UNDP Innovation Specialist Jobs 2024 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs

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UNDP Innovation Specialist Jobs 2024 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs.

UNDP Ethiopia looking for “Innovation Specialist”.

Applicants with an Advanced University Degree may apply on or before 23rd 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 08th March, 2024 for qualified Ethiopia’s to fill in the vacant post of Innovation Specialist to be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

UNDP Job Vacancy 2024

Duties and Responsibilities:

Support setting strategies for the innovation function of the regional hub in support of regional and global programmatic priorities, and in alignment with the global innovation and digital strategies;
Suppport the formulation of the Regional team’s service offering vis a vis COs and national/local governments and ensure that it meets clients needs and maximises the existing regional assets (sensemaking and system change guidebook, Accelerator Labs, digital stewardship offer);
Harness and foster bottom up feedback and implications of the strategy in order to ensure continued fit between the direction and demand and needs from the field;
Support partnership engagement with governments, CSOs, academia and the private sector; encourage South-South partnerships;
Support strategic partnerships with UN Agencies and Funds, IFIs, Multilateral development banks, Impact Investors and the Private Sector; leading innovation agencies, think tanks, experts;
Ensure that UNDP’s innovation efforts in the region result in the creation of new knowledge that maintains UNDP’s offering relevant vis a vis governments when dealing with complex development challenges;
Identify opportunities to scale practices across geographies, in collaboration with the SIU and CDO;
Ensure that the regional team ‘works out loud’ by continuously sharing challenges, successes, lessons learnt for knowledge sharing across the clients’ base and for active participation in the regional and global international networks;
Ensure that the region’s innovation community, including the Accelerator Labs, is kept abreast of latest trends, proactively shares insights and experiences and develops compelling knowledge products
Support offices in the region in identifying new entry points and value-propositions in line with needs in the country and UNDP’s mandate.
Provide support to offices in the roll-out of the portfolio policy, design of portfolios of interventions, including though designing the process, supporting consultations with stakeholders and facilitating ideation of interventions.
Organize training and capacity-building workshops for UNDP offices and partners on topics related to system innovation, portfolio design and management, and other related topics.
The incumbent provides the above mentioned support under the guidance of the Regional Innvation specialist, the Regional Hub Director at the Regional service center for Africa (RSCA) and the Strategic Innovation Unit under the Bureau of Policy and Programme Support (BPPS).

Position in Organization:

Job Title: Innovation Specialist
Job Identification: 16849
Locations: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Posting Date: 08/03/2024, 19:31
Apply Before: 23/03/2024, 09:29
Job Schedule: Full time
Agency: UNDP
Grade: IB
Vacancy Type: International Personnel Service Agreement
Practice Area: Innovation
Bureau: Regional Bureau for Africa
Contract Duration: 1 Year
Vacancy Timeline: 2 Weeks

Minimum Requirements:

Education:

Advanced University Degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) Business Administration, Public Administration, International Development, Information and Communications Technology,Social Sciences or related disciplines with deep understanding of innovation and international development, public sector administration and innovative public-private partnerships for social goods.
PhD in a related field would be added advantage

Experience:

years of relevant work experience Minimum 5 years with Master’s or 7 years of experience (with Bachelor’s degree) in an innovation role in international organizations, civil society or the private sector, with solid experience in project management, public sector administration, private sector partnerships;

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