UNDP is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNDP’s policy work carried out at HQ, Regional Hubs and Country Office levels, forms a contiguous spectrum of deep local knowledge to cutting-edge global perspectives and advocacy. In this context, UNDP invests in the Global Policy Network (GPN), a network of field-based and global technical expertise across a wide range of knowledge domains and in support of the signature solutions and organizational capabilities envisioned in the Strategic Plan 2022-2025. Within the GPN, the Crisis Bureau (CB) guides UNDP’s corporate crisis and fragility related strategies and vision for crisis prevention, response, and recovery. The Bureau has the responsibility for support to prevention, crisis response, resilience, recovery, and peacebuilding work under the auspices of UNDP’s Strategic Plan.

The Governance, Rule of Law and Peacebuilding Hub comprising of CB and BPPS teams work in an integrated manner to support sustainable peace and sustainable development outcomes through conflict-sensitive and human rights-based approaches. Through a complementary thematic portfolio, policy and advocacy, technical accompaniment, partnerships and tools, the GRP Hub contributes to UNDP’s Strategic Plan 2022-2025 with a focus on Leaving No One Behind, governance, resilience, and structural transformation.

The International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding (IDPS) Secretariat, hosted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’s GRP Hub, provides coordination support through facilitating regular communication among its constituencies, coordinating meetings and events to support the implementation of IDPS activities and generation of IDPS policy outputs, and facilitating linkages between IDPS and other relevant fora. The Secretariat further provides communication support, facilitating knowledge sharing, consolidating, and disseminating learning from IDPS engagement, and maintaining IDPS presence online. The IDPS Secretariat supports the IDPS constituencies in achieving the IDPS workplan and priorities, which include supporting global policy development efforts on peacebuilding and statebuilding through tripartite political dialogue, contributing to efforts at country level in translating global policy agendas into concrete, joint engagement on conflict prevention, peacebuilding and statebuilding, and advocating and enabling resourcing opportunities for prevention and peacebuilding, including through South-South and Triangular Cooperation, and strengthening gender-responsive and inclusive peacebuilding and statebuilding approaches.

Position Purpose

Working closely with the IDPS Programme Specialist and IDPS Programme Associate, the Governance, Rule of Law and Peacebuilding (Gender) Analyst will provide key support, technical assistance to support the functioning of the IDPS Secretariat managed by UNDP. The Analyst will provide technical assistance and policy development to support mainstreaming gender responsiveness and youth inclusion in the engagement of the IDPS Secretariat, in line with the IDPS Gender and Inclusion Strategy. The Analyst will draft and disseminate relevant advocacy messages under the guidance of the IDPS Co-Chairs, to elevate shared messages of the IDPS partnership to inform relevant peacebuilding and statebuilding policy processes. The Analyst will support the organization of IDPS dialogues, consultations, Steering Group meetings, focal points meetings, and other relevant engagements for the IDPS partnership in line with the IDPS workplan.

The Governance, Rule of Law, and Peacebuilding (Gender) Analyst will further support the GRP Hub on policy development, knowledge, communications and advocacy efforts on conflict prevention, peacebuilding, women peace and security and youth peace and security issues. In this capacity, the incumbent will support the GRP Hub co-Directors with the coordination of the planning and visioning for the Hub. The incumbent will advise the co-Directors regarding communication and teambuilding within the Hub and with other UNDP units and will support to the conceptualization and coordination of Prevention Academy.

UNDP adopts a portfolio approach to accommodate changing business needs and leverage linkages across interventions to achieve its strategic goals. This is a recognition of interconnected nature of development risks & crises that the world is facing and that call for assembling of multidisciplinary teams for an integrated & systemic response. Therefore, UNDP personnel are expected to work across issues, units, functions, teams, and projects in multidisciplinary teams in order to enhance and enable horizontal collaboration.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Gender Responsive Policy Development

• Contribute to the organization of IDPS dialogues, consultations, Steering Group meetings, focal points meetings, and other relevant engagements for the IDPS partnership in line with the IDPS workplan and the Gender and Inclusion Strategy.
• Guide the incorporation of a strong gender and inclusion lens in the policy positions and advocacy materials developed by the IDPS Secretariat for the consideration of its membership.
• Provide technical advice and support partnerships to promote alignment between the IDPS engagement and Women, Peace and Security and Youth, Peace, and Security agendas.
• Lead the design of gender equality and youth inclusion-related sessions at IDPS Secretariat organized events, as appropriate.
• Support the UNDP Governance, Rule of Law, and Peacebuilding Hub on gender responsive and youth inclusive conflict prevention and peacebuilding efforts, including in alignment with IDPS engagement and through the Prevention Academy.
• Support the monitoring of IDPS activities, including in capturing gender- and youth-responsive indicators and outcomes and reflecting these in the IDPS annual reports.

Project Implementation, Monitoring and Coordination Support 

• Support to the coordination of the planning and visioning for the Governance, Rule of Law and Peacebuilding Hub.
• Advise co-Directors regarding communication and teambuilding within the Hub and with other UNDP units.
• Ensure close coordination between Crisis Bureau and Bureau for Programme and Policy Support capacities within the GRP Hub “engine room”.
• Support the GRP Hub Co-director with calendarization, scheduling and planning and coordination with BPPS teams, CB front office.

Communications and Advocacy 

• Draft and disseminate relevant advocacy messages under the guidance of the IDPS Co-Chairs, to elevate shared messages of the IDPS partnership to inform relevant peacebuilding and statebuilding policy processes.
• Develop of presentations and communication of the plans and changes under guidance and direction of GRP Hub co-Directors.
• Develop media and communications products the GRP Hub (articles, stories, press releases, reports, human-interest stories, social media, inputs to publications etc.) and implement their distribution.
• Ensure IDPS’ online presence through keeping the IDPS website updated and on main social media platforms.
• Contribute to the GRP Hub on communications and advocacy initiatives related to conflict prevention, peacebuilding, women peace and security and youth peace and security.

The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organisation.

Expected Demonstration of Competencies

Core competencies

Achieve Results:

• Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline.

Think Innovatively:

• Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements.

Learn Continuously:

• Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback.

Adapt with Agility:

• Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible.

Act with Determination:

• Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident.

Engage and Partner:

• Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships.

Enable Diversity and Inclusion:

• Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination.

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies 

Business Direction & Strategy – Systems Thinking:

• Develop effective strategies and prioritised plans in line with UNDP’s mission and objectives, based on the systemic analysis of challenges, opportunities and potential risks.

Business Management – Portfolio Management:

• Ability to select, prioritise and control the organization’s programmes and projects in line with its strategic objectives and capacity.

2030 Agenda: Peace Conflict – Prevention, Peacebuilding, and Responsive Institutions:

• Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding

2030 Agenda: People – Gender: 

• Women, Peace and security.

2030 Agenda: Peace – Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding, and Responsive Institutions:      

• Sustaining Peace.

Partnership management – Relationship Management:  

• Ability to engage with a wide range of public and private partners, build, sustain and/or strengthen working relations, trust and mutual understanding.

Business Management – Communication:

• Ability to communicate in a clear, concise, and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience.
• Ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social media, and other appropriate channels.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in International Development, Human Rights, Peace and Security, Women, Peace and Security, Social Sciences, or a related field is required OR
• A first-level university degree (Bachelor´s degree) in the above-mentioned fields of study in combination with two additional years of relevant experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.

 Experience:

• A minimum two (2) years (with master´s degree) or four (4) years (with bachelor´s degree) of relevant experience working on international development, women, peace and security and peace and security is required.
• Experience in supporting communications and advocacy is required.
• Experience in organizing and facilitating consultative processes is required.
• Experience in gender responsive and youth inclusive peacebuilding is an asset.
• Experience in knowledge management and development is an asset.
• Experience in supporting a secretariat function is an asset.
• Knowledge of the UN system, in particular its international development AND its peace and security work is an asset.

Language:

• Fluency in English language is required.
• Knowledge of other UN language is desired.

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements