UNDP Recruitment for Programme Officer

Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified candidates for United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Recruitment for Programme Officer.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the United Nations’ global development network. Headquartered in New York City, UNDP advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience, and resources to help people build a better life.

Job Description

• Company: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• Location: Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana
• State: Accra
• Job type: Full-Time

Duties and Responsibilities

Programme Management: (50%)

• Support implementation and development of UNDP programme on sustainable development (climate change, disaster risk reduction, sustainable energy, biodiversity, etc.)
• Monitor project activities and progress and ensure that the agreed deliverables are produced satisfactorily according to plans
• Participate in various meetings in the sector, and seek the synergy of other ongoing projects by other development partners.
• Implement M&E tools and plans for the Sustainable Development Cluster.
• Perform other tasks as required by the Head of Programme and the Head of the Sustainable Development Cluster.

Technical and Administrative Assistance: (35%)

• Assist in review and comment on relevant submissions of the project reports to improve the technical quality.
• Support preparation of cluster work plans and facilitate of coordination of project implementation at the cluster level.
• Support procurement of goods and services (e.g. consultants), as well as administrative work for the cluster.

Resource Mobilization and Strategic Partnerships: (10%)

• Support resource mobilization efforts of the government
• Explore possible areas of cooperation and identify opportunities for initiation of new projects.

Knowledge Building and Management: (5%)

• Synthesize and document lessons learnt and best practices in programme.
• Develop success stories and articles to communicate UNDP’s achievements.

Competencies

• Communicating information and ideas: Communicating clearly and effectively. Seeking to understand the ideas of others. Facilitating and encouraging open communication. Creating an environment for open communication. Inspiring and persuading others.

• Ethics and values: Taking actions that are congruent with what he/she says. Reliably delivering on promises and honoring commitments made. Demonstrating consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN/UNDP in actions and decisions. Demonstrating an appreciation of differences in values and learning from cultural diversity. Moves from demonstrating sensitivity to encouraging full participation, to leveraging diversity.
• Knowledge sharing/continuous learning: Taking responsibility for self-learning and development. Actively seeking learning and career development opportunities. Promoting organizational learning and knowledge management. Building a culture of knowledge sharing and learning.
• Organizational awareness: Understanding, building and using formal/ informal systems and contacts in a complex organizational and global environment to obtain results. Moves from an ability to use organizational services to assist others, to applying corporate thinking and applying judgment, to building support and finally, demonstrating political acumen .
• Self-management and emotional intelligence: Managing moods, responding effectively to stress, situations of ambiguity or crisis. Managing relationships with others to achieve mutual benefits. Building an emotionally intelligent organization.
• Working in teams: Working effectively with colleagues in ways that allow the achievement of shared objectives. Building teams both within existing organizational structures and outside of them. Creating team spirit and unity of purpose across the business unit.

Functional competencies:

• Building strategic partnerships: Establishing, maintaining, and utilizing a broad network of contacts. Building partnerships and strategic alliances. Leveraging the resources of national governments and other development partners.
• Client orientation: Understanding and meeting or exceeding client needs. Anticipating and addressing client needs and concerns. Developing innovative approaches to meeting client needs. Ensuring overall provision of quality services to clients.
• Job knowledge and technical expertise: Demonstrating and applying professional and/or technical expertise/knowledge of the post or discipline. Focusing on the knowledge and skill areas necessary to effectively perform the functions of the post. Identifying and seeking to expand knowledge and improve work processes.
• Conceptual innovation in the provision of technical expertise: Supporting UNDP’s advocacy by developing innovative and creative approaches to the provision of technical expertise. Moves from research to analysis to developing innovative and creative approach to conceptual leadership and championing conceptual innovation.
• Creating visibility for UNDP/supporting UNDP’s capacity to advocate: Ensuring that UNDP has the visibility and corporate image it requires as the key development actor.
• Design and implementation of management systems: Ensuring that UNDP has the internal management systems it requires as the key development actor
• Innovation and marketing new approaches: Enhance existing processes or products. Developing original and innovative ideas and approaches.
• Integration in a multi-disciplinary environment
• Promoting accountability and results-based management: Monitoring and promoting practices, procedures and systems that support accountability and results-based management, while also influencing change in the organizational culture.
• Results-based programme development and management. Effectively managing core and non-core resources to achieve UN development results

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s degree in Development, Social Science, Environment, or closely relevant fields

Experience:

At least two years of experience in programme management in at least one of the areas of work of the Sustainable Development Cluster.

Demonstrated skills in drafting reports, knowledge and competencies/experience in policy analysis and capacity development