Programme Analyst

UNDP is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNDP’s policy work carried out at HQ, Regional and Country Office levels, forms a contiguous spectrum of deep local knowledge to cutting-edge global perspectives and advocacy. In this context, UNDP invests in the Global Policy Network (GPN), a network of field-based and global technical expertise across a wide range of knowledge domains and in support of the signature solutions and organizational capabilities envisioned in the Strategic Plan.

Resilience is one of the six signature solutions in UNDP’s Strategic Plan 2022-2025 – alongside poverty and inequality, governance, environment, energy and gender equality. UNDP’s support to countries on climate change and disaster risk reduction is shaped by three important global agreements: the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. 

The interconnection between climate change, disaster risk and resilience holds particular importance in the Europe and Central Asia region, given its unequal burden of disasters resulting from accumulated layers of hazards, vulnerabilities, and risks. This complexity is further compounded by new risk drivers from hydrometeorological and geophysical hazards, rapid urbanization, environmental degradation, air pollution, inadequate infrastructure and others factors. The manner in which the region addresses risk factors in all new investments in the public and private sectors, and how it mainstreams disaster risk reduction into current and future policies, plans, programmes, and projects will shape the outcome of the global development agenda.

Within its mandate, the UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub, under the Climate and Disaster Resilience portfolio, supports policies and programmes in the RBEC Country Offices (COs) in alignment with the global frameworks. Additionally, the Climate and Disaster Resilience portfolio involves several regional projects focusing on climate resilience, disaster risk reduction and the management of man-made technological disasters, amongst others.
 

The incumbent will be responsible for providing technical and functional support in implementing the climate and disaster resilience portfolio and for establishing programmatic connections across other relevant thematic areas. This includes addressing country-specific research needs across various policy domains, such as air pollution, environment, and disaster risk reduction and management, risk governance, urban resilience, nature-based solutions, as well as risk financing and insurance, amongst other emerging areas.  

Provide technical guidance to the implementation of the climate and disaster resilience portfolio:

• Facilitate integrated approach, cohesion and coordination functions across thematic priorities of the CDT portfolio in relation to innovation and technology developments.
• In coordination with CDT unit, support RBEC COs to identify gaps and opportunities for development of new policies, projects and thematic pipelines. 
• Ensure effective regional projects implementation including progress monitoring, quality assurance, board meetings and reporting functions. 
• Contribute to development of project proposals and concept notes for new programmatic ideas. 
• Facilitate development of briefings and speeches both at regional and country levels, as applicable. 
• Build trust and maintain effective corporate relationships with RBEC COs, donors and international partners.

Contribute to knowledge management and capacity building initiatives: 

• Contribute to the development, review and quality assurance of knowledge products in close coordination with the relevant UNDP IRH and HQ units, as well as RBEC COs:
• Coordinate learning webinars and capacity building activities for the RBEC DRR focal points.
• Support organization of the CDT events and trainings including outcome documents, post event reports, list of participants and agenda.
• Contribute relevant inputs to UNDP publications, presentations, websites, newsletters, and other outreach products as required.

Research support for integration and policy development:

• Facilitate analysis and research functions to initiate technical policy documents that respond to country office needs, particularly focusing on environment/nature, resilience, innovation and financing aspects in urban areas.  
• Collect and analyze lessons learned and best practices from regional projects to support policy development.
• Identify key initiatives, stakeholders and portfolio solutions in the areas of disaster risk reduction, resilience and environment.

Establish partnerships and open channels of communication:

• Develop and maintain strong relationships and strategic linkages with implementing and development partners, government officials, businesses, NGOs, other national stakeholders, and beneficiaries to support key objectives and ensure inclusive implementation and participation of key stakeholders in assigned portfolio. 
• Develop and maintain stakeholder mapping and analysis to identify stakeholder needs and how best to leverage their participation and/or strengthen their engagement. 
• Prepare substantive briefs on possible areas of cooperation and opportunities for joint initiatives. 
• Make recommendations to the management team on activities with potential for scale-up, replicability and synergies. 
• Provide technical support to the implementing partners and act as a liaison between UNDP and the partners. 
• Support resource mobilization efforts and project development.

The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.

Institutional Arrangement

The Regional Programme Analyst will work under the overall guidance and supervision of the UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub Climate and Disaster Resilience Team Leader. She/he will closely work with the Regional Programme Specialist and RBEC COs. The implementation of this assignment foresees close work with the main national partners, such as the Civil Protection and Emergency Situations Services, Ministries of Natural Resources, Climate Change and Environment, as well as other respective national partners, including state institutions, civil society and international organizations.  

• 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 

• 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. 
• Knowledge Generation:              
  • Ability to research and turn information into useful knowledge, relevant for context, or responsive to a stated need. 
• Collective Intelligence Design:
  • Ability to bringing together diverse groups of people, data, information or ideas, and technology to design services or solutions.
• Results-based Management:   
  • Ability to manage programmes and projects with a focus at improved performance and demonstrable results.
• Monitoring:        
  • Ability to provide managers and key stakeholders with regular feedback on the consistency or discrepancy between planned and actual activities and programme performance and results.
• 2030 Agenda: Planet     
  • Disaster risk reduction. 
• 2030 Agenda: Engagement & Effectiveness      
  • Performance and data analysis and sharing lessons