ThaiNGO

Summary of Key Functions: 

Maintain and adjust as necessary the strategic focus of UNDP’s work on Democratic Governance;

Develop and ensure the strategic direction of UNDP’s work in Social Advocacy with an emphasis on social justice;

Manage the CO Democratic Governance and Social Advocacy Programme and supervise the Programme team;

Build strategic partnerships and lead thematic resource mobilization;

Provide evidence-based policy advisory services and capacity building support to Government and national counterparts, and support knowledge management in governance and social advocacy.

The TL maintains and adjusts as necessary the strategic focus of UNDP’s Democratic Governance work concentrating on the achievement of the following results:

Maintain and adjust if necessary the overall focus of UNDP’s Democratic Governance work in Thailand to better tailor the programme to current and emerging democratic governance challenges in the country;

Identify  strategic and innovative areas of cooperation with Government agencies, national and international development partners, the UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub and HQs and new programming entry points in line with national reform processes, and development policies and priorities;

Develop new initiatives, programme and projects, in collaboration with key partners in areas such as justice & rule of law, anti-corruption, decentralization and local governance, and peacebuilding, disaster risk reduction, and conflict/crisis prevention;

Oversee implementation and realignment of on-going programmes and support country office to meet all corporate reporting requirements;

Provide and prepare substantive inputs to relevant UNDP documents in this area.

The TL develops and ensures the strategic direction of UNDP’s work in Social Advocacy with a focus on social justice, concentrating on the achievement of the following results:

Consolidate current policy advocacy work of UNDP Thailand, and identify priority areas for social advocacy to promote social justice for women, youth, LGBTI, and other vulnerable groups with the current development context of Thailand;

Develop, design and formulate new programmes to promote social justice and advocacy related to women’s empowerment, youth, marginalized and vulnerable communities;

Establish a network of national and international development partners to promote social justice and identify possibilities for joint initiatives;

Strengthen the country’s civil society engagement through targeted joint work with national and international CSOs;

Support research and develop knowledge products on social justice for women, youth, LGBTI, and other vulnerable communities;

Provide and prepare substantive inputs to relevant UNDP documents in this area.

Ensures effective management of the Democratic Governance & Social Advocacy Programme and supervision of the programme team focusing on quality control of the full cycle of programming from formulation to implementation, concentrating on the achievement of the following results:

Effective application of RBM tools to ensure quality of financial and substantive monitoring and evaluation of projects;

Design and formulation of CO programme within the areas of responsibility, translating UNDP priorities into local interventions. Coordination of programme implementation with the executing agencies;

Inputs to CCA, UNDAF, CPD, AWP, etc. on own areas of responsibility;

Identification of operational and financial problems, and development of solutions;

Strategic oversight of planning, budgeting, implementing and monitoring of the programme in accordance with UNDP rules and regulations. The TL performs the functions of Manager Level 2 in Atlas for POs and vouchers approval (if authorized by SM), participates in recruitment processes for projects and other programmes, as required;

Aggregate reports are regularly prepared on activities, outputs and outcomes. Preparation of donor reports;

Effective monitoring, measuring the impact of the CO programme and evaluation. Constant monitoring and analysis of the programme environment, timely readjustment of programme;

Follow up on audit recommendations. All exceptions are timely reported.

Institutionalize and maintain strategic partnerships and support to resource mobilization, focusing on the achievement of the following results:

Identify and implement new CO partnerships and resource mobilization strategies to achieve programme outcomes;

Establish the framework for scanning the partner environment for possible entry points for programming with particular reference to access to Democratic Governance and Social Advocacy Programming;

Develop key partnerships with new (e.g. private sector, universities) and traditional donors   (e.g. regional funds, bi and multi-lateral donors) based on strategic goals of UNDP and the country needs;

Analyse and research of information on possible partners and preparation of substantive briefs of technical areas of cooperation.

Provide evidence-based policy advisory services and capacity building support to Government and national counterparts and support knowledge management in Democratic Governance and social advocacy, focusing on the achievement of the following results:

Lead research and analysis of the current political, social and economic situation in the country to identify current and emerging challenges related to governance and social advocacy issues;

Successfully link sub-regional and regional platforms in the area of Democratic Governance & Social Advocacy through South-South cooperation to leverage their impact on the national agenda;

Identify and synthesize best practices and lessons learned linked to Democratic Governance & Social Advocacy against the backdrop of the country’s development goals;

Develop policies and institutions that will address the country problems and needs in collaboration with Government, Academia, Civil Society and other strategic partners;

Make sound contributions to knowledge networks and management as well as periodic analytical reports on ongoing governance and social advocacy-related developments for CO and Headquarters consumption.

Competencies:

Corporate:

Promoting ethics and integrity, creating organizational precedents;

Building support and political acumen;

Building staff competence,  creating an environment of creativity and innovation;

Building and promoting effective teams;

Creating and promoting enabling environment for open communication;

Creating an emotionally intelligent organization;

Leveraging conflict in the interests of UNDP & setting standards;

Sharing knowledge across the organization and building a culture of knowledge sharing and learning. Promoting learning and knowledge management/sharing is the responsibility of each staff member;

Fair and transparent decision making; calculated risk-taking.

Functional:

Technical Knowledge

Demonstrates an excellent understanding of and familiarity with governance as well as social advocacy issues;

Capacity to interact with and influence senior decision makers from Government, national and international development partners and other key stakeholders;

Strong analytical, negotiation and communication skills, including ability to produce high quality practical, comprehensible reports and knowledge products;

Capacity to develop new initiatives applying innovative solutions to traditional Governance issues;

Exhibits a good knowledge of institutional development issues such as Anti-corruption, Law Reform, Decentralization, Conflict Transformation and other.

Results-Based Programme Development and Management

Provides information for linkages across programme activities to help identify critical points of integration;

Provides information and documentation on specific stages of projects/programme implementation;

Provides background information to identify opportunities for project development and helps drafting proposals;

Participates in the formulation of project proposals.

Building Strategic Partnerships

Effectively networks with partners seizing opportunities to build strategic alliances relevant to UNDP’s mandate and strategic agenda;

Initiates and sustains relationships with key stakeholders;

Proven record of strong resource mobilization and partnership skills;

Strong ability to manage teams; creating an enabling environment, mentoring and developing staff.

Innovation and Marketing New Approaches

Seeks a broad range of perspectives in developing project proposals;

Identifies new approaches and promotes their use in other situations;

Creates an environment that fosters innovation and innovative thinking;

Makes the case for innovative ideas from the team with own supervisor.

Resource Mobilization

Analyzes information on potential bilateral donors and national counterparts to recommend a strategic approach;

Identifies and compiles lessons learned;

Develops a resource mobilization strategy at the country level.

Promoting Organizational Learning and Knowledge Sharing

Makes the case for innovative ideas documenting successes and building them into the design of new approaches;

Identifies new approaches and strategies that promote the use of tools and mechanisms.

Communication Skills

Communicates sensitively and effectively across different constituencies;

Demonstrates excellent written, oral communication and presentation skills;

Conceptualizes, elaborates and implements communications strategies, publications policies;

Advocates, effectively communicates sensitively and effectively across different constituencies.

Development and Operational Effectiveness

Ability to lead strategic planning, results based management and reporting;

Excellent writing skills and the skill to draft reports and proposals in a concise and comprehensible manner;

Capacity to lead formulation, implementation, monitoring of development and projects;

Ability to formulate and manage budgets, manage contributions, reporting and cost-recovery;

Good knowledge of results based management.