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Functional Competencies:

Advocacy/Advancing a Policy-Oriented Agenda (For UN Coordination):
Analysis and creation of messages and strategies

Creates effective advocacy strategies;Contributes to the elaboration of advocacy strategies by identifying and prioritizing audiences and communication mean ;Performs analysis of political situations and scenarios, and contributes to the formulation of institutional responses.

Results-Based Programme Development and Management (For UN Coordination):
Achieving results through programme design and innovative resourcing strategies

Identifies country needs and strategies using a fact-based approach;Sets performance standards, monitors progress and intervenes at an early stage to ensure results are in accordance with agreed-upon quality and timeframes and reports on it;Makes use of a variety of resources based on UN/UNCT priorities to achieve results, such as cross-functional teams, secondments and developmental assignments, and collaborative funding approaches;Oversees and documents the process of strategy formulation for programmes at country level.

Building Strategic Partnerships (For UN Coordination):
Identifying and building partnerships

Effectively networks with partners seizing opportunities to build strategic alliances relevant to UN/UNCT’s strategic agenda;Sensitizes UN Partners, donors and other international organizations to the UN/UNCT’sstrategic agenda, identifying areas for joint efforts;Develops positive ties with civil society to build/strengthen UN/UNCT’s mandate;Identifies needs and interventions for capacity building of counterparts, clients and potential partners;Effectively attentive to programmatic synergies in inter-agency meetings.

Innovation and Marketing New Approaches (For UN Coordination):
Developing new approaches

Seeks a broad range of perspectives in developing project proposals;Generates for regional and innovative ideas and effective solutions to problems;Looks at experience critically, drawing lessons, and building them into the design of new approaches;Identifies new approaches and promotes their use in other situations;Documents successes and uses them to project a positive image.

Resource Mobilization (For UN Coordination):
Building and maintaining donor relations; implementing resource mobilization strategy

Develops detailed knowledge and understanding of key donors, their priorities and areas of interest and adapts content and approach of resource mobilization activities to their requirements;Builds and maintains relationships with donors demonstrating professionalism in providing advice and information on UN activities and sensitivity to donor concerns.

Promoting Organizational Learning and Knowledge Sharing (For UN Coordination):
Developing tools and mechanisms

Makes the case for innovative ideas documenting successes and building them into the design of new approaches;Identifies new approaches and strategies that promote the use of tools and mechanisms.

Job Knowledge/Technical Expertise (For UNDP and UN Coordination):
In-depth knowledge of the subject-matter

Understands more advanced aspects of primary area of specialization as well as the fundamental concepts of related disciplines ;Serves as internal consultant in the area of expertise and shares knowledge with staff;Continues to seeks new and improved methods and systems for accomplishing the work of the unit;Keeps abreast of new developments in area of professional discipline and job knowledge and seeks to develop him/herself professionally;Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of information technology and applies it in work assignments;Demonstrates comprehensive understanding and knowledge of the current guidelines and project management tools and utilizes these regularly in work assignments.

Global Leadership and Advocacy for UNDP’s Goals (For UN Coordination):
Analysis and creation of messages and strategies

Performed analysis of political situations and scenarios, and contributes to the formulation of institutional responses ;Uses the opportunity to bring forward and disseminate materials for global advocacy work and adapts it for use at country level.

Client Orientation:
Contributing to positive outcomes for the client

Anticipates client needs;Works towards creating an enabling environment for a smooth relationship between the clients and service provider;Demonstrates understanding of client’s perspective.

Core Competencies:

Promoting ethics and integrity, creating organizational precedents;Building support and political acumen;Building staff competence, creating an environment of creativity and innovation;Building and promoting effective teams;Creating and promoting enabling environment for open communication;Creating an emotionally intelligent organization;Leveraging conflict in the interests of UNDP & setting standards;Sharing knowledge across the organization and building a culture of knowledge sharing and learning. Promoting learning and knowledge management/sharing is the responsibility of each staff member;Fair and transparent decision making; calculated risk-taking.

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