Job: Senior Programme Advisor, UNDP, Yangon, Myanmar Posted by Sally Carlton on September 8, 2013 at 1:07am in Job/Consulting OpportunitiesView Discussions Cross-posted from: unjoblist.org/vacancy/?283244 SENIOR PROGRAMME ADVISOR Location : Yangon, MYANMAR Application Deadline : 21-Sep-13 Type of Contract : FTA International Post Level : P-5 Languages Required : English Starting Date : (date when the selected candidate is expected to start) 01-Oct-2013 Duration of Initial Contract : One year Background Myanmar is at an historic stage in its development. A new Constitution was adopted in May 2008, elections held in November 2010 and bi-elections in April 2012. Parliament and governments have been formed at Union and at region/state levels. A number of reforms have already been undertaken focusing on good governance, human rights and reaching cease-fire agreements in conflict areas. The reforms have led to increasing engagement with the international community and allowed Executive Board of UNDP to lift mandate restrictions and to approve fully fledged UNDP country programme in January 2013. Against this background, UNDP strategically repositioned its role in Myanmar and ramped up capacities to support national priorities of democratic transformation and poverty reduction. After more than 20 years of working exclusively at the grassroots level, the country programme (2013-2015) seeks to contribute to the strengthening of national institutional capacities for democratic governance, inclusive growth and climate resilience. Whereas UNDP’s contributions to development results are provided delivered through three programmatic pillars (local governance; environmental governance and DRM; and democratic governance) the programme’s overall direction and coherence will be facilitated by the newly established Strategic Planning, Knowledge Development and Advocacy Unit, SPU, led by Senior Programme Advisor. The Senior Programme Advisor will report directly to the Country Director in fostering overall programme coherence and cross-pillar synergies. S/he will provide strategic leadership to SPU and support to Programme Pillars: (1) to provide quality assurance of programme results and to manage overall M&E cycle in UNDP Myanmar; (2) to position UNDP Myanmar at the cutting edge of knowledge development and knowledge sharing; (3) to coordinate knowledge sharing and other programme-related activities with the government of Myanmar; (4) to support external outreach, development advocacy and communications; and (5) to support gender mainstreaming across the entire range of UNDP Myanmar programme activities. In this role, the Senior Programme Advisor will supervise 5-10 staff, including M&E Team, Communications and Knowledge Management Team, Programme Coordinator in Nay Pyi Taw, and Gender Specialist. For more information, please visit: jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=40096
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