDP doesn’t tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any form of harassment, together with sexual harassment, and discrimination. All chosen candidates will, due to this fact, endure rigorous reference and background checks. 

    Decentralization, Human Rights and Local Governance is a multi-sector venture geared toward strengthening rights-based growth, neighborhood stabilization, gender equality and social inclusion throughout all areas and provinces of Pakistan. The core goal of the venture is to make sure inclusive and equitable service supply by offering technical help and capability growth help to related federal ministries, provincial line departments, statutory our bodies, civil-society and personal sector organizations. A key goal is to help the creation of an enabling surroundings for accelerated entry to rights, folks centered justice and folks centered safety. The venture is geared toward establishment constructing whereas connecting with susceptible and at-risk communities to construct belief between rights holders and responsibility bearers, for inclusive, expeditious and clear entry to rights and companies. The Project will work with key UN companion companies together with the One-UN technique to leaving no-one behind. Key beneficiaries will embrace susceptible and at-risk males, girls, women, transgender individuals, individuals with disabilities in addition to marginalized and susceptible populations usually. UNDP will leverage its partnerships with authorities, statutory our bodies, personal sector and civil-society stakeholders on the nationwide and sub-national ranges for the institutionalization of a rights-based method to growth throughout Pakistan. A cross-cutting programmatic space of the DHL venture is its interventions associated to strengthening nationwide human rights establishments, selling gender equality, and the inclusion of susceptible populations in Pakistan.
     
    Duties and Responsibilities

    The incumbent will report on to the Chief Technical Advisor of the DHL Project.

    The National Technical Specialist will help the Chief Technical Advisor in offering prime quality skilled venture implementation help and technical recommendation and help within the total supply of the Decentralization, Human Rights and Local Governance Project in Pakistan.  
    The incumbent shall be answerable for the next duties:
     

    Project implementation help within the total supply of UNDP’s DHL Project
    • Ensure well timed implementation of a number of initiatives below the DHL Project together with submission of progress reviews to donors, growth of annual work plans and funds monitoring, venture monitoring and analysis, hassle capturing in shut coordination with Democratic Governance Unit. 
    • Manage and supervise roughly 4-5 nationwide programme workers in addition to roughly 10 nationwide and worldwide short-term consultants. 
    • Contribute constructively to the event of phrases of references and initiating procurement and HR processes to rent consultants, service suppliers and programme workers as required by the DHL Project.
    • Undertake common programmatic and operational monitoring in shut coordination with programme’s M&E, Operational and Finance staff. 
    • Provide programmatic associated recommendation and help within the implementation of democratic governance, decentralization and native governance associated initiatives in shut coordination with the Chief Technical Advisor. 
    • Act because the deputy for the Chief Technical Advisor as and when wanted.
    • Provide technical and coverage recommendation and help within the total implementation and additional growth of the DHL Project in Pakistan.  
    • Provide technical and coverage recommendation and help within the total implementation and additional growth of the DHL Project in Pakistan.  
    • Contribute to the venture’s common evaluation of political and safety and justice context in Pakistan to tell the DHL Project’s total enterprise continuity together with to enhance Programme’s agility in responding to precise and perceived dangers and challenges in addition to managing and mitigating them.

    Partnership constructing and coordination with venture’s implementing companions to make sure well timed and environment friendly venture actions supply.

    • Strengthen authorities partnerships and coordination at federal, provincial and native ranges. 
    • Identify and develop new partnerships with authorities and non- governmental interlocutors in Pakistan so as to add worth and complement UNDP’s DHL Project’s elements.
    • Ensure coherence and establish and foster synergies with related UNDP programmes and initiatives.
    • Support in enhancing coordination and collaboration different UN Agencies for the promotion of multi-partner joint planning, coordination and implementation. 
    • Assist in donor coordination and well timed submission of inside and exterior reviews as agreed with companions 
    • Contribute in offering strategic help, steering, and recommendation in shaping the general trajectory of UNDP’s DHL Project in Pakistan.
    • Work with the pillar leads (e.g. Rights-Based Development Expert) in managing the day-to-day implementation of DHL’s venture elements to strengthen institutional capability and enhance entry to human rights together with engagement with exterior authorities and non-government stakeholders. 
    • Actively interact key stakeholders to advance UNDP Pakistan’s work on native governance, democratic processes and decentralization.

    Represent the DHL Project at strategic and technical ranges at venture planning and coordination conferences/ occasions.

    • Act as lead facilitator and first point of interest for venture’s inside and exterior coordination and planning.
    • Attend related workshops, conferences and occasions and contribute constructively to advance inclusive governance, human rights, social inclusion, gender equality and neighborhood stabilization.  
    • Develop assembly minutes, briefing notes, and displays associated to above representations the place acceptable in a well timed method.  
    • Ensure well timed preparation of paperwork, briefing notes, reviews, and associated documentation for venture evaluation/ steering board conferences and associated occasions as suggested by the Chief Technical Advisor
    • Undertake discipline visits and website visits to supervise venture implementation, progress documentation and discover additional areas of engagement as suggested by the Chief Technical Advisor. 

    Documentation evaluation, writing and high quality assurance help

    • Ensuring well timed documentation of venture exercise updates, information gathering, classes discovered, finest practices, and case research for month-to-month, quarterly, and yearly reporting functions in shut collaboration with the Chief Technical Advisor, M&E lead, and different related venture colleagues. 
    • Undertake evaluation and likewise help in writing venture progress reviews, coverage briefs, progress updates, and associated paperwork in shut collaboration with DHL Project Colleagues.
    • Undertake evaluation and help in writing and reviewing evaluation reviews, M&E reviews, analysis papers, methods, insurance policies similar to key venture deliverables in shut coordination with the Pillar Leads.
    • Identify new, modern and context particular areas of engagement and act because the sub-lead in shut collaboration with the Chief Technical Advisor within the growth of idea notes/ venture paperwork for future programming.

    The incumbent of the place will uphold the non-discriminatory conduct and make sure that:

    • Human rights and gender equality is prioritized as an moral precept inside all actions;
    • Activities are designed and applied in accordance with “Social and Environmental Standards of UN”;
    • Any form of diversities primarily based on ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, incapacity, faith, class, gender are revered inside all implementations together with information manufacturing;
    • Differentiated wants of men and women are thought of;
    • Inclusive method is mirrored inside all actions and implementations, in that sense an enabling and accessible setup in numerous senses similar to incapacity gender language barrier is created;
    • Necessary preparations to supply gender parity inside all committees, conferences, trainings, and many others

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

    Competencies
     
    Core competencies: 
    • Achieve Results: LEVEL 3: Set and align difficult, achievable goals for a number of initiatives, have lasting impression 
    • Think Innovatively: LEVEL 3: Proactively mitigate potential dangers, develop new concepts to unravel advanced issues 
    • Learn Continuously: LEVEL 3: Create and act on alternatives to develop horizons, diversify experiences
    • Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 3: Proactively provoke and champion change, handle a number of competing calls for 
    • Act with Determination: LEVEL 3: Think past instant activity/limitations and take motion to realize larger outcomes
    • Engage and Partner: LEVEL 3: Political savvy, navigate advanced panorama, champion inter-agency collaboration
    • Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 3: Appreciate advantages of various workforce and champion inclusivity 
    Cross-Functional & Technical competencies:

    Business Direction & Strategy    

    • System Thinking. Ability to make use of goal drawback evaluation and judgement to know how interrelated components coexist inside an total course of or system, and to think about how altering one factor can impression on different components of the system

    Business Management 

    • Results-based Management. Ability to handle the implementation of methods, programmes, and initiatives with a spotlight at improved efficiency and demonstrable outcomes. Knowledge and understanding of related theories, ideas, methodologies, devices, and instruments.
    • Project Management. Ability to plan, manage, prioritize and management assets, procedures and protocols to realize particular objectives
    •  Partnerships Management. Build and preserve partnerships with large networks of stakeholders, Governments, civil society and personal sector companions, consultants and others in step with UNDP technique and insurance policies
    • Monitoring and Evaluation. Ability to systematically monitor outcomes of methods, programmes, and actions with a view to ensure that they’re being applied successfully; Ability to supply managers and key stakeholders with common suggestions and reporting on the consistency or discrepancy between deliberate actions and programme administration and outcomes. Ability to make unbiased judgment of the administration and outcomes of methods, programmes and actions primarily based on set standards and benchmark, maintaining in thoughts the wants and issues of consumer, present and upcoming. Knowledge and understanding of monitoring and analysis frameworks, ideas, methodologies, methods, processes, and instruments. Ability to make an unbiased judgement primarily based on set standards and benchmarks. Ability to anticipate consumer’s upcoming wants and issues.

    2030 Agenda: Peace    

    • Rule of Law, Security and Human Rights. Safeguarding human rights and defending susceptible teams

    2030 Agenda: People    

    • Gender. Gender Equality and Institutional Transformation
       
    Required Skills and Experience
     
    Education:
    • Advanced college diploma (Master’s diploma or equal) in Law, Political Science, International Relations, Social Sciences or associated space is required, or
    • A primary-level college diploma (Bachelor´s diploma) within the areas talked about above together with extra 2 years of qualifying expertise, shall be given due consideration in lieu of Master´s diploma.  
    Experience:
    • A minimal of seven years (with Master´s diploma) or 9 years (with Bachelor´s diploma) {of professional} expertise in democratic governance and, or growth sector with discipline expertise in Pakistan is crucial.
    • Track file of expertise in offering coverage and strategic stage technical recommendation and help on democratic governance at a senior stage in a multi-lateral setting is crucial.
    • Strong data and understanding of the governance sectors in Pakistan is crucial.
    • Proven skilled observe file expertise in governance, human rights, gender delicate programming, and inclusive multi-year programme growth and implementation with arms on discipline expertise in Pakistan is crucial.
    • Experience in data administration and analysis is very fascinating.
    • Field expertise in disaster/ battle/ advanced contexts in Pakistan is very fascinating.
    • Experience in report writing, drafting coverage briefs, and associated documentation is crucial.
    • Familiarity with UN/ UNDP insurance policies, processes, and programming frameworks is an added benefit.
    • Previous work expertise with UNDP/ UN companies/ worldwide organizations shall be an added benefit.
    • Excellent organisation abilities.
    • Excellent interpersonal abilities, together with the flexibility to function successfully throughout organizational boundaries.

    Required languages:

    • Fluency in English and Urdu languages is required
    Disclaimer
     

     

     
    Under US immigration legislation, acceptance of a workers place with UNDP, a global group, could have vital implications for US Permanent Residents. UNDP advises candidates for all skilled stage posts that they have to relinquish their US Permanent Resident standing and settle for a G-4 visa, or have submitted a legitimate software for US citizenship previous to graduation of employment. 

     
    UNDP just isn’t able to supply recommendation or help on making use of for US citizenship and due to this fact candidates are suggested to hunt the recommendation of competent immigration legal professionals concerning any functions.

     
    Applicant details about UNDP rosters

     
    Note: UNDP reserves the suitable to pick out a number of candidates from this emptiness announcement.  We can also retain functions and take into account candidates making use of to this submit for different related positions with UNDP on the similar grade stage and with related job description, expertise and academic necessities.

     
    Non-discrimination

     
    UNDP has a zero-tolerance coverage in direction of sexual exploitation and misconduct, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. All chosen candidates will, due to this fact, endure rigorous reference and background checks, and shall be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas.  

     
    UNDP is an equal alternative and inclusive employer that doesn’t discriminate primarily based on race, intercourse, gender id, faith, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, incapacity, being pregnant, age, language, social origin or different standing. 

     
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