Equitable energy access and sound environmental management
are critical to achieve sustainable development. The United Nations
Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) (2012-2017) provides support to
strengthen the capacity of Ghana to address energy and environmental
challenges at national, regional, and local levels, by focusing on key
priority areas, such as climate change, disaster risk reduction, energy and
biodiversity.
In the area of climate change mitigation and adaptation,
the overarching aim of UNDP support is to promote Ghana transition towards a
green economy and a low-carbon and climate resilient society. UNDP is also
contributing to achieving the Government of Ghana’s twin objectives of
securing diverse energy sources, primarily by increasing the share of
renewable energy in the country’s energy mix, and improving energy
efficiency. This will be instrumental for Ghana to achieve its goal in
becoming a middle income inclusive economy in a sustainable way, in the
context of the Secretary General’s Sustainable Energy for All Initiative.
UNDP has been the Government of Ghana’s key partner towards shifting the
national paradigm from emergency response to disaster risk reduction. Another
area of UNDP focus is on biodiversity with the current UNDAF emphasis on
preservation of water bodies and afforestation. UNDP will provide support in
strengthening policy and regulatory framework for mainstreaming biodiversity
into national strategies.
The Programme Officer (Sustainable Development) will be
the focal person for the management of selected projects, and will provide
programme management and technical/administrative assistance. She/he
will directly report to the Cluster Manager of the Sustainable Development
Cluster. In order to successfully deliver his/her work, she/he will
need to work in close collaboration with the operations team, programme staff
in other UN Agencies, UNDP HQs staff and Government officials, technical
advisors and experts, multi-lateral and bi-lateral donors and civil society
ensuring successful UNDP programme implementation.
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Programme Management: (50%):
- Support
implementation and development of UNDP programme on sustainable development
(climate change, disaster risk reduction, sustainable energy,
biodiversity, etc.);
- Monitor
project activities and progress and ensure that the agreed deliverables
are produced satisfactorily according to plans
- Participate
in various meetings in the sector, and seek the synergy of other ongoing
projects by other development partners.
- Implement
M&E tools and plans for the Sustainable Development Cluster;
- Perform
other tasks as required by the Head of Programme and the Head of the
Sustainable Development Cluster.
Technical and Administrative Assistance: (35%):
- Assist
in review and comment on relevant submissions of the project reports to
improve the technical quality;
- Support
preparation of cluster work plans and facilitate of coordination of
project implementation at the cluster level;
- Support
procurement of goods and services (e.g. consultants), as well as
administrative work for the cluster.
Resource Mobilization and Strategic Partnerships: (10%):
- Support
resource mobilization efforts of the government;
- Explore
possible areas of cooperation and identify opportunities for initiation
of new projects.
Knowledge Building and Management: (5%):
- Synthesize
and document lessons learnt and best practices in programme;
- Develop
success stories and articles to communicate UNDP’s achievements.
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Communicating information and ideas:
- Communicating
clearly and effectively;
- Seeking
to understand the ideas of others;
- Facilitating
and encouraging open communication;
- Creating
an environment for open communication;
- Inspiring
and persuading others.
Ethics and values:
- Taking
actions that are congruent with what he/she says;
- Reliably
delivering on promises and honoring commitments made;
- Demonstrating
consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN/UNDP in actions
and decisions; Demonstrating an appreciation of differences in values
and learning from cultural diversity;
- Moves
from demonstrating sensitivity to encouraging full participation, to
leveraging diversity.
Knowledge sharing/continuous learning:
- Taking
responsibility for self-learning and development;
- Actively
seeking learning and career development opportunities;
- Promoting
organizational learning and knowledge management;
- Building
a culture of knowledge sharing and learning.
Organizational awareness:
- Understanding,
building and using formal/ informal systems and contacts in a complex
organizational and global environment to obtain results;
- Moves
from an ability to use organizational services to assist others, to
applying corporate thinking and applying judgment, to building support
and finally, demonstrating political acumen.
Self-management and emotional intelligence:
- Managing
moods, responding effectively to stress, situations of ambiguity or
crisis;
- Managing
relationships with others to achieve mutual benefits. Building an
emotionally intelligent organization.
Working in teams:
- Working
effectively with colleagues in ways that allow the achievement of shared
objectives;
- Building
teams both within existing organizational structures and outside of
them. Creating team spirit and unity of purpose across the business
unit.
Functional Competencies:
Building strategic partnerships:
- Establishing,
maintaining, and utilizing a broad network of contacts. Building
partnerships and strategic alliances;
- Leveraging
the resources of national governments and other development partners.
Client orientation:
- Understanding
and meeting or exceeding client needs;
- Anticipating
and addressing client needs and concerns;
- Developing
innovative approaches to meeting client needs. Ensuring overall
provision of quality services to clients.
Job knowledge and technical expertise:
- Demonstrating
and applying professional and/or technical expertise/knowledge of the
post or discipline;
- Focusing
on the knowledge and skill areas necessary to effectively perform the
functions of the post; Identifying and seeking to expand knowledge and
improve work processes.
Conceptual innovation in the provision of technical expertise:
- Supporting
UNDP’s advocacy by developing innovative and creative approaches to the
provision of technical expertise;
- Moves
from research to analysis to developing innovative and creative approach
to conceptual leadership and championing conceptual innovation.
Creating visibility for UNDP/supporting UNDP’s capacity to
advocate:
- Ensuring
that UNDP has the visibility and corporate image it requires as the key
development actor.
Design and implementation of management systems:
- Ensuring
that UNDP has the internal management systems it requires as the key
development actor.
Innovation and marketing new approaches:
- Enhance
existing processes or products;
- Developing
original and innovative ideas and approaches;
- Integration
in a multi-disciplinary environment.
Promoting accountability and results-based management:
- Monitoring
and promoting practices, procedures and systems that support
accountability and results-based management, while also influencing
change in the organizational culture;
- Results-based
programme development and management;
- Effectively
managing core and non-core resources to achieve UN development
results.
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Education:
- Master’s
degree in Development, Social Science, Environment, or closely relevant
fields.
Experience:
- At
least two years of experience in programme management in at least one of
the areas of work of the Sustainable Development Cluster;
- Demonstrated
skills in drafting reports, knowledge and competencies/experience in
policy analysis and capacity development; Experience in working and
collaboration with government donors, NGOs and/or research institutions.
Language:
- Fluency
in written and spoken English.
Technical Requirements:
- Proficiency
in Microsoft Office (Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Outlook, etc.);
- Proficiency
in Internet Research and Data Gathering.
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