Expert Roster - Social Innovation and Design Support Services

Social innovators are sought to support the realization of UNDP’s innovation agenda by providing client-oriented advisory services, training and guidance to staff, clients and partners in the design, implementation and evaluation of innovative approaches to development. The duties and responsibilities detailed below are a representative, but not exhaustive, list of potential activities. Social innovators will be expected to work in one, some or all of these categories of work; specific Terms of Reference will dictate the scope of work and the selection of experts from the vetted roster for each of the assignments.

* Provide client-oriented advisory services and programmatic support to UNDP staff, clients and partners on innovative approaches to horizon scan, strategic planning, design, implementation and evaluation of global, regional and country programmes, projects and campaigns;
* Support the development of innovative tools and techniques;
* Provide training on innovation to UNDP staff, clients and partners;
* Support the design of and participate in global, regional and country events on innovation;
* Support the development of UNDP’s Innovation Fellows Programme.
Description of Responsibilities:

Provide client-oriented advisory services and programmatic support to UNDP staff, clients and partners on innovative approaches to design, implementation and evaluation of global, regional and country programmes, projects and campaigns:

* Review programme and project documents to identify “windows of opportunity” for infusing innovative approaches such as foresighting, scenario planning, user-centered design (or design thinking), behavioral economics, and gamification;
* Facilitate discussions with issue-based teams to bring fresh ideas and approaches to programme and project design, implementation and M&E, such as horizon scanning, crowdsourcing, participatory statistics, rapid feedback mechanisms, and micro-narratives;
* Peer-review “innovation in action” briefs and papers;
* Design criteria for UNDP innovation funds to use in evaluating proposals;
* Participate in evaluation committees, evaluating proposals and providing suggestions for improvement;
* Participate in / facilitate design jams with UNDP staff in applying innovative approaches, tools and techniques;
* Participate in corporate knowledge campaigns around specific areas of the UNDP Strategic Plan by injecting advice on social innovation through blog posts, social media, e-discussion contributions, etc. ;
Support the development of innovative tools and techniques

* Work with global, regional and national teams to design social innovation mechanisms, such as ethnography, games, social innovation camps, prize challenges, crowd-funding, etc. ;
* Support the delivery of these mechanisms;
* Support sharing and discussion of examples experiences, practices and lessons on social innovation mechanisms through blogs, online discussions, webinars, events, etc.

Provide training on innovation to UNDP staff, clients and partners

* Design and deliver training on innovation, using UNDP’s approach to innovation and existing training materials: Training to include an introductory overview of innovation concepts and tools as well as more in-depth training on the three key areas of UNDP’s innovation process: Find and Reflect; Prototype; and Scaling Modalities to include for example webinars to Country Offices and Regional Centers and face-to-face hub-style trainings;
* Design and participate in learnings sessions on innovation, its successes and failures, e. g. , as part of innovation conversations series, brown bag lunches;
* Regularly blog about innovation for UNDP-internal and external audiences to raise awareness and connect UNDP with interesting resources, projects and experts on social innovation.
Support the design of and participate in global, regional and country events and exchanges with innovation as a topic (primary or secondary)

Provide support in the design of events on innovation, including:

* Those focused on innovation, e. g. , global and regional innovation submits;
* Those with innovation sessions, e. g. , youth and innovation; employment and innovation; disaster risk reduction and innovation);
* Any other corporate on-site or online exchange, e. g. , Global Meetings, Communities of Practice, Cluster Meetings, in which UNDP management desires the innovation angle to be addressed; Participate in events in varying roles, e. g. , as a technical expert, facilitator, presenter, etc.
Support the development of UNDP’s Innovation Fellows Programme:

* Support the design of an innovation fellows programme, including articulation of objectives, principles, scope, duration, etc. ;
* Advise on the selection of potential champions, including the development of screening criteria;
* Support the design of a ToT agenda, designing and delivering trainings to develop the capacities and skills of champions to take forward the innovation agenda in Country Offices.

Competencies

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* Strong written and verbal communication skills in English;
* Excellent advisory skills;
* Excellent interpersonal skills and objectivity;
* Demonstrate integrity and fairness, by modelling the UN/UNDP’s values and ethical standards;
* Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.

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