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Mission and objectives
The United Nations Resident Coordinator Office supports the work of the UN Resident Coordinator. The UN Resident Coordinator leads the UN Country Team in consultations with the Government to define and agree on the UN strategic response to the Government’s development priorities. This response is captured in the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNDCF). The UNDCF is a results framework that describes the collective vision and response of the UN system to national development priorities. The UNDCF describes how the UN Country Team will contribute to the achievement of development results based on a common country analysis and the UN comparative advantage. Currently, the UN framework of work for Viet Nam is under the One Strategic Plan 2017-2021. The office coordinates activities related to common programming including Agenda 2030, joint programmes, joint programming activities and development coordination work. This is done in conformity with the objectives and priorities of the Government, and the mandates and objectives of the United Nations agencies. The UN Resident Coordinator Office has five core functions: 1. Strategic Planning 2. Development Economics 3. Partnerships and Development Finance 4. Data and Results Management and Reporting 5. Communications and Advocacy
Context
Organizational context: The United Nations Resident Coordinator Office supports the work of the UN Resident Coordinator. The UN Resident Coordinator leads the UN Country Team in consultations with the Government to define and agree on the UN strategic response to the Government’s development priorities. This response is captured in the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNDCF). The office coordinates activities related to common programming including Agenda 2030, joint programmes, joint programming activities and development coordination work. This is done in conformity with the objectives and priorities of the Government, and the mandates and objectives of the United Nations agencies. The UN Resident Coordinator Office has five core functions: Strategic Planning; Development Economics; Partnerships and Development Finance; Data and Results Management and Reporting; and Communications and Advocacy. Assignment context: In June 2019, the United Nations (UN) Secretary General launched the UN Disability Inclusion Strategy (UNDIS), which provides the foundation for sustainable and transformative progress on disability inclusion through all pillars of the work of the UN. The policy establishes the highest levels of commitment and a vision for the UN system on disability inclusion for the next decade and enables the UN system to support the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and other international human rights instruments, as well as the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Agenda for Humanity and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. Through the Strategy, the United Nations system will systematically embed the rights of persons with disabilities into its work, both externally, through programming, and internally, through its leadership, operation and organizational culture, and will build trust and confidence among persons with disabilities to ensure that they are consulted and v
Task description
Important notice: * This is a National UN Volunteer assignment for a person with disability. * Only persons with disabilities who is a national of Vietnam are eligible to apply. Task description: The UN in Viet Nam is looking for a highly qualified, professional UN Volunteer with disabilities to take the lead in the implementation of the UNDIS, as well as its Action Plans, in UN Viet Nam. The objective of this assignment is to provide technical inputs, coordination and administration for the implementation of the UNDIS Action Plan. Under the direct supervision of the Head of RCO, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks: Conduct research to provide technical inputs to ensure the disability inclusion in major UN documents, including the Common Country Analysis, One Strategic Plan, UN Development Cooperation Framework, One UN Report, BOS (Business Operation Strategy) and other strategies and policies of different departments; Provide inputs and updates in regular UN Country Team (UNCT) meetings on the progress of the UNDIS Action Plan implementation, as well as regular OMT meetings on the progress of the disability inclusion component in the BOS; Promote disability inclusion in UNCT programming, BOS annual workplan, Common Back Office service, and other operational agendas; Provide support to the UN Disability Inclusion Coordination Mechanism in implementing key activities outlined in the current UNDIS Action Plan; Provide Secretariat support for the Coordination Mechanism, including following up with stakeholders to ensure implementation of the current UNDIS Action Plan, and other related duties as required; Liaise with, collect and compile input from UN Agencies, Coordination Mechanism members, external consultants and other actors; Support drafting of reports, articles and other documents relating to activities within the current UNDIS Action Plan; Provide administrative and logistical support/arrangements in preparing events under the