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The UNDP Pacific Office in Fiji is supporting Election Management Bodies (EMBs) and democratic strengthening through several elections projects operating under an elections portfolio.
The Pacific Elections Assistance Program (PEAP) has been designed to maximise the utility of UNDP’s global elections experience by developing a dedicated office and focal point for UNDP electoral support in the Pacific.
The program focuses on three region-specific outputs:
The Voter Outreach for Transparent Elections (VOTE) Fiji project is working to reinforce the Fijian Elections Office by improving transparency, fostering civic awareness, and implementing a more robust gender-sensitive approach. The project is designed to contribute to the establishment of a representative and inclusive democracy, addressing societal and cultural barriers that hinder effective electoral processes. Building upon successful collaborations observed during the 2022 General Election, the project strategically aligns with the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Pacific Strategy, emphasi sing gender equality and peace.
The electoral landscape in Fiji confronts persistent structural challenges that hinder the realisation of a genuinely representative and inclusive democracy. These challenges underscore the necessity for sustained collaborative efforts aimed at overcoming societal and cultural barriers, with the overarching objective of cultivating a more transparent and participatory electoral process.
The Project has four Fiji specific outputs:
This Program and Project align with the UNDP Multi-Country Program Document (2023-2027) Strategic Plan outcome, “No-one left behind,” which centers on equitable access to opportunities and a rights-based approach to ongoing human agency and human development. The project’s outputs directly contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF), Country Program Document (CPD), and Regional Programme Document (RPD).
Position Purpose
The Pacific Outreach Specialist will hold a crucial role with a multifaceted elections portfolio aimed at enhancing civic and voter education in the Pacific region. The primary responsibilities will include providing technical assistance and guidance to the Fijian Elections Office (FEO) and other Pacific Election Management Bodies (EMBs) for the planning, development, implementation, and monitoring of comprehensive civic and voter education strategies. This will involve supporting the production and dissemination of accurate voter/public information materials, factsheets, and messages on the electoral process.
Additionally, the Specialist will contribute to the development and implementation of an improved civic education election curriculum, focusing on youth knowledge and understanding. In a cross-cutting capacity, the role will involve implementing and supervising Pacific electoral programs related to public information, outreach, and media relations with a gender-sensitive approach. Moreover, the Speicliast will contribute to capacity-building, monitor the impact of norms on female, youth, and minority participation, provide corrective advice, and maintain professional partnerships with key stakeholders. This position will play a pivotal role in advancing public engagement, participation, and trust in the electoral process in Fiji and across the Pacific region.
UNDP adopts a portfolio approach to accommodate changing business needs and leverage linkages across interventions to achieve its strategic goals. Therefore, UNDP personnel are expected to work across units, functions, teams, and projects in multidisciplinary teams in order to enhance and enable horizontal collaboration.
Duties and Responsibilities
Within delegated authority, the Pacific Outreach Specialist will be responsible for the following duties:
1. Civic and voter education advanced for heightened public engagement, participation, and trust
2. Improved civic education pacific election curricula fostering Youth Knowledge and understanding
3. Substantively contribute towards cross-cutting responsibilities:
4. Lead knowledge and capacity building, knowledge sharing, and advocacy relevant to the assigned thematic area(s) and UNDP.
The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.
Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities: None
Competencies
Core competencies
Achieve Results: LEVEL 3: Set and align challenging, achievable objectives for multiple projects, have lasting impact
Think Innovatively: LEVEL 3: Proactively mitigate potential risks, develop new ideas to solve complex problems
Learn Continuously: LEVEL 3: Create and act on opportunities to expand horizons, diversify experiences
Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 3: Proactively initiate and champion change, manage multiple competing demands
Act with Determination: LEVEL 3: Think beyond immediate task/barriers and take action to achieve greater results
Engage and Partner: LEVEL 3: Political savvy, navigate complex landscape, champion inter-agency collaboration
Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 3: Appreciate benefits of diverse workforce and champion inclusivity
Cross-Functional & Technical competencies
Communications – Advocacy strategy and implementation: Ability to create and implement advocacy strategies which lead to impactful change
Partnership management – Strategic engagement: Ability to capture and sustain attention, interest and agreement of high-level, influential policy and decision makers and secure their buy-in of high-level vision and objectives
Business Management – Customer Satisfaction/Client Management: Ability to respond timely and appropriately with a sense of urgency, provide consistent solutions, and deliver timely and quality results and/or solutions to fulfil and understand the real customers’ needs. Provide inputs to the development of customer service strategy. Look for ways to add value beyond clients’ immediate requests. Ability to anticipate client’s upcoming needs and concerns.
Business Directon & 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.
Business Management – Portfolio Management: Ability to select, prioritize and control the organization’s programmes and projects, in line with its strategic objectves and capacity; ability to balance the implementaton of change initatves and the maintenance of business-as-usual, while optimising return on investment
Business Direction & Strategy – Effective Decision Making: Ability to take decisions in a timely and efficient manner in line with one’s authority, area of expertise and resources
Business Management – 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
Required Skills and Experience
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Type of contract: Staff (Temporary)
Macro-area: South / East Asia and Pacific
Level of experience: Senior Professional, more than 5 years
Area of work Definition: Democracy, Governance, Human Rights, Law, Public Administration
Type of organisation: Multilateral Organisations
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