• Project Delivery
• Knowledge Management

• Facilitates day-to-day implementation of project activities as a liaison between implementing partners and UNDP;
• Supports the Project Coordinator in managing the delivery of inputs and outputs in line with the project workplans for M&E and donor reporting;
• Prepares and maintains detailed quantitative and qualitative accounts of project activities by using Quantum data, including expenditures and budget accountability;
• Facilitates and attends project-related meetings and missions;
• Coordinates with administrative and support staff for project activities;
• Contributes to the development of procurement plans and follows up on the status of procurements to implement project activities;
• Supports the development of project-related work such as financial reports, progress reports and interim/final reports in cooperation with implementing partners;
• Liaises with the Ministry to ensure the operationalization of MPUC and DPUCs by facilitating coordination among the Ministry, MPUC and DPUC members, TAs and community members;
• Provides capacity support to the Ministry and CSOs in carrying out project activities;
• Supports the development of proposals, reports, advocacy and donor-related material or events to enhance and improve donor intelligence on ongoing initiatives;
• Other tasks as directed by the Project Coordinator and/or Governance Portfolio Manager.

Knowledge Management on Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding (30%)

• Leads on the collection of conflict data and analysis by monitoring public media sources (both traditional and new media platforms) on a daily basis and communicating with DPUC members and other key local actors as necessary to capture conflict-related issues, early warning signs for conflicts and violence incidents, as well as how the issues are reported media and social media;
• Regularly update the conflict monitoring table feeding into the Malawi Prevention Platform with collected information on weekly basis;
• Assists in developing high-quality public information to highlight UNDP’s work in peacebuilding and conflict prevention in cooperation with UNDP communications team.

Under the direct supervision of the Project Coordinator – Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding, the Project Analyst – Peacebuilding will closely work with the Ministry of Local Government, Unity and Culture, Public Affairs Committee, District Councils, other relevant MDAs, UN agencies and donors to implement planned project activities. The Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Analyst will promote a collaborative, client-oriented approach consistent with UNDP rules and regulations.

• 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 and/or /maintain coalitions/partnership.
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 2: Facilitate conversations to bridge differences, considers in decision making.

Functional/Technical competencies

Business Direction & Strategy  

• Strategic Thinking: 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 possible ways forward look like for UNDP.

Business Direction & Strategy 

• Business Acumen: Knowledge and understanding of the operational frameworks in the organization and ability to make good judgments and quick decisions within such frameworks.

Partnership management 

• Relationship management: Ability to engage with a wide range of public and private partners, build, sustain and/or strengthen working relations, trust and mutual understanding.

2030 Agenda: Peace

• Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding and Responsive Institutions: Conflict Prevention.

2030 Agenda: Peace

• Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding and Responsive Institutions: Peacebuilding and Reconciliation.

Business Direction & Strategy

• 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.