GPN ExpRes Profile : Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration - Prosecution, Rehabilitation and - United Nations Development Programme

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About the Job

United Nations Development Programme

Duty Station: Multiple

Successful applicants should:

Have a Master's degree with a minimum of five years' experience in the respective field relevant to the ToR or possess seven years' experience with a Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
Be prepared for potential deployment to crisis settings with short notice.

Additionally, specific preferences include:

Proficiency in Arabic, French, or Spanish, with Russian and/or Portuguese considered advantageous.
Encouragement is particularly extended to female applicants. In addition to candidates from the Global South.

UNDP seeks applicants under the following sub-profile areas of expertise and should refer to the additional qualifications noted below:

1. Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR)

Advanced university degree in international relations, political science, social sciences, management, economics, public/business administration, international development or other relevant fields.

2. Prosecution, Rehabilitation, and Reintegration (PRR)

Advanced university degree in international relations, international law, international development, peace and security studies, public/business administration, management or other relevant fields.

3. Reintegration

Advanced university degree in international relations, international law, international development, political science, social sciences, economics, peace and security studies, public/business administration, management or other relevant fields.

WHAT IS DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION AND REINTEGRATION - PROSECUTION, REHABILITATION AND REINTEGRATION (DDR-PRR)?

1. Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR)

UNDP has been engaged in DDR since 1991, supporting, managing, and implementing DDR programmes and processes in both mission and non-mission settings. The rationale for UNDP's engagement in DDR over the years has been to support peace processes and enhance security, to pave the way for recovery and development. Since 2006, UNDP has also played a role in shaping DDR as an integrated process, part of the United Nations system's multidimensional approach that contributes to long-term peace and security.

From 2019, in response to changes in the armed conflict landscape, the UN approach to DDR evolved to play a role not only in contexts where peace agreements have been signed, but also when they are absent. Although DDR remains at the heart of peacebuilding, it is recognized as having the potential to contribute to the entire peace continuum. DDR can contribute to preventing conflict escalation, supporting political processes, building security, protecting civilians, promoting gender equality, reconstructing the social fabric, and developing human capacity.

In sum, DDR processes stretch from prevention, conflict resolution and peacekeeping, to peacebuilding and development. While disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes remain at the heart of peacebuilding, other related tools, including community violence reduction and transitional weapons and ammunition management, have grown in importance. Support to the reintegration of former members of armed forces and groups is also provided along the entire peace continuum, not only in post-conflict settings.

These changes have been codified in the Integrated Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Standards (IDDRS), and UNDP has played a key role in this process as Co-Chair of the Inter-Agency Working Group on Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (IAWG-DDR). DDR is therefore recognized as a complex process, with political, security, humanitarian, and development dimensions, aiming to address the security challenges that emerge when members of armed forces and groups are left without support networks during the period stretching from conflict to peace, recovery, and development. DDR helps build national capacity for reintegration, supports this high-risk group so that they become stakeholders in peace, and should ultimately benefit the entire community.

The peace processes in Colombia and The Philippines as well as the spread of conflict and insurgency in the Europe, Middle East and Africa have challenged UNDP Country Offices to address an increasing number of technical assistance requests coming from national counterparts, regional organizations, and UN missions. Supporting transitions from military to civilian life is, however, not straightforward for UNDP. High operational risk tolerance and making optimal use of UNDP operational procedures with a strong culture of accountability and transparency for efficient delivery are key. It is in this context that UNDP needs to expand its pool of senior DDR experts and/or DDR programme managers with solid technical expertise and in-depth knowledge of the Integrated Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Standards (IDDRS).

2. Prosecution, Rehabilitation, and Reintegration (PRR)

UNDP's support to prosecution, rehabilitation, and reintegration (PRR) where armed groups have been designated as terrorist organizations by the UN Security Council have grown in relevance over the past years. The rationale for UNDP's engagement in such processes is to complement stabilization initiatives in liberated areas, and other Governments' efforts to enhance security and pave the way for development. In conflict-affected countries, stabilization initiatives have been instrumental not only in laying the foundations for the voluntary return of displaced persons, but also have enabling exits from armed groups (and return to countries of origin where applicable).

The United Nations has consistently called attention to the need for accountability when acts of terrorism are perpetrated as part of a comprehensive approach that encompasses long-term objectives of social cohesion and conflict prevention. It is in this context that the requirement to formulate comprehensive prosecution, rehabilitation and reintegration strategies has emerged from UN Security Council resolutions 2178 (2015) and 2396 (2017) and are also consolidated in the Madrid Guiding Principles (2015) and its Addendum (2018) as a fundamental component of the normative counterterrorism framework.

Combatants fighting wars against enemy combatants are not categorized as criminals in international humanitarian law. However, if an armed group has been designated by the United Nations Security Council as a terrorist organization, the international counterterrorism framework also applies. Equally, if a person has committed or is reasonably believed to have committed a terrorist offence, the international counterterrorism framework and PRR requirements apply. Member States are required to demonstrate that demobilized fighters and persons associated have been through a criminal judicial process where they commit acts of terrorism (and this is inclusive of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide).

Comprehensive PRR is the approach to deal with persons having exited armed groups designated as terrorist organization by the UN Security Council and should be implemented in compliance with international humanitarian law, international human rights law, and international refugee law, including through ensuring gender equality, the rights of the child and the rights of victims. Transitional justice and restorative justice processes are also particularly important where the perpetrator-victim spectrum is blurred, which is often the case in such contexts.

Foreign and domestic fighters who left terrorist designated groups are supported in a manner that builds on disarmament, demobilization ad reintegration (DDR) practices. It is important therefore to note that the extensive body of UN DDR experience, and in particularly in the area of reintegration, can and should, where relevant, be used when dealing with members of armed groups designated as terrorist organizations. It is important to note that counter-terrorism measures and respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms and the rule of law are complementary and mutual reinforcing in PRR strategies.

The spread of violent extremism conducive to terrorism in the Middle East and Africa have challenged UNDP Country Offices to address an increasing number of technical assistance requests coming from national counterparts, regional organizations to find solutions for persons who have exited armed groups designated as terrorist organizations. Supporting exits from these groups is not straightforward for UNDP due to the high operational risk tolerance required and need to make optimal use of UNDP operational procedures with a strong culture of accountability and transparency for efficient delivery. It is in this context that UNDP needs to expand its pool of senior PRR experts and/or PRR programme managers with solid technical expertise and in-depth knowledge of the international legal frameworks

3. Reintegration

By supporting comprehensive reintegration, UNDP ensures the short-term security risks that emerge when former members of armed forces and groups are left without livelihoods and support networks are addressed and sustainable solutions are integrated into long-term development programming. It also prepares families and communities to receive

them back, minimizing stigmatization and preventing re-recruitment by other armed groups, criminal networks and even terrorist organizations, effectively reducing violence and conflict.

UNDP provides a development perspective and sustainable solutions to the most critical and complex part of the transition process, whether they are framed as part of disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) or prosecution, rehabilitation, and reintegration (PRR) or similar approaches. It plays a fundamental role in balancing the focus of the UN Department of Peace Operations (DPO) on "DD= disarmament and demobilization" of ex-combatants, and the of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on "PR= prosecution and rehabilitation" of (foreign) terrorist fighters.

In fact, all roads lead to reintegration as it can be supported: i) through DDR approaches when state security forces and non-state armed groups commit to the process; ii) in line with PRR strategies when foreign and domestic member of armed groups designated as terrorist organizations by the UN Security Council; iii) complementing security sector reform and governance (SSR/G) following rightsizing of security forces, including police and other uniformed services; iv) alongside or following community violence reduction (CVR) initiatives in the case of armed gangs and other fragmented armed groups and transitional and weapons ammunition management; and v) in support of mediation and amnesty processes that create channels to exit the groups.

Based on lessons over the years, community-based approaches have emerged as the cornerstone of any successful reintegration into civilian life. They help avoid perceptions of inequitable access to resources and the community's resentment and frustration when former members of armed forces and groups are treated as a privileged group. They recognize that communities are at the forefront of the reintegration effort, ensuring ex-combatants are absorbed in basic services, restoring social relations, promoting reconciliation. At the heart of such approaches are local peace and development committees and civil society initiatives in support of reintegration.

The changed nature of conflict and the spread of violent extremism conducive to terrorism have challenged UNDP Country Offices to address an increasing number of technical assistance requests coming from national counterparts, regional organizations to find solutions for persons exiting armed forces and groups whether through formal processes or informal returns to community. Supporting these reintegration processes is not straightforward for UNDP due to the high operational risk tolerance required and need to make optimal use of UNDP operational procedures with a strong culture of accountability and transparency for efficient delivery. It is in this context that UNDP needs to expand its pool of senior reintegration experts and/or programme managers with solid technical expertise and in-depth knowledge.

SCOPE OF WORK, RESPONSIBILITIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED WORK

1. Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR)

Under direct supervision of the Resident Representative, in close collaboration with the country office senior management team, and in cooperation with the Global Advisor on DDR based in the Crisis Bureau and regional hubs focal points, the Senior DDR Expert/DDR Programme Manager will perform the following functions depending on the country context:

Policy and Programme Advice, Development and Planning

Provide institutional and policy advice to the national DDR process and/or DDR programme, in close consultation with national and international stakeholders and in line with the Integrated Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Standards (IDDRS) and relevant UNDP guidance notes.
Advise on the mandate and composition of DDR institutions, including organigrammes, personnel requirements and reporting.
Guide the design/formulation of national DDR policies and programmes, bringing together all relevant stakeholders in consultation and validation processes.
Guide the design/formulation of UN 'offers' in support of the implementation of national DDR policies and programmes, including UNDP-implemented programmes/projects, planning documents, such as roadmaps and implementation/workplans.
Guide the conduct of integrated technical assessments, such as profiling armed forces and groups and participants, identification of community/areas of return and resettlement (including through community perceptions surveys), socio-economic opportunities mapping, services mapping, and capacity, ensuring all data collected in technical assessments is disaggregated by sex and age and conducting gender analysis.
Advise on the possibility to customize the UNDP DREAM information management system to collect, store and analyze all data collected through assessments.
Conduct risk assessment of the DDR process and programme, including operational, strategic, security, social and environmental and reputational risks.

Programme Management

Where UNDP is implementing a DDR programme or components of the DDR process at the request of the Government and/or parties to the conflict:

Prepare the project initiation plan with clear eligibility criteria and verification mechanisms for the selection of participants and/or locations, set up the core team for speedy start and implementation of activities.
Ensure the UNDP implementation will start immediately through accessing financial resources from the Country Office managed funds, such as TRAC and avoid waiting for possible donor funds to trickle in gradually.
Ensure that procurement, recruitment, and implementation processes of the programme are fit for efficient delivery, using fast track measures mainstreamed into UNDP's Programmes and Operations Policies and Procedures (POPP) and establishing a clear accountability framework.
Ensure coherent and inter-connected implementation across the three components: disarmament, demobilization and reintegration and the quick transition between targeted reinsertion assistance to community-based reintegration approaches.
Ensure the programme and all interventions across the three D-D-R components are gender and youth responsive, disability inclusive, adopt a conflict sensitivity and do-no-harm approach and are implemented in line with international human rights principles and standards.
Work closely with a wide array of partners and stakeholders to ensure effective governance of the programme, aligned with the vision/objective of the national strategy/programme, the UNDP Country Programme Document (CPD) and UNDP's policy guidance and best practices consolidated in the IDDRS and relevant UNDP guidance notes.
Liaise closely with other UNDP projects/programs and UN and other partners to ensure smooth transition of DDR, and in particular reintegration to recovery, and longer-term development.
Where applicable, ensure coordination with regional and cross border initiatives, including related to the repatriation and reintegration of foreign fighters and persons associated.
Prepare and oversee the work plans and budget of the programme and ensure that delivery is on track and the yearly target is achieved.
Ensure timely and adequate corporate and donor reporting against plans, including timely and articulate narrative and financial progress reports.
Identify risks and challenges involved in the implementation of the programme and provide advice to the Resident Representative on risk management and risk sharing strategies.
Ensure that appropriate environmental and safety standards as well as due diligence are applied to the relevant programme activities.
Ensure direct supervision of all programme & operational personnel, provide guidance and coaching to personnel and effective leadership and direction.
Ensure systematic and effective monitoring and evaluation, learning and adaptation systems are in place for steering the programme across changes to the national and local political context and local conflict dynamics.
Ensure strategic communications on results and the sharing of stories with donors and key stakeholders in accordance with the UN communication standards of UNDP and relevant UNDP guidance notes.

Coordination, Partnerships and Resource Mobilization

Lead on harnessing effective coordination and partnerships with Government authorities at central and local levels (civilian and military), civil society, donors and all other relevant stakeholders in the planning and implementation of the national DDR process and programme.
Promote the UN approach to DDR in support of national DDR processes and programmes when providing strategic advice to the UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative and convening the UNDP senior management and the United Nations Country Team to engage and support DDR.
Given the high-risk contexts in which DDR takes place, support the Resident Representative in ensuring that UNDP´s engagement on DDR and/or reintegration is done in close collaboration with the UN mission (where one has received a DDR mandate) and/or UN Resident Coordinator and based on a close dialogue and support from donor partners.
Formulate resource mobilization strategies in close consultation with donors, including the private sector.
Set up basket or trust funds are set up for large DDR programmes and/or ensure the integration of a DDR window in broader basket and trust funds.
Ensure sufficient resources are mobilized to jump-start the national DDR programme implementation with the efficiency and effectiveness required.
Facilitate the mobilization and organization of networks of local partners around the reintegration component, involving local NGOs, community-based organizations, private sector companies and local authorities.
Liaise regularly and ensure close linkages between UNDP-supported/implemented national DDR programmes with humanitarian operations/plans, peacebuilding and recovery programmes supported by UN programmes, funds and agencies, international and regional financial institutions/banks, as well as other international and national stakeholders.

Knowledge Management

Promote identification and synthesis of good practices and lessons learned from the DDR process and programme, in close coordination with the relevant Regional Hubs/Bureau and Crisis Bureau, for organizational sharing and learning as well as for external partners information and dialogue.
Actively participate in UNDP knowledge networks, including UNDP-led learning activities taking advantage of good practices and lessons learned that are available in the region and globally, and encourage DDR programme personnel engagement by creating a culture of knowledge sharing and learning.
Ensure the guidance and coordination of DDR exchange of knowledge to help influence/ advance policy dialogue and present such material at regional and global forums, including support to South-South exchanges.
Where applicable, promote the participation of the Country Office in DDR regional and global projects and initiatives depending on relevance of geographical and thematic areas as appropriate.
Support capacity and knowledge building of DDR programme personnel and national counterparts through the UNDP led strategic planning workshops and trainings, and other learning platforms, such as the Integrated DDR Training Group (IDDRTG).

2.Prosecution, Rehabilitation, and Reintegration (PRR)

Together with DPPA, UNEP and DPO, UNDP comprises the core capacities of the Climate Security Mechanism. As the largest implementer of peacebuilding and climate action within the UN system and beyond, including the Climate Promise, UNDP hosts the only global climate security team within the UN, with dedicated specialists/advisors covering all geographic regions. In particular, it supports hotspots and contexts underserved by the climate security agenda thus far in: Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

UNDP's work on climate policy and finance for peace has catalyzed a new field of practice and practice-driven research on climate finance in conflict-affected and fragile contexts and has captured the interest, including of the COP27 and COP28 hosts/Presidencies, the Security Council, the World Bank, the Aswan Forum, the Stockholm Forum for Peace and Development and Stockholm+50, and ASEAN.

UNDP provides dedicated support to regional entities from the Global South on climate security, including the African Union Commission, the Lake Chad Basin Commission, the League of Arab States, and the Liptako Gourma Authority, including through the CSM. Working closely with Cairo International Centre for Conflict Prevention, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, and the AUC, UNDP is key focal point for UN system to the Egyptian COP27 Presidency initiative, "Climate Responses for Sustaining Peace", a first-of-kind initiative focused on peace and security in the context of the climate change COPs, led by a country and key interlocutor from the Global South. UNDP has been working closely with the lead focal point, the Cairo International Centre for Conflict Prevention, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding and the African Union Commission on developing a roadmap to COP28 and beyond.

UNDP is putting together a pool of experts to support climate, peace and security policy and programme development. The roster of experts will be utilized in 2023 but will be positioned for the next two to three years to provide a continued pool of expertise to countries for implementation of initiatives on climate, peace, and security, focusing on supporting implementation of actions and delivering results on the ground.

Duties and Responsibilities

Tasks assigned in each individual assignment may include one or more of the following:

1. Climate, peace and security policy, advocacy and awareness raising

Develop global, national, and sub-national strategies and policy guidance for climate, peace, and security;
Review policy literature on climate, peace, and security; including consideration of cross-cutting thematic issues such as finance, gender, youth, human mobility, etc.
Identification of barriers and solutions for proposed policy and interventions;
Support developing of strategies to strengthen access to climate finance in conflict-affected and fragile contexts;
Undertake climate security risk identification, assessment and index development, and prevention/mitigation programming;
Identify opportunities for advocacy and resource mobilization on global/regional/country levels.

2. Knowledge creation, research, and documentation

Undertake primary/secondary research in the new areas of concern on climate, peace, and security, based on reviews of existing literature and needs assessments;
Develop research design, research questions and scope of work for undertaking primary research in new areas;
Document good practices, case studies, innovations and pilot models for wider dissemination and sharing;
Design and implement multi-stakeholder consultation processes for testing, validation, and advocacy;
Develop literature on best practices and case studies; and
Contribute to Communities of Practice, including UN Community of Practice on Climate and Security.

3. Project design, formulation & other programme related technical support

Prepare conceptual framework/concept notes on new area of work/developmental challenge;
Provide technical assistance in identification of developmental challenges, target areas, beneficiaries and partners and formulation of implementation strategy for UNDP climate and security programmatic and advisory support;
Provide technical support in development on new interventions/projects with Implementation (operational plan, monitoring, and resource requirement) Institutional and management arrangements;
Identify issues, formulate, and implement interventions that focus on various activities;
Conduct studies on project/programme highlights, activities and processes involved;
Prepare and review project documents;
Identify areas/beneficiaries and partners; timing, sequencing of activities; mobilization of finance;
Monitor and evaluate effectiveness of global, regional, national and/or sub-national policies and programmes; and
Prepare project proposals to ensure innovation in concepts, strategies, and incorporation of best practices.

4. Capacity development/training

Develop capacity assessments and plans to achieve the milestones identified and address the identified capacity gaps.
Develop target specific training tools/toolkits and manuals based on training needs assessment.
Design training curriculum, conduct and/or coordinate trainings programmes for various stakeholders.
Carry out capacity assessments for development of strategic interventions for institutional strengthening.
Design and delivery of training toolkits, products etc.
Conduct and/or Coordinate trainings, events, and workshops.

3.Reintegration

Under direct supervision of the Resident Representative, in close collaboration with the country office senior management team, and in cooperation with the Global Advisor on Reintegration based in the Crisis Bureau and regional hub focal points, the Senior Reintegration Expert/Programme Manager will perform the following functions depending on the country context:

Policy and Programme Advice, Development and Planning

Provide institutional and policy advice on the establishment of national reintegration agencies/focal points and national reintegration/community-based reintegration strategies and programmes, respectively, in close consultation with national and international stakeholders and in line with the international normative frameworks, building on lessons and good practices consolidated in the Integrated Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Standards (IDDRS), Madrid Guiding Principles and its Addendum and relevant UNDP guidance notes.
Guide the design/formulation of the UN 'offer' in support of the implementation of national reintegration/community-based reintegration strategies, as well as UNDP-implemented programmes/projects, planning documents, such as roadmaps and implementation/workplans.
Advise national counterparts on the different reintegration approaches (targeted based on ex-combatant's status and needs, community-based to enhance absorption capacity and services, mixed approaches) and the need to move as fast as possible from targeted reinsertion/reintegration to community-based reintegration approaches.
In peacekeeping mission settings, and at the request and in close coordination with the UN mission, ensure reinsertion assistance or community violence reduction initiatives are jump-started as fast as possible with the available peacekeeping assessed budgets and are seamlessly aligned with reintegration or community- based reintegration;
In non-mission settings and/or where appropriate, advise and plan community violence reduction and community-based reintegration as an integrated programme as both rely on voluntary contributions;
Ensure a nuanced understanding of the different ways in which women and men, girls and boys become associated with armed forces and groups, of their roles in the group(s), their trajectories out of the group, reasons why they may and to leave and return into families and communities, and gender-sensitive strategies that reflect this understanding.
Guide the conduct of integrated technical assessments, such as profiling armed groups and participants, mapping community/areas of return and resettlement (including through perceptions surveys), conducting socio-economic opportunities assessments and service and capacity mapping, ensuring all data collected in technical assessments is disaggregated by sex and age and conducting gender analysis.
Advise on the possibility to customize the UNDP DREAM information management system to collect, store and analyze all data collected in assessments.
Conduct risk assessment of such processes and programmes, including operational, strategic, security, social and environmental and reputational risks.

1.Programme Management

Prepare the project initiation plan, set up the core team for speedy start and implementation of activities ensuring access to financial resources from the Country Office managed funds, such as TRAC and avoid waiting for possible donor funds to trickle in gradually.
Ensure that procurement, recruitment, and implementation processes of the programme are fit for efficient delivery, using fast track measures mainstreamed into UNDP's Programmes and Operations Policies and Procedures (POPP) and establishing a clear accountability framework.
Ensure coherent and inter-connected implementation across the various reintegration components: social, psychosocial, economic, political working in collaboration with UN partners.
Ensure all interventions across the programme components are gender and youth responsive, disability inclusive, adopt a conflict sensitivity and do-no-harm approach and are implemented in line with international human rights principles and standards.
Work closely with a wide array of partners and stakeholders to ensure effective governance of the programme, aligned with the vision/objective of the national strategy, the UNDP Country Programme Document (CPD) and UNDP's policy guidance and best practices consolidated in the IDDRS, the Madrid Guiding Principles and its Addendum, relevant UNDP guidance notes and other documents.
Where applicable, ensure coordination with regional and cross-border initiatives.
Prepare and oversee the work plans and budget of the programme and ensure that delivery is on track and the yearly target is achieved.
Ensure timely and adequate corporate and donor reporting against plans, including timely and articulate narrative and financial progress reports.
Identify risks and challenges involved in the implementation of the programme and provide advice to the Resident Representative on risk management and risk sharing strategies.
Ensure that appropriate environmental and safety standards as well as due diligence are applied to the relevant programme activities.
Ensure direct supervision of all programme & operational personnel, provide guidance and coaching to personnel and effective leadership and direction.
Ensure systematic and effective monitoring and evaluation, learning and adaptation systems are in place for steering the programme across changes to the national and local political context and local conflict dynamics.
Ensure strategic communications on programme results and the sharing of stories with donors and key stakeholders in accordance with the UN communication standards of UNDP and relevant UNDP guidance notes.

2. Coordination, Partnerships and Resource Mobilization

Lead on harnessing effective coordination and partnerships with Government authorities at central and local levels (civilian and military), civil society, donors and all other relevant stakeholders in the planning and implementation of the national reintegration programme and/or components.
Coordinate all work with UN missions where they are present and with international regional entities as appropriate;
Promote the UN approach to DDR and/or a UN coherent and coordinated approach to achieving compliance with PRR requirements when providing strategic advice to the UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative and convening the UNDP senior management and the United Nations Country Team to engage and support.
Given the high-risk contexts in which exits from armed groups take place, support the Resident Representative in ensuring that UNDP´s engagement in close collaboration with the UN Resident Coordinator and relevant UN entities, and based on a close dialogue and support from donor partners.
Formulate resource mobilization strategies in close consultation with donors, including the private sector.
Set up basket or trust funds are set up for large national reintegration programmes and/or ensure the integration of a dedicated window in broader basket and trust funds where appropriate.
Ensure sufficient resources are mobilized to jump-start the national reintegration programme implementation with the efficiency and effectiveness required.
Facilitate the mobilization and organization of networks of local partners around reintegration, involving local NGOs, community-based organizations, private sector companies and local authorities.
Liaise regularly and ensure close linkages between UNDP-supported/implemented programmes with humanitarian operations/plans, peacebuilding and recovery programmes supported by UN programmes, funds and agencies, international and regional financial institutions/banks, as well as other international and national stakeholders.

3.Knowledge Management

Promote identification and synthesis of good practices and lessons learned from reintegration processes and programme, in close coordination with the relevant Regional Hubs/Bureaux and the Crisis Bureau, for organizational sharing and learning as well as for external partners information and dialogue.
Actively participate in UNDP knowledge networks, including UNDP-led learning activities taking advantage of good practices and lessons learned that are available in the region and globally, and encourage programme personnel engagement by creating a culture of knowledge sharing and learning.
Ensure the guidance and coordination of exchange of knowledge to help influence/ advance policy dialogue and present such material at regional and global forums, including support to South-South exchanges.
Where applicable, promote the participation of the Country Office in regional and global projects and initiatives depending on relevance of geographical and thematic areas as appropriate.
Support capacity and knowledge building of programme personnel and national counterparts through the UNDP led strategic planning workshops and trainings, and other learning platforms.

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION:

At UNDP, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UNDP recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.

UNDP has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNDP, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UNDP's policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UNDP personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference checks.

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