United Nations Secretariat Development Coordination Officer Jobs 2024 – South Sudan NGO Jobs

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United Nations Secretariat Development Coordination Officer Jobs 2024 – South Sudan NGO Jobs.

United Nations Secretariat South Sudan looking for “Development Coordination Officer”.

Applicants with a Advanced university degree may apply on or before 27th February 2024.

The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. Currently made up of 193 Member States, the UN and its work are guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter. The UN has evolved over the years to keep pace with a rapidly changing world. But one thing has stayed the same: it remains the one place on Earth where all the world’s nations can gather together, discuss common problems, and find shared solutions that benefit all of humanity.

The United Nations Secretariat has published a job vacancy announcement on 14th February 2024 for qualified South Sudanese to fill in the vacant post of Development Coordination Officer to be based in Juba, South Sudan.

United Nations Secretariat Job Vacancy 2024

Org. Setting and Reporting: The UN Secretary-General’s launched on 1 January 2019 a bold and new global reform which repositioned the UN Development System to deliver more effectively and efficiently with the achievement of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. As part of this reform, UN Resident Coordinator Offices (UN RCO), under the leadership of an empowered and independent UN Resident Coordinator – the highest-ranking official of the UN Development System and Representative of the UN Secretary-General at country level – support countries in the achievement of their development priorities and the attainment of the SDGs. The position is located in the United Nations Resident Coordination Office (RCO), within the Integrated Office of the DSRSG/RC/HC in South Sudan with a day-to-day reporting line to the Senior Development Coordination Officer, Strategic Planning and RCO Team Leader and to the Head of Integrated Office. Noting that strategic partnership entails non-monetary partnership and can be used to strengthen joint initiatives/advocacy with external partners towards a common goal, including that of advancing SDGs, the Development Coordination Officer, Partnerships provides advice and support to the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator and the UNCT strategic partnerships for SDG achievement as well as advancing the Nexus approach.

Eligibility Criteria

Education:

Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent degree) in business or public administration, sustainable development, social sciences, education or related area. A first-level university degree in combination with two (2) additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. Certification in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is an advantage.

Work Experience:

A minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in providing strategic support to partnerships, project/programme management, resource mobilization or development finance in the context of development cooperation, humanitarian action or related area is required.
Experience in developing and implementing partnership and resources mobilization strategies is required.
Experience in the United Nations system and in inter-agency coordination is required.
Knowledge of UN processes and regulations, particularly in the area of partnerships, is desired.
Experience in resource mobilization with bilateral entities/cooperation entities and private sector, especially in Africa, is desired.
Two (2) years or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desired.

Languages:

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in oral and written English is required. Knowledge of Arabic is desirable. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is an advantage.
NOTE: “Fluency equals a rating of “fluent” in all four areas (read, write, speak, understand) and “Knowledge of” equals a rating of “confident” in two of the four areas.