Digital Country Analyst – Home based

Job title:

Digital Country Analyst – Home based

Company

United Nations Development Programme

Job description

The objective of this assignment is to provide support to the combined Nature and Climate Hubs-CDO team on project management, coordination and knowledge management of key ongoing digital initiatives.The Digital Country Analyst will be expected to:

• Monitor and coordinate consultant and project member work plans. Raise any risks or issues to the project manager and task team for resolution;
• Manage country-level work plans, liaise with country offices and provide project support to unlock roadblocks, ensuring timelines for global and national implementation are on track, escalate risks and delays to the project manager when needed;
• Identify opportunities for carbon registry development and NDC reporting systems through collaboration with other technical teams and experts, and following through on meetings with country offices;
• Bring in relevant project members, task team advisors, and supervisors to relevant meetings;
• Maintain country needs intelligence database, ensuring information is up to date and sharable;
• Plan, design, and coordinate the Community of Practice;
• Present and provide generic support to country offices on Digital Public Goods, especially in Francophone countries;
• Attend and support the partnership meetings with external institutions;
• Plan and support in-person workshops and side events;
• Facilitate and contribute to Digital Readiness Assessment methodologies and implementation in coordination with DPG projects;
• Contribute to global Digital Public Infrastructure discussions, brief notes and concepts notes related to the transparency system.
• The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization

Institutional Arrangement

• The Digital Country Analyst will work from home. The Digital Country Analyst will work under overall guidance of the Lead, Digital Innovation for Nature Climate, Energy and Waste based in New York, USA.
• The Digital Country Analyst will liaise closely with the respective CDO focal point / team on opportunities for engagements and share learning;
• The Digital Country Analyst will be given accessto relevant information necessary for the execution of the tasks under this assignment;
• The Digital Country Analyst will be responsible for providing her/hisown workstation (i.e. laptop, internet,phone, scanner/printer, etc.) and must have access to a reliableinternet connection;
• Given the global consultations to be undertaken during this assignment, the Digital Country Analyst is expected to be reasonably flexible with his/her availability for such consultations taking into consideration different time zones.

CompetenciesCore:Achieve Results: Level 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline
Think Innovatively: Level 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements
Learn Continuously: Level 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback
Adapt with Agility: Level 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible
Act with Determination: Level 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident
Engage and Partner: Level 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships
Enable Diversity and Inclusion: Level 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discriminationCross-Functional & Technical competenciesBusiness Management – Customer Satisfaction/Client Management

• Ability to respond timely and appropriately with a sense of urgency, provide consistent solutions, and deliver timely and quality results and/or solutions to fulfil and understand the real customers’ needs.
• Provide inputs to the development of customer service strategy.
• Look for the ways to add value beyond clients’ immediate requests.
• Ability to anticipate client’s upcoming needs and concerns.

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.

Digital & Innovation – Cocreation

• Ability to design and facilitate a process that enables a diverse group of stakeholders to solve a common problem, develop a practice, or create knowledge together.
• Ability to embrace diversity, work with a diverse group of stakeholders understand their interests, perspectives and views and tap into to them as a source for creativity.
• Ability to facilitate processes and create conditions that are open for diverse inputs, stimulate collaboration and sharing.

Digital & Innovation – Digital public goods

• Knowledge of how it works, understanding of the opportunities and challenges for governments and society.

2030 Agenda: Planet – Nature, Climate and Energy

• Climate Change Policies: Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC), Article 6 of the Paris Agreement

Business Management – Project Management

• Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and control resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals.

Business Direction and Strategy – System Thinking

• 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.

Required Skills and ExperienceEducation:

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in Environmental Studies, Ecology, Business Administration, Records Management, or related field is required Or A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in the above- mentioned fields of study, in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• Minimum two (2) years (with master’s degree) or four (4 ) years (with bachelor’s degree) of experience in Project management or Project Coordination in the environment / climate change field.

Required skills:

• Experience working on projects that involve digitalization, digital strategies or system development.

Desired skills

• Experience working on Digital Public Goods and open-source system development is highly desirable;
• Experience working on the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) and Paris Agreement or projects related to climate transparency is an asset.
• Experience conducting a Digital Readiness Assessment (DRA) or similar exercise at the national level is an asset.
• Proven track record of managing partner and stakeholder relationships at the national or international level is highly desired.
• Experience working in UNDP is an asset.

Required Language(s) (at working level)Fluency in oral and written communication skills in English and French languages is required.DisclaimerUnder US immigration law, acceptance of a staff position with UNDP, an international organization, may have significant implications for US Permanent Residents. UNDP advises applicants for all professional level posts that they must relinquish their US Permanent Resident status and accept a G-4 visa, or have submitted a valid application for US citizenship prior to commencement of employment.UNDP is not in a position to provide advice or assistance on applying for US citizenship and therefore applicants are advised to seek the advice of competent immigration lawyers regarding any applications.

Expected salary

Location

New York

Job date

Wed, 03 Apr 2024 05:29:04 GMT

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