Programme Analyst - Head of Experimentation

Job Description

The UNDP Strategic Plan embraces the complexity of development and commits the organization to helping countries find faster, more durable solutions to achieve Agenda 2030. Important development trends like urbanization, climate change, and rising inequalities pose significant challenges on our path to achieve the 2030 agenda of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).UNDP has begun incubating a number of strategic initiatives aimed at ensuring UNDP is ?fit for purpose? to deliver a new generation of solutions in line with the challenges the world faces.?One such key strategic initiatives is the UNDP Accelerator Lab Network which operates as part of UNDP?s sustainable development offering. US:We are building the largest and fastest learning global network on development challenges. We have already set up 60 labs in 78 countries) embedded within UNDP?s global architecture and country platforms. We are now recruiting for a second cohort of 30 labs to be based in UNDP around the world. We use the power of the crowd, machine learning and distributed decision making to support partners to understand problems, develop new solutions, promote more inclusive decision making, and provide better oversight of what is done. We identify grassroots solutions and stretch their potential to accelerate development.?We apply experimentation closely with government partners to grow this as a mode of operating to reduce costs of large-scale public sector reforms. Experimentation helps us learn whether particular assumptions are accurate before deploying solutions at scale, especially in the rapidly evolving contexts that often dominate development progress. You:You are capable and excited about starting, designing and managing activities, direct engagement with local communities and collaboration across global networks.?You are driven by learning new things, figuring out how they work and translating them across sectors.??You tell stories of emergent solutions and you gravitate to solving global development challenges. You have a natural inclination to interdisciplinarity, cross cultural mindset and cross sectoral experience with the cosmopolitan attraction for diversity.?You are driven by a strong sense of purpose and commitment to make change happen and a keen eye to identify emerging opportunities and ?at the edge? trends.?You are open to discovery and exploration, capable of articulating insights and ideas through visual thinking, open to serendipity and discovery yet are pragmatic and constructive working with public sector authorities. You are comfortable with ambiquity, capable of zooming out for context and zooming in for content and execution- sharp in pursuit of objectives, fast at adapting and changing course when needed.?You have superb compentencies in program and portfolio management, are at ease with decision-making processes and dynamics of different models of governance.?You are curious, a natural strategic thinker and a talented do-er.?You understand systems, the good, the bad and the ugly, and are capable of working within bureaucracies to make change, leverage technology to extend, enhance and multiply exploration, discovery and execution.?You are digitally savy, you hack tools, and you are keen to be a part of a large global organization exhibiting United Nations values.Education:?????????Master?s degree in Social Science, International Development, Environmental Science, Transition or Complexity Science, Engineering, Design (e.g. industrial or service design, architecture, urban planning), Psychology or a related area and minimum of 2 years of professional experience in development programming or policy; social innovation; partnership building; engagement (public and private sector) and/or resource mobilizationORBachelor?s degree in Social Science, International Development, Environment Science, Engineering, Design (e.g. industrial or service design, architecture, urban planning), Psychology or related area and minimum of 4 years of professional experience in development programming or policy; social innovation; partnership building; engagement (public and private sector) and/or resource mobilization.Salary RangeJob Salary range is between SR. 23,764.41 and Sr. 29,631.63

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Programme Analyst