UNDP Livelihoods, Economic and Social Recovery Specialist Jobs in Ethiopia
Background
The two-year conflict in Northern Ethiopia has triggered a major humanitarian crisis in Afar, Amhara and Tigray. The toll from the war has been enormous: significant loss of lives; more than 2.6 million IDPs needing humanitarian assistance; large-scale damage to infrastructure and services, estimated by the Government at USD 20 billion; and profound adverse effects on development, hamstringing Ethiopia’s ambitious economic and governance reform programmes.
It is in this context that UNDP has developed a ‘Peace Support Programme/Facility (PSP/F)’ nested within the Resilient Recovery and Reconstruction Framework (3RF) but focused on urgent actions over the next 24 months to stabilize conditions, restore a sense of normalcy and deliver a first peace dividend to conflict-impacted populations. The strategic goal of the PSP/F is to contribute toward an irreversible peace process in Northern Ethiopia (Afar, Amhara and Tigray).
The Livelihoods, Economic and Social Recovery Specialist will work in support of achieving durable solutions for IDPs under Window 5, as well as focuses on the implementation of interventions to pave the way for full-scale recovery and reconstruction of business by restarting, restoring and sustaining local economic activity as well as restoring state capacity, both required to revive local economic development; reconnecting local economies that have been disconnected by conflict, including trade in essential goods and services under Window 3.
Scope of Work, Expected Roles, and Responsibilities of the Incumbent
2.1 Regional policy analysis and advocacy initiatives critical for livelihoods and social recovery
Maintain up-to-date understanding of the regional policy, legal, regulatory, institutional, financing, and operational issues regarding livelihoods, economic and social recovery.
Provide specialist advice on a timely basis to UNDP, Government, and other partners on crisis management and recovery efforts towards businesses and IDPs.
Provide overall support and facilitation on entrepreneurship and business development services implemented in the crisis affected regions by creating the right linkage with TVETs and other training institutions.
Provide technical advice to UNDP Country Office Team on sustainable solutions for displacement, enhancing UNDP’s thought-leadership in convening and participating in coordination platforms and working groups and other forums.
Contribute to studies, surveys and trainings for project and country office staff and other relevant stakeholders/partners in designing crisis response and recovery interventions to promote peace and stabilization interventions targeting small businesses.
Support the CO in developing solutions data analysis and policy, through follow up on the JIPs scoping mission and by linking developmental profiling and assessments, data, and policy to better understand facts and experiences of IDPs, host and affected communities and local governments disaggregated by gender and age, in the target regions.
Support efforts to strengthen capacity of the Government, including for the RRR offices in northern Ethiopia to boosting livelihoods through utilizing businesses to spur the rehabilitation work.
2.2. Thought leadership and technical support in programme planning, implementation and evaluation.
Technical support for UNDP engagement with Ministry of Planning and Regional President’s offices to facilitate the integration of IDPs into national and regional development plans and programs.
Support efforts to strengthen capacity of the Government, including for the RRR offices in northern Ethiopia to integrate sustainable IDP return and reintegration into the RRR monitoring framework.
Provide the required regional support to the CO in project implementation on MSME ecosystem reform and development in restarting business activity at-scale, targeting start-up and survival of MSMEs, with a particular focus on women-owned or managed enterprises.
Facilitate business support and restoration of market infrastructure, at a minimum in towns and larger settlements.
Support the CO teams in developing solutions programmes with governments/ communities to reinforce local solutions, restore social contract between institutions and citizens/ displaced communities while supporting social cohesion and socio-economic integration.
Identify specific risks that may threaten achievement of intended results. Identify and monitor risk management actions using a risk log. This includes monitoring measures and plans required as stipulated in the peace support programme.
2.3. Multi-stakeholder partnerships, networking, and Resource Mobilization
Identify strategic development partners and support the design of joint-program collaboration to build national capacities and infrastructure for solutions, including with the World Bank.
Facilitate and strengthen national and local government-led or co-led platforms and capacity on solutions to forced displacement, in close coordination with human rights, humanitarian, development, and peace-building actors such as the return working groups in Tigray and Afar and Amhara, and protection clusters.
Help develop relevant documentation on solutions programming for donors and potential opportunities for resource mobilization, including possible partnerships with private sector.
2.4. Information sharing, knowledge management and data analytics
Based on the technical support and guidance of JIPs, work in collaboration with JIPs, IOM and respective government offices for Ethiopia to have an up-to-date data on IDPs
Facilitating information sharing and joint planning/programming, particularly within the framework of the Peace Support Facility within the UNDP and other development members of the WG and beyond.
Prepare knowledge products and support the public-private sector consultation and dialogue through supporting the dialogue structure on policy issues.
Knowledge, good practices, and lessons are captured regularly, as well as actively sourced from other projects and partners and integrated back into the programme.
2.5. Facilitate Private sector engagement.
Private sector engagement as partner in advancing sustainable development and crises response and recovery.
Develop, co-creates and/or deploys solutions to development challenges, leveraging private sector technologies, innovations and expertise or services and products to accelerate the recovery and revival of businesses and livelihoods in the target areas.
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in social works, political science, development studies, economics or other social sciences or related fields of study is required. A first-level university degree in similar fields in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience ma y be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Experience:
Minimum five years (With Master’s) or seven years (With Bachelor’s) progressive experience in implementation and management of multi-donor and multi-sector post-conflict recovery and development programmes/projects focusing on IDPs at national or international levels is required for advanced university degree holders.
Required skills
Experience in use of office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.), Advanced knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages will be considered as an asset. Excellent inter-personal skills.
Desired skills in addition to the competencies covered in the Competencies section
At least seven years of progressively responsible professional development experience in related areas in Ethiopia
Experience in designing and delivering peace support, post conflict recovery programmes/projects or related areas.
Experience working in UNDP and UN system policies & programming.
Knowledge and experience of working in target regions (Afar, Amhara and Tigray is an advantage.
Required Language(s)
Fluency in spoken and written English is a requirement. Fluency in Amharic and any of the local language, if different, is an advantage.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; UNDP Livelihoods, Economic and Social Recovery Specialist Jobs in Ethiopia
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