(Offre en anglais) Le PNUD recrute un(e) “Peace and Development  Officer” Retour vers les opportunités

Agency UNDP

Title Peace and Development  Officer

Job ID  24611

Practice Area – Job Family Peace Building

Vacancy End Date 31/07/2019 (Midnight New York, USA)

Time Left 5d 17h 38m

Duty Station  Tunis, Tunisia

Education & Work  Experience  G-Bachelor’s Level Degree – 6 year(s) experience, I-Master’s Level Degree – 5 year(s) experience

Languages Required: Arabic, French

                        Desired:  English

Grade SB4

Vacancy Type  Service  Contract (SC)

Posting Type  External

Bureau  Arab States

Contract Duration  1 year ( renewable upon availability of funds )

Background

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist on research, information-gathering and analysis on the context with specific focus on supporting and promoting good governance, social cohesion, and understanding of risks and resilience;
• Identifying entry-points to engage the UN with national actors on sustainable development issues and sustaining peace goals, especially on aspects of good governance and democracy;
• Provide technical support for coordination, partnerships development and M&E;

• Gather and process data and information relevant to the UN’s role and activities in Tunisia and the sub-region as relevant, with specific focus on supporting and promoting inclusive governance, social cohesion, and sustainable development;
• Support the PDA in undertaking political, political economy and/or context analysis, monitoring the situation in the country, and reporting of issues related to peace and development, including through analysis of local sources, and with focus on Arabic-language information and Arabic-speaking fora (media, publications, events, etc.);
• Carry out and coordinate research on social trends, perceptions on political developments and the engagement of political actors on development issues.

• Assist the PDA in identifying areas of engagement with national stakeholders (think tanks, CSOs political parties in particular) around social cohesion, sustainable development and the effort to achieve SDGs; and contribute to the development of conflict-sensitive and risk-aware approaches;
• Under the guidance of the PDA, support the identification of programmatic, contextual, institutional risks and identify entry points for mitigation and programing leveraging on sources of resilience;
• Advise on mainstreaming context-sensitive approaches; including provision of training UN Country Team staff and key national partners on analysis, conflict prevention and/or conflict-sensitive development;
• Undertake mappings and analysis with civil society actors’ (including youth, women, and marginalized groups) capacities for conflict prevention/ peacebuilding at local and national level, using the exercise to inform the support provided by the PDA and UNCT throughout the duration of the assignment;
• Support the PDA in their engagement with national and local stakeholders, focusing particularly on engaging with civil society actors at local level and academia, to help link local initiatives to national-level institutions, structures and processes, political actors, as well as reinforcing dialogues.

• Support the external coordination of existing partnerships between stakeholders (government, civil society, private sector and the international community, including the UN system).
• In close collaboration with the PDA and the Joint Programme Secretariat, support monitoring and evaluation function, including collecting, processing and analyzing data in the framework of peace and development team workplan;
• Support knowledge management and sharing of good practices on conflict prevention and peacebuilding; ensure that stories and lessons learned are shared with the Joint Programme Secretariat; and respond to specific requests for information; and
• Perform an array of duties that support UN coordination and effective Peace and Development Team programme implementation. These may include: assisting in organizing meetings and consultations, organizing and implementing consultation processes with national and international partners. Perform an array of duties that support UN coordination and effective Peace and Development Team program implementation. These may include: assisting in organizing meetings and consultations, organizing and implementing consultation processes with national and international partners.

Competencies

• Innovation ; Ability to make new and useful ideas work; Level 4: Adept with complex concepts and challenges convention purposefully

• Leadership :Ability to persuade others to follow;Level 4:Generates commitment, excitement and excellence in others

• People Management :Ability to improve performance and satisfaction;Level 4: Models independent thinking and action

• Communication : Ability to listen, adapt, persuade and transform;Level 4: Synthesizes information to communicate independent analysis

• Delivery :Ability to get things done while exercising good judgement ;Level 4: Meets goals and quality criteria for delivery of products or services

• Social Cohesion; Knowledge of methods and experience of supporting communities to achieve greater inclusiveness, more civic participation and creating opportunities for upward mobility;Level 4: Apply & Adapt: Contributes skills and knowledge with demonstrated ability to advance innovation and continuous improvement, in professional area of expertise

• Peacebuilding and Reconciliation :Ability to support peace processes to facilitate recovery and development ;Level 4: Apply & Adapt: Contributes skills and knowledge with demonstrated ability to advance innovation and continuous improvement, in professional area of expertise

• Conflict-Sensitive Programming : Ability to use methods and tools to monitor conflict triggers and determine impact of various dynamics in conflict-prone situations;Level 4: Apply & Adapt: Contributes skills and knowledge with demonstrated ability to advance innovation and continuous improvement, in professional area of expertise

• Conflict Analysis and Risk Assessment : Knowledge of conflict analysis and risk assessment concepts and the ability to apply to strategic and/or practical situations ;Level 4: Apply & Adapt: Contributes skills and knowledge with demonstrated ability to advance innovation and continuous improvement, in professional area of expertise

• Gender  : Knowledge of gender issues and the ability to apply to strategic and/or practical situations, including analysis of projects from a gender perspective ; Level 4: Apply & Adapt: Contributes skills and knowledge with demonstrated ability to advance innovation and continuous improvement, in professional area of expertise

• Civil Society Engagement:Knowledge to create and implement civil society initiatives and apply across peace and development work ; Level 4: Apply & Adapt: Contributes skills and knowledge with demonstrated ability to advance innovation and continuous improvement, in professional area of expertise
• Knowledge Management:Ability to efficiently handle and share information and knowledge ; Level 4: Apply & Adapt: Contributes skills and knowledge with demonstrated ability to advance innovation and continuous improvement, in professional area of expertise

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