UNDP Deputy Head of Peace Support Program Specialist Jobs 2024 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs

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UNDP Deputy Head of Peace Support Program Specialist Jobs 2024 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs.

UNDP Ethiopia looking for “Deputy Head of Peace Support Program Specialist”.

Applicants with a Bachelor’s Degree may apply on or before 19th March, 2024.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development. The UNDP emphasizes developing local capacity towards long-term self-sufficiency and prosperity. Based at United Nations Headquarters in New York City, it is the largest UN development aid agency, with offices in 177 countries. The UNDP is funded entirely by voluntary contributions from UN member states.

The UNDP has published a job vacancy announcement on 05th March, 2024 for qualified Ethiopia’s to fill in the vacant post of Deputy Head of Peace Support Program Specialist to be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

UNDP Job Vacancy 2024

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Serve as the overall technical lead for planning and implementation of the peace support program’s strategy and monitoring and assess performance.
  • Assist the Head of Peace Support Office in performance management and advises on policies and strategies to adequately respond to stabilization, recovery, and development challenges and needs.
  • Support the Head of Peace Support Office in provision of strategic programme planning, coordination, implementation, monitoring and learning in peace support implementation regions.
  • Lead the PSO in ensuring vigorous documentation, monitoring, evaluation, reporting and learning in peace support implementation regions.
  • Support the Head of Peace Support Office in Leadership and Knowledge Management for the Peace Support Office (PSO).
  • Support the Head of PSO in provision of Policy Advice on Stabilization/peace support and Programmatic/ Overall Technical Management.
  • Oversees the Peace Support Office (PSO), ensuring that it operates in a cohesive, efficient, effective, and transparent manner, upholding UN values and maintaining the highest standards of integrity.
  • Assist head of peace support in providing high quality and strategic policy and programmatic advice to the UNDP Country Office (CO), government and partners, informed by global experience and good practice.
  • Offers technical leadership in the development of a relevant, high impact and well- integrated stabilization/peace support programme portfolio, including formulation of high quality and results-based projects appropriate to the Ethiopian context.
  • Assist in preparation of policy documents, briefs, and other strategic papers/materials under the direction of the CO for use in the development and presentation of a coherent perspective to help define strategies and implementation actions.
  • Takes responsibility for ensuring that the PSO meets all relevant benchmarks of programmatic and operational benchmarks set corporately by UNDP as well as by the CO.
  • Plays a key role in developing and maintaining a skilled, professional, motivated, and high performing team in the PSO, including overseeing the proper discharge of core human resources functions.
  • Develops and oversees the operating and programmatic budget of the PSO, ensuring adherence with all relevant UNDP financial and programme budgetary rules and regulations as well as procedures.
  • Maintains full adherence with UNDP procurement rules and regulations, including effective management of the procurement planning process.
  • Represents the programme in appropriate as authorized by the head of peace support.
  • Develops and oversees integrated programme planning, management, monitoring, and evaluation (M&E) systems that comply with UNDP standards, as adapted to Ethiopia by the CO.
  • Provides guidance and manages the overall peace support offices programme development and implementation including planning, budgeting, implementation, and monitoring, processes and timely delivery of results taking into consideration agreed upon work plans with the UNDP country office and consistency with CPD priorities.
  • Assist in planning and executing a timely, inclusive, and transparent annual work planning process for the PSP/F, manner, acting in close consultation and collaboration with the CO, and involving Afar, Amhara and Tigray regions as well as federal entities including UNDP’s coordinating body, the Ministry of Finance.
  • Manages UNDP’s stabilization/peace support efforts as a portfolio, applying necessary tools of portfolio management and ensuring measurable integration of cross-portfolio issues such as gender equality and empowerment, doing no harm, peace building, human rights, and resilience.

Position in Organization:

  • Job Title: Deputy Head of Peace Support Program Specialist
  • Job Identification: 16744
  • Locations: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • Posting Date: 04/03/2024, 17:14
  • Apply Before: 19/03/2024, 09:29
  • Job Schedule: Full time
  • Agency: UNDP
  • Grade: NPSA-11
  • Vacancy Type: National Personnel Service Agreement
  • Practice Area: Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding and Responsive Institutions
  • Bureau: Regional Bureau for Africa
  • Contract Duration: 1 Year with Possibility for extension
  • Vacancy Timeline: 2 Weeks

Minimum Requirements:

Education:

  • Advanced University Degree (master’s degree or Equivalent) in management, business administration social and public policy, politics, development economics, development studies or a related area is required.
  • A First Level University Degree (bachelor’s degree) in the above-mentioned fields with 2 additional years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

  • Minimum of 7 years (with master’s degree) or 9 years (with bachelor’s degree) of relevant experience in socio-economic recovery and/or stabilization at the international level and senior managerial experience in managing large projects is required.

Language:

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills in English and local language is required.
  • Knowledge another UN language will be an advantage.

How to Apply UNDP Deputy Head of Peace Support Program Specialist Jobs 2024

Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.

Then to apply, go to https://estm.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/requisitions/job/16744

The Closing Date: 19th March, 2024.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

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