UN Senior Development Coordination Officer, Economist Jobs in Dar es Salaam – Tanzania
Org. Setting and Reporting
The position is located within the United Nations Resident Coordination Office (RCO) Multi-country office (MCO) for Mauritius and Seychelles. The MCO is based in Port Louis, Mauritius. Mauritius and Seychelles and Small Island States (SIDs) which are located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa. They are middle-income and high-income countries (MICs and HICs) respectively. Despite their economic status, the two countries are exposed to vulnerabilities and structural constraints such a as small land mass and population size; geographic isolation and spatial dispersion; high per capita cost of infrastructure; low-lying areas and extreme exposure to climate change and natural hazards; fragility of island ecosystems and high level of endemism.
Despite these heightened constraints and the limited fiscal space to cope with climate shocks and build resilience, most SIDS enjoy very limited access to concessional finance, in particular climate finance – access to which is of key priority in the long-term economic and climate resilience agenda of these two countries. Against this context, the role of the Senior Economist as the key policy expert is to ensure overall RCO and UN positioning for supporting countries in innovative strategic thinking, evidence-based policy analysis, strengthening UN programmatic strategic orientation for SDG acceleration, reinforcing partnership including with private sector and academia and leading knowledge generation. The incumbent reports to the UN Resident Coordinator with dual reporting responsibility to the RCO Head of Office.
Responsibilities
Within delegated authority, the Senior Development Coordination Officer /Economist will be responsible of the following duties: Summary of Functions
Provides substantive leadership in coordinating and driving evidence-based policy analysis with specific attention to SIDS/MICs context to accelerate progress on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) towards broad-based understanding by national counterparts and the UN Country Team (UNCT) of sustainable development trends, challenges and opportunities in programme countries.
Oversees the provision of substantive advice on economic and climate resilience and SDG policies, climate financing, domestic resource mobilization and SIDS innovation for resilient inclusive growth to Resident Coordinator (RC) and UNCTs, as well as to national counterparts in government and other relevant partners
Supervises the provision of substantive support to programme formulation and revision throughout the UNSDF cycle, based on sound SDG analysis;
Oversees the provision of substantive support to the UN joint programming process to strengthen the formulation of a new generation of UN joint programmes that are aligned with the SDGs, oriented towards investment, and have impact at the national level;
Guides UNSDF result groups in the implementation of joint workplans to ensure SDG-relevant and SDG-responsive UN operational activities for development;
Reviews and endorses recommendations to enhance UN support to governmental and multi-stakeholder processes on SDG policy development and capacity development.
Directs SDG knowledge generation and management
Plans, facilitates and enhances local, regional and global communities of practice and knowledge networks and promotes collaboration, peer support, innovation good practices, lessons learned, needs, and opportunities in the area of sustainable development;
Directs research, analysis and presentation of best practices and lessons learned from implementation of UNCT projects and programmes, with a view to advising the RC and UNCT on actions to strengthen the policy orientation of the UN;
Coordinates the monitoring and analysis of best practices and successful models implemented by the UN in country and suggests options for developing these into bankable national SDG investment policies and programmes;
Oversees the provision of advice on global/corporate guidelines, tools and other materials related to sustainable development policy.
Competencies
Professionalism: Ability to apply sustainable development theories, concepts and approaches. Ability to identify issues, analyze and participate in the resolution of issues/problems. Ability to conduct data collection using various methods.
Conceptual analytical and evaluative skills to conduct independent research and analysis, including familiarity with and experience in the use of various research sources, including electronic resources on the internet, intranet and other databases.
Shows pride in work and in achievements; demonstrates professional competence and mastery of subject matter;
is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results; is motivated by professional rather than personal concerns; shows persistence when faced with difficult problems or challenges; remains calm in stressful situations.
Takes responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives and ensuring the equal participation of women and men in all areas of work.
Communication: Speaks and writes clearly and effectively; listens to others, correctly interprets messages from others and responds appropriately; asks questions to clarify and exhibits interest in having two-way communication; tailors language, tone, style and format to match audience;
demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.
Client Orientation:
Considers all those to whom services are provided to be “clients” and seeks to see things from clients’ point of view; establishes and maintains productive partnerships with clients by gaining their trust and respect;
identifies clients’ needs and matches them to appropriate solutions;
monitors ongoing developments inside and outside the clients’ environment to keep informed and anticipate problems;
keeps clients informed of progress or setbacks in projects;
meets timeline for delivery of products or services to client.
Leadership: Serves as a role model that other people want to follow: empowers others to translate vision into results; is proactive in developing strategies to accomplish objectives;
establishes and maintains relationships with a broad range of people to understand needs and gain support;
anticipates and resolves conflicts by pursuing mutually agreeable solutions;
drives for change and improvements; does not accept the status quo;
shows the courage to take unpopular stands. Provides leadership and takes responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives and ensuring the equal participation of women and men in all areas of work;
demonstrates knowledge of strategies and commitment to the goal of gender balance in staffing.
Judgment/Decision-making: Identifies key issues in complex situations, and comes to the heart of the problem quickly; gathers relevant information before making a decision; considers positive and negative impacts of decisions prior to making them; takes decisions with an eye to the impact on others and on the Organization;
proposes a course of action or makes a recommendation based on all available information;
checks assumptions against facts;
determines actions proposed will satisfy the expressed and underlying needs for the decision; makes tough decisions when necessary.
Education
Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent degree) in economics or a related area. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Work Experience
A minimum of ten years of progressively responsible experience in sustainable development policy, economic analysis with proven record of authoring and spearheading production of producing high-quality reports/documents/policy briefs is required.
Experience and familiarity with SIDS and/or MICs context and/or climate financing innovation is desired.
Experience in programme management in the context of leading development cooperation or related area will be an advantage and is desired.
Sound knowledge and proven capacity for mobilizing broad-based partners to include policy innovation with private sector and academia is desired.
Languages
Professional level fluency in English and knowledge of French is required. Knowledge of another UN official language is an advantage.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; UN Senior Development Coordination Officer, Economist Jobs in Dar es Salaam – Tanzania
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