Strategy & Planning Senior Wri
New York City
- Organization: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
- Location: New York City
- Grade: Mid level - P-4, International Professional - Internationally recruited position
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Occupational Groups:
- Operations and Administrations
- Other
- Capacity Development
- Closing Date: Closed
Background
The Strategic Plan 2018-2021 – and more broadly supporting the achievement of the 2030 Agenda – requires making UNDP a more nimble, innovative, and enterprising organization, grounded in a business model that ensures efficient, scalable and cost-effective delivery of services.
The Strategy and Planning (S&P) Surge Team in the Executive Office supports the UNDP Administrator and senior leadership in the delivery of the Strategic Plan through three core functions: (i) Strategy Development and Planning, (ii) UNDP corporate transformations, & (iii) Purpose-led Innovation initiatives. These functions support the development and implementation of UNDP’s Strategic Plan and associated strategic repositioning of the organization. As part of this mandate, the Strategy and Planning Surge Team is responsible for coordinating and facilitating the development of the 2022-2025 UNDP Strategic Plan, including its rollout and the implementation. This work will begin in July 2020 building on the lessons learned from the midterm review of the strategic plan.
The Strategy & Planning Senior Writer will work with the Strategy and Planning Surge Team in the design and drafting of the 2022-2025 UNDP Strategic Plan. S/he will be primarily responsible for producing the text of the Strategic Plan, reflecting the issues, ideas and inputs provided with accuracy, clarity and substantive vision. As part of this function, the Strategy & Planning Analyst works closely with the other members of the Strategy and Planning team, and interacts with UNDP leadership including the Administrator and Associate Administrator as well as with senior managers of relevant UNDP Bureaus and Offices.
Duties and Responsibilities
Competencies
- Ability to persuade others to follow
- Ability to make new and useful ideas work
- Ability to listen, adapt, persuade and transform
- Ability to improve performance and satisfaction
- Ability to get things done while exercising good judgement
- originating and/or editing written content for media and the general public to be disseminated through press or other online outlets
- ability to position a UNDP brand and uphold it to a high level of quality
- ability to evaluate, transform and model data to derive relevant findings- undertake & provide analysis of data to advocate for policy solutions and assess global trends
- ability to scan and synthesize diverse sets of information to arrive at strategic priorities and positioning recommendations
- knowledge of development planning processes and the ability to apply to strategic and/or practical situations
- ability to efficiently handle and share information and knowledge
- ability to communicate within and at large, participate in peer communities and engage substantively
- ability to engage with other parties, agencies, donors, and other development stakeholders and forge productive working relationships
Required Skills and Experience
- Masters in Communication or related field and 7 years’ experience OR Bachelor degree in Communications or related field and 9 years’ experience
- At least 7 years of experience working on international development issues.
- Proven record as author or editor of major international publications or reports.
- Experience within in the UN system, and preferably also UNDP.
- Proven analytical skills and ability to synthesize findings from diverse materials and sources.
- Experience in producing and analysing best practice, lessons learned and think-pieces and other knowledge products.
- Have a good grasp of substantive and policy issues related to sustainable development.
- Very good writing skills and ability to produce written materials.
- Excellent writing skills and command of the English language.
- Experience in other UN languages would be an asset.
Disclaimer
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