Round Table Process (RTP) Secretariat Coordinator

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The National Planning and Financing for Inclusive Development (NPFID) undertaking is UNDP’s flagship initiative in supporting the Government of Lao PDR in improvement insurance policies. Its major goal is to harmonize totally different elements of nationwide improvement planning processes. Specifically, the undertaking goals to enhance coordination between the Ministry of Planning and Investment, chargeable for planning, and the Ministry of Finance, chargeable for financing. Additionally, the undertaking strives to boost the involvement of Sector Working Groups within the nationwide improvement planning course of to make sure a unified strategy to defining priorities and implementing methods.

Operating with a catalytic strategy, the undertaking’s final purpose is to empower the federal government to function independently, lowering dependence on exterior help, particularly because the nation progresses in the direction of graduating from its Least Developed Country (LDC) standing in 2026. In line with this goal, the undertaking is charting a brand new improvement path that prioritizes individuals, drawing insights from UNDP’s human improvement stories and initiatives. Through collaboration with the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the undertaking goals to mainstream human improvement concerns into nationwide improvement plans, selling a extra inclusive and sustainable improvement strategy. Furthermore, the undertaking helps the alignment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) implementation with the National Socio-Economic Development Plans (NSEDPs) and the establishement of conducive situations to extend authorities’s public income for improvement by means of elevated tax earnings and selling high quality non-public sector investments. 

The NPFID undertaking performs a vital position as an integrator within the formulation and implementation of nationwide improvement methods, aiming to strengthen the federal government’s institutional capability in each planning and executing improvement plans. The undertaking has been pivotal in supporting the Mid-Term Review of the ninth National Socio-Economic Development Plan (NSEDP) and is actively shaping the upcoming tenth NSEDP to be extra attainable, with an built-in financing framework that aligns with the nation’s upcoming commencement from LDC. The undertaking is presently supporting the operationalization of the ninth NSEDP Financing Strategy, with expectation {that a} comparable framework shall be built-in into the tenth NSEDP. 

Through numerous capacity-building actions, reminiscent of Results-based Management, analysis capability constructing, and foresight capability, the undertaking goals to strengthen capability of the federal government’s planning our bodies on the required abilities and instruments to formulate improvement plans which might be resilient, risk-informed, and shock-responsive. These capacity-building actions are important for enhancing the effectiveness of improvement plans of the nation.

The NPFID undertaking represents the primary undertaking by UNDP to deliver collectively three essential ministries concerned in improvement technique formulation: the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This collaboration underscores the undertaking’s dedication to strengthening the federal government’s capability in planning and executing improvement initiatives, finally contributing to the nation’s sustainable improvement objectives. 

Reporting line: The RTP Secretariat Coodinator will report back to the National Project Director, Director General of the Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Planning and Investment; and beneath direct administrative supervision by Inclusive Growth Unit’s Team Leader, UNDP.

Duty station: Department of International Cooperatin, Ministry of Planning and Investment (DIC-MPI). 

3. Scope of Work 

The RTP Secretariat Coordinator will help DIC-MPI because the RTP secretariat to carry out its position and duty, together with following duties:

Facilitate and assessment Sector Working Group (SWG) work plans

• Facilitate and supply help to the formulation and assessment of SWG work plans.
• Ensure key developments and adjustments in improvement instructions are communicated to SWGs and mirrored of their work plans.
• Align SWGs’ work plans with nationwide priorities and sectoral improvement plans beneath National Developent Planning course of, and the RTP course of.
• Support the implementation of NSEDPs on the sectoral degree by means of significant engagement with SWGs.
• Facilitate the seamless integration of SWG priorities and methods into broader nationwide improvement agendas in collaboration with DOP-MPI.
• Consolidate annual SWG progress report.
• Collect Sector and Sub-Sector Working Group assembly supplies for RTP secretariat to add on the RTM web site.

Stakeholder engagement inside SWGs

• Facilitate stakeholder engagement inside every SWG, together with attending Sector and Sub-Sector Working Group assembly, to make sure efficient cooperation between the federal government counterpart and improvement companions. 
• Provide help to the RTP secretariat to boost coordination between totally different actors inside every SWG, notably between chairs and co-chairs.
• Develop and implement motion plans to leverage monetary and technical help from improvement companions inside every SWG.

Monitoring and analysis

• Develop monitoring and analysis mechanisms to trace the progress of SWGs in reaching their work plans.
• Regularly assess the alignment of SWGs’ actions with nationwide priorities and improvement plans. 
• Provide suggestions and proposals for enchancment to boost the effectiveness of SWGs and the RTP mechanism.

Capacity constructing and data sharing

• Organize capacity-building actions for SWG members to boost their abilities and data in improvement coordination, together with capability constructing on preparation of the SWG’s workplan.
• Develop and promote data sharing and greatest practices amongst SWGs to foster collaboration and innovation.
• Facilitate the dissemination of knowledge and sources to help the implementation of SWGs’ work plans.

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

4.    Institutional Arrangement

The incumbent liaises intently with the nationwide authorities working within the thematic space of the undertaking, the donor neighborhood, and different UNDP programmes and tasks within the nation. The incumbent works with the undertaking consultants and counterparts of the Government beneficiary establishment(s), in addition to engages with different nationwide establishments, worldwide organizations, and different related actors.

5.    Competencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

Thematic Area	Name	Definition
Business Direction & Strategy	System Thinking	Ability to make use of goal drawback evaluation and judgement to know how interrelated parts coexist inside an general course of or system, and to think about how altering one component can affect on different components of the system
Business Development	Collective Intelligence Design	Ability to deliver collectively numerous teams of individuals, knowledge, info or concepts, and know-how to design companies or options
Business Management	Project Management	Ability to plan, set up, prioritize, and management sources, procedures, and protocols to realize particular objectives.
Business Management	Risk Management	Ability to establish and set up motion round mitigating and proactively managing dangers
Partnership Management	Resource Mobilization	Ability to establish funding sources, match funding wants (programmes/tasks/initiatives) with funding alternatives, and set up a plan to fulfill funding necessities
Partnership Management	Multi-stakeholder engagement and funding	Knowledge and talent to forge multi-stakeholder partnerships, and take away any obstacles to useful resource mobilization and multi-stakeholder funding platforms
Partnership Management	Strategic Engagement	Ability to seize and maintain consideration, curiosity and settlement of high-level, influential coverage and choice makers and safe their buy-in of high-level imaginative and prescient and targets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 6. Minimum Qualifications of the Successful NPSA

Minimum Education necessities

• Advanced college diploma (grasp’s diploma or equal) in Public Policy, Public Finance, Economics, Development Studies, International Development or discipline associated to nationwide improvement planning is required, or 
• A primary-level college diploma (bachelor’s diploma) within the areas talked about above together with a further two years of qualifying expertise shall be given due consideration in lieu of the superior college diploma.

Minimum years of related work expertise 

• Minimum 2 years (with grasp’s diploma) or 4 years (with bachelor’s diploma) of progressively accountable related expertise on the nationwide or worldwide degree in supporting improvement planning, conducting analysis, formulating insurance policies, and / or creating and managing complicated tasks in relation to nationwide improvement planning, improvement coordination or public finance administration.
• Familiar with the event context, processes, and challenges in Laos at each central and sub-national ranges. 

Required abilities 

• Experience with improvement planning and supporting stakeholder consultations. 
• Experience in fostering networks and partnerships and talent to supply coordination with authorities entities, UN companies and different improvement companions. 
• Experience in using computer systems, workplace software program packages (MS Word, Excel, and so forth.) and web-based administration methods, and superior data of spreadsheet and database packages. 

Desired abilities along with the competencies coated within the Competencies part

• Experience in offering coverage and / or programme recommendation and main coverage dialogues and actionable improvement plans. 
• Exceptional communication abilities.
• Displays cultural, gender, faith, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptableness. 

Required Language(s) 

• Fluency in English and Lao is required.