Head of SDG Integration
Bamako
- Organization: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
- Location: Bamako
- Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
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Occupational Groups:
- Development Cooperation and Sustainable Development Goals
- Environment
- Millennium Development Goals
- Managerial positions
- HEAD OF SDG INTEGRATION
- Closing Date: Closed
Background
Duties and Responsibilities
- Reinforcing UNDP delivery of the strategic plan and support to the 2030 agenda;
- Accelerate delivery of top-quality programmatic results for SDGs: Business model performance and Business Innovation stream;
- Develop integrated policy and programmatic content;
- Deliver SDG integration services in supporting intersectoral policy exercise and support institutional capacity building for development planning and policy formulation at the national, sub-national and local levels;
- Support monitoring and reporting of progress related to SDGs and other national development frameworks;
- Support the identification and analysis of policy interventions that can impact multiple development goals and targets at the same time and the provision of policy options, particularly from pro-poor perspectives including the assessment of the country’s macro-economic policies and their impact on poverty reduction, growth, equity, etc
- Lead evidence-based analysis and support advocacy and dissemination of policy messaging;
- Support UNDP country office teams to better integrate the SDGs via reviewing their portfolios through a comprehensive economic lens that strengthen linkages and integrated results between UNDP’s work on social, economic and environmental outcome areas;
- Support UNDP's contribution towards leveraging financing for development and the SDGs in Mali, including in the process of localizing the SDGs at sub-national level, building on UNDP's ongoing programme (including circular economy, climate responsive and biodiversity financing);
- Keep abreast of financing trends, horizon and partnership scanning, maintain relations with donors, private sector and foundations to reinforce programmatic collaboration and innovative financing opportunities.
- Support programmes teams and national counterpart mechanisms in resource mobilization efforts and strategies collaborating with them to foster innovative approaches to donor interactions, assisting and learning from them on how to exploit potentially new resource mobilization activities.
- Identify, establish and consolidate programmatic and policy partnership with private sector, IFIs, on programme innovations to acceleration SDG achievement in the country.
- Act as the Project Manager of Accelerator Lab Mali under the supervision of the RR and the DRR/P and promote private sector development;
- Produce publications on innovation based on the lessons learned of the Mali CO;
- Build a network of knowledge sharing inside UNDP Mali lessons learning;
- Promoting innovation through programmes;
- Deliver SDG integration services in supporting intersectoral policy exercise and support intuitional capacity building for development planning and policy formulation at the national, sub-national and local levels;
- Support monitoring and reporting of progress related to SDGs and other national development frameworks;
- Provide quality analysis and substantive inputs to CCA, UNSDCF, CPD, and other strategic documents;
- Sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice through identification of best practices and lessons learned including regional and global SDG integration teams.
- Lead UNDP’s substantive work on strengthening capacity of national counterparts on SDG planning and decision making based on strengthened SDG data management system, integrated processes specifically related to data collection templates and other reporting requirements.
- Support relevant stakeholders to on SDG reporting to include metadata for currency, accuracy, usefulness, quality and completeness and influence evidence based analysis to feed into policy and programme decision-making processes
- Collaborate with Accelerator Lab to collect and codify lesson learned and ensure advocacy and visibility;
- Generate relevant maps for data review and analysis as well as reporting; assist in data collection and information gathering to support ongoing and proposed research, policy/strategy development;
- Publish lesson learned on Mali data collection;
- Any other task as needed.
Competencies
- Takes responsibility for quality of own work;
- Uses resources, methods, partners, an information effectively;
- Identifies opportunities and challenges and recommends options;
- Analyzes complex technical materials (including data and makes concise, relevant
- Recommendations;
- Contributes reliable production of knowledge services and transaction;
- Adapts deliverables to meet client needs;
- Interprets policy within context and applies with judgment;
- Anticipates obstacles and applies practical solutions.
- Learns to relate constructive knowledge to others;
- Presents coherent analysis;
- Adds rigor and technical expertise to discussions;
- Represents self and work with appropriate professional standards;
- Eager to voice new ideas;
- Productive in challenging situations;
- Respects difference of opinion;
- Finds common ground to solve problems;
- Gains trust of peers, partners, clients;
- Presents complex, conceptual ideas in practical terms to others.
Required Skills and Experience
- Master’s degree in economics
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in relevant and progressive professional and managerial experience in development programme, innovation management, financial inclusion and private sector development.
- In-depth
- Experience and strong track record in multi-stakeholder partnership building and dealing with both public and private sectors, international or intergovernmental organizations;
- Extensive knowledge on social/inclusive business and inclusive markets;
- Experience with a proven track record in resource mobilization;
- Experience in provision of policy advocacy.
- Fluency in English and French.
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