Climate Security Programme Analyst

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Mission and objectives

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Context

Violent conflict has been ever-present in the Highlands region of Papua New Guinea (PNG) and has been on an increasing trajectory over the last 30 years with over 300 deaths, 100,000 displaced persons, and 77 schools, and 35 health facilities either closed or affected. This is placing substantial pressure on the realization of human rights, social and structural stability and human development. These protracted conflicts have resulted in weakened social sytems, reduced service delivery, eroded social structures and civic trust. Exacerbated by poor governance, these highly fragile conditions pose a multi-dimensional challenge to economic and human development, which is amongst of the lowest in a country that ranks the lowest of all Pacific Island Countries on the Human Development Index.
Environmental hazards and climate fluctuations strain limited community and state resources, making vulnerable communities more susceptible to violence. Increasing frequency and intensity of climate-induced disasters, such as El Niño events, challenge traditional risk reduction knowledge, damage infrastructure, and hinder sustainable development. With the expected increase in climate variability, more people, especially women, in the Highlands are at risk of displacement due to resource conflicts.
In this context, the first phase of the United Nations (UN) Highlands Joint Programme (HJP) in Papua New Guinea was developed and implemented by six Participating UN Organizations (PUNOs) to sustain peace and development gains from the UN’s post-earthquake humanitarian and recovery efforts in the Highlands. From 2020-2023, activities under the HJP mobilised USD 15 million towards increased capacities for peacebuilding and social cohesion among conflict-affected communities, improved resilience of communities and households to manage risks and mitigate shocks from conflict and man-made and natural disasters, enhanced know-how among traditional leaders and local service providers to ensure conflict-sensitive service delivery and enhanced inclusion and responsiveness of public institutions to promote peace and security in the Highlands.
UNDP plans to strengthen its ongoing gender transformative interventions aimed at empowering women’s leadership in climate-induced conflict prevention to reduce the risk exposure of vulnerable local communities, along with the programme’s key pillars of community empowerment, inclusive development and social cohesion. The climate security pillar focuses on empowering women leaders as conflict-sensitive community resilience activists through training, sharing best practices, while strengthening inclusive peacebuilder networks advances gender equality.
Under the direct supervision of the Highlands Joint Programme Coordinator, the Climate Security Programme Analyst contributes to project planning, monitoring and reporting processes as well as overall coordination within the programme and technical teams. S/he supports co-ordination of programme level planning processes, implementation of the results-monitoring system, while ensuring that results-data and information are systematically collected and ana-lysed. S/he contributes to ensuring that all reports under the Programme are prepared in a timely manner and in accordance with UNDP corporate and donor guidance for submission to donor/s.

Task description

Under the direct supervision of Highlands Joint Programme Coordinator, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:
Assist the Project Manager in performing the following function:
• Delivering training of women community leaders in awareness of climate-induced risks and local approaches/ to mitigate risks
• Support community-led establishment of inclusive community civic spaces to facilitate collective decision-making
• Integration of the outcomes of provincial and sub-provincial climate risk assessment in-to development plans in both Hela and Southern Highlands provinces
• Support provincial authorities in development of provincial climate and gender-sensitive peace and security strategies with costed provincial action
Coordinate implementation of programme/project planning processes, by focusing on the following results:
• Support preparation of the programme´s joint Annual Work Plan (AWP) by defining da-ta/information requirements for programme planning, coordinating steps of the formulation process, receiving and controlling quality of inputs from the project managers and Participating UN Organizations (PUNOs). Coordinate process between the programme, PUNOs, UNDP CO and RCO;
• Support the preparation of the programme´s implementation plans by coordinating in-puts from project managers and PUNOs; ensure that inputs are appropriately reflected in the implementation planning formats (Gantt chart); provide prompt revisions/updates to the Gantt Chart to ensure implementation plans are updated according to the pro-gramme timelines;
• Support preparation of other programme plans such as programme finance, procurement, risk management and communications plans.
• Contribute to the monitoring of achievement of AWP results and targets and to the analysis of deviations between planned and actual results achieved;
Coordinate implementation of the programme/project results and other monitoring systems, by focusing on the following results:
• Support implementation of the programme results-monitoring system according to the programme document and the IRRF. Develop a results-monitoring plan based on the IRRF and review and revise it periodically in close collaboration with the project man-agers, PUNOs and CO PSU;
• Coordinate collection and verification of data (qualitative and quantitative, data sources) and other information under the programme/project results-monitoring system and according to the results-monitoring plan;
• Develop programme/project level tools and formats for data collection and verification with PUNOs and other programme stakeholders. Ensure that data collection is con-ducted in a timely manner;
• Undertake on-going quality assurance of the monitoring data and information;
• Develop and maintain an updated database on results-data and information related to programme monitoring;
• Participate in preparation of Programme Board meeting by compiling and drafting in-puts;
Coordinate programme reporting processes and ensure preparation of timely project reports, focusing on the following results:
• Implement programme reporting system under the guidance of the CO Communications Team. Support preparation of all programme/project reports (UNDP corporate, donor-specific) according to timelines and other specifics as per donor agreements;
• Coordinate inputs to reports (data, information) from project managers, PUNOs and other project partners ensuring that the inputs are prepared in compliance with the ap-propriate formats, standards and that the inputs correspond to the requirements of pro-gramme results-monitoring system;
• Take notes at the Programme Board meeting and compile and draft PB reports;
• Update programme information materials such as programme fact sheet/programme summary and programme website and social media sites in coordination with the Communications Team (if applicable).
Facilitate knowledge building and sharing, focusing on achievement of the following results:
• Support building capacity of the programme/project staff and PUNOs in the area of planning, monitoring and reporting. Identify needs and gaps;
• Actively promote a knowledge sharing and learning culture within the programme.
Furthermore, UN Volunteers are required to:
• Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for in-stance in events that mark International Volunteer Day);
• Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country;
• Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participation in ongoing reflection activities;
• Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.;
• Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers;
• Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.