Background
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Country Office for Pakistan (COPAK) is tasked with assisting Pakistan through its Country Programme (CP) III (2022-2025) with a focus on Transnational Organized Crime and Border Management, Criminal Justice, Drug Demand Reduction and HIV/AIDS. Sub Programme 1 – “Transnational Organized Crime (TOC) and Border Management” of CP III is designed to focus on areas related to border management, illicit narcotic trafficking, precursor diversion, trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants, other transnational organized crime and cybercrime while ensuring incorporation of gender sensitivities and human rights in programme activities. SP1 deals with a series of activities including programme planning, training management, procuring/providing equipment, organizing high-profile conferences, regional and international meetings, compiling data on trends, and monitoring and evaluation. All these activities are designed to enhance the technical capacities of the Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) in Pakistan and other stakeholders.
UNODC COPAK requires the services of a Programme Associate – SP1, to support and assist the Programme team in effectively delivering high-quality outputs and products and support liaison with the government stakeholders.
Assignment Objectives
The objective of this position is to assist the SP1 Advisor and the Outcome-1 Programme Staff in managing the implementation of activities and tasks under the SP1. He/she will be required to work/liaise closely with the programme staff to facilitate the coordination between governmental and non-governmental stakeholders, whilst ensuring compliance with the UN regulatory framework. The incumbent will liaise with the core team in the management of payments and other recurring processes. The effective identification of upcoming payments, procurement, recruitment and other budget-related activities is a key function of the position. He/she will be tasked to support the Advisor and programme staff in administrative matters related to purchase requisitions, asset management, preparing handover documents, following up on nominations, arranging travel and other related logistics and other tasks as assigned. The sub programme associate must provide administrative technical support to the Sub-programme team and specifically to the Programme Officers.
Responsibilities
The Programme Associate will undertake the following duties and responsibilities:
Qualification and Experience
Core Competencies
Core
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Achieve Results: | LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline | |
Think Innovatively: | LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements | |
Learn Continuously: | LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback | |
Adapt with Agility: | LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible | |
Act with Determination: | LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident | |
Engage and Partner: | LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships | |
Enable Diversity and Inclusion: | LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination | |
Cross-Functional and Technical Competencies
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Thematic Area | Name | Definition |
Digital & Innovation | Tech literacy | Ability to apply new digital tools or adapt their original use to create new insights, fresh perspectives or develop solutions. Understand the potential as well as the limitations of certain technological developments; being able to identify how technology can add value when it’s used as a “means to an end”. |
Digital & Innovation | Co-creation | Ability to design and facilitate a process that enables a diverse group of stakeholders to solve a common problem, develop a practice, or create knowledge together. Ability to embrace diversity, work with a diverse group of stakeholders understand their interests, perspectives and views and tap into to them as a source for creativity. Ability to facilitate processes and create conditions that are open for diverse inputs, stimulate collaboration and sharing. |
Digital & Innovation | Creative facilitation | Ability to design workshops that considers and addresses multiple interests, agendas, worldviews; set out clear objectives and engaging activities; select appropriate tools, materials, resources that are needed to enable or support the activities. Ability to swiftly build rapport with participants and create a safe space (on- and offline) where they feel comfortable to share their views, concerns, experiences and reflections; supporting this with a range of tools to stimulate active participation. Ability to facilitate inclusive conversations, ability to work with a diverse set of people with different backgrounds, seniority and expert levels, using different approaches tailored to fit the people in the room, drawing out the perspectives and ideas of each individual and making decisions through deliberation and discussion across a group. Ability to pace a session, adjust to the abilities and energy levels of attendees and the nature or purpose of an exercise. Being flexible and able to improvise; adapting and changing approaches in response to the needs, while staying true to the intent and objectives of the session. |
Digital & Innovation | Data literacy | Understand the potential as well as the limitations of using data driven innovation. Ability to use a mix of data sources (quantitative, qualitative or real-time techniques) to develop understanding, identify patterns to inform decision making or identify opportunities for further exploration |
Digital & Innovation | Systems thinking & transformation | Understand that complex problems need a non-reductionistic, holistic approach. Ability to explore challenges from multiple perspectives by zooming in and out, with a focus on relationships and flows rather than individual elements; understand how certain dynamics and conditions are driving and influencing an issue. Ability to develop a collective understanding by a mapping system and their dynamics (e.g. flows or resources, information; power relations); can handle ambiguity and can help others navigate it. Being able to identify intervention points to leverage change and system transformation by setting out a coherent collection of multiple interventions to probe the system for desirable effects. Understand that change is non-linear and unpredictable; being comfortable and able to work with emergence. |
Partnership management | Relationship management | Ability to engage with a wide range of public and private partners, build, sustain and/or strengthen working relations, trust and mutual understanding. |
Business Management | Communication | Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience. Ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social media and other appropriate channels. |
Business Management | Monitoring | Ability to provide managers and key stakeholders with regular feedback on the consistency or discrepancy between planned and actual activities and programme performance and results. |
Planning and Implementation Arrangements
Programme Associate – SP1 will be based in Country Office, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Programme Associate will closely interact with UNODC COPAKs’ Outcome-1 related Programme Staff/other staff, concerned GoP ministries, LEAs and regional counterparts/international partners as tasked/mandated, under the supervision of SP 1 Programme Advisor
Payment Schedule and Rate
The Programme Associate – SPI will be issued a Service Contract (SC), as per given United Nations rules and procedures. The payment scale will be determined by UNDP recommended rates for service contract holders. Travel costs, including transportation and DSA for domestic and international travel will be paid by UNODC in accordance with United Nations rules and procedures.
Disclaimer
UNODC provides equal opportunity to all qualified female & male including the physically challenged candidates.
UN is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, and culture.
Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.
UN does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo reference and background checks.
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