Background
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are core principles at UNDP: we value diversity as an expression of the multiplicity of nations and cultures where we operate, we foster inclusion as a way of ensuring all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, and we ensure equity and fairness in all our actions. Taking a ‘leave no one behind’ approach to our diversity efforts means increasing representation of underserved populations. People who identify as belonging to marginalized or excluded populations are strongly encouraged to apply. Learn more about working at UNDP including our values and inspiring stories. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
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 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 supporting the signature solutions and organizational capabilities envisioned in the Strategic Plan.
Within the GPN, the Crisis Bureau guides UNDP’s corporate crisis and fragility-related strategies and vision for crisis prevention, response, and recovery. The Bureau is responsible for support prevention, crisis response, resilience, recovery, and peacebuilding work under the auspices of UNDP’s Strategic Plan. Crisis Bureau staff provide global strategic advice to UNDP management and technical advice to Regional Hubs and Country Offices; advocate for UNDP corporate messages, represent UNDP at multi-stakeholder fora, and engage in UN inter-agency coordination in specific thematic areas. As part of the Global Policy Network (GPN), the Crisis Bureau works in an integrated manner with UNDP’s Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS), ensuring that issues are fully integrated into UNDP’s development programmes. Peace outcomes are delivered in a coherent manner, working across the GPN that including the Governance team in the Bureau of Policy and Programme Support.
Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding and Responsive Institutions
The Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding and Responsive Institutions (CPPRI) Team covers the following thematic/programming areas as part of the GPN:
Conflict prevention and peacebuilding; Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE); Core government functions, including local governance in transition, conflict, and fragile settings Climate securityUNDP Stabilization Facility - Lake Chad Basin Commission
The Regional Stabilization Facility (RSF) for Lake Chad aims to stabilize the Boko Haram affected areas of the Lake Chad Basin. The Facility consists of a multiscale multi-country mechanism with activities covering stabilization and recovery, security, development, and institutional support.
The RSF, through the Secretariat of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) aims to: enhance civil-military cooperation to design and implement Joint Action Plans for the immediate stabilization of specific target areas; to increase security and the rule of law as well as provide infrastructure, basic services, and livelihood opportunities as a rapid-response package. The LCBC and the African Union implementation of the LCBC Regional Stabilization Strategy, further seeks to strengthen coherence and coordination of response to the Lake Chad crisis, and establish the mechanism and process required to operationalize the New Way of Working and transition from provision of humanitarian assistance to development and resilience.
Job Purpose and Organizational ContextAs a member of the Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding and Responsive Institutions Team (CPPRI) and the Stabilization Team - Lake Chad Basin Commission, the Programme Specialist – Climate and Security Risk will provide technical guidance on climate, environment, peace, and security. They will work with teams in the Crisis Bureau and as part of the Regional Bureau for Africa as well as across UNDP’s Global Policy Network (GPN) particularly with NCE, the Regional Hubs, Country Offices and Global Policy Centers, supporting the development of substantive approaches, products and tools on responsive, accountable, and effective institutions to support policy and programming services to UNDP Country Offices.
The Programme Specialist – Climate and Security Risk will be seconded to the LCBC to ensure accurate, credible and timely information flow and reporting, especially policy and programme support tasks and support the mainstreaming of climate security into the Regional Stabilization Strategy (RSS), expansion of the Knowledge Hub, Crisis Risk Dashboard and Conflict Analysis Monitoring Systems in the area of climate security and convening of local level Partnership Platforms. They will have dual reporting lines, respectively, to the Stabilization Team - Lake Chad Basin Commission and Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding & Responsive Institutions/ Climate Security Team (CPPRI/CS).
Duties and Responsibilities1. Focus on understanding climate security-related issues in the region and providing advisory to LCBC through the UNDP Secretariat
Enhance the capacity of the LCBC to address climate security into stabilization efforts in the region through the platforms provided by the LCBC; Work in close coordination with the LCBC to support their efforts in establishing a clear position on climate security, articulating linkages to global debates, including the Climate Security Mechanism, relevant Security Council Resolutions, and others as appropriate, while making use of and localizing the UN Climate Security Mechanism Toolbox and conceptual approach; Based on specific demands, and at the request of the LCBC, provide technical advice and assistance to the Member States who are interested in addressing the climate security nexus at the country level; Lead information collection and provide analytical inputs and context-specific updates to the UNDP representative in the CSM and support CSM-led knowledge management activities; Identify and map key processes, stakeholders (including regional actors such as the African Union and African Development Bank), Special Political Missions, Private Sector, NGOs and audiences that need to be engaged (including Government, NGOs/Community-led organizations inclusive of women and youth groups), to address climate security issues that would promote a ‘New Way of Working’ in the Lake Chad Basin; Provide strategic policy advise and analysis on climate security to the LCB countries, and Regional Hubs; Provide oversight on mainstreaming climate security approaches into national and local policy, strategy, and planning processes of the LCB countries. 2. Support LCBC’s partnerships and programming on climate security4.) Contributes to UNDP and CSM’s knowledge management, advocacy, and communication
Engages in cross-regional exchange of knowledge by collaborating with the Climate Security Mechanism, the P4 Climate and Security Risk - Programme Specialist in Dakar, the Climate and Security Risk - Programme Specialist in the Liptako Gourma Authority and policy teams in the Regional Hubs; Contribute to knowledge-based tools and guidance to help influence/advance policy dialogue in the thematic area and present such material at various fora; Supports UNDP knowledge generation, lessons, innovations, policy developments, programmatic offers, and practice experiences on climate security in the LCB region; Contributes to drafts notes, background papers, talking points, speeches, and other correspondence for senior UN officials; Provides up-to-date information to senior officials regarding substantive political matters and country or regional issues with a focus on climate-related security risks. Engage in building and strengthening of knowledge, understanding, and importance of UNDP’s climate security and peace-building work and value to a wide range of partners; disseminate study findings/ report of the sub-regional climate related security risks and risk strategy of the LCB among partners Update LCB regional offices, CO’s and CSM HQ with regular climate security information on changing development priorities for input into UNDP's communication, advocacy, policy making and strategy setting including informing CSM’s/HQ on communication/ outreach approaches and types of information products on climate security needed to respond to LCBC Support the coordination of a sub-regional study on climate-related security risks/ country level climate security assessments considering country-specific climate-related security risks and solutions/ recommendations. The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization. CompetenciesCore
Achieve Results:
Think Innovatively:
Proactively mitigate potential risks, develop new ideas to solve complex problems.Learn Continuously:
Create and act on opportunities to expand horizons, diversify experiences.Adapt with Agility:
Proactively initiate and champion change, manage multiple competing demands.Act with Determination:
Think beyond immediate task/barriers and take action to achieve greater results.Engage and Partner:
Political savvy, navigate complex landscape, champion inter-agency collaboration.Enable Diversity and Inclusion:
Appreciate benefits of diverse workforce and champion inclusivity.Cross-Functional & Technical competencies
2030 Agenda: Peace - Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding and Responsive Institutions Community engagement for prevention, response, and social cohesion.2030 Agenda Peace - Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding and Responsive Institutions:
Dialogue, Mediation and Reconciliation.Business Management - Project Management:
Ability to plan, organize, and control resources, procedures, and protocols to achieve specific goals.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 Developmesnt - Knowledge Generation:
Ability to research and turn information into useful knowledge, relevant for content, or responsive to a stated need.Business Management - Portfolio Management:
Ability to select, prioritise and control the organization´s programmes and projects, in line with its strategic objectives and capacity; ability to balance the implementation of change initiatives and the maintenance of business-as-usual, while optimising return on investment.Business Direction & 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 ExperienceThis vacancy is archived.