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United Nations Development Programme Research Associate Lebanon UNDP Jobs 2024

United Nations Development Programme looking for “Research Associate”. Applicants with a Bachelor’s degree may apply on or before 16-Jul-24.

The United Nations Development Programme has published a job vacancy announcement on 02/07/2024 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of Research Associate to be based in , Lebanon. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org

Company Name: United Nations Development Programme

Job Title: Research Associate

Duty Station: , Lebanon

Country: Lebanon

Application Deadline: 16-Jul-24

Responsibilities:

Support in conducting Socio-Economic Research 

• Contribute to background research relevant for the project mainly the collection of socio-economic data as well as productive sectors indicators which will be relevant for the short-listing of economic sectors that will form the basis of the intervention.
• Gather relevant and corresponding socio-economic gender related data.
• Support the gender specialist in collecting and gathering the relevant data needed for the elaboration of the gender strategy.
• Support in mapping and identifying relevant stakeholders involved in key trade processes.
• Review and proofread all information posted on the various platforms that will be developed by the project including the Help Desk platform, the Market reports, the Business Matchmaking Platform, the Lebanon Export Academy, the newly Automated procedure among others.
• Closely follow up with external consultants involved in drafting the market reports.
• Conduct benchmark analysis of export training programs in services related sectors.
• Review all content provided by the implementing partner on training curricula.

Support in performing Data Collection and Analysis 

• Identify potential list of host institutions for the Trade Help desk and gather corresponding data that will support in the short listing and selection of the host institution.
• Populate, develop, and maintain database of SMEs supported by UNDP, leveraging existing data from various projects and the newly populated data.
• Populate, develop, and maintain database of women-led SMEs supported by UNDP, leveraging existing data from various project and the newly populated data.
• Continuously monitor and collect all economic related indicators relevant to the project.
• Populate, develop, and maintain database of all potential private sector partners across all of Lebanon and across relevant productive sectors.
• Support in drafting and developing surveys that will be launched by the project, in addition to generating relevant data, chats and reports for analysis and policy making.

Support knowledge building, knowledge sharing and capacity building relevant to the assigned project.

• Provide support to other capacity building activities, including to the design and delivery of tools, materials for workshops, or platforms that tap into the collective intelligence of communities and mobilize action.
• Provide support in the dissemination and sharing of relevant data and lessons learned within the CO and regionally.
• Keep pulse on emerging best practices nationally, regionally, and internationally that relate to the work of the assigned project.
• Make sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice. Support compiling and systematizing project knowledge, products and tools as well as their wide distribution to partners.

Provide Support and Coordination Work to the Project 

• Review reports developed by the project and conduct needed edits in English or Arabic
• Verify the accuracy and validity of research conducted by external consultants.
• Coordinate the organization of workshops and stakeholder consultations and ensure draft of minutes of meetings and relevant follow-ups.
• Coordinate the implementation of all trainings, including the finalization of training agenda, location identification, etc.

The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.

Institutional Arrangement

The selected incumbent will be working under the overall guidance and under the direct supervision of the Project Manager and the Economist

Requirements: