Job Description
Background
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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 means of making certain 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’ strategy 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.
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UNDP doesn’t tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any sort of harassment, together with sexual harassment, and discrimination. All chosen candidates will, due to this fact, bear rigorous reference and background checks.Â
UNDP Sri Lanka’s Flagship Portfolio on SDG16- Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions brings collectively inclusive governance and peacebuilding work beneath one umbrella. The Portfolio is applied by UNDP as a part of its Country Programme and the United Nations Sustainable Development Framework and allows the availability of cohesive and built-in assist to the Government of Sri Lanka.
Under this portfolio, UNDP in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has launched a complete Justice Reforms Programme (JURE) supported by the European Union. The Programme accommodates a holistic bundle of assist to the justice sector in Sri Lanka and is applied in shut session and partnership with key justice sector establishments.Â
Duties and Responsibilities
The Technical Coordinator shall be reporting to the Senior Technical Specialist with matrix reporting to Project Manager, working carefully with the opposite Technical Specialists / Coordinators.Â
Technical Coordinator shall be primarily based on the Ministry of Justice and chargeable for technical assist and coordination of a number of interventions of the Programme performing position of technical assist, design and implementation; beneath the steering of the UNDP Senior Technical Specialist, in shut cooperation with the Project Manager.
Provide high quality technical experience for the efficient implementation of actionsÂ
- Ensure efficient and well timed implementation of actions with prime quality technical assist.
- Analyse nationwide international tendencies and finest practices, assess influence upon the thematic space of focus, and establish any points that requires the eye.
- Provides prime quality technical advisory assist to key justice sector accomplice establishments, drawing on worldwide good follow.Â
- Conducts analysis and evaluation of the justice sector, figuring out precedence reform areas;
- Advises UNDP and UNICEF Resident Representatives on coverage issues and prepares appropriate inputs to paperwork, displays and related publications;
- Brings in expertise and advance using expertise, digital approaches and innovation in offering appropriate options to Sri Lanka.
- Proposes strategic approaches and priorities for reform implementation, together with definition of baselines, efficiency indicators and monitoring and analysis;
Provide assist for implementation and supply of high quality outcomes
- Support the Ministry of Justice in facilitating its position within the programme, together with the availability of technical help, assist coordination of improvement accomplice assist, and the Project Steering Committee.
- Provide technical assist for the implementation of the actions, enabling prime quality supply of outputs and outcomes as per the portfolio/mission paperwork and/or Project Board selections. Â
- Preparation of annual work plans and making certain complementarity with different thematic areas of programming.
- Provide enter to prime quality reporting, in a well timed method.
Provide technical assist for coordination and partnerships
- Support to strengthen partnerships between authorities entities and civil society organizations, together with via improved planning and policymakingÂ
- Ensures mission stakeholders are constantly engaged and facilitates coordination and synergies in keeping with the mission doc and work plan. Â
- Effectively coordinates partnerships with improvement companions and justice establishments on total justice sector reform.
- Maintains steady dialogue with completely different establishments and key companions to offer knowledge-based advisory providers and to make sure correct integration and co-ordination of associated improvement efforts.
- Liaises with UN companies and companions to advertise partnership, sector coordination and identifies synergies with different companions and initiatives to maximise influence and outcomes.
The incumbent performs different duties inside their purposeful profile as deemed vital for the environment friendly functioning of  the Office and the Organization
Competencies
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Core competencies:
- Achieve Results: Level 1: Plans and screens 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 enhancementsÂ
- 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 versatileÂ
- 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 the direction of others, types optimistic relationships
- Enable Diversity and Inclusion: Level 1: Appreciate/respect variations, conscious of unconscious bias, confront discrimination
Cross-Functional & Technical competencies:
Business Direction and Strategy   Â
- System Thinking. Ability to make use of goal downside evaluation and judgement to know how interrelated components coexist inside an total course of or system, and to contemplate how altering one ingredient can influence on different components of the system.
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- Partnership Management. Ability to construct and preserve partnerships with vast community of stakeholders, Governments, civil society and personal sector companions, specialists and others in keeping with UNDP technique and insurance policies
- Results-based Management. Ability to handle programmes and initiatives with a give attention to improved efficiency and demonstrable outcomes
- Risk Management. Ability to establish and manage motion round mitigating and proactively managing dangers
- Communication. Ability to speak in a transparent, concise and unambiguous method each via written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and select communication strategies relying on the viewers. Ability to handle communications internally and externally, via media, social media and different acceptable channels
2030 Agenda: Peace   Â
- Governance. Inclusion and ParticipationÂ
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Required Skills and Experience
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Education:
- Master’s diploma in Law, Criminology, Human Rights, Human/Social Sciences, Development Studies or a associated space is required. OrÂ
- A primary-level college diploma (bachelor’s diploma) together with an extra two years of qualifying expertise shall be given due consideration in lieu of the superior college diploma
- Being an Attorney-at-Law is required with each masters or bachelors diploma.
Experience:
- A minimal of two (2) years (with a grasp’s diploma) or 4 (4) years (with a bachelor’s diploma) of progressively accountable work expertise in a authorized area
- Proven expertise and wonderful data of the structure and authorized system in Sri Lanka, , together with an intensive understanding of the position and capabilities of various establishments
- Experience in offering technical assist with key justice sector actors an asset.
- Previous expertise in efficient mission coordination and collaboration can be an asset.Â
- Previous expertise with improvement organizations can be a bonus.
Required languages:
- Fluency in Sinhala and/or Tamil with wonderful English communication (Oral and written) expertise
Travel:
- Functions embrace touring in Colombo and outstation.
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Disclaimer
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Under US immigration legislation, acceptance of a workers place with UNDP, a world group, could have important 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 utility for US citizenship previous to graduation of employment.Â
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Non-discrimination
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UNDP has a zero-tolerance coverage in the direction of sexual exploitation and misconduct, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. All chosen candidates will, due to this fact, bear rigorous reference and background checks, and shall be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas. Â
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UNDP is an equal alternative and inclusive employer that doesn’t discriminate primarily based on race, intercourse, gender identification, faith, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, incapacity, being pregnant, age, language, social origin or different standing.Â
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