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Technical Specialist

Accra, Ghana

Job Info

Job Identification 22873

• Posting Date 12/13/2024, 03:38 PM
• Apply Before 12/28/2024, 04:59 AM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations Accra, Ghana
• Agency UNCDF
• Grade NPSA-10
• Vacancy Type National Personnel Service Agreement
• Practice Area Governance
• Bureau Regional Bureau for Africa
• Contract Duration 1 Year with Possibility for extension
• Education & Work Experience Master’s Degree – 5 12 months(s) expertise OR Bachelor’s Degree – 7 12 months(s) expertise
• Required Languages English
• Vacancy Timeline 2 Weeks

Job Description

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are core ideas at United Nations Development Programme (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 ‘depart nobody behind’ method to our variety efforts means rising illustration of underserved populations. People who determine as belonging to marginalized or excluded populations are strongly inspired to apply. Learn extra about working at UNDP together with our values and galvanizing tales.

UNDP doesn’t tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any sort of harassment, together with sexual harassment, and discrimination. All chosen candidates will, subsequently, bear rigorous reference and background checks.

Office/Unit/Project Description

General Assembly Resolution 2186 (XXI) determined to “convey into operations the United Nations Capital Development Fund as an organ of the General Assembly which shall operate as an autonomous group of the United Nations. The UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) assists growing international locations, particularly least growing international locations, within the growth of their economies by supplementing present sources of capital help by the use of grants, loans, and ensures. UNCDFs imaginative and prescient is to assist mobilize and catalyze a rise of capital flows for SDG impactful investments to Member States to handle probably the most urgent growth challenges going through susceptible communities in these international locations and thereby contribute to sustainable financial progress and equitable prosperity.

UNCDF makes use of its distinctive functionality within the UN system to deploy grants, loans and ensures to crowd-in finance for the scaling of growth influence. UNCDF focuses on the place the wants are best, a deliberate focus and functionality rooted in UNCDF’s distinctive funding mandate to help the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the belief of the Doha Programme of Action for the least developed international locations, 2022-2031.

As per its Strategic Framework, UNCDF works to deploy its capabilities as a hybrid growth group and growth finance establishment. UNCDF responds to Member States requests for help by offering focused technical and monetary advisory providers on investments for growth outcomes, designing bespoke monetary structuring options, endeavor monetary risking of investments, and enhancing funding readiness of SDG aligned initiatives in partnership with personal sector, UNOs, International and Local Finance Institutions, Development Finance Institutions in addition to Foundations and Philanthropy, amongst others. UNCDF works to develop native monetary programs, new markets and mobilize and crowd in capital from private and non-private sources. UNCDF is pushed by a partnership mindset which permits it to deploy its completely different capital capabilities in extremely tailor-made and responsive methods with a view to mobilize investments flows from different sources, particularly from the personal sector. By structuring transactions that are extremely impactful, but in addition acknowledge the necessity for multiplying the influence of its personal capital, UNCDF seeks to place itself as a most popular accomplice for completely different stakeholders. UNCDF’s work is targeted on six precedence areas, together with:

Sub-national and native infrastructure financing;

• Women owned enterprise financing;
• Nature and local weather financing;

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• Energy and decarbonization finance;
• Sustainable meals programs financing;
• Inclusive digital finance.

Following a current restructuring, UNCDF’s organizational arrange consists of an Investment and Implementation Division (IID), Investment and Finance Oversight Division (IFOD), Operations and Oversight Division (OD) and a Directorate of the Executive Office. UNCDF workers and personnel are situated in regional hubs primarily based in Dakar (Senegal), Nairobi (Kenya) and Bangkok (Thailand) with sub-regional presence in quite a lot of places within the Caribbean and Pacific Regions. UNCDF is led by an Executive Secretary primarily based out of New York, USA. Pursuant to General Assembly decision 2321(XXII, para 1.a), the Administrator of the UNDP performs the operate of the Managing Director of UNCDF. UNCDF is overseen by the Executive Board of United Nations Development Fund (UNDP), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and performs the operate of the Executive Board of UNCDF.

UNCDF has been chosen because the implementing accomplice of the EU-Ghana Pact for Skills: Support tertiary training for sustainable employability, funded by the European Union. This undertaking goals to help tertiary training for sustainable employability by enhancing the transition of tertiary college students into the job market, with a specific concentrate on inexperienced and digital sectors. The undertaking will improve coordination mechanisms, improve digital abilities coaching, and supply acceleration and incubation providers in Ghana. The motion has the next outputs in accordance with the logic within the logical framework:

Output 1 contributing to S.O. 3: Strengthened coordination mechanisms for tertiary training establishments with the personal sector and elevated coverage dialogue.

• Output 2 contributing to S.O. 3: Increased coaching packages on digital abilities and availability of contemporary office and employability providers.

• Output 3 contributing to S.O. 3: Enhanced acceleration and incubation providers inside Academic Centre of excellence.

To implement output 2, the Action will create synergies with IBM and its Skills Build program. IBM Skills Build options an e-learning platform with top-notch content material on digital abilities (primary, intermediate, superior) that will permit universities to supply to their college students studying pathways resulting in internationally acknowledged certifications. The Skills Build e-learning platform has a variety of modules for college students on matters round cybersecurity, software program growth, Artificial Intelligence, knowledge analytics, but in addition on different broader abilities reminiscent of undertaking administration and comfortable abilities to enhance the employability of scholars. These modules might be studied autonomously or facilitated by academics. Other tech giants might be part of the motion later. To implement output 3, the Action will create synergies with chosen NGO with expertise and observe report in incubation and acceleration inside tertiary training establishments

Scope of Work

UNCDF is trying for a Technical Specialist to steer the technical actions of the EU-Ghana Pact for Skills: Support tertiary training for sustainable employability and guarantee profitable supply of outcomes.

Strengthen coordination mechanisms for tertiary training establishments with the personal sector and improve coverage dialogue:

Co-Lead the institution of an “advisory group” comprising universities, authorities and key companies, and the personal sector to help the federal government of their definition and implementation of their employability methods for tertiary training college students, notably in digital and inexperienced entrepreneurship abilities. The function includes coordinating conferences and facilitating discussions primarily based on the wants of every social gathering, making certain that each one views are thought of, and concrete motion factors are developed;

• Co-Lead the top to finish implementation of proof primarily based train e.g. Employer survey to achieve insights across the particular abilities that the job market requires and eventually inform the established coordination mechanisms;
• Support chosen universities in coordination efforts with personal sector each worldwide (e.g. tech giants) in addition to native industries with excessive potential for job placement to higher join their college students to potential job choices, ensuing within the enchancment of the transition from tertiary training to the job market.

Increase coaching packages for digital abilities and availability of contemporary office and employability providers:

Lead on the choice, want evaluation and technical help of universities that will profit from the Action;

• Provide technical help to universities to design studying pathways that will equip college students with top-notch digital abilities;
• Provide technical help to chose universities to enhance their profession service to higher help college students of their entry to job market;
• Ensure that the chosen universities obtain their targets with the specified stage of high quality as outlined within the Action;
• Supervise finish to finish roll out of tracer research with chosen universities.

Enhance acceleration and incubation service inside Academic Centre of excellence:

Support the coordination with chosen NGO to run incubation and acceleration providers with chosen universities;

• Assist the undertaking supervisor in making certain the accountable events (e.g. NGOs) ship top quality outcomes and in step with agreed workplans;
• Co-Lead on the consolidation of outcomes and synergies between the distinction elements.

Generate, facilitate, and disseminate analysis and knowledge sharing to make sure stakeholders are knowledgeable on present tendencies, greatest practices, market situations, and particular matters as wanted:

Design, Plan and Execute data sharing occasions to place UNCDF as chief within the digital area in addition to inform key stakeholders of the sector;

Develop data and studying paperwork, leading to stronger messages and elevated to UNCDF visibility and thought management within the area.

Institutional Arrangement:

The chosen candidate will report back to Technical Specialist primarily based in Accra.

Competencies

Core Competencies

Achieve Results: LEVEL 3: Set and align difficult, achievable aims for a number of initiatives, have lasting influence;

Think Innovatively: LEVEL 3: Proactively mitigate potential dangers, develop new concepts to unravel complicated issues;

Learn Continuously: LEVEL 2: Go outdoors consolation zone, be taught from others and help their studying;

Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 3: Proactively provoke and champion change, handle a number of competing calls for;

Act with Determination: LEVEL 2: Able to persevere and cope with a number of sources of stress concurrently;

Engage and Partner: LEVEL 3: Political savvy, navigate complicated panorama, champion inter-agency collaboration;

Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 2: Facilitate conversations to bridge variations, considers in resolution making .

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies:

Business Direction and Strategy

Negotiation and Influence Ability to succeed in an understanding, persuade others, resolve factors of distinction, acquire benefit within the end result of dialogue, negotiates mutually acceptable options by compromise and creates win-win conditions.

Business Development

Collective Intelligence Design Ability to bringing collectively numerous teams of individuals, knowledge, data or concepts, and know-how to design providers or options.

Business Management

Partnership Management Ability to construct and keep partnerships with extensive networks of stakeholders, Governments, civil society and personal sector companions, specialists and others in step with UNCDF technique and insurance policies .

Digital & Innovation

Digital Learning & Development Knowledge of digital studying strategies and talent to design and develop digital studying applications.

2030 Agenda: Prosperity

Inclusive Growth Job/ Employment /Decent work Promotion.

Minimum Education Requirements:

Master’s diploma in Education, Economics or Public Administration, Public Policy or associated area: Or

Bachelor diploma within the above talked about fields with extra 2 years of qualifying expertise will likely be given due consideration in lieu of the Master’s diploma.

Minimum years of related work expertise:

At least 5 years of related expertise in growth undertaking centered on tertiary training and/or job creating associated work with a grasp’s diploma or at the very least 7 years with a bachelor’s diploma.

Required abilities:

Professional publicity in offering technical help and oversight to implementing companions in delivering actions round faculty to work transition (e.g. however not restricted to: ability coaching, profession growth, entrepreneurship).

Desired abilities along with the competencies coated within the competencies part:

Professional publicity in delivering multi-stakeholder initiatives associated to the tertiary training system and associated challenges that have an effect on the youth employment market;

• Ability to coordinate multi actors working teams, together with authorities, personal sector and academia;
• Experience in initiatives centered on digital abilities and/or with tech giants;
• Exposure in Ghanaian tertiary training system;
• Excellent data of undertaking administration cycle (PMC) ideas at worldwide stage with worldwide donors, from design to analysis with confirmed skilled expertise;
• Capacity to do analysis and write technical publications.

Required Language(s) (at working stage):

Proficiency in English is required.

Professional Certificate:

Exposure to IBM Skill Build platform is fascinating.

Disclaimer

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Non-discrimination

UNDP has a zero-tolerance coverage in the direction of sexual exploitation and misconduct, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. All chosen candidates will, subsequently, bear rigorous reference and background checks, and will likely 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 identification, faith, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, incapacity, being pregnant, age, language, social origin or different standing.

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Required Skills

Ability to coordinate multi actors working teams, together with authorities, personal sector and academia Capacity to do analysis and write technical publications Exposure to Ghanaian tertiary training system