Chief, Effectiveness Group

• Leadership of UNDP’s evidence-based performance analysis, learning, and reporting in the context of the SP.
• Prescriptive content design and guidance, and Quality Assurance of UNDP’s Programmes and projects in the context of the SP.
• Integration across UNDP of Innovation, Knowledge generation and dissemination and Partnerships with Development and Performance Analytics to drive stronger performance and evidence-based leadership in SP mandated areas.
• Outreach, communications and advocacy to the Executive Board, OECD/DAC, key south-south and GPC countries, and other critical stakeholders.
• Overall Management and Coordination. 
• Partnerships, Representation and Advocacy.
• Knowledge Management. 

• Lead and communicate UNDP’s performance analytics agenda (results to resources) in close collaboration with BPPS/Crisis Bureau units, BOM and RBx;
• drive performance related knowledge generation and dissemination, to feed into inter alia higher quality programming at country level, scaling up of innovation, more effective partnerships including evidence-based leadership of the SP’s programme priority areas;
• lead and ensure timely, robust and clear performance reporting to meet accountability and governance requirements of UNDP’s EB and other key stakeholders.

• Substantively guide BPPS and Crisis Bureau support  to COs (in collaboration with RBx) to delivering high quality programmes and results for quality inputs to UNDAFs, CPDs (and related planning/programming instruments), through clear guidance, timelines and quality standards and quality assurance processes aligned with the SP; 
• Drive harmonization with and represent UNDP in UN system dialogue on programme matters including for programme issues related to delivering as one, SOPs, common country programming, real-time monitoring, and QCPR action plan;
• Ensure robust prescriptive policies, guidance, and quality standards in “mainstream” and crisis setting programming; strengthened results management including better use of data and evidence; risk assessment; environmental and social safeguards; and driving lessons and understanding of what works and what does not work in development cooperation; 
• Ensure high quality, strategic and timely management of the HQ-PAC and EB submission requirements for CPDs and related programme matters.

• Provide substantive leadership, supervision and guidance to the Group to drive results upwards and outwards through Knowledge and Innovation; and
• Deliver world renowned expertise recognized by the peer community which creates global recognition of the organization as the authority, source of innovation and effective hub of the global community on issues of development impact.

• Lead, direct and manage the Group, including supervising staff and overseeing work planning, budgeting and reporting; and
• Facilitate the inter-linkages between the various teams to ensure coherent delivery of results, including as a driver of quality, results, knowledge and innovation throughout UNDP

Facilitate the team’s capacity to undertake the following:

• Mobilize, foster and strengthen strategic partnerships with UN and other relevant bodies and provide substantive inputs to those partnerships;
• Represent the Group in UNDP’s corporate discussions and in interagency coordination to engage partners in advancing the Group’s strategic agenda; 
• Represent UNDP to the Executive Board on effectiveness issues as delegated by the BPPS Director and Deputy Director; and
• Lead the Group to forge and maintain strong external partnerships related to effective development cooperation (including OECD DAC), IATI, and innovation 

• Oversee, influence and drive through UNDP an agenda for cross-regional generation, exchange, and dissemination of knowledge based inter alia on broad and innovative participatory platforms; evidence-based research; south-south experiences; and collaboration and synthesizing of knowledge emerging from the development and implementation of programmes; and
• Lead the responsive and timely provision of innovative platforms that will facilitate global and country participation in critical development debates, events and knowledge dissemination.

• Ability to make new and useful ideas work.

• Ability to persuade others to follow.

• Ability to improve performance and satisfaction.

• Ability to listen, adapt, persuade and transform.

• Ability to get things done.

• Ability to scan the horizon and identify approaches and initiatives to bring into policy and programme design.

• Ability to manage global conversations and knowledge campaigns.

• Ability to productively share UNDP knowledge and activities (at UN and other venues).

• Ability to engage with other agencies and forge productive working relationships.

• Ability to advocate a point of view and influence others.

• Ability to evaluate, transform and model data to derive relevant findings- undertake & provide analysis of data to assess Org performance and or global trends

• Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in economics, business administration, social sciences or related disciplines.

• 15 years of professional work experience leading teams, providing policy and programming advice and pioneering approaches in results based management, knowledge generation and dissemination to advance sustainable agenda at international level.  
• Experience in developing country settings will be desirable. 

• Fluency in English, both written and oral.
• Working knowledge of another UN language will be desirable.

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