Mission and objectives

UNDP supports strategic capacity development initiatives to promote inclusive growth and sustainable human development. Together with national, regional and local authorities, civil societies, private sector, UNDP strives to support Ukraine in its efforts to eliminate poverty, develop people’s capacity, achieve equitable results, sustain the environment, and advance democratic governance. UNDP is in line with 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to achieve national strategic capacity development.

Context

As the development arm of the United Nations, UNDP supports strategic capacity development initiatives to promote inclusive growth and sustainable human development. Through partnerships with national, regional, and local governments, civil society, and the private sector, UNDP strives to support Ukraine in its efforts to eliminate poverty, develop people’s capacity, achieve equitable results, sustain the environment, and advance democratic governance. Today Ukraine is facing its most serious challenges since achieving independence in 1991. The conflict in the east forced more than one million people to leave their homes to save their lives. Recovery and Peacebuilding of the conflict-affected areas, as well as support of internally displaced people (IDPs) are among the top priorities for UNDP in Ukraine. Humanitarian aid is very important but is not enough. There is an urgent need for systemic response to the needs of internally displaced and people living in conflict-affected areas that goes beyond provision of short-term shelters. Working in close partnership with international partners and Ukrainian government UNDP Recovery and Peacebuilding Programme employs a holistic approach responding to the needs of the people in need and strengthening social cohesion and mutual understanding, at the same time preventing excessive social pressure on the host communities. UNDP is helping to restore critically important social and economic infrastructure and effective work of local governments in eastern Ukraine; to create jobs and spur entrepreneurship among IDPs and host communities; and to promote peace and reconciliation. The UN Volunteer will work as a part of the team, conceptualizing and organizing a series of foresight workshops, prepare written outputs and support in their dissemination.

Task description

Under the overall supervision of the Head of Exploration, Accelerator Lab, UNDP Ukraine and in coordination with Democratic Governance team, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks: 1. Coordination and technical support: – Support to the management & coordination of strategic foresight studies including elaboration of concepts with internal and external partners, planning, and facilitating co-creation sessions and implementation. – Provide support in various contractual procurement tasks as required, organize workshops, follow-up on meetings and keep the records updated; 2. Knowledge creation, capacity building and reporting: – Collect foresight data and conduct research to produces analysis on emerging trends and futures; – Support development of capabilities of partners and others around future studies (e.g. strategic foresight, horizon scanning, environmental scanning, trend analysis), and listening, (e.g. methods for enhanced community engagement, social listening, deep listening); – Conduct analysis and produce knowledge products, papers and reports; – Design and implement futures and foresight capability building; – Support design and facilitation of workshops; 3. Communication and Partnerships – Contribute to strategic communications, partnerships development, resource mobilisation, and expert ecosystem development in the substantive area; – Support events, workshops and conferences as required.

Eligibility criteria

Age

27 – 80

Nationality

Candidate must be a national or legal resident of the country of assignment.

Requirements

Required experience

3 years of experience in policy analysis, strategy development and work with public sector in Ukraine and report-writing, developing policy briefs, analytical notes. Desirable: – Experience in coordination multi-stakeholder processes, including with government, universities, UN organizations, NGOs, and the private sector; – Experience delivering high-quality research, analysis preferably covering quantitative and qualitative approaches, and communicating the insights; – Experience on futures and foresight work.