Minimum age: 22 years old. Applicants must be nationals of or legal residents in the country of assignment.

In the aftermath of Beirut explosion and in response to COVID19 outbreak, the UNDP office in Lebanon is providing support the Lebanese people to recover the multi-levelled economic, social, environmental, and financial shocks. Towards this end, the UNDP team is working on several tracks to: i) mitigate the immediate implications of the crises, ii) manage the recovery phase; iii) and provide the Lebanese society with better tools, mechanisms and policies to strengthen the country’s resilience to shocks and crises. UNDP support spans wide area of initiatives including carrying out relevant impact assessments, providing implementation support, performing advocacy, connecting with donors, and supporting central and local governments to respond to and sustain shocks.

One of the core aspects to be addressed, within the context of the multi-layered crisis, is the economic and social fragility of Lebanon, and the inability of the fragmented social protection systems and policies to properly respond to the crisis and mitigate its implication.

Towards this end, a senior economist is needed to support the UNDP Country Office and to be part of the economic support team guiding UNDP’s programmes and interventions.

The UNV shall have the following tasks and responsibilities:

• Update and maintain macro-economic, social, fiscal and financial datasets
• Perform data crunching and data analysis in variety of socio-economic domains
• Contribute to the preparation of policy briefs, background papers, concept notes, reports, proposals and factsheets.
• Prepare minutes of meetings and briefings whenever needed
• Carry out research in various economic areas including poverty, productive sectors, social protection, public finance, funding flows, etc.
• Review documents and papers and provide comments
• Initiate and maintain links with partners including Government agencies, NGOs, and programmes.
• Respond to ad hoc requests forwarded by UNDP higher management

Minimum age: 22 years old. Applicants must be nationals of or legal residents in the country of assignment.

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the direct supervision of the Head of Governance and Social Cohesion Unit, the SLI Gender Based Violence and HIV Manager will:

1. Programme Management

• Support the implementation of UNDP-led Pillars of the Spotlight Initiative (1 and 2) programme strategy at the central level and in the selected provinces and districts, as described in the SLI CPD and implementation planning processes;
• Support the implementation of UNDP activities in coordination with other UN agencies (RUNOs) and Implementation Partners of the System of Justice Administration: Ministry of Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs (including IPAJ, SERNAP and CFJJ), Non-Government State Institutions are the Parliament, Ombudsman, Attorney General’s Office, Professional Council of the Judiciary (CPM), Family and Minors Courts, Supreme Court and the same institutions represented at provincial level.

• Support the implementation of interventions under pillar 1 and pillar 2 of the SLI, coordinating with implementation partners from the civil society, monitor progress and report according to the plans and guidelines.
• Support the HoU in the formulation of Programme strategies and the management and implementation of the SLI;
• In coordination with the Knowledge Management Officer prepare progress Narrative reports and assist in the effective monitoring and evaluation of projects;
• Represent and make substantive contributions to the GBV and Gender thematic groups and other coordination mechanisms;
• Attendance and Participation in training events and programme exchanges organized by UNDP of other UN Agencies in the context of SLI to develop his/her Skills;
• Provide support and guidance to the SLI Communication and Visibility on the best interventions to public;
• Undertake any other duties as may be assigned by the HoU.

2. Knowledge Management, Research and documentation of Project Best practices

- Support the gathering of relevant information on GBV in Pillars 1 and 2;

- Help with preparation and monitoring of pieces of research on GBV at national and local levels.

- Facilitate knowledge building and sharing, particularly the preparation of publications, policy papers and case studies in the area of GBV.

- Contribute to the Knowledge Regional and Global SLI good practices platform;

3. Strategic partnerships and Liaison

- Support communication and partnership-building for the Country Programme; this includes participating in field visits to prospective grassroots partners involved in promoting gender issues and women’s rights.

- Work closely with stakeholders and civil society partners on implementation issues as well as joint effort to raise funds for the GBV programme;

- Participate actively in technical meetings when required;

- Liaise and maintain close working relationship with key stakeholders.

Candidate age: between 18 and 29 throughout the entire duration of their assignment. Applicants must be nationals of or legal residents in the country of assignment.

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the direct supervision of the SLI Project Manager and Head of Governance and Social Cohesion Unit, the Communication and Visibility Associate will ensure

-Effective support to the project activities communication and visibility UNDP Component;

-Attendance of RUNO’s Communication and Visibility monthly meetings and other meetings as relevant;

-Provide support government IP’s of the Justice systems on the advocacy days identified;

-Capacity building of government IP’s focal points with their specific communications needs;

-Support the implementation of SLI Communication and Visibility among UNDP partners and Donors;

- Collect the UNDP SLI information and preparing newsletters, FactSheets, web pages, posters, broadcast scripts, and other outreach materials;

- Provide support for public information on modern public relations approaches and social media communications tools, information management, and outreach activities to showcase the project achievements, UNDP Components;

- Support the SLI Manager and other supervisors in upgrading public communication approaches, press releases, media strategies to increase the public outreach level, accountability and transparency.

-Prepares, edits, translate, coordinates and distributes news releases and other relevant information to UNDP Regional service center and HQ.

Minimum age: 22 years old. Applicants must be nationals of or legal residents in the country of assignment.

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of External Partnership Officer or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UNV External Relations Assistant will:

• Support in implementing the work plan for an assigned area to enable WFP to identify, develop and strengthen quality partnerships in support of WFP strategic objectives;
• Under the supervision of the External Partnerships Officer, proactively contribute to a partnerships portfolio, including partner profiling and outreach activities, with the aim to maximize resources and leverage policy and technical support for WFP’s work;
• Compile partner’s required visibility and ensure partner conditions are met;
• Support the preparation of funding outlooks for programmatic activities, in close coordination with Budgeting and Programming unit, and flag any imminent pipeline breaks and grant expirations;
• Gather up-to-date partner information including funding opportunities and ensure Salesforce is continuously updated;
• Draft meeting minutes and ensure they are shared with relevant units and uploaded on Salesforce;
• Support in the preparation and organising of partners’ field missions, in close coordination with relevant field offices, security, admin and drivers;
• Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

Minimum age: 22 years old. Applicants must be nationals of or legal residents in the country of assignment.

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the Head of Reporting & Data Analysis or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UNV Operational Information Management and Performance Reporting (OIM & PR) Officer will:

1. Liaise with Country Office (CO) units, including Programme, VAM, Monitoring & Evaluation, Logistics, External Relations, Communications, and Resource Management, to collate information for corporate reports including Situation Reports (internal and external), Country Briefs, etc.
2. Support the unit to ensure that standard OIM & PR procedures and templates are followed to drive the quality, consistency and standardization of information management and performance reporting across WFP.
3. Collate, review and analyze the ‘Essential Elements of Information’, pertaining to the operational environment and available human, financial and physical assets in order to facilitate access to timely and accurate information used at country, regional and corporate level.
4. Collate and assist in the dissemination of political and humanitarian analysis pertaining to WFP current or future responses and donor policies, trends and preferences to ensure country specific input to WFP’s operational reporting.
5. Support the preparation and coordination of the Annual Country Report (ACR) for the Annual Reporting Exercise in collaboration with the country office programme, monitoring & evaluation, logistics and resource management functions to ensure consistency and overall quality of information.
6. Collaborate with counterparts internally and with other UN agencies to ensure consistency in humanitarian information and to complement WFP analysis and information.
7. Support the CO in emergencies by preparing, organizing and providing secretarial support to Operational Task Forces (OTFs).
8. Contribute to initiatives for developing robust information-sharing and knowledge management systems within the CO, including supporting the drafting of any OIM & PR related guidance and improvements to Corporate Performance Reporting.
9. Support in liaising with HQ divisions to submit corporate reports and storage of reports and briefing documents on corporate repositories and archives.
10. Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

Minimum age: 22 years old. Applicants must be nationals of or legal residents in the country of assignment.

• Within the delegated authority of Project Manager and under the supervision of the direct supervision of the Head of Governance and Social Cohesion Unit, the SLI Knowledge Management Project Officer will Analyse, cultivate, document, disseminate and ensure uptake of knowledge, lessons learned from Spotlight Implementation and build the evidence base on ending VAWG.

Key functions:

• Knowledge production and learning of the UNDP-led Pillars of the Spotlight Initiative (1 and 2) programme strategy at the central level and in the selected provinces and districts, as described in the SLI CPD and implementation planning processes
• Capacity building on Knowledge Management of UNDP activities under implementation by UNDP Partners of the Justice System Administration: Ministry of Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs (including IPAJ, SERNAP and CFJJ), Justice Non-Government State Institutions as the Parliament, National Human Rights Commission, Ombudsman, Attorney General’s Office, Professional Council of the Judiciary (CPM), Family and Minors Courts, Supreme Court and the same institutions represented at provincial level
• Knowledge sharing and uptake with the UNDP RSC Regional Team, other countries engaged with the SLI initiative and also at global level
• Participate actively in technical meetings when required (with the national SLI coordination team) in collaboration with other UN agencies (RUNOs)
• In coordination with the Project Manager and HoU, support the project management issues linked with the progress Narrative reports, the KM component
• Support at National level implementation of the SLI/ UNDP KM strategy and work plan
• Support identification and documentation of good practices and lessons learned
• Support in piloting innovative interventions
• Establishing partnerships with learning/research institutions
• Tapping into existing learning platforms and contributing to the SI Global knowledge Platforms
• Sharing of experiences with other Spotlight countries and regions
• Support to feed the Regional and the Global UNDP KM strategy and plan Report with concrete cases of Mozambique
• Provide support and inputs to the SLI Communication and Visibility on the best interventions to public
• Share relevant SLI tools, products generated, learning opportunities and events
• Undertake any other duties as may be assigned by the HoU.

Minimum age: 22 years old. Applicants must be nationals of or legal residents in the country of assignment.

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the Representative or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UNV Administrative Assistant will:

• General Administration:
  • Draft routine correspondence;
  • Maintain files of rules, regulations, administrative instructions and other related documentation;
  • Maintain up-to-date work unit files (both paper and electronic);
  • Coordinate extensively with programme units and liaise frequently with internal team members in the field and at headquarters;
• Budget and Finance
  • Review status of relevant expenditures and compares with approved budget;
  • Review requisitions for goods and services to ensure that correct objects of expenditure have been charged and availability of funds;
  • Assist in the preparation of budget performance submissions;
• Human Resources
  • Initiate, process, monitor, review and follow-up on actions related to the administration of the office’s human resource activities (e.g., recruitment, placement, relocation, promotion, performance appraisal, job classification reviews, separation, training, etc.), ensuring consistency in the application of regulations and procedures;
  • Maintains and reviews organizational staffing tables;
• Contract Administration
  • Assist with day-to-day administration of contracts between the UN and external contractors for outsourced services;
  • Audits the contractors’ invoices against the goods and services provided by the contractor and approved by the UN;
  • Process the payment of contractor invoices and monitor payments;
  • Prepare and process all UN forms and permissions for contractual and programme unit, section or service UN staff including UN grounds passes, property passes, swipe card access and door keys;
• Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.