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Remote Opportunity: Home-Based Community Programme Specialist Vacancy at UNDP!

Remote Opportunity: Home-Based Community Programme Specialist Vacancy at UNDP!

  • Job Identification: 27332
  • Apply Before: 07/05/2025, 05:59 AM
  • Job Schedule: Full time
  • Locations: Home Based Panama City, Panama
  • Agency: UNDP
  • Grade: IPSA-10
  • Vacancy Type: Partner PSA
  • Practice Area: Nature, Climate and Energy
  • Contract Duration: 1 Year

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is excited to offer a remote position for a Community Programme Specialist. If you’re passionate about empowering communities and making a real impact, this is your chance to join us. Apply today! The incumbent will work remotely from his/her home-base. The incumbent will work under the supervision of the Senior Advisor Learning & Impact. The incumbent will be responsible for providing her/ his own workstation (i.e. laptop, internet, phone, scanner/printer, etc.) and must have access to a reliable internet connection.

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Responsibilities

  • Lead and Oversee the Operations of the Food Systems Community:  
  • Lead and oversee the operations of the community, its team and its main deliverables.
  • Quality assure and monitor the delivery of all virtual learning events.
  • Ensure that the community’s Digital Collaborative Knowledge Platform meets all functional requirements, runs smoothly and continuously improve users’ experience. 
  • Establish Food Systems Knowledge Management Services (for multi-country programmes): 
  • Establish and continuously improve knowledge management, coordination, integration and monitoring mechanisms to ensure collaboration between actors involved in the programmes.
  • Support technical experts with activities related to knowledge management.
  • Ensure that contractual deliverables are adequately planned, delivered and documented.
  • Lead  and Coordinate Capacity Development:  
  • Lead the organization and coordination of capacity development and learning events and workshops as relevant. 
  • Ensure that lessons learned stemming from the above deliverables are captured and disseminated through relevant programme communities.
  • Other Duties: 
  • The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.
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Requirements

Education: 

  • An advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in Economics, Science, Humanities, Arts, Social or Political Sciences, Administration, Information and Communications Technology, Agriculture, Environment or other related fields is required. OR
  • A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree) in the areas stated above, in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience, Knowledge, and Skills: 

  • Minimum of five (5) years (with master’s degree) or seven (7) years (with bachelor’s degree) of professional experience working on food and agricultural commodities. 
  • Professional experience working in a knowledge management function is required. 
  • Professional experience organizing virtual and face-to-face capacity development and learning events is required. 
  • Professional experience curating content and facilitating knowledge exchanges in online or digital community platforms is desired.
  • Experience at the UNDP is desired. 
  • Experience working with different stakeholders (UN agencies, NGO, bilateral donors, etc) is desired. 
  • Experience in monitoring and evaluation of community of practices is desired. 
  • Experience working with multicountry projects and/or initiatives is desired.
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Languages:

  • Fluency in oral and written English is required. 
  • Fluency in oral and written French or Spanish is required.
  • Additional UN languages is an advantage.                                

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