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United Nations Development Programme Country Manager Ghana UNDP Jobs 2024

United Nations Development Programme looking for “Country Manager”. Applicants with an Advanced degree may apply on or before 09-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 Country Manager to be based in Accra , Ghana. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org

Company Name: United Nations Development Programme

Job Title: Country Manager

Duty Station: Accra , Ghana

Country: Ghana

Application Deadline: 09-Jul-24

Responsibilities:

1.)          Provide overall support for the operationalization of the country programme as validated by the Head of the UN-Habitat West Africa Hub in Ghana: 

• Supports the overall operationalization of the UN-Habitat Country Programme Document (HCPD) for Ghana in collaboration with key national and local institutions, implementing partners, and civil society organizations, which is coherent with the UN Cooperation Framework and is in line with the UN-Habitat West Africa Strategy.
• Ensures that the programmatic implementation of UN-Habitat activities in Ghana responds to national priorities as defined in the UN Cooperation Framework which is aligned with Government’s plans.
• Monitors and analyzes programme/project development and implementation, and reviews relevant documents and reports.
• Contributes to the determination of programmatic areas of cooperation and o related policy research and ensures advocacy and resource mobilization efforts.
• Works closely with concerned Government agencies (MLGDRD, MWH, MoF, and other related MMDAs, etc.) and coordinates with UN-Habitat HQs through the West Africa Hub.
• Identifies problems and issues to be addressed and initiates corrective actions; liaises with relevant parties; ensures follow-up actions at the highest levels.
• Identifies entry points for program development across the national urban agenda, including key issues such as access to housing, land, basic and social services and livelihood in urban or urbanizing areas, urban resilience, local economic development, urban planning, and management, among other aspects.
• Promotes innovative approaches adapted to the local context to maximize the impact of UN-Habitat’s interventions in Ghana.

2.)          Facilitate research, knowledge building, and management. 

• Identifies and develops research and analyzes and presents information gathered from diverse sources.
• identification and synthesis of best practices and lessons learned directly linked to programme country policy goals, leading to the formulation of substantive policy advice.
• Coordination of development of policies and institutions that will address the country’s problems and needs in collaboration with the Government and other strategic partners.
• Facilitates the preparation of written outputs, e.g. draft background papers, analysis, sections of reports and studies, inputs to publications, etc.
• Establishment of advocacy networks at the national level and linked to international networks focusing on executing relevant, high-impact advocacy campaigns with key partners;
• Sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice.

3.)  Maintain and expand strategic partnerships and support resource mobilization for the Country Programme.

• Facilitates strategic linkages with various partners and identifies key areas of potential collaboration.
• Fosters inter-agency collaboration and support activities related to ONE UN through active participation in UN Country Team meetings and ensuring the work of UN-Habitat is reflected to the best extent possible.
• Plays a proactive role in establishing strong partnerships and supports in the maintenance of close liaison with relevant donors and other actors towards the implementation of the urban agenda in Ghana.
• Maintains close interaction and dialogue with key partners to identify clear resource mobilization opportunities.
• Supports the coordination of relevant Joint Results Group(s) under the UN One Strategic Plan and joint UN initiatives in Ghana

4.) Representation, Coordination, Programme Management, and Administration in cooperation with the West Africa Portfolio Manager

• Active representation of UN-Habitat in the UN Country Team and related UN Working groups
• Active representation of UN-Habitat in the UN Security Management Team and participates in related meetings.
• Active representation of the UN-Habitat Office in Ghana in Meetings/Conferences etc with national/regional/global stakeholders
• Coordinates activities related to budget and funding (programme/project preparation and submissions, progress reports, financial statements, etc.)
• Active representation of UN/UN-Habitat and participation in relevant country forums and thematic groups involving Government, civil society and development partners
• Effectively manages and coordinates the UN-Habitat team in Ghana.
• Contributes to ensuring alignment of organizational program objectives with national priorities/capacities.
• Supports in establishing the efficient utilization of resources, and adherence to delivery rates in alignment with the country office goals and visions.
• The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.

Requirements:

Education:  

• Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in development planning, sustainable development, environment sciences, social sciences, management or a related field is required,

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

Experience:

• Minimum 7 years (with a master’s degree) or – 9 years (with a Bachelor’s degree) of relevant years of professional experience in leading multidisciplinary teams in the formulation and implementation of sustainable development and climate change initiatives/projects.
• At least five (5) years of relevant progressively responsible experience in-country programme management change and sustainable development is required.
• Professional experience in building and maintaining partnerships with partners, including working with high-level government officials up to the Ministerial level, High level UN/Development partners and donors
• Solid experience/understanding of housing and sustainable urban development or related issues at both the global (e.g. New Urban Agenda).
• Demonstrable hands-on experience in the design, monitoring, and evaluation of development portfolios and projects in the Housing and Sustainable Urban Development area.
• Experience preparing knowledge products and communications material is required.
• Experience working with UN/UN-Habitat and/or other multilateral, bilateral, national or civil society actors on Housing and sustainable Urban Development is an asset.
• Professional knowledge and experience in New Urban Agenda, and or UN-Habitat mandate.
• Experience in the use of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc), database packages, and web-based management systems such as ERP is strongly desired

Language requirements

• Fluency in oral and written English language is required
• Fluency in any national language of the duty station is required.
• Knowledge of another UN language is desirable