Programme Analyst

Background

UNDP is working with the Government of Pakistan, civil society, national partners, and the people of Pakistan to help find solutions to persistent development challenges. We work to build lasting institutional capacity, provide technical expertise to improve development outcomes, and help link the Government and people of Pakistan to innovative global solutions in areas such as improved data quality and collection, better environmental management, climate change finance and adaptation, strong and accountable governance mechanisms and capacities to respond effectively to conflict and disasters. 

Resilience, Environment and Climate Change is one of the biggest programme portfolios for UNDP Pakistan Country Office (CO). Currently, the portfolio is funded by various resources including the Global Environment Facility and the Green Climate Fund which in average constitutes 30% of the CO’s program delivery targets of around USD 70M in 2025.  It is foreseen that resilience, environment and climate change portfolio remain one of the important programme areas in the coming Country Programme Document period from 2023 – 2027 with an increased shift towards a resilience driven lens focusing on development pathways, economic policy options and approaches, and efforts to operationalize new financial instruments expanding beyond the current focus on the environment.  For more information on programmes and projects please visit UNDP Pakistan website at: https://www.pk.undp.org/ 

Duties and Responsibilities

The position is under the direct supervision of the Team Leader/Head of Unit/Assistant Resident Representative (ARR) Resilience, Environment and Climate Change Unit (RECCU); the incumbent will be primarily responsible for programme development and execution of initiatives/projects related to resilience, environment and climate change and provision of policy/technical advisory services. The incumbent will work closely with the Head of Unit – RECCU to mobilize resources for the successful implementation of Country Programme(s) and initiatives/projects.

He/she works in close collaboration with other Programme teams and Operations Unit to ensure programme portfolio performance and deliver on country programme results and successful Country Office performance with accountability and compliance with UNDP Programme and Operations Policies and Procedures.

The Programme Analyst will supervise the Programme Assistant in the unit. S/he will supervise assigned project managers by the ARR for the successful implementation and timely delivery of programme/project results. 

• Provides thematic leadership, technical guidance, oversight, and quality control of programme formulation and implementation in the area of Resilience, Environment and Climate Change. 
• Ensures high-quality Resilience Environment and Climate Change programme portfolio performance with special emphasis on delivery targets, compliance, and strategic oversight. 
• Ensures implementation of risk management, social and environmental safeguards, and standards.
• Creation of strategic partnerships and implementation of the resource mobilization strategy. 
• Ensures effective provision of top-quality policy and technical advisory services to the Government in the area of Resilience, Environment and Climate Change. 
• Supports innovation and facilitates identification of development and climate financing solutions.
• Ensures effective facilitation of knowledge building, management and sharing and guidance to all stakeholders on programme/project management, operational and technical matters.

Provides thematic leadership, technical guidance, oversight and quality control of programme formulation and implementation in the area of Resilience, Environment and Climate Change focusing on achievement of the following results:

• Thorough analysis and research of the political, social and economic situation in the country and preparation of substantive inputs to CCA, UNSDCF, CPD and other documents.
• Supports integration of women empowerment and gender equality into programming and budgeting/resource allocation and contribution to the CO’s achievement of the Gold Gender Equality Seal award.
• Identifies areas for support and interventions within the resilience, environment, and Climate Change areas. 
• Designs, develops, and formulates initiatives/projects that are aligned with programme priorities in the Country Programme, strengthen existing partnerships and form new partnerships.
• Provides technical guidance and ensures quality control of programme/project management cycle from annual work planning, budgeting to implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting to project teams/partners, ensuring that results are delivered in accordance with work plan, UNDP policies, rules and regulations, and donor’s requirements. 
• Ensures effective application of results-based management tools, the establishment of management targets and monitoring achievement of results, as part of quality assurance, CO performance, Results-Oriented Annual Reporting, and other forms of results-based reporting and/or dashboard, etc. 
• Initiation of a project, presentation of the project to PAC, entering a project into Atlas, finalization of contribution agreement; determination of required revisions; coordination of the mandatory and budget re-phasing exercises, closure of projects through review. 
• Supports the country office (CO) in business processes mapping and preparation of the content of internal Standard Operating Procedures in Results Management.
• Support ARR for environmental funding mechanisms such as GEF, GCF and other vertical funds in close collaboration with colleagues in Bangkok Regional Hub (BRH).
• Contributes to ensuring that the unit-specific enabling actions included in the annual Integrated Work Plan are implemented and goals in the Country Office compact are met. Oversees the contribution of the unit to the Country Office (CO’s) performance in corporate KPIs.
• Drafts terms of reference for procurement of consultancy/expertise.

Ensure high-quality Resilience, Environment and Climate Change programme portfolio performance with special emphasis on delivery targets, compliance, and strategic oversight, achieving the following results:

• Provides oversight and monitors the implementation of the programme and projects, including functionality, resource management, quality assurance, output tracking, capacity planning, activity planning and regular monitoring of Country Office (CO) programme performance in the area of resilience, environment and climate change.
• Contributes to the achievement of programme/project objectives and outcomes by carrying out regular oversight review of procedures, a commitment made through the agreement with donor organizations; assesses reliability and integrity of the information provided in project reports, and the completeness of supporting documents.
• Conducts periodic programme monitoring visits and prepares programme monitoring visit reports as required. 
• Ensures effective and efficient use of portfolio resources as per the agreed annual workplan.
• Reviews performance/progress of implementing UNDP supported projects (NIM/ DIM) by determining their conformity with UNDP Programme and Operations Policies and Procedures (POPP) and advises management on the potential improvement of the implementation modality.
• Supports the clearance of all Programme and Projects related agreements.
• Supports planning and monitoring of various programme/project budgetary resources and ensures quality control of budget revisions.
• Reviews Programme delivery in accordance with Authorized Spending Limit (ASL) and Cash Limits for core and other resources and suggests measures for adequate optional utilization of funds.
• Oversees compliance with Donor Reporting requirements in coordination with UNDP units in Regional Hub and HQ.
• Provides support to audit and evaluation exercises as well as follows up on the implementation of management responses/actions to the audit and evaluation recommendations.
• Ensures financial and substantive monitoring and evaluation of the projects, identification of operational and financial problems, and development of solutions. 
• Supports procurement and human resource risk monitoring and compliance mechanisms through technical inputs and/or coordination.
• Ensures regular preparation of aggregate reports on activities, outputs and outcomes. 
• Ensures preparation of donor reports.

Ensures implementation of risk management, social and environmental safeguards and standards focusing on achievement of the following results:

• Implements policies and procedures on effective internal control framework and the overall risks management in line with the corporate requirements.
• Monitors and manages programme/project risks, and apply adaptive management including corrective and adaptive measures in programme/project implementation. Tracking risks and issues in the system and taking risk mitigation actions.
• Contributes to the design and roll-out of HACT implementation plan in the Country Office.
• Trains office and project staff as well as implementing partners’ personnel as appropriate on HACT policy implementation. Monitors the implementation of HACT policies and procedures, including providing advice on the management of project-level cash transfers to Implementing Partners/Responsible Parties, and facilitating follow-up to the HACT audit recommendations.
• Develops and supports assurance activities and monitors Country Office performance in the timely completion of assurance activities.
• Ensures implementation of corporate policy on the social and environmental standards (SES), completion of the SES screening of UNDP projects/interventions and the relevant management plans as required in line with the corporate SES policy and guidance.
• Ensures that projects comply with anti-fraud mechanisms and anti-money laundering and countering finance terrorism (AML/CFT) policies and procedures.
• Any other tasks as assigned by the Senior Management of the Country Office.

Creation of strategic partnerships and implementation of the resource mobilization strategy focusing on the achievement of the following results: 

• Development of partnerships with the UN Agencies, IFI’s, government institutions, bi-lateral and multi-lateral donors, private sector, civil society in the specific thematic areas based on strategic goals of UNDP, country needs and donors’ priorities. 
• Development of strategies for Government cost-sharing in the portfolio areas 
• Analysis and research of information on donors, preparation of substantive briefs on possible areas of cooperation, identification of opportunities for initiation of new projects, active contribution to the overall office effort in resource mobilization
• Monitor the management of partner agreements, including ensuring that conditions for funding contributions are met and are consistent with corporate standard agreements.

Ensures effective provision of top-quality policy and technical advisory services in the area of resilience, environment and climate change focusing on achievement of the following results:

• Conducts research and analysis in the said focus areas related to policies, legislation, institutions, strategies/action plans, practices, and procedures to keep abreast of the social and economic trends, priorities and impacts. 
• Conducts background analysis and summary of policy and scientific research related to the above focus areas.
• Provides technical support to the development and preparation of knowledge products
• Prepares thematic fact sheets/papers/reports/policy briefs, etc. to inform targets groups such as government, civil society, private sector, etc. 
• Prepares substantive inputs including situation analysis and programming strategy into the proposals and project documents for social protection; equity social services delivery; and practices, social norms and values especially for women and girls related and/or cross-cutting projects.
• Identification of sources of information related to policy-driven issues. Identification and synthesis of best practices and lessons learnt directly linked to programme country policy goals.
• Supports to development of policies and institutions that will address the country’s problems and needs in collaboration with the Government and other strategic partners.
• Sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice.
• Organization of trainings for the operations/ projects staff on programme issues.

Supports innovation and facilitates identification of development and climate financing solutions:

• Supports active promotion and facilitation of innovation and innovative approaches to the delivery of results 
• Mapping domestic and international financial sources of climate finance, including instruments used and institutions.
• Contributes to the design of the climate finance strategy, supports a comprehensive landscape and key stakeholder analysis to determine implementation activities existing in climate financing, and the key stakeholders involved. 
• Contributes to the development of green project pipeline generation for development/climate financing. 
• Supports the assessment of barriers and opportunities to enable private sector participation in climate investment and analyse potential incentives for financial institutions to increase financing of green

Ensures effective facilitation of knowledge building, management and sharing and guidance to all stakeholders on programme/project management and technical matters focusing on achievement of the following results: 

• Synthesis and document lessons learnt and best practices in programme /project development, management, implementation and/or oversight in the subject area. 
• Raise awareness of and train project teams and personnel on UNDP corporate strategic issues, plans and initiatives to maximize the highest impact and performance effectiveness.
• Conduct regular exchange of information/experience with other programme teams and initiatives/projects to ensure synergies and integration; promote cross-portfolio and cross-programme learning and sharing. 
• Access UNDP’s worldwide and regional knowledge, distil best practices and facilitate their dissemination within CO and to counterparts and partners. 
• Access global best practices and share them with local and international stakeholders and ensure their incorporation into the thematic area of resilience, environment, and climate change. 
• Prepare communication and awareness materials, and knowledge products for policy advocacy, knowledge sharing and strategic partnership.
• Organization of trainings on programme and project implementation modalities.
• Sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice, codifying and sharing knowledge.

Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities: The Programme Analyst will be responsible for supervision, performance management and development of Programme Assistant 

Competencies

Core competencies 

• Achieve Results: LEVEL 2: Scale up solutions and simplifies processes, balances speed and accuracy in doing work
• Think Innovatively: LEVEL 2: Offer new ideas/open to new approaches, demonstrate systemic/integrated thinking
• Learn Continuously LEVEL 2: Go outside comfort zone, learn from others and support their learning
• Adapt with Agility LEVEL 2: Adapt processes/approaches to new situations, involve others in change process
• Act with Determination LEVEL 2: Able to persevere and deal with multiple sources of pressure simultaneously
• Engage and Partner LEVEL 2: Is facilitator/integrator, bring people together, build/maintain coalitions/partnerships
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion LEVEL 2: Facilitate conversations to bridge differences, considers in decision making 

People Management 

UNDP People Management Competencies can be found on the dedicated site. 

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies 

Business Direction & Strategy           

• Strategic Thinking
  • Ability to develop effective strategies and prioritized plans in line with UNDP’s objectives, based on the systemic analysis of challenges, potential risks and opportunities, linking the vision to reality on the ground, and creating tangible solutions
  • Ability to leverage learning from a variety of sources to anticipate and respond to future trends; to demonstrate foresight in order to model what future developments and ways forward look like for UNDP
• System Thinking
  • Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system

Business Management           

• Project Management - Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and control resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals
• Results-based Management - Ability to manage programmes and projects with a focus on improved performance and demonstrable results
• Partnerships Management - Ability to build and maintain partnerships with wide networks of stakeholders, governments, civil society and private sector partners, experts and others in line with UNDP strategy and policies
• Risk Management - Ability to identify and organize action around mitigating and proactively managing risks
• Portfolio Management - Ability to select, prioritise and control the organisation programmes and projects, in line with its strategic objectives and capacity; ability to balance the implementation of change initiatives and the maintenance of business-as-usual, while optimising return on investment
• Working with Evidence and Data - Ability to inspect, cleanse, transform and model data with the goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions and supporting decision-making

Ethics  

• UN policy knowledge - ethics - Knowledge and understanding of the UN Staff Regulations and Rules and other policies relating to ethics and integrity

2030 Agenda: People 

• Gender - Climate Change and Risk Management of Disasters with a Gender Perspective

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Master’s Degree in Climate Change, Environmental policy/management, Public Administration, Business Administration, Economics, or related field.
• Alternately, bachelor’s degree in Climate Change, Environment policy/management, Public Administration, Business Administration, Economic or related field with additional 02 years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of an advanced university degree.

Experience:

• Minimum 02 years of solid experience at the national or international level in programme/project management and portfolio oversight related to climate change.
• Academic credential in environment sciences, biodiversity, climate finance is an advantage 
• Hands-on experience in design, monitoring and evaluation of development projects. Specific joint project experience with UN agencies is an asset.
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages, handling of web-based management systems and advanced programmes for data analysis is required.
• Familiarity with UN/UNDP or International organization level policies and procedures is an advantage.
• Proven experience in the management of funding mechanisms on environmental portfolio including Global Environment Facility (GEF) and Green Climate Fund (GCF) is an asset.
• Experience in mainstreaming gender equality and women empowerment is an asset.
• Fluency in English and Urdu is required. 

Equal opportunity

As an equal opportunity employer, UNDP values diversity as an expression of the multiplicity of nations and cultures where we operate and, as such, we encourage qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply for roles in the organization. Our employment decisions are based on merit and suitability for the role, without discrimination. 

UNDP is also committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, are valued, can thrive, and benefit from career opportunities that are open to all.

Sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse of authority

UNDP does not tolerate harassment, sexual harassment, exploitation, discrimination and abuse of authority. All selected candidates, therefore, undergo relevant checks and are expected to adhere to the respective standards and principles. 

Right to select multiple candidates

UNDP reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement.  We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.

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