UNDP AFG – Community Based Planning Analyst (NPSA9)

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This is a NPSA-9 contract. This kind of contract is known as National Personnel Services Agreement. It is normally only for nationals. It usually requires 2 years of experience, depending on education. More about NPSA-9 contracts.

Background

UNDP is the leading United Nations organization fighting to end the injustice of poverty, inequality, and climate change. Working with our broad network of experts and partners in 170 countries, we help nations to build integrated, lasting solutions for people and planet. UNDP has been working in Afghanistan for more than 50 years on climate change and resilience, gender, governance, health, livelihoods, and rule of law. Under the broader framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and in close coordination with other UN agencies, UNDP is supporting Afghan people’s aspiration for peace, prosperity, and sustainability. UNDP is currently implementing its flagship crisis response programme, ABADEI (Area Based Approach to Development Emergency Initiatives), as part of the ongoing UN-led response to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe and the breakdown of Afghanistan’s economy following the August 2021 shift in power.

The ABADEI Strategy is a tailored area-based integrated programming approach to support basic human needs, complementing short-term humanitarian life-saving assistance with the safeguarding of livelihoods and the strengthening of community resilience. It is centered around addressing worsening poverty and vulnerability, supporting community resilience and social cohesion, addressing climatic vulnerability and enabling the rehabilitation of small-scale infrastructure vital for basic human needs. It supports the creation of immediate sources of income through vocational skills training, cash-for-work, cash for market, small businesses and livelihood opportunities with particular focus on agri-business and regenerative agriculture infrastructure and services (critical for food security) that are under threat. It is sensitive to the chronic and newly emerging vulnerabilities of Afghan women and girls and aims at providing them assistance in a manner that does not exacerbate their susceptibility to violence and deprivation of opportunities and rights.

The Community Based Planning Officer will work across UNDP’s ABADEI program and be responsible for providing technical support for community-based planning. S/he works under the guidance and supervision of the Program Manager ABADEI and in close collaboration with the PMU. The Community based Planning Officer will also work closely with partners, UN Agencies, technical advisors and experts, multi-lateral and bi-lateral donors, and civil society to help plan and implement community-based development activities. S/he will be based in Kabul with regular field visits.

Duties and Responsibilities

ONLY CURRENT AFGHANISTAN NATIONALS AVAILABLE FOR EMPLOYMENT AND WILLING TO TRAVEL IN KABUL AND THROUGHOUT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN, ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION. ALL OTHER APPLICANTS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

The incumbent will undertake the following functions:

  • Ensuring effective planning and implementation of community-based interventions in ABADEI program.
  • Development of strategic partnerships and ensure coordination with implementing partners and relevant stakeholders including UN agencies.
  • Contribute to knowledge management and information sharing in the UNDP country office.

1. Ensuring effective planning and implementation of community-based interventions in ABADEI program, focusing on achievement of the following results:

  • Develop and provide technical support in planning community-based initiatives in line with the ABADEI program strategy including necessary preparation of design, technical support, stakeholder consultation, preparation of terms of reference, concept notes, action plan to operationalize activities.
  • Work directly with communities to promote community led development including preparation and prioritization of community development plans.
  • Design capacity development materials on participatory planning; provide technical support in conducting capacity building initiatives, prepare guidelines, tools.
  • Generate new ideas and approaches, consolidate best practices and propose effective ways of doing things.
  • Prepare monitoring and reporting templates and provide technical advice to implementing partners to ensure progress and quality.
  • Ensure timely and quality progress and financial reporting by partners in line with agreed templates and schedules; review reports; provide feedback to UNDP and partners.
  • Oversee implementation of community development activities to ensure delivery of all the targets with desired outputs.
  • Support UNDP’s positioning as effective partner in community-based planning.
  • Develop and use specific tools to ensure integration of gender issues and concerns in the planning process.
  • Identify operational and programmatic challenges in planning and implementing community-based interventions and propose solutions.

2. Development of strategic partnerships and ensure coordination with implementing partners and relevant stakeholders including UN agencies, focusing on achievement of the following:

  • Ensure capacity building of local partners, organize relevant orientations and trainings for local partners.
  • Support resource mobilization for UNDP’s community-based planning activities under ABADEI program.
  • Identify potential organizations to engage with in the targeted areas and contribute to build a network.
  • Act as the UNDP/ABADEI Community based Planning focal person to develop a coordination mechanism that allows to share information and to harmonize the work carried out by different partners.
  • Support working relationships and create programmatic linkages with relevant UN Agencies and counterparts as guided by the supervisor.

3. Contribute to knowledge management and information sharing in the UNDPCountry Office:

  • Document best practices and lessons learned.
  • Contributes to knowledge networks where applicable.
  • Proactively share information in the UNDP country office.
  • Identify and document best practices and lessons learned from community-based planning process.
  • Assis in producing publicity materials on community-based planning girl including success and lessons learned.

Perform other duties within your functional profile as assigned and deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the office.

Competencies

Core Competency

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 discrimination.

Cross Functional and Technical Competencies

Business Management

MONITORING: Ability to provide managers and key stakeholders with regular feedback on the consistency or discrepancy between planned and actual activities and programme performance and results.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and control resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals.

Business Direction & Strategy

NEGOTIATION AND INFLUENCE: Ability to reach an understanding, persuade others, resolve points of difference, gain advantage in the outcome of dialogue, negotiates mutually acceptable solutions through compromise and creates win-win situations.

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.

2030 Agenda: Prosperity

INCLUSIVE GROWTH: Urban Community Infrastructure/Assets.

RECOVERY SOLUTIONS AND HUMAN MOBILITY: Economic Recover.

Required Skills and Experience

UNDP STRONGLY ENCOURAGES QUALIFIED WOMEN TO APPLY FOR AVAILABLE POSITIONS FOR WHICH THEY MEET THE STATED MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.

Application Requirement

All Applicants MUST complete and attach the UNDP Personal History-P-11 Form (found here) to their applications in the vacancy site.

Submission of personal resume or Curriculum Vitae (CV) will not be acceptable and candidates who fail to attach the above required P-11 form will not be considered.

Min. Education requirement****:

  • Master’s degree in Economics, Social Sciences, Community Development or related area is required, or
  • Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Social Sciences, Community Development or related area with additional 2 years relevant experience will be given due consideration in lieu of Master’s degree.

Relevant Experience:

  • Minimum of two (02) years with Master’s degree or four (04) years with Bachelor’s degree of relevant experience in the planning and implementation of community-based projects/programme.

Required Skills:

  • Previous experience of working with community based NGOs is required.
  • Solid knowledge participatory planning process.
  • Good analytical skills and writing skills.
  • Experience working in conflict or transition context.
  • Good computer literacy – MS office applications, web-based management information systems.
  • Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and working knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages, as well as experience in the handling of web-based management systems.
  • Experience from previous UN assignments and/or multilateral and bi-lateral aid organizations would be an asset.

Language Requirements:

Proficiency in English is required – both written and oral.

Fluency in local language of duty station Dari and/or Pashto is required.

ONLY CURRENT AFGHANISTAN NATIONALS AVAILABLE FOR EMPLOYMENT AND WILLING TO TRAVEL IN KABUL AND THROUGHOUT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN, ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION. ALL OTHER APPLICANTS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

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