United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) IS UN’S global development organization. UNDP has a normative global mission as a pro-poor development agency to promote human rights, gender and the Millennium Development Goals.
UNDP Kenya would like to recruit a Team Leader (National Professional Officer Category, Grade NOC — ICS10) for its
Peace Building and Conflict Prevention Unit.
Background
Under the guidance and supervision of the Deputy Country Director Programme, the Team Leader acts as a manager
of and advisor to Senior Management on all aspects of the Peace Building and Conflict Prevention (PB/CP) Programme and manages the programme portfolio.
The main role is to manage the Peace Building and Conflict Prevention Programme including continued monitoring of implementation. The Team Leader leads the programme team in strategic planning and identifies new programme areas while ensuring consistency with the UN Development Assistance Framework and the Country Programme Action Plan (CPAP) priorities and creative responses to emerging challenges and opportunities.
Position Information
The Team Leader heads and supervises the Programme team and works in close collaboration with the Senior Peace
and Development Advisor, other team leaders, the Operations team, programme staff in other UN Agencies, UNDP
HQs staff and Government officials, technical advisors and experts, multi-lateral and bi-lateral donors and civil
society to successfully implement the Peace Building and Conflict Prevention Programme
Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Economics, Political Sciences, Social Sciences or related field.
- 5 years of relevant experience at the national or international level in providing management advisory services, hands-on experience in design, monitoring and evaluation of development projects and establishing inter-relationships among international organization and national governments.
- Experience in conflict prevention and management, as well as negotiation mechanisms;
- Experience in facilitating national dialogues and peace building processes, consensus-building and collaborative decision-making;
- Demonstrated ability to conduct appropriate analyses, needs assessments and project formulation on peace building issues taking into account the local culture;
- Ability to draft and edit analytical reports, strategy documents, project proposals, correspondence, briefings and speeches;
- Sound knowledge of the UN System, practices and procedures would be an added advantage.
Application Procedure
Please visit the UNDP Kenya website —http://www.ke.undp.org for detailed terms of reference/post description.
Interested and qualified persons should apply on the UNDP Kenya e-Recruitment portal located at http://www.ke.undp.org on or before 11 October 2010. Select “careers” and click on staff positions and select the
Team Leader vacancy.
Applications received via other means will not be accepted. Applicants are required to fill and sign a P11 Form and submit it together with Curriculum Vitae on the online application. The P11 Form can be obtained from this site.
Additional considerations
- Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.
- UNDP will only be able to respond to those applications in which there is further interest.
- Preference will be given to equally qualified women.
- Applications are open to suitably qualified Kenyan citizens only
“UNDP is an equal opportunity employer which strives to achieve overall balance in its staffing patterns”.
