UNDP is Recruiting for a Home Based Research Analyst – Crisis & Resilience: Apply Now!
Application Deadline: 22 August 2024
UNDP is Recruiting for a Home Based Research Analyst – Crisis & Resilience: Apply Now!
Project Description
UNDP partners with people at all levels of society to help build nations that can withstand crises and to drive and sustain the kind of growth that improves the quality of life for everyone. On the ground in nearly 170 countries and territories, UNDP offer global perspective and local insight to help empower lives, build resilient nations, and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Sustainable Development Goals represent the global consensus for the comprehensive and ambitious 2030 Agenda. The level of ambition and the need for resources to reach the targets necessitate innovations to increase efficiency, and partnerships for effective use of existing resources as well as growing them.
As a major effort to finance SDGs and in order to streamline its financial and investment engagement, UNDP launched the Sustainable Finance Hub (SFH), a finance and innovation platform, that draws on a critical mass of UNDP expertise, initiatives, and partnerships to support the mobilization and leveraging of resources for the SDGs and lead the implementation of the new UNDP private sector strategy and other initiatives. The Hub is an integral part of both the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS) and the Bureau of External Relations and Advocacy (BERA), as well as part of the GPN. The Hub serves as a connector, broker and global coordinator among internal and external actors; curates and manages UNDP’s catalogue of service offers on SDG financing to governments, investors and companies, via the COs, to significantly enhance the scale and impact of UNDP’s work.
Under the guidance and direct supervision of the Policy Coordinator, the Research Analyst will assist with the ongoing and planned activities through Crisis and Resilience. This includes supporting the overall management and coordination of thematic areas’ workplans and activities. The Research Analyst will also assist in the design and implementation of knowledge management activities of ICPSD under Crisis and Resilience, such as research, toolkit, and training development for initiatives of the Center. Additionally, the Research Analyst will support cooperation, donor mobilization, and technical advisory/assistance provided to other UNDP units, including Country Offices and Regional Bureaus.
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the guidance of and reporting directly to the Crisis and Resilience Policy Coordinator, the Analyst will be responsible for performing and contributing to the following:
1.Conduct Afghanistan-related research and analyses for crisis and resilience portfolio:
- Conduct research and quantitative analysis on the private sector for crisis contexts.
- Support the preparation of high-quality reports, policy advocacy and design research projects around innovative solutions.
- Prepare analysis and synthesis of proposals on the areas for support and interventions within these thematic areas.
- Conduct the necessary internal procedures related to editing, design, and clearance of documents and advocacy materials.
2. Provide technical assistance and research for renewable energy projects:
- Support the design for renewable energy projects with smart energy solutions and private sector components.
- Lead on the technical assessments for solar energy investment feasibility studies by conducting engineering analysis.
- Coordinate the energy-related research activities by providing methodological outline, questionnaire design and stakeholder engagement.
3. Participate in knowledge management activities
- Participate in the design and formulation of ICPSD activities within the area of responsibility, translating ICPSD’s priorities into local interventions and partnerships.
- Participate in the development, design and formulation of projects focusing on technical aspects, from formulation to implementation of the ICPSD activities.
- Monitor and evaluate knowledge management activities under Resilience and Crisis Response, and prepare inputs for reporting.
4. Implementation, collaboration, and monitoring of project implementation
- Coordinate and communicate effectively with the respective country offices to ensure continuous implementation of projects.
- Collaborate closely with the relevant COs to align project activities with organizational goals and objectives.
- Monitor the implementation of projects in collaboration with the related country offices, ensuring adherence to timelines and quality standards.
The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.
Competencies
| Core | |
| Achieve Results: | LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline |
| Think Innovatively: | LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements |
| Learn Continuously: | LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback |
| Adapt with Agility: | LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible |
| Act with Determination: | LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident |
| Engage and Partner: | LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships |
| Enable Diversity and Inclusion: | LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination |
Required Skills and Experience
| Min. Academic Education | Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in Economics, Business, Finance, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, Renewable Energy or Energy Engineering, Environmental Management or other related field.ORA first-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree) in the above-mentioned field of study, in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree. |
| Min. years of relevant work experience | Up to 2 years (with Master’s degree) or minimum 2 years (with Bachelor’s degree) of relevant working experience with socio-economic and energy research. |
| Required skills and competencies | Experience in researching socio-economic topics in fragile and conflict affected contexts. Proven experience in research and analysis of energy access, economic development, and SDGs. |
| Desired additional skills and competencies | Experience in working with energy systems and infrastructure in Afghanistan or similar contexts is an asset. Experience in conducting quantitative analyses for industrial parks is an asset. Experience in conducting technical assessments for renewable energy projects is an asset. Experience working with an international organization, particularly familiarity with the UN/UNDP system. |
| Required Language(s) (at working level) | Fluency in English is required. Fluency in Dari/Persian is an asset. |
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