• Supervise and lead all operations and administrative aspects of the UNDP office supported by the finance and administrative assistant and in cooperation with the BERA operations team.
• Manage the ROAR, IWP, donor snapshot and Unity.
• Lead and manage the process of acquiring and negotiating secondments
• Supervise secondments and other team members as needed
• Serve as OIC in the absence of the Director and represent UNDP as needed
  

• Provide strategic support in developing more tailored partnerships, outreach, advocacy and resource mobilization strategies to deepen and broaden UNDP’s existing partnership with Germany.
• Strategic support to the RO Director and BERA leadership in shaping and advancing overall engagement, cooperation and partnership building with partners in Germany
• Develop and conceptualize innovative advocacy and communication formats for German target audiences, in collaboration with BERA HQ, RBx and CO communication colleagues.
• Support and advise Director in responding to broad range of internal and external correspondence related to UNDP positioning.
  

• In close collaboration with UNDP Regional and Central Bureaus, identify new entry points and programming opportunities between Germany and UNDP in German and UNDP priority areas.
• Serve as a close link to UNDP headquarters and the field, to draw on the support of the Regional/Central Bureaux and Country Offices to help explain the value of UNDP‘s work to German audiences on themes and countries that are of importance to Germany and address any questions or concerns about UNDP that may arise;
• Support Director in providing holistic guidance and support services to HQ, Country Offices and the Regional Hubs on the implementation of programmes and projects funded by Germany in accordance with applicable contractual frameworks and established regulations, monitoring and reporting activities, problem solving and risk and reputation management.
  

• Advise the Director related to UNDP strategies that are of relevance to German partners incl. government and government institutions.
• Help ensure that opinion-leaders and decision-makers in Germany - particularly those in BMZ, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, BMU, KFW, GIZ - are regularly informed of and understand UNDP policy decisions, goals and achievements.
• Build and strengthen knowledge, understanding, and importance of UNDP’s work and value to a wide range of partners in Germany in order to enhance strategic, political, funding and overall support to UNDP
• Under the guidance of the Director, represent UNDP in public events and bilateral meetings.
  

• Achieve Results - LEVEL 3: Set and align challenging, achievable objectives for multiple projects, have lasting impact
• Think Innovatively - LEVEL 3: Proactively mitigate potential risks, develop new ideas to solve complex problems
• Learn Continuously - LEVEL 3: Create and act on opportunities to expand horizons, diversify experiences
• Adapt with Agility - LEVEL 3: Proactively initiate and champion change, manage multiple competing demands
• Act with Determination - LEVEL 3: Think beyond immediate task/barriers and take action to achieve greater results
• Engage and Partner - LEVEL 3: Political savvy, navigate complex landscape, champion inter-agency collaboration
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion - LEVEL 3: Appreciate benefits of diverse workforce and champion inclusivity

People Management
UNDP People Management Competencies can be found in the dedicated site.
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

Digital & Innovation - Innovation management:

• Being able to create the, strategies, conditions, structures and systems to enable innovation at an organisational level.
• Ability to navigate uncertainty and ambiguity, is able manage projects-based principles of adaptation and emergence.
• Ability to shape demand for innovation services, navigate political constraints and make the case for allocation of resources to innovation, connect the appropriate innovation approaches based on business needs and make the case for innovation to be integrated at the planning level within their context. Having in-depth theoretical and experiential knowledge of innovation processes, methods, capabilities

Operations Management - Operations Management:

• Ability to effectively plan, oraganize, and oversee the Organization’s business processes in order to convert its assets into the best results in the most efficient manner.
• Knowledge of relevant concepts and mechanisms

Strategic Thinking - Strategic Thinking:

• Ability to develop effective strategies and prioritized plans in line with UNDP’s objectives, based on the systemic analysis of challenges, potential risks and opportunities; linking the vision to reality on the ground, and creating tangible solutions
• Ability to leverage learning from a variety of sources to anticipate and respond to future trends; to demonstrate foresight in order to model what future developments and possible ways forward look like for UNDP
  

• Ability to take decisions in a timely and efficient manner in line with one’s authority, area of expertise and resources

• 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.

• A minimum of seven (7) years with Master’s degree or nine (9) years with Bachelor’s degree and relevant work experience in development in a governmental, multilateral or civil society organization in a multi-cultural setting;
• Proven track record in building partnerships, networking, resource mobilization or with a donor.
• Sound knowledge and understanding of UN or UNDP operations is an asset.
• Experience in team management, management of financial resources and/or operations management is desirable
• Familiarity with work planning and results-based management is an asset.
• Familiarity and experience with German government institutions in particular BMZ, BMU, Foreign Office as well as GIZ is an asset.
• Excellent public relations, advocacy and communications skills-written and oral is mandatory.

Language:

• Fluency in English.
• German and knowledge of another UN language an asset.