Programme Analyst, Democratic Governance

• The Programme Analyst leads the Country Office’s Democratic Governance Unit by developing new programmes, overseeing the implementation to ensure that the intended project results are achieved, and partnerships with stakeholders are forged.
• The Programme Analyst advises the Senior Management on all aspects of the governance thematic area on the basis of analyses of the political, social and cultural contexts and policies and priorities of the Government. He/she provides policy advisory services and leads the team in strategic planning and ensures consistency with United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) and UNDP’s Country Programme Document (CPD, 2021-2025) priorities.
• Facilitation of knowledge building and knowledge sharing as well as liaising with UNDP’s regional centers, HQ and other Country Offices

Organizational Context

Since Timor-Leste’s independence in 2002, UNDP in Timor-Leste has been providing consistent support in consolidating democratic governance institutions, systems, and processes. Focus areas include oversight, accountability, local development, electoral support, and rule of law. The governance unit of UNDP offers support to inclusive and accountable policy development and implementation, capacity development and effective service delivery at national and local levels.

The Country Programme Document (CPD) for UNDP in Timor-Leste is for 2021-2025 and has 3 programmatic outcomes, one of which is in democratic governance including rule of law and access to justice. The focus is on building institutional capacities of various governance institutions for better service delivery, inclusive policies, and improved access to services, including justice services.  

Under the overall guidance of Resident Representative (RR) and supervision of the Deputy Resident Representative (DRR), the programme analyst advises the Senior Management on all aspects of the governance thematic area. The programme analyst analyzes political, social, and economic trends and leads formulation, management, and evaluation of programme activities in the area of their portfolio, provides policy advisory services; leads the team in strategic planning and ensures consistency with United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) and UNDP’s Country Programme Document (CPD, 2021-2025) priorities.

The programme analyst supervises the programme associates/assistants, and coordinates work of the project personnel. The incumbent works in close collaboration with the operations and programme staff, programme staff in other UN Agencies, UNDP HQ, Bangkok Regional Hub. As delegated by the RR/DRR, he/she may represent the Country Office (CO) to the Government officials, technical advisors and experts, multi-lateral and bi-lateral donors and civil society

• Thorough analysis of the political, social, and economic situation in the country and collaborative preparation/revision of Country Programme Document (CPD), Annual Work Plans (AWPs) and other documents.
• Identification of strategic programme areas of cooperation.
• Operationalization of the Country Programme Document (CPD) in collaboration with the main partners and other UN Agencies. Identification of possibilities for joint programming.
• Analysis and presentation of UNDP’s policies and their implementation in the Country Office (CO) and to the implementation partners.
• Support the CO business processes mapping and facilitating the workflows between the Programme Team and the projects.

• Achieve Results: LEVEL 2: Scale up solutions and simplifies processes, balances speed and accuracy in doing work
• Think Innovatively: LEVEL 2: Offer new ideas/open to new approaches, demonstrate systemic/integrated thinking
• Learn Continuously: LEVEL 2: Go outside comfort zone, learn from others and support their learning
• Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 2: Adapt processes/approaches to new situations, involve others in change process
• Act with Determination: LEVEL 2: Able to persevere and deal with multiple sources of pressure simultaneously
• Engage and Partner: LEVEL 2: Is facilitator/integrator, bring people together, build/maintain coalitions/partnerships
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 2: Facilitate conversations to bridge differences, considers in decision making

People Management

UNDP People Management Competencies can be found in the dedicated site.

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies

Business Direction and Strategy - Strategic Thinking

• Ability to develop effective strategies and prioritized plans in line with UNDP’s objectives, based on the systemic analysis of challenges, potential risks and opportunities; linking the vision to reality on the ground, and creating tangible solutions
• Ability to leverage learning from a variety of sources to anticipate and respond to future trends; to demonstrate foresight in order to model what future developments and possible ways forward look like for UNDP

Effective Decision Making -  Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system

Business Development - Knowledge Facilitation: Ability to animate individuals and communities of contributors to participate and share, particularly externally

Business Management - Portfolio Management: Ability to select, prioritise and control the organization’s programmes and projects, in line with its strategic objectives and capacity; ability to balance the implementation of change initiatives and the maintenance of business-as-usual, while optimising return on investment

Digital & Innovation - Data Storytelling and Communication

• Skilled in building a narrative around a set of data and its accompanying visualizations to help convey the meaning of that data in a powerful and compelling fashion

Ethics - Ethics Advice & Guidance:

• Ability to quickly analyse complex fact patterns and provide comprehensive, sensitive, and confidential ethics advice and guidance

External Relations and Advocacy - Advocacy strategy and implementation:

• Ability to create and implement advocacy strategies which lead to impactful change

• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience (if Master’s degree holder and 4 years, if Bachelor’s degree holder) at the national or international level in providing management advisory services, hands-on experience in design, monitoring and evaluation of development projects and establishing inter-relationships among international organization and national governments.
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages, experience in handling of web-based management systems.

Required Language(s)

• Fluency in written and spoken English is required
• Tetum and Portuguese is desired