Team Leader, Poverty
New Delhi
- Organization: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
- Location: New Delhi
- Grade: Mid level - NO-C, National Professional Officer - Locally recruited position
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Occupational Groups:
- Poverty Reduction
- Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction
- Managerial positions
- Closing Date: Closed
Background
•Provision of quality policy advice services to the Government and facilitation of knowledge building and management.
•Alignment of the strategic direction of the programme with UNDP’s vision for India.
•Effective management of the programme portfolio and team.
•Advancement of strategic partnerships and resource mobilization and expansion of country portfolio.
•Advocate with a variety of stakeholders for the implementation and embedding of poverty reduction initiatives in country programme design.
•Identify and develop strategic programme areas of cooperation.
•Actively participate in formulation of the Country Programme Document (CPD) in collaboration with other partners.
•Identify possibilities for and contribute to joint programming.
Duties and Responsibilities
•Leads strategic policy and overall guidance for the Poverty Reduction portfolio.
•Ensures effective management, implementation and quality assurance of the country programme portfolio.
•Establishes and maintains strategic partnerships and leads resource mobilization.
•Designs and develops new programmes and projects in line with national and corporate priorities.
1.Leads strategic policy and overall guidance for the Poverty Reduction portfolio:
•Provides thought leadership and identifies strategic policy and programme issues in close collaboration with national partners;
•Guides, designs and formulates the UNDP Poverty Reduction portfolio translating programme priorities into local interventions and ensuring coordination and networking with clients, stakeholders and programme partners;
•Conducts thorough analysis of the political, social and economic situation in the country and collaborative preparation/revision of project documents and other documents;
•Ensures contribution to the CPD though ongoing Poverty Reduction programmes and projects and in collaboration with main partners and other UN agencies;
•Collaborates with colleagues in the Bangkok Regional Hub (BRH) and HQ to apply learning from new global and regional initiatives in country programming, policies and knowledge products that further the Poverty Reduction Portfolio.
2.Ensures effective management and implementation of the country programme portfolio in compliance with UNDP policies:
•Leads, organizes and coordinates implementation of all Poverty Reduction project activities in close collaboration with colleagues as well as with Headquarters and BRH as required;
•Coordinates and guides UNDP activities/programme/ projects in close coordination with national stakeholders;
•Liaises with Government counterparts, funding and development partners and other partners for the smooth implementation of activities;
•Manages the Portfolio team and provides proper guidance to and supervision of staff, employees and consultants;
•Monitors and ensures effective implementation progress, financial management and achievement of results, in accordance with UNDP policies, UN rules and regulations and applicable donor requirements.
•Ensures sound design, planning, management and coordination associated with the design and implementation of the programme strategy, including by preparing thematic interventions, detailed and costed work and staffing plans for the timely and realistic achievement of projects’ objectives;
•Ensures quality control of the full cycle of programming from formulation to implementation;
•Continuously monitors and analyses programme environment and impact, and makes timely readjustments to programmes as needed;
•Advices on effective application of RBM tools, establishes management targets and supports evaluation;
•Writes and communicates on best practices and lessons learned linked to programme and policy goals;
•Effectively contributes to knowledge networks and communities of practice;
•Regularly prepares aggregate reports on programme activities, outputs and outcomes and prepares donor reports and other reports and briefs.
3. Establishes and maintains strategic partnerships and leads resource mobilization:
Competencies
Ability to make new and useful ideas work
Ability to persuade others to follow
Ability to improve performance and satisfaction
Required Skills and Experience
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