Background:
UNDP’s Local Development Programme within the Rural and Regional Development Cluster is designed to help advance human development in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) by tackling the most pressing local development challenges for the country. It focuses on three priorities for BiH, in line with objectives set by BiH’s national development strategy, UNDAF and the needs identified by UNDP’s Regional Disparity Survey.
In order to contribute to improvement of governance, the programme will focus on advancing local-government know-how so as to better position local authorities to tackle and overcome development challenges, whilst improving citizens services. To that end, assistance will be provided to create expertise within municipal government on managing priorities and available resources, best administrative and management practices, improved citizens services and the creation of an enabling environment for private sector growth. In order to address the long-term infrastructure needs affecting the livelihoods of local communities, assistance will also be provided to municipalities to prepare projects and apply for financing from infrastructure, cross-border and other funds. This will be achieved via: a) the Municipal Training System Project (MTS), which is aimed at developing and instituting a sustainable model for training of local government employees in BiH in order to bring about improvements in the quality of services provided to citizens and b) the Integrated Local Development Project (ILDP), which aims to support the further consolidation of the local strategic planning system in BiH by enhancing its vertical integration within the higher government frameworks and supporting a critical mass of local governments to apply a harmonised approach to strategic planning.
Competencies
Functional Competencies:
- Results-Based Programme Development and Management
- Assesses project performance to identify success factors and incorporates best practices into project work;
- Researches linkages across project activities to identify critical points of integration;
- Monitors specific stages of projects implementation;
- Analyzes country situation to identify opportunities for project development;
- Participates in the formulation of project proposals and ensures substantive rigor in the design and application of proven successful
approaches and drafts proposals accordingly.
Job Knowledge/Technical Expertise
- Understands and applies fundamental concepts and principles of a professional discipline or technical specialty relating to the position;
- Possesses basic knowledge of organizational policies and procedures relating to the position and applies them consistently in work tasks;
- Strives to keep job knowledge up-to-date through self-directed study and other means of learning;
- Demonstrates good knowledge of information technology and applies it in work assignments;
- Demonstrates in-depth understanding and knowledge of the current guidelines and project management tools and utilizes these regularly
in work assignments;
Building Strategic Partnerships
- Maintains an established network of contacts for general information sharing and to remain up-to-date on partnership related issues;
- Analyzes and selects materials for strengthening strategic alliances with partners and stakeholders;
- Ability to work in an environment requiring liaison and collaboration with multiple actors including government representatives, donors
and other stakeholders
Resource Mobilization
- Analyzes information/databases on potential and actual donors;
- Develops a database of project profiles. Identifies opportunities for project proposals for presentation to donors.
- Promoting Organizational Learning and Knowledge Sharing
- Generates new ideas and approaches, researches best practices and proposes new, more effective ways of doing things;
- Documents and analyses innovative strategies and new approaches.
Global Leadership and Advocacy for UNDP’s Goals
- Identifies and communicates relevant information for advocacy for UNDP’s goals for a variety of audiences;
- Identifies and takes advantage of opportunities for advocating for UNDP’s mandate.
Client Orientation
- Researches potential solutions to internal and external client needs and reports back in a timely, succinct and appropriate fashion;
- Organizes and prioritizes work schedule to meet client needs and deadlines;
- Anticipates client needs and addresses them promptly.
Core Competencies:
- Demonstrating/safeguarding ethics and integrity;
- Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment;
- Self-development, initiative-taking;
- Proven advocacy skills;
- Acting as a team player and facilitating team work;
- Facilitating and encouraging open communication in the team, communicating effectively;
- Excellent writing, drafting and presentation skills.
- Creating synergies through self-control;
- Managing conflict;
- Learning and sharing knowledge and encourage the learning of others. Promoting learning and knowledge management/sharing is the
responsibility of each employee;
- Informed and transparent decision making;
- Excellent computer skills (especially Microsoft office applications) and ability to use information technologies as a tool and resource.
- Prince2 training and certification, RMG.
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
Master’s Degree or equivalent in public administration, development studies, economics, political sciences, social sciences, or other related areas.
Experience:
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience and demonstrated knowledge of local government/capacity development of local
governments and 5 years experience in direct programme/project management.
- Previous extensive experience in providing technical advice in the areas of local governance, public administration reform, capacity
development of local governments and training cycle management and/or human resources management;
- Familiarity with key public documents, strategies and trends related to local governance and public administration reform in BiH;
Language:
Fluency in English and local languages
Deadline: 9 May 2012
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