Background

The Dominican Republic has achieved significant social and economic progress in recent years, contributing to poverty reduction and improvements in human development. However, persistent territorial inequalities continue to limit the full translation of economic growth into well-being for all. At the same time, the country’s development gains face increasing environmental pressures: soil degradation, biodiversity loss, coastal erosion, and the fragility of vital ecosystems are compromising their ability to provide essential goods and services, while heightening the population’s vulnerability to climate risks.

As a Small Island Developing State (SIDS), the Dominican Republic is among the most vulnerable countries to climate change. Its high exposure to extreme weather events such as hurricanes, floods, and droughts, combined with economic dependence on climate-sensitive sectors such as agriculture, tourism, water resources, and coastal ecosystems, underscores the urgency of adaptation and resilience measures.

In response, the Government of the Dominican Republic, together with local authorities and diverse stakeholders, has been implementing national and subnational policies to mitigate climate risks, adapt to changing environmental conditions, and promote resilient territorial development.

These efforts are framed within documents such as the National, Biodiversity Strategy the National Adaptation Plan for Climate Change (PNACC 2015–2030) and the country’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), but also policies and programs on Ozone Layer restoration, sustainable tourism, waste reduction. 
UNDP supports national priorities through technical cooperation focused on governance in environment, climate and Disaster Risk Reduction, institutional strengthening, integration of environment and climate action into territorial and sectoral planning, monitoring and evaluation, and partnership-building with international cooperation and the private sector.

In particular, the Unit for Environmental Sustainability and Resilience aims to support the country in advancing in the areas of:

Position Purpose

Under the guidance of the Resident Representative (RR) and direct supervision of the Deputy Resident Representative (DRR), the Programme Analyst is responsible for management of UNDP programme within the thematic/sectoral areas assigned. The Programme Analyst analyzes political, social and economic trends; leads formulation, management and evaluation of programme activities within his/her portfolio; and provides policy advice services.

The Programme Analyst supervises and leads the programme staff and coordinates activities of the projects’ staff. The Programme Analyst works in close collaboration with the Programme and Operations teams in the CO, programme staff in other UN Agencies, UNDP staff in HQs and Regional Hubs, technical advisors/experts, external specialists, government officials and partners, donors, and civil society to ensure successful implementation of the UNDP programme.

UNDP adopts a portfolio approach to accommodate changing business needs and leverage linkages across interventions to achieve its strategic goals. Therefore, UNDP personnel are expected to work across units, functions, teams, and projects in multidisciplinary teams in order to enhance and enable horizontal collaboration.

Duties and Responsibilities

1.) Substantively contribute to formulation and implementation of UNDP programme strategies and policies, in particular for the Environmental Sustainability & Resilience portfolio.

2.) Ensure effective management of the CO programme within the assigned thematic/sector areas focusing on quality assurance and risk management from formulation to implementation of the country programme.

3.)  Ensure creation of strategic partnerships and implementation of the resource mobilization strategy.

4.) Ensure provision of top-quality advisory services and facilitation of knowledge building and management.

The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.

Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities: Supervises programme and project staff.  
 

Competencies

• ACHIEVE RESULTS - LEVEL 2: Scale up solutions and simplifies processes, balances speed and accuracy in doing work.
• THINK INNOVATEVELY - LEVEL 2: Offer new ideas/open to new approaches, demonstrate systemic/integrated thinking.
• LEARN CONTINUOUSLY - LEVEL 2: Go outside comfort zone, learn from others and support their learning.
• ADAPT WITH AGILITY - LEVEL 2: Adapt processes/approaches to new situations, involve others in change process.
• ACT WITH DETERMINATION - LEVEL 2: Able to persevere and deal with multiple sources of pressure simultaneously.
• ENGAGE AND PARTNER - LEVEL 2: Is facilitator/integrator, bring people together, build/maintain coalitions/partnerships.
• ENABLE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION - LEVEL 2: Facilitate conversations to bridge differences, considers in decision making.

• BUSINESS DIRECTION & STRATEGY
  • SYSTEMS THINKING: Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system.
• BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
  • RESULTS-BASED MANAGEMENT: Ability to manage programmes and projects with a focus at improved performance and demonstrable results.
  • PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and control resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals.
  • PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT: Ability to select, prioritize and control the organization’s programmes and projects, in line with its strategic objectives and capacity. Ability to balance the implementation of change initiatives and the maintenance of business-as-usual, while optimizing return on investment. Knowledge and understanding of key principles of project, programme, and portfolio management. Knowledge and understanding of key principles of project, programme, and portfolio management.
  • MONITORING & EVALUATION: Ability to systematically monitor results of strategies, programmes, and activities with a view to make sure that they are being implemented effectively; Ability to provide managers and key stakeholders with regular feedback and reporting on the consistency or discrepancy between planned activities and programme management and results.  Ability to make independent judgment of the management and results of strategies, programmes and activities based on set criteria and benchmark, keeping in mind the needs and concerns of client, current and upcoming. Knowledge and understanding of monitoring and evaluation frameworks, concepts, methodologies, systems, processes, and tools. Ability to make an independent judgement based on set criteria and benchmarks. Ability to anticipate client's upcoming needs and concerns.

Technical Competencies

• EXTERNAL RELATIONS & ADVOCACY
  • RESOURCE MOBILIZATION: Ability to identify funding sources, match funding needs (programmes/projects/initiatives) with funding opportunities, and establish a plan to meet funding requirements
  • PUBLIC RELATIONS: Ability to build and maintain an overall positive public image for the organisation, its mandate and its brand, while ensuring that individual campaigns and other communications and advocacy initiatives are supported in reaching the public.
• 2030 AGENDA: ENGAGEMENT & EFFECTIVENESS
  • EFFECTIVENESS: Project Quality Assurance.

• Advanced university degree (master's degree or equivalent) in Environmental Management, Environmental Sciences, Environmental Policies, Climate Change, or other relevant area including Business Administration, Public Administration, Economics, Political Sciences, Social Sciences, or related field is required or
• A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Specialized knowledge in Programme and Project Management (PPM) is desirable.

• Minimum of 2 years (with master’s degree) or 4 years (with bachelor’s degree) of relevant experience at the national and/or international level in providing management advisory services, hands-on experience in design, monitoring and evaluation of development portfolios and projects in Environmental Sustainability or related thematic area is required.
• Experience in managing large project portfolios - including concept development, resource mobilization and partnership management is required.
• Experience in the design and management of climate change, ecosystem management, climate/environment, finance-related, and/or sustainable production & consumption initiatives is required.
• Demonstrated experience in coordination with national and sub national authorities as well as local communities and private sector is required.
• Experience in supervising two Direct Reports or more is required.
• Knowledge of green finance instruments and mechanisms at the international and national levels is required.
• Experience in developing and managing partnerships and coordination mechanisms with cooperation agencies and other partner organizations is required.
• Experience in the use of computers, office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.), database packages, and/or web-based management systems such as ERP is required.

• Demonstrated experience in integrating gender and rights-based programming is desired.
• Experience in policy analysis & evaluation in the areas of climate, nature, DRR is desired.
• Experience in overseeing the coordination of Vertical Funds financed projects (including Adaptation Fund, Global Environmental Facility, or Green Climate Fund) is desired.
• Knowledge and familiarity with the multi donor’s environment and their respective mandates is desired.
• Knowledge of multilateral policy-making processes in environment or climate and  Multilateral Environmental Agreements (CBD, UNFCCC, Montreal Protocol, UNCCD etc.) is desired.
• Demonstrated experience in developing tools and methodologies to follow up on projects and/or increase operational efficiency is desired.
• Experience in change management processes will be an asset.
• Prior experience with UNDP/UN agencies or other international organizations will be an asset.

• Fluency Spanish and English is required.
• Knowledge of another UN language is desirable.