Duties & Responsibilities

• Oversee a coherent approach in assessing and analyzing the needs of persons of concern in a participatory manner, using an Age, Gender, and Diversity (AGD) perspective as a basis for planning.
• Guide office(s) on programmatic aspects of developing multi-year protection and solutions strategies and annual plans with corresponding priorities taking into account corporate priorities.
• Support Results Based Management and program capacity in light of evolving requirements, programming approaches, and gaps.
• Support the planning process in compliance with planning parameters outlined in the Programme Manual and the planning instructions.
• Ensure effective and results-based resource allocation in the planning processes and cost efficiency in the delivery of outputs.
• Review and analyze plans, and mid-year and year-end reports of UNHCR office(s), ensuring quality assurance and compliance with established policies, guidelines, procedures, and standards.
• Support the provision’s overall direction to broaden partnerships with key stakeholders to maximize the protection and solutions response for persons of concern.
• Guide and provide directions to office(s) in operationalizing new and emerging policies, strategies, and partnerships, including in an inter-agency context, identifying opportunities and innovative solutions, and ensuring compliance with existing standards.
• Guide office(s) in managing a consultative process to ensure a consistent application of the framework for implementing with partners, including the effective implementation of the policy on selection and retention of partners, management of partnership agreements, risk-based project performance monitoring, and risk-based project audits, among others.
• Actively contribute to UNHCR’s programming of community of practice and continuously contribute to improvements of programming tools and processes.
• Identify potential gaps and problems and in cooperation with other relevant sections recommend appropriate solutions to ensure the efficient implementation of program activities
• Develop comprehensive assistance programs that compliment activities implemented by other operational partners.
• Oversee a timely and effective follow-up of internal and external audit observations and recommendations that relate to programmatic issues.
• Lead risk assessments and discussions with team(s) to proactively manage risks and seize opportunities impacting objectives. Ensure that risk management principles are integrated into decision-making both at strategic and operational levels. Allocate resources for planned treatments with resource requirements in Strategic Plans. Ensure that risks are managed to acceptable levels and escalate, as needed. If a Risk Owner is, designate the Risk Focal Point certify that the annual risk review is completed, and ensure that the risk register is updated during the year, as needed.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

• For P4/NOD – 9 years relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or 8 years relevant experience with Graduate degree; or 7 years relevant experience with Doctorate degree

Field(s) of Education

• Business Administration, Social Science, Economics,
• International Relations or other relevant field.
• Certificates and/or Licenses
• Programme Management

Essential

• Demonstrated experience in developing and managing humanitarian projects and programmes including the allocation and management of resources. Sound knowledge of the UNHCR Operations Management Cycle Knowledge and practical experience in Results Management. Demonstrated experience in field operations. Sound knowledge of the centrality of protection in programming. Enhanced knowledge of Joint Needs Assessments and the principles of targeting.

Desirable

• Demonstrated experience in coordination within an inter-agency context and other actors, in a refugee or humanitarian context. Solid experience in training and capacity-building activities.

Functional Skills

• PG-Resource planning
• PG-Needs Assessment and Response Analysis
• PG-Stakeholder management and coordination with Implementing Partners (Gov/NGO/Corporate)
• PG-UNHCR’s Programmes
• PG-Results-Based Management
• (Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Language Requirements

• For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and the UN working language of the duty station if not English.
• For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
• For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.

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