Programme Assistant

Details

Mission and objectives

As the United Nations lead agency on international development, UNDP works in 170 countries and territories to eradicate poverty and reduce inequality. We help countries to develop policies, leadership skills, partnering abilities, institutional capabilities, and to build resilience to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Our work is concentrated in three focus areas; sustainable development, democratic governance and peace building, and climate and disaster resilience. UNDP’s mandate is to end poverty, build democratic governance, rule of law, and inclusive institutions. We advocate for change, and connect countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life.

Context

The UN Volunteer will support the Governance Portfolio with Operations and Administrative Support.

Task description

Under the direct supervision of The Governance Programme Manager, the UN Youth Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:
• Support staff working in the governance portfolio by contributing to the drafting of concept notes, project documents, Annual Workplans, TORs, taking minutes, communications, updating of the website, and liaising with partners;
• Support with the liaising with partners in the above portfolios;
• Support the Gender Specialist to ensure that gender is mainstreamed in the governance portfolio;
• Support with governance meetings and assist to take notes of discussion and follow up on action items;
• Support with analytical work as directed;
• Support to document challenges and lessons learnt;
• Support in conjunction with the M & E team, tracking of results of the governance portfolio to facilitate Annual reporting;
• Provide support to the Communications analyst, use social media and other platforms to publicize governance work;
• Any other duties assigned by the Governance Programme Manager