UNV Specialist on project management support

Details

Mission and objectives

UNODC has the mission to enable peace and security, human rights and development by making the world safer from drugs, crime, corruption and terrorism, by promoting justice and building resilient societies. Through its integrated programming approach, UNODC has a proven capacity to translate global normative frameworks into operational assistance, and to identify how drugs, crime and terrorism interact and impact sustainable development and human security. UNODC’s mandate ties in directly with the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs which explicitly recognize the interrelationship between sustainable development on the one hand, and the threats from violence, organized crime, corruption, access to justice, and terrorism on the other.

Context

This position is located in the Front Office of the Regional Representative of the Regional Office for Central America and the Caribbean (ROPAN), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Panama City, Panama. The incumbent will be working under the direct supervision of the Front Office Team Leader (Drug Control and Crime Prevention Officer) and the overall guidance of the Regional Representative. The UNV will work in close collaboration with the Front Office Team, to assist in the general operations and administrative support to the ROPAN Front Office.

Task description

Under the direct supervision of the Regional Representative, in Panama, the UN Volunteer specialist on project management support will:
• Support the overall seamless implementation of the UNODC mandate at ROPAN.
• Support the Front Office Team Leader with the preparation of a variety of outputs, such as background papers, briefing notes, talking points, presentations, strategies and policy documents, workplans, guidance notes, etc.
• Support the Front Office Communication Officer with various tasks, including headquarter event reporting, campaign dissemination, social media postings, etc.
• Support the Regional Representative and Deputy Regional Representative with special assignments and projects relating to the operations and programmatic initiative, including project ideas, regional and national context analysis, i.e. trend monitoring, election/crisis monitoring and reporting, etc.
• Assist in the organization of meetings (agendas, participant list, information notes, supporting documents, ToRs, etc).
• Support daily tasks pertaining to project management, including updating monitoring databases, national stakeholder data base, etc. contrack reporting deadlines, etc.
• Provide assistance in the drafting and editing of reports, including but not limited to,,progress reports activityand meeting reports, mission reports, UN system reports, thematic reports, etc.
• Any other related tasks may be required or assigned by the supervisor.
Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers programme mandate within their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their work. As such, UN Volunteers should dedicate a part of their working time to some of the following suggested activities:
• 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 instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day);
• Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country;
• Provide annual and end of assignment self-reports on UN Volunteer actions, results, and opportunities.
• 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.
• Development and implementation of UNSDCFs in the region support.
Results/Expected Outputs:
• Implementation of programmatic activities according to work plan.
• High quality written outputs, such as concept notes, background papers, mission reports, briefings, talking points, presentations, terms of reference, enforcement strategies, policy proposals and documents, manuals, tool kits, guides, etc.
• Programmatic support, including project planning, monitoring, and reporting in line with UNODC’s results-based management approach.
• Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated and documented in all activities throughout the assignment.
• A final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for peace and development during the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities participated in and capacities developed.