Private Sector Coordination Specialist – Latin America (Office-Based in Panama City, Panama)

Office/Unit/Project Description

The Connecting Business initiative (CBi) undertaking was created by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 2016. CBi is devoted to serving to companies world wide put together for, reply to, and recuperate from disasters by successfully partaking with the United Nations and the broader worldwide humanitarian and growth programs. CBi is a community of unbiased chambers of commerce, commerce federations, enterprise associations and personal foundations which might be prepared, keen, and in a position to lead personal sector catastrophe administration in their international locations. CBi empowers native companies to work hand-in-hand with governments, civil society, humanitarian organizations and affected individuals to alleviate human struggling whereas constructing extra resilient societies. CBi is collectively managed by OCHA and UNDP.

UNDP is the information frontier group for sustainable growth in the UN Development System and serves because the integrator for collective motion to comprehend the Sustainable Development Goals SDGs. UNDP’s coverage work carried out at headquarters, regional hubs and nation workplaces, varieties a contiguous spectrum of deep native information to reducing-edge world views and advocacy. 

OCHA is the a part of the United Nations Secretariat chargeable for bringing collectively humanitarian actors to make sure a coherent response to emergencies. OCHA additionally ensures there’s a framework inside which every actor can contribute to the general response effort. With its companions, OCHA contributes to principled and efficient humanitarian response by way of coordination, advocacy, coverage, data administration and humanitarian financing instruments and companies.

Scope of Work

CBi consists of a Secretariat primarily based in Geneva, Switzerland and Istanbul, Turkey, plus eighteen affiliated Member Networks world wide. The Private Sector Coordination Specialist – Latin America performs a essential position supporting and constructing the capability of present CBi Member Networks, working to ascertain relationships with new potential Member Networks, and supporting the mobilization and coordination of the personal sector throughout humanitarian emergencies in the area. 

Under the general supervision of the CBi Deputy Programme Coordinator, primarily based in Istanbul, Turkey, the Private Sector Coordination Specialist – Latin America will probably be chargeable for:

a) Development, planning, and implementation of nationwide and regional initiatives to assist personal sector engagement in catastrophe administration: 

• Lead the event and supply of nationwide and regional options, programmes and workplans for native CBi Member Networks on personal sector engagement in catastrophe threat administration and humanitarian response.
• Identify studying wants and options, and plan and implement capability growth actions for present and potential CBi Member Networks in the Latin America area.
• Collect and consolidate related data on native personal sector engagement in catastrophe threat discount, disaster preparedness and response, and early restoration at nation and regional ranges.
• Facilitate panorama evaluation and scoping actions to establish and/or accomplice with potential Member Networks and different personal sector companions in the Latin America area. 

b) Coordination of personal sector initiatives throughout emergency conditions: 

• As wanted, deploy to international locations in the Latin America area experiencing ongoing disasters to assist the coordination of personal sector contributions earlier than, throughout and after emergencies and assist linkages with response coordination mechanisms.

c) Development of nationwide and regional partnerships and exterior advocacy:

• Coordinate and work with UNDP and OCHA regional bureaux and nation workplaces, authorities counterparts, worldwide organizations, and different companions in the Latin America area on personal sector engagement.
• Identify particular wants for personal sector engagement in catastrophe threat discount, disaster preparedness and response, and early restoration, and assist partnerships on the nationwide and regional ranges to handle these wants. 
• Promote advocacy for personal sector engagement in catastrophe threat administration and humanitarian programming. 

d) Strategy growth and operational assist: 

• Facilitate information growth and administration efforts by way of the event of case research and assortment and sharing of knowledge on good practices.
• Ensure documentation and well timed monitoring, analysis and reporting of all CBi-associated actions carried out by present and potential CBi Member Networks in the Latin America area. 
• Support the CBi Secretariat and contribute to the periodic progress reporting necessities and different UNDP and OCHA reporting necessities. 

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

Institutional Arrangement

The Private Sector Coordination Specialist will work beneath the direct supervision of the CBi Deputy Programme Coordinator with “dotted line” secondary reporting to the OCHA Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (ROLAC), primarily based in Panama City, Panama. An annual workplan will probably be developed collectively by CBi and OCHA ROLAC to make sure coherence with regional priorities. The Private Sector Coordination Specialist may even take part in inner ROLAC conferences to replace on related actions and to hyperlink these to OCHA’s ongoing preparedness and response work in the area.

Competencies

Core Competencies

Cross-Functional & Technical Competencies 

Minimum Qualifications of the Successful IPSA

Min. training necessities      

• Advanced college diploma (grasp’s diploma or equal) in enterprise, political or social sciences, growth or humanitarian research, worldwide affairs, or different associated area of research is required.  Or
• A primary-stage college diploma (bachelor’s diploma) in the above-talked about area of research, in mixture with an extra two years of qualifying expertise will probably be given due consideration in lieu of the superior college diploma

Min. years of related work expertise 

• Minimum of 5 (5) years (with Masters diploma) or seven (7) years (with Bachelors diploma) {of professional} work expertise in humanitarian affairs, emergency preparedness, disaster/emergency reduction administration (complicated emergency or pure catastrophe), rehabilitation, growth, or different associated space is required. 

Required abilities  

• Experience and technical information of catastrophe administration and emergency response mechanisms.
• Experience constructing and coordinating partnerships, multi-stakeholder or inter-company initiatives/initiatives. 
• Experience writing briefings, reviews, insurance policies, and steering notes. 
• Desired abilities in addition to the competencies lined in the Competencies part      
• Previous expertise supporting engagement and collaboration between the United Nations and the personal sector is extremely fascinating. 
• Previous expertise working with personal sector entities or networks is fascinating. 
• Previous expertise working for an entity throughout the United Nations system is fascinating.
• Previous expertise in implementing and coordinating actions, initiatives or applications associated to catastrophe preparedness, disaster response, humanitarian coordination, restoration programming, or different associated areas with the personal sector is fascinating

Required language(s)    

• Fluency (verbal and written) in English and Spanish is required.
• Working information of one other UN language is a bonus. 

Travel

• The profitable candidate will probably be required to journey regularly to assist CBi Member networks and/or be deployed in assist of ongoing humanitarian response operations. Cost of journey as deemed essential by UNDP whereas performing the outlined capabilities shall be at UNDP’s expense and in accordance with the relevant UNDP journey coverage.