Senior Development Assistant

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Job Description

All UNHCR staff members are accountable to perform their duties as reflected in their job description. They do so within their delegated authorities, in line with the regulatory framework of UNHCR which includes the UN Charter, UN Staff Regulations and Rules, UNHCR Policies and Administrative Instructions as well as relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, staff members are required to discharge their responsibilities in a manner consistent with the core, functional, cross-functional and managerial competencies and UNHCR’s core values of professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity.

Duties:

Assist the supervisor and UNHCR senior managers to engage in relevant government-led development planning and coordination processes through coordinating and supporting UNHCR’s participation in relevant mechanisms.
Assist in the establishment and maintenance of effective working relations with relevant public and governmental entities and officials, with relevant local authorities and with strategic development partners through systematic communication and information sharing.
Assist in providing adequate organizational and logistical support to multi-stakeholder coordination platform and strategic partnerships.
Assist in efforts to institutionalize long-term development-oriented approaches for refugees and refugee-hosting areas with a broad range of development and humanitarian partners through coordinating and supporting UNHCR’s participation in relevant planning processes.
Assist in implementing and monitoring UNHCR’s Multi-Year Multi-Partner strategy, and the development and implementation of other strategic programmes and partnerships for the benefit of refugee and host communities.
Assist in providing administrative and coordination support to strategy development, roll-out and implementation throughout various stages of planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
Assist in preparing relevant information (correspondence and reports) to external and internal stakeholders regularly, on time and as per necessary requirements.
Assist in facilitating and operationalizing strategic development partnerships and multi-stakeholder coordination for development and self-reliance oriented interventions in refugee-hosting areas through translating and disseminating relevant correspondence and texts.
Support the secretariat of a multi-stakeholder coordination platform for development and self-reliance oriented interventions on behalf of refugees and refugee-hosting areas through managing contact lists, meeting calendars, organizing meetings, minute taking, and follow-up on agreed action to be taken.
Provide support with the follow-up on administrative and logistical arrangements to organise missions, workshops, coordination meetings and other events through managing contact lists, meeting calendars, organizing meetings, minute taking, and follow-up on agreed action to be taken.
Prepare documents and reports as required.- Support the identification and management of risks and seek to seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility. Ensure decision making in risk based in the functional area of work. Raise risks, issues and concerns to a supervisor or to relevant functional colleague(s).
Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

2 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 1 year relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher

Fields of Education:

Economics
Development Studies
International Relations
Law
Political Science
Social Science

Language Requirements:

For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.

Source: https://unhcr.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Belgrade-Serbia/Senior-Development-Assistant_JR2334368

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