United Nations Secretariat Senior Development Coordination Officer Jobs 2024 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs

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United Nations Secretariat Senior Development Coordination Officer Jobs 2024 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs.

United Nations Secretariat Ethiopia looking for “Senior Development Coordination Officer”.

Applicants with a University Degree may apply on or before 04th June, 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 23rd May, 2024 for qualified Ethiopia’s to fill in the vacant post of Senior Development Coordination Officer to be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

United Nations Secretariat Job Vacancy 2024

Responsibilities:

Undertakes analysis and research of the impact of the current crisis on the development plans by the Government and the UNDS support, in line with the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF), including opportunities for inter-agency assistance and joint programming;
Leads the provision of strategic guidance to the RC and UN Country Team (UNCT) on effective, quality and timely UN support for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda through the Common Country Analysis (CCA) and UNSDCF.
Initiates, establishes and coordinates external partnerships and joint resource mobilization efforts for the UNSDCF or development-oriented pledging conferences.
Coordinates the Business Operations Strategy and develops business innovations
Manages and directs knowledge management and capacity development activities in and outside the UN System
Leads and coordinates overall management of the RCO to ensure efficient and effective substantive coordination support to the RC/UNCT and adherence to organizational policies and procedures.
Ensure timely analysis and synthesis of developments to inform UN leadership and relevant fora focused in the country and region;
Working closely with UNCT, sub-regional UN and other development partners, as well as counterparts in DPPA, DPO, Special Political Missions or Peacekeeping Missions as applicable and OCHA, identify conflict sensitive development and peacebuilding interventions in the identified conflict/post-conflict state/region integrating a human rights perspective;
Enable joined-up analysis considering possible differences between humanitarian- development and peacebuilding approaches with suggestions as to how these could be bridged;
Working closely with partners, suggest how the UN can take a ‘leave no one behind” as well as a risk informed, do-no-harm approach when implementing the UNSDCF;
Present recommendations on how the UN can pilot such integrated approach including how and where synergies can be strengthened as well as where joint ongoing planning/programming activities can be scaled.

Position in Organization:

Position Title: Senior Development Coordination Officer – Crisis Management
Job Opening ID: 235268
Job Network: Economic, Social and Development
Job Family: Sustainable Development
Category and Level: Professional and Higher Categories, P-5
Duty Station: ADDIS ABABA
Department/Office: Resident Coordinator System
Date Posted: May 22, 2024
Deadline: Jun 4, 2024

Minimum Requirement:

Education:

Masters or equivalent university degree in Development Studies, International Relations, Economics or Political Science. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Work Experience:

At least ten years of progressively responsible experience in development, humanitarian affairs, and implementation of development policies and strategies in a governmental, multilateral or civil society organization context is required.
Field experience in crisis management context is required.
Experience in inter-cluster/agency coordination in the crisis management context is desired.
Experience in development context, particularly in crisis and post-conflict situations, within the UN common system or other comparable international organization is desired.

Languages:

English and French are the two working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this post, fluency in English is required.
Knowledge of any other UN official 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.