Programme Management Officer
Tashkent
- Organization: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
- Location: Tashkent
- Grade: Mid level - NO-C, National Professional Officer - Locally recruited position
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Occupational Groups:
- Operations and Administrations
- PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT
- Project and Programme Management
- Closing Date: Closed
Background
Duties and Responsibilities
- Advisory and specialized technical support
- Programme management and quality assurance and oversight
- Substantive support to UN coordination, resource mobilization and partnership building
- Knowledge management and capacity building
- Advocate, promote and raise awareness and understanding of UNODC mandates, mission, vision, policies and their implementation in the region.
- Identify strategic programme areas of cooperation and advisory support on strategic partnerships.
- Analyze the COVID-19 situation, impact, socio-economic response and recovery and explore possible UNODC contributions.
- Provide specialized technical and strategic support in managing all aspects of ROCA programme and management of related activities ensuring accountability in programme.
- Elaborate policy documents, briefs and other strategic papers/materials for use in the development and presentation of innovative and coherent policy and programmatic positions in support of development priorities and commitments to address drug, crime, corruption, terrorism related challenges, incorporating regional and global perspectives and contributing to regional and global strategies.
Ensures effective management of the UNODC programmes on research, forensics, multi-partner joint programmes, innovative programmes, and supervision of the related programme teams for these initiatives focusing on quality control of the full cycle of programming from formulation to implementation in view of achieving the following results:
- Contribute to and support implementation of the UNODC ROCA partnerships and resources mobilization strategies to achieve programme outcomes.
- Establish and maintain effective consultations with governments, partners, stakeholders and donors to achieve active collaboration, cooperation and alliances on programme development and implementation, resource mobilization and sustained partnerships.
- Determine programmatic areas of cooperation, based on strategy and goals of UNODC, country needs and donors’ priorities.
- Identify opportunities for cost-sharing taking into account necessary due diligence and risk analysis.
- Facilitate the expansion of technical assistance to member states.
- Represent UNODC ROCA in meetings as delegated/appropriate to consult, collaborate and interact on common issues and activities and participate to ensure the integration of UNODC mandated areas.
- Provide substantive leadership for building synergies between actions of the programme/project and other national, regional or global initiatives in the substantive area, relevant fields and UNODC Program strategy.
- Contribute to supporting countries in developing mechanisms to track the SDG indicators for which UNODC is responsible.
- Facilitate and conduct research/ baseline analysis and policy options in line with the priorities of the UNODC Programme.
- Support the participation of UNODC ROCA team in the UN country teams thematic working groups.
- Contribute to developing the human rights, gender, inclusion, digitalization and innovation strategies aligned with UNSDCFs in the region.
- Support greater regional cooperation through the ongoing multi agency partnerships on development, peace, justice and health related initiatives in advancing sustainable development goals, security, peace and human rights.
- Identification of sources of information related to policy-driven issues. Identification and synthesis of best practices and lessons learned directly linked to programme country policy goals.
- Coordination of development of policies and institutions that will address the country problems and needs in collaboration with the Government and other strategic partners.
- Sound contributions to global and regional programme knowledge networks and practices, and development of knowledge products.
- Organization of trainings and briefings for the ROCA staff on matters related to the activities of the programme.
Competencies
- Creates effective advocacy strategies
- Performs analysis of political situations and scenarios, and contributes to the formulation of institutional responses
- Provides information for linkages across programme activities to help identify critical points of integration
- Provides information and documentation on specific stages of projects/programme implementation
- Provides background information to identify opportunities for program development and helps drafting proposals
- Participates in the formulation of project proposals
- Effectively networks with partners seizing opportunities to build strategic alliance relevant to UNODC’s mandate and strategic agenda
- Identifies needs and interventions for capacity building of counterparts, clients and potential partners
- Promotes UNODC’s agenda in inter-agency meetings
- Seeks a broad range of perspectives in developing project proposals
- Identifies new approaches and promotes their use in other situations
- Creates an environment that fosters innovation and innovative thinking
- Makes the case for innovative ideas from the team with own supervisor
- Analyzes information on potential bilateral donors and national counterparts to recommend a strategic approach
- Identifies and compiles lessons learned
- Develops a resource mobilization strategy at the country level
- Makes the case for innovative ideas documenting successes and building them into the design of new approaches
- Identifies new approaches and strategies that promote the use of tools and mechanisms
- Understands more advanced aspects of primary area of specialization as well as the fundamental concepts of related disciplines
- Keeps abreast of new developments in area of professional discipline and job knowledge and seeks to develop him/herself professionally
- Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of information technology and applies it in work assignments
- Demonstrates comprehensive understanding and knowledge of the current guidelines and project management tools and utilizes these regularly in work assignments
- Performed analysis of political situations and scenarios, and contributes to the formulation of institutional responses
- Uses the opportunity to bring forward and disseminate materials for global advocacy work and adapts it for use at country level
- Anticipates client needs
- Works towards creating an enabling environment for a smooth relationship between the clients and service provider
- Demonstrates understanding of client’s perspective
- Solicits feedback on service provision and quality
- Promoting ethics and integrity, creating organizational precedents
- Building support and political acumen
- Building staff competence, creating an environment of creativity and innovation
- Building and promoting effective teams
- Creating and promoting enabling environment for open communication
- Creating an emotionally intelligent organization
- Leveraging conflict in the interests of UNODC & setting standards
- Sharing knowledge across the organization and building a culture of knowledge sharing and learning. Promoting learning and knowledge management/sharing is the responsibility of each staff member.
- Fair and transparent decision making; calculated risk-taking
Required Skills and Experience
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