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Policy Specialist Vacancy at UNDP in Geneva, Switzerland for 2025. Apply Now!

Policy Specialist Details

  • Position(s): Policy Specialist
  • Organization: UNDP
  • Job Identification: 22378
  • Job Schedule: Full time
  • Locations: Geneva, Switzerland
  • Grade: P4
  • Vacancy Type: Fixed Term
  • Practice Area: Management
  • Bureau: Crisis Bureau
  • Contract Duration: 1 Year
  • Education & Work Experience: Master’s Degree – 7 year(s) experience OR Bachelor’s Degree – 9 year(s) experience
  • Required Languages: English
  • Desired Languages: Fluency in another UN language
  • Vacancy Timeline: 1 Week
  • Mobility required/no mobility: mobility required
  • Deadline: Dec 27, 2024

Position Purpose

Policy Specialist Vacancy at UNDP in Geneva, Switzerland for 2025. The Policy Specialist reports directly to the Senior Policy Advisor on Policy Coherence and Integration and is an integral part of the UN Systems Partnerships in the Strategic Partnerships and Communications (SPC). Team’s Policy Coherence and Integration Unit. The Policy Specialist is entrusted with support towards the coordination and policy coherence and integration in the context of crisis and fragility. As such, the incumbent is entrusted with supporting cross-pillar coherence of the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus and Early Recovery, including across UN and multilateral mechanisms aiming for integrated solutions.

The Policy Specialist works across CB teams, and within the context of UNDP’s Global Policy Network (GPN), to strengthen engagement and leverage greater collective coherence and impact across UNDP’s consistent positioning at various inter-agency partnerships and fora. The Policy Specialist will have a focus on the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus, specifically on engagement with the humanitarian coordination structures and early recovery. This includes UNDP’s participation in the Grand Bargain, the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) structures with specific focus on the GCCG, HPC cycle, as well as coordination with humanitarian actors on positioning. 

The Policy Specialist will support the positioning of UNDP in the various humanitarian coordination fora, formal and informal initiatives, dialogues, with humanitarian actors, support the development of multidisciplinary policies and solutions / tools to anchor development in fragile and crisis contexts, with a focus on the HDP Nexus and Early Recovery and related crisis response packages, through innovation that promote integrated and systems approach to crisis and fragility across UNDP. She/he will ensure coherence and integration of policies related to crisis, fragility, and resilience; and delivering an integrated response to the signature solutions and directions of change, as defined by UNDP’s Strategic Plan and Crisis Offer.

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The Policy Specialist will foster cross fertilization with the other units of the SPC Team, across the CB, and GPN as a whole. In collaboration with the Partnerships and Financing for Fragility Unit, the incumbent will provide strategic policy inputs to promote and strengthen collective policy coherence and integration in the support of developing countries through the exchange of experiences and South-South cooperation.

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Responsibilities

Support to the Formulation of HDP and Early Recovery Solutions to Crisis and Fragility

  • Support policy coherence and integration within the Crisis Bureau, and across UNDP as a whole on crisis and fragility related issues with a special focus on the HDP Nexus and Early Recovery, working closely with the Regional Bureaux, BERA, other GPN teams and relevant knowledge domains, as well as facilitate information sharing amongst these. 
  • With a focus on the HDP Nexus and Early Recovery and in close collaboration with Regional Bureaux, the GPN substantive, thematic and policy teams, support and coordinate the development of: evidence-based and substantive policy and guidance notes, strategic papers, and analysis on the role of risk-informed development in addressing and reducing crisis and fragility, policy innovations and solutions that would promote integrated and systems-based approach to crisis and fragility across UNDP.
  • Support and coordinate the collection of evidence /data to support the development of policy guidance and analysis in close collaboration with Regional Bureaux, GPN substantive, thematic and policy teams including the relevant UNDP COPs.
  • Serve as CB focal point for the South-South and fragile-to-fragile cooperation.
  • Support UNDP’s contribution to UN system-wide policy processes related to crisis and fragility, promoting policy coherence, and facilitating information sharing. 
  • Support and coordinate the preparation background briefs, speeches, and talking points on crisis and fragility policy issues for UNDP Senior Management in their representation role in relevant crisis and fragility related mechanisms, (e.g. with the IASC, UN Secretariat, EC/DC, UNDG, etc.).
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Support to Inter-agency coordination for the Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) Nexus and Early Recovery

  • Support UN system-wide coherence and cross-pillar integration, to strengthen engagement and leverage greater collective coherence and impact across UN and multilateral system.
  • Coordinate and collect the evidence base for the HDP Nexus and Early recovery narratives in UNDP and UNDP’s specific role therein. 
  • Establish and maintain the informal network for HDP Nexus Advisers in COs.
  • Focal point for the HDP Nexus Area of Common Concern (AOCC) in the Humanitarian Networking and Partnerships Weeks
  • Support the Global Cluster Coordinator for Early Recovery function including the Early Recovery Cluster mechanism.
  • Support and coordinate the development and roll out of demand driven HDP and ER trainings in close collaboration with Regional Bureaus, the GPN substantive, thematic and policy teams including the Crisis Academy
  • Support UNDP’s engagement with policy processes, and engagement with the humanitarian system (through the IASC, Cluster system, HPC, Grand Bargain, etc.) to position the narrative of risk-informed development from the onset.
  • Function as a resource person for the Nexus Academy.

Advocacy and Representation 

  • Consistently advocate for development approaches and solutions to crisis and fragility, including through external engagements on relevant issues and processes.
  • Contribute to representing and positioning UNDP in crisis-related interagency and multi-stakeholder processes with a focus on the humanitarian coordination architecture and processes (e.g. IASC, GCCG, Grand Bargain, HPC, etc) in coordination with Regional Bureaus, GPN substantive, thematic and policy teams.
  • Provide standing liaison function on policy issues for key UN and external actors to share information and collaborate across organizations; enable such partners a clear entry-point to UNDP. 
  • Contribute to the promotion of information sharing and collaboration on crisis and fragility work within the Crisis Bureau, across UNDP, and with key internal and external partners.
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Requirements

Education:

  • Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in development, international relations, political science, or related field. OR
  • A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.

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Experience:

  • Minimum of seven (7) years of relevant experience in evidence-based policy development in the area of development, recovery and/or humanitarian affairs required. Demonstrated UN experience highly desirable.
  • Recent field experience in 2 or more crisis and fragile contexts required.
  • Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of crisis and fragility policy debates with a focus on humanitarian, development and peace collaboration required. 
  • Demonstrated experience in inter-agency mechanisms and the humanitarian architecture highly desirable.
  • Knowledge and experience of UNDP and UN system policies and programming is highly desirable.
  • Experience of managing complex inter-agency processes is desirable.

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