UN National Field Coordination Officer Job Opportunities – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Job Title: National Field Coordination Officer
Organization: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Duty Station: Mbarara, Uganda
About UNDP:
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the United Nation’s global development network. UNDP advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. The UNDP provides expert advice, training, grant support to developing countries including Uganda with increasing emphasis on assistance to the least developed countries.
Job Summary: The National Field Coordination Officer supports the UNAC in coordinating humanitarian, recovery and development efforts in their regions of operations. The overall objective of the National Field Coordination Officers will be to strengthen dialogue, coordination, consensus building and Delivering as One (DaO) and in particular support UN activities related to the One Leader, One Voice, One Programme and One UN House, shared common services and the humanitarian-development response in the region.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Delivering As One; including UNDAF localization, implementation and planning
- Support the UNAC to operationalize the UNDAF through the Annual Work Plans, and in particular support-Advancement of the One Leader pillar by making sure that the UNAC role is acknowledged and visible to all stakeholders including the refugee response framework and ReHOPE as part of strengthening the Humanitarian-Development Nexus.
- Advancement of the One Voice pillar by enhancing internal UN information sharing and external communication with relevant stakeholders. To this effect liaise with the United Nations Communications Group.
- Advancement of the One Programme pillar by actively contributing to joint implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the UNDAF action plan and joint programmes at the field level
- Advancement of the Operating as One by supporting operational harmonization by identifying possible areas for common/shared operations and support/harness (already existing) practices for common services in the field in collaboration with the OMT
- Organize and ensure the joint planning and monitoring and evaluation of common/joint UN activities in the field.
SDGs Advocacy and Technical Support
- Support the UNAC to build strategic partnership with various actors at the regional level around the UN Post 2015/Agenda 2030 Advocacy Strategy, including enhancing advocacy at SDGs localization and integration in local development planning.
- Support the UNAC in the mobilization of partners toward the provision of strategic and technical support to district leaders around mainstreaming SDG financing at the local level.
Strengthening Capacity of Local Development and Partnership
- In line with the district capacity needs assessment conducted under the UNAC System and other partners and other capacity analysis, support the UNAC in the building of strategic partnership at the local level including District Local Government, CSOs, Private Sector, Cultural/ Traditional/ Religious Institutions, etc. at addressing key bottlenecks to advancing local development.
- Support the UNAC in his/her role to strengthen the government’s capacity around regional coordination leadership, functional organizational skills, aid effectiveness and management, business operations and business process re-engineering at the local level.
- Support the UNACs to build local partnership and alignment of efforts around capacity development (coordination, functional operational skills and technical skills in specialized areas as may be required for key units) for district local government.
UN Area Coordination:
- Support the UN Area Coordinator/ or Area Security coordinator in his/her representative role/functions as direct representative of the RC in chairing monthly UN meetings in the region bringing to the attention of the RC (through the RCO-Field Coordinator) concerns raised by the UN family and partners posted in the field. The monthly meetings are expected to address the following:
- Common UN concerns in the region that are inclusive of humanitarian, recovery and development efforts in alignment with the UNDAF and other agreed regional plans including Rehope
- Reporting back to regional meetings the key action points and feedbacks from national level coordination platforms
- Share relevant updates on UN joint programmes and joint initiatives in the field
- Support the Area Coordinator to support the local government in convening sector and regional meetings and ensure that UN Sector Support Leads participate in Sector and regional meetings and if possible in district Technical Planning meetings.
- If need be and in situations of humanitarian emergency, support the UNAC to participate in relevant District Disaster Management Committees meetings and actions.
- Support the UNAC to represent the regional UN teams and the RC in meetings or programmes organized by the Office of the Prime Minister (or specific branches of the central Government). In the South West, the UN will sit in the Development partners meetings and, when called by the OPM including other regional and technical working group meetings.
- Support inter-agency meetings with central government to provide a broad forum for information sharing on operational matters.
- Prepare and submit weekly situation reports/briefs highlighting the key issues for Kampala’s concern; and monthly written UNAC reports in the standard reporting format and submit to the RCO through the Field Coordinator. This includes the documentation of best practices, success stories and lessons learnt.
- Perform other functions/tasks as may be assigned to you directly by the UNAC or through the UNAC by the RCO Kampala.
Further, UNVs are encouraged to participate in;
- Strengthening their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and taking active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark IVD);
- Getting acquainted with and building on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country;
- Reflecting on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participation in ongoing reflection activities;
- Contributing articles/write-ups on field experiences and submitting them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.;
- Assisting with the UNV Buddy programme for newly-arrived UNV volunteers;
- Promoting or advising local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encouraging relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible, etc.
Key Result Areas:
- Support implementation of DaO including the localization and implementation of the UNDAF (2016-2020) at the regional level including the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus (ReHOPE)
- Support the localization of the Post 2015/Agenda 2030, including SDGs financing at the local level
- Support the strengthening of capacity development for local partners including the District Local Government to accelerate local development and effective aid management
- Support the functionalization of effective Humanitarian Development coordination mechanism at the district and regional level
- Support the advancement of UNV core values by participating in other volunteers related activities
- Fostered UN internal coherence, especially in relation to the UNAC area.
- Enhanced implementation of Delivering as One and UNDAF and SDGs localization at the regional levels
- Enhanced coordination between UN and government leadership as well as international aid efforts, including capacity building of the district government sector lead in coordination responsibility supported
- The output for the NUNV will be to support the UNAC to prepare an Annual Review Report. The report will include an analysis of main humanitarian/recovery and development issues arising during the year of implementation in the region. The report will include highlights on joint efforts by UN agencies and it will feed into the annual RC report.
- The NUNV will help prepare updates and reports on the status of the piloting of Delivering as One.
- The NUNV will additionally undertake regular production of coordination support tools (calendars, district profiles etc.) and any other tasks as assigned by the UNAC or RCO.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal applicant for the United Nations Volunteers National Field Coordination Officer job placement should hold a university degree or its equivalent, preferably in the fields of Economics, Social Sciences, International Relations, Political Sciences or related field.
- At least three years of experience in development work, preferably with experience working in the field and/or on coordination.
- Experience working in the field, especially in Western Uganda would be a plus
- Knowledge of UN system is an advantage.
Personal Competencies:
- Corporate Competencies:
- Demonstrates integrity by modelling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
- Advocates and promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UN;
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
- Treats all people fairly without favouritism.
Functional Competencies:
- Development and Operational Effectiveness:
- Strong negotiating and lobbying skills
- Basic knowledge of UN operations and institutional mandates, policies, plus good knowledge of core strategic guidelines related to HIV/AIDS prevention are required.
- Strong background in the field of advocacy, communications and public information, ability to address a range of issues related to information requirements, including taking a lead on major public HIV/AIDS information campaigns; substantial and diverse experience in all facets of communications and public information, and proven ability to conceptualize, design and implement major campaigns.
- Demonstrated planning and organizational skills and ability to coordinate the work of others, work to tight deadlines and handle multiple concurrent projects/activities.
- Strong presentation and interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective working relations in a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity.
- Management and Leadership:
- Focuses on impact and results for client and responds positively to feedback;
- Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive constructive attitude;
- Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills;
- Builds strong relationships with clients and external actors;
- Remain calm, in control and good humoured even under pressure
- Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities.
- Knowledge Management and Learning:
- Promotes knowledge management in the UN and a learning environment in the office through leadership and personal example;
- Actively works towards continuing personal learning and development in one or more Practice Areas, acts on learning plan and applies newly acquired skills.
UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.
How to Apply:
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Deadline: 6th June 2018
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