Background
Cross-border cooperation for sustainable peace and development is a multi-year UNDP Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan programme that consists of a number of strategic building blocks designed to reduce the immediate risk of violent conflict and create a more conducive environment for the promotion of sustainable peace and development in cross-border areas of Batken Province (Kyrgyzstan) and Sughd Province (Tajikistan).
The programme adopts a multi-faceted approach in dealing with the complex nature of the challenges that Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan face in their border area. Proposed interventions include conflict monitoring, cross-border intercommunity dialogue, awareness raising, information sharing and cooperation between border security forces and communities, and confidence building measures that may include for example joint youth initiatives, cooperation in natural resource management, immediate peace dividends through conflict-sensitive social infrastructure development and livelihood support.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the implementation of programme activities under respective Programme Output;
- Together with UNDP Peace and Development Advisor, Peace and Development Dimension Chief and Batken Area – Based Development
Programme team (and in consultation with ABD office in Khujand) design and implement strategy according to the programme document
(developed on information generated during the past implemented in bordering areas);
- Establish, lead and actively participate in the relevant networks with local and national authorities, implementing partners including other
UN agencies, UNDP Tajikistan project team, NGO partners and experts for effective implementation of the project activities.
- Coordinate work of local experts engaged in conflict monitoring and community mobilization efforts in selected project localities;
- Ensure fulfillment of standards procedures, including the ones of procurement, contracting of services and formalizing partnerships, in
accordance with UNDP Rules and Regulations;
- Ensuring the delivery of the assigned project resources against approved budget;
Requirements
- Master’s Degree or equivalent in social or political sciences;
- Degree in Peace and Conflict Studies is an asset.
- At least two years of relevant experience in managing or coordinating projects and hands-on experience in design, monitoring and
evaluation of development projects in the area of peacebuilding/conflict prevention, or governance, or capacity building, or
community-based development and/ or other related fields;
- Experience in managing and/ or supervising staff or personnel ;
- Strong knowledge of one of the relevant areas specified above, general understanding of all the major Programme issues;
- Be familiar with development methodologies, including participatory approaches to strategic planning, strategic management and the
management of institutional change in developing countries.
- Experience of collaborating or working with international organizations, high-level government officials representing central
governmental bodies and/or local administrations;
- Previous working experience in conflict prevention projects is an asset;
- Good general knowledge of the development context in the South of Kyrgyzstan is an asset;
- Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.).
- Fluency in English and Russian;
- Working knowledge of Kyrgyz;
Deadline: 24 July 2015
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