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Local Governance Officer – Doboj
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Kategorija:
Mjesto rada:
BiH
Rok prijave:
07.09.2016.
O poslu
Opis radnog mjesta:
UNDP oglas za posao: Local Governance Officer – Doboj
Practice Area – Job Family: Democratic Governance
Vacancy End Date (Midnight New York, USA): 07/09/2016
Duty Station: Bosnia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Education & Work Experience: G-Bachelor’s Level Degree – 5 year(s) experience, I-Master’s Level Degree – 3 year(s) experience
Grade: SB4
Vacancy Type: Service Contract (SC)
Bosnia and Herzegovina is facing an intricate set of development challenges, including economic decline, high unemployment, growing poverty and socio-economic inequalities. The complex administrative structure has led to political deadlocks, while slow legislative processes further hamper development. There is limited progress in finding political compromise on necessary reforms, including those required for integration to the European Union (EU). Many constraints persist on the economy, including poor infrastructure and a generally unattractive investment climate.
Placed within such a complex environment, local governments (LGs) have monotype competences, despite considerable differences in their size. LGs design integrated strategies, where social, economic, and environmental sectors are inter-connected to produce sustainable results. Nearly 30% of LGs have begun to apply an integrated municipal management approach. Yet, deficiencies in decision-making, internal management and organisation, policy and regulatory frameworks, as well as inadequate operational capacity hamper effective policy delivery.
Both finances and priority wise, water and environmental sanitation services are the most important LG services. More than 40 % of the country population of 3.8 million lacks access to safe water, with less than 40 % connected to the public sewerage system. Water losses frequently amount to more than 50 %, leading to overexploitation of water sources and high distribution costs. Water tariff levels are often too low to cover operation and maintenance, let alone enable capital investments. Further support to LGs and water utilities in cooperation with sectoral ministries at entity and cantonal levels is needed to increase service delivery management capacity and accountability through regulatory frameworks, ensuring functional and fiscal compliance across jurisdictions. Increasingly frequent floods and droughts adversely affect local service delivery, pointing to the lack of disaster risk reduction (DRR) policies and measures.
Because LGs are the intersection through which most business creation flows, their role is instrumental in creating a business-conducive environment and stimulating economic growth. Despite positive experiences, including pilot certification of “business-friendly” certification, LGs in Bosnia and Herzegovina still lack sound economic expertise and tools to engage in productive public-private dialogue and increase investment attractiveness of their localities through viable business infrastructure, support to employability and local entrepreneurship.
To address these challenges, the Municipal Environmental and Economic Governance (MEG) Project has been launched, supported by the Government of Switzerland and implemented by UNDP. The Project will support democratic local governance and improve quality of public services, focusing on the economic and environmental sectors. Together with its 18 partner local governments, private sector counterparts, relevant cantonal, entity and state level institutions, the Project will enhance municipal performance, applying sound public policy and management processes, spurring interaction among local decision-makers and citizens, and supporting capital investment to unlock sustainable economic growth and job creation. As for its geographic coverage, he MEG Project will work in the area of Una-Sana Canton and Prijedor, as well as in the wider Doboj-Tuzla region. To sustain changes introduced at the local level, the Project will encourage advancement of the regulatory framework as per EU standards, towards decentralized and improved service delivery, with focus on communal services and business environment. The expected overall duration of the Project is 12 years, while the first phase will last four years.
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the direct supervision of the Local Governance Officer, the Local Governance Field Officer will have the following key functions:
Coordination and implementation of Project support packages for partner local governments in the designated area of responsibility:
Assists with the design and setting in function of a comprehensive performance management system in partner local governments;
Provides technical advice, guidance and support to local governments in the process of introducing new tools and solutions aimed at improving economic governance, business services and environment, and quality of service delivery;
Supports the Project’s efforts to strengthen the legislative capacity of Municipal Councils and their interaction with the mayors/administrations;
Provides support to local governments in the process of delivery of business incentives and employment-conducive measures;
Identifies and supports regulatory changes at the local level, from viewpoint of economic and environmental governance and good municipal performance;
Facilitates and support productive interaction between citizens and local governments, as well as the conduct of annual citizens satisfaction surveys;
Pro-actively promotes and supports local governments to introduce and apply good governance benchmarks in their work;
Coordinates the work of selected service providers, to include acting as conduit and facilitator between contract agents and designated municipal authorities;
Organizes field project events, to include training exercises, workshops, meetings and roundtables in the designated area of operations, providing oversight and ensuring quality of delivery;
Provides the Local Governance Officer with substantive data inputs based on project experiences and monitoring of progress against set targets;
In his/her designated area of responsibility, supports strengthening of water-and-economic-sector professional organizations to act as knowledge and advocacy hubs for sector-specific improvements in the relevant legislative frameworks;
Encourages and supports knowledge sharing, exchanges of experience and partnership building across the designated area of responsibility through regional thematic networking events and other activities;
Duly collects data and all relevant information at the local level, so as to contribute to measurable review of results and longer-term Project effects, as per the Project M&E plan and logical framework;
Supports sharing and scaling-up successful approaches in the broader UNDP local governance team.
Assistance with the selection, design and implementation of infrastructure projects in targeted locations:
Contributes to design and promotion of the Project-set performance criteria within partner local governments and monitors regularly progress against set targets;
Supports the annual performance assessment of local governments, serving as entry point for determining the on-budget support for infrastructure projects;
Assists in the identification of critical economic and environmental infrastructure projects originating from local strategies to be supported through on-budget support provided by the Project;
Provides support in the development of project proposals and the necessary technical documentation, including pipeline projects (focus on economic infrastructure);
Provides quality assurance, oversees and reports against the implementation of MEG-funded infrastructure projects in target localities;
Prepares analytical reviews and systematically captures lessons learnt and development effects from the on-budget support;
Provides assistance to partner local governments to access public/other types of funding and implement priority projects originating from integrated local development strategies;
Provides partner local governments with information on public financial mechanisms supporting local development in BiH, and supports, in close cooperation with the Project team, the efforts geared towards linking public funding institutions or mechanisms with local strategies and their strategic priorities;
Prepares relevant ad hoc and periodic reports related to the implementation of this function within the region.
Pro-active support to partnerships, networking and advocacy in the Project implementation, as well as in the broader UNDP local governance/local development programme:
Captures and ensures wide promotion and visibility of Project achievements, particularly with regard to local success stories;
Encourages inter-municipal cooperation within the target area;
Ensures regular communication and coordination with Project counterparts and develop and maintain effective mechanisms for integrating and responding to their feedback and insights;
Encourages active participation of all stakeholders in order to promote empowerment and ownership of local counterparts and stakeholders;
Contributes to knowledge sharing among the wider local governance thematic team within UNDP.
Gender equality mainstreaming within the Project:
Supports gender equality mainstreaming in Project implementation;
Ensures that relevant Project documents are written using gender sensitive language.
Practice Area – Job Family: Democratic Governance
Vacancy End Date (Midnight New York, USA): 07/09/2016
Duty Station: Bosnia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Education & Work Experience: G-Bachelor’s Level Degree – 5 year(s) experience, I-Master’s Level Degree – 3 year(s) experience
Grade: SB4
Vacancy Type: Service Contract (SC)
Bosnia and Herzegovina is facing an intricate set of development challenges, including economic decline, high unemployment, growing poverty and socio-economic inequalities. The complex administrative structure has led to political deadlocks, while slow legislative processes further hamper development. There is limited progress in finding political compromise on necessary reforms, including those required for integration to the European Union (EU). Many constraints persist on the economy, including poor infrastructure and a generally unattractive investment climate.
Placed within such a complex environment, local governments (LGs) have monotype competences, despite considerable differences in their size. LGs design integrated strategies, where social, economic, and environmental sectors are inter-connected to produce sustainable results. Nearly 30% of LGs have begun to apply an integrated municipal management approach. Yet, deficiencies in decision-making, internal management and organisation, policy and regulatory frameworks, as well as inadequate operational capacity hamper effective policy delivery.
Both finances and priority wise, water and environmental sanitation services are the most important LG services. More than 40 % of the country population of 3.8 million lacks access to safe water, with less than 40 % connected to the public sewerage system. Water losses frequently amount to more than 50 %, leading to overexploitation of water sources and high distribution costs. Water tariff levels are often too low to cover operation and maintenance, let alone enable capital investments. Further support to LGs and water utilities in cooperation with sectoral ministries at entity and cantonal levels is needed to increase service delivery management capacity and accountability through regulatory frameworks, ensuring functional and fiscal compliance across jurisdictions. Increasingly frequent floods and droughts adversely affect local service delivery, pointing to the lack of disaster risk reduction (DRR) policies and measures.
Because LGs are the intersection through which most business creation flows, their role is instrumental in creating a business-conducive environment and stimulating economic growth. Despite positive experiences, including pilot certification of “business-friendly” certification, LGs in Bosnia and Herzegovina still lack sound economic expertise and tools to engage in productive public-private dialogue and increase investment attractiveness of their localities through viable business infrastructure, support to employability and local entrepreneurship.
To address these challenges, the Municipal Environmental and Economic Governance (MEG) Project has been launched, supported by the Government of Switzerland and implemented by UNDP. The Project will support democratic local governance and improve quality of public services, focusing on the economic and environmental sectors. Together with its 18 partner local governments, private sector counterparts, relevant cantonal, entity and state level institutions, the Project will enhance municipal performance, applying sound public policy and management processes, spurring interaction among local decision-makers and citizens, and supporting capital investment to unlock sustainable economic growth and job creation. As for its geographic coverage, he MEG Project will work in the area of Una-Sana Canton and Prijedor, as well as in the wider Doboj-Tuzla region. To sustain changes introduced at the local level, the Project will encourage advancement of the regulatory framework as per EU standards, towards decentralized and improved service delivery, with focus on communal services and business environment. The expected overall duration of the Project is 12 years, while the first phase will last four years.
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the direct supervision of the Local Governance Officer, the Local Governance Field Officer will have the following key functions:
Coordination and implementation of Project support packages for partner local governments in the designated area of responsibility:
Assists with the design and setting in function of a comprehensive performance management system in partner local governments;
Provides technical advice, guidance and support to local governments in the process of introducing new tools and solutions aimed at improving economic governance, business services and environment, and quality of service delivery;
Supports the Project’s efforts to strengthen the legislative capacity of Municipal Councils and their interaction with the mayors/administrations;
Provides support to local governments in the process of delivery of business incentives and employment-conducive measures;
Identifies and supports regulatory changes at the local level, from viewpoint of economic and environmental governance and good municipal performance;
Facilitates and support productive interaction between citizens and local governments, as well as the conduct of annual citizens satisfaction surveys;
Pro-actively promotes and supports local governments to introduce and apply good governance benchmarks in their work;
Coordinates the work of selected service providers, to include acting as conduit and facilitator between contract agents and designated municipal authorities;
Organizes field project events, to include training exercises, workshops, meetings and roundtables in the designated area of operations, providing oversight and ensuring quality of delivery;
Provides the Local Governance Officer with substantive data inputs based on project experiences and monitoring of progress against set targets;
In his/her designated area of responsibility, supports strengthening of water-and-economic-sector professional organizations to act as knowledge and advocacy hubs for sector-specific improvements in the relevant legislative frameworks;
Encourages and supports knowledge sharing, exchanges of experience and partnership building across the designated area of responsibility through regional thematic networking events and other activities;
Duly collects data and all relevant information at the local level, so as to contribute to measurable review of results and longer-term Project effects, as per the Project M&E plan and logical framework;
Supports sharing and scaling-up successful approaches in the broader UNDP local governance team.
Assistance with the selection, design and implementation of infrastructure projects in targeted locations:
Contributes to design and promotion of the Project-set performance criteria within partner local governments and monitors regularly progress against set targets;
Supports the annual performance assessment of local governments, serving as entry point for determining the on-budget support for infrastructure projects;
Assists in the identification of critical economic and environmental infrastructure projects originating from local strategies to be supported through on-budget support provided by the Project;
Provides support in the development of project proposals and the necessary technical documentation, including pipeline projects (focus on economic infrastructure);
Provides quality assurance, oversees and reports against the implementation of MEG-funded infrastructure projects in target localities;
Prepares analytical reviews and systematically captures lessons learnt and development effects from the on-budget support;
Provides assistance to partner local governments to access public/other types of funding and implement priority projects originating from integrated local development strategies;
Provides partner local governments with information on public financial mechanisms supporting local development in BiH, and supports, in close cooperation with the Project team, the efforts geared towards linking public funding institutions or mechanisms with local strategies and their strategic priorities;
Prepares relevant ad hoc and periodic reports related to the implementation of this function within the region.
Pro-active support to partnerships, networking and advocacy in the Project implementation, as well as in the broader UNDP local governance/local development programme:
Captures and ensures wide promotion and visibility of Project achievements, particularly with regard to local success stories;
Encourages inter-municipal cooperation within the target area;
Ensures regular communication and coordination with Project counterparts and develop and maintain effective mechanisms for integrating and responding to their feedback and insights;
Encourages active participation of all stakeholders in order to promote empowerment and ownership of local counterparts and stakeholders;
Contributes to knowledge sharing among the wider local governance thematic team within UNDP.
Gender equality mainstreaming within the Project:
Supports gender equality mainstreaming in Project implementation;
Ensures that relevant Project documents are written using gender sensitive language.
Vrsta posla:
rad na određeno vrijeme
Regija:
Bosansko-podrinjski kanton regija, Distrikt Brčko regija, Hercegovačko-neretvanski kanton regija, Kanton 10 regija, Posavski kanton regija, Republika Srpska regija, Kanton Sarajevo regija, Srednjobosanski kanton regija, Tuzlanski kanton regija, Unsko-sanski kanton regija, Zapadnohercegovački kanton regija, Zeničko-dobojski kanton regija
O zaposleniku
Znanja i kvalifikacije:
Competencies
Job Knowledge/Technical Expertise: Fundamental knowledge of own discipline
Understands and applies fundamental concepts and principles of a professional discipline or technical specialty relating to the position;
In-depth knowledge on development issues, especially in the domain of local governance and community development;
Possesses basic knowledge of organizational policies and procedures relating to the position and applies them consistently in work tasks;
Strives to keep job knowledge up-to-date through self-directed study and other means of learning;
Demonstrates good knowledge of information technology and applies it in work assignments;
Demonstrates in-depth understanding and knowledge of the current guidelines and Project management tools and utilizes these regularly in work assignments.
Advocacy/Advancing a Policy-Oriented Agenda/Preparing information for advocacy
Identifies and communicates relevant information for a variety of audiences for advocating UNDP’s mandate;
Maintains a functioning network of contacts with a variety of stakeholders to promote a better understanding of UNDP’s mandate and to support advocacy efforts
Building Strategic Partnerships/Maintaining a network of contacts
Maintains an established network of contacts for general information sharing and to remain up-to-date on partnership related issues;
Analyzes and selects materials for strengthening strategic alliances with partners and stakeholders;
Establishes and nurtures positive communication with partners
Promoting Organizational Learning and Knowledge Sharing/Basic research and analysis
Generates new ideas and approaches, researches best practices and proposes new, more effective ways of doing things;
Documents and analyses innovative strategies and new approaches.
Conceptual Innovation in the Provision of Technical Expertise/Research and analysis
Keeps updated in his/her area of substantive expertise;
Analyses ongoing trends, evolving needs and emerging issues to identify appropriate responses for capacity building.
Resource Mobilization/Providing inputs to resource mobilization strategies
Analyzes information/databases on potential and actual donors.
Client Orientation/Establishing effective client relationships
Researches potential solutions to internal and external client needs and reports back in a timely, succinct and appropriate fashion;
Organizes and prioritizes work schedule to meet client needs and deadlines;
Establishes, builds and sustains effective relationships within the work unit and with internal and external clients.
Core Competencies:
Promoting ethics and integrity, creating organizational precedents;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, disabilities, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Treats all people and partners fairly without favouritism;
Self-development, initiative-taking;
Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude and strong ability to continuously self-motivate;
Plans, prioritizes, and delivers tasks on time;
Excellent diplomatic and interpersonal skills and ability to liaise effectively with government and stakeholders at the highest levels;
Sound judgment and problem solving skills;
Excellent conceptualisation and analytical skills, as well as proven ability to draft documents in clear and concise manner;
Excellent communication skills with excellent drafting and presentation skills;
Building staff competence, creating an environment of creativity and innovation;
Building and promoting effective Project team;
Creating and promoting enabling environment for open communication;
Managing conflict;
Sharing knowledge across the organization and building a culture of knowledge sharing and learning;
Fair and transparent decision making.
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
Master degree in business, economics, development, political sciences, engineering and other relevant area;
University degree with additional two years of experience may be taken into the consideration in lieu of the Master degree
Experience:
At least three years of relevant working experience in the areas of local governance, local development, capacity development of local governments in Bosnia and Herzegovina; knowledge of and previous experience in the duty station region is a distinct asset;
Knowledge and expertise in the area of economic governance and local business enabling environment;
Understanding of the overall political, administrative and institutional set-up of local government in Bosnia and Herzegovina;
Understanding of development trends in Bosnia and Herzegovina;
Excellent communication and networking skills, as well as ability to effectively interact with governmental, private and civic stakeholders
Familiarity with key public documents, strategies and trends related to capacity development of local governments in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Language Requirements:
Fluency in English and in official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with excellent drafting and presentation skills
Disclaimer
Important applicant information
All posts in the SC categories are subject to local recruitment.
Applicant information about UNDP rosters
Note: UNDP reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement. We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.
Workforce diversity
UNDP is committed to achieving diversity within its workforce, and encourages all qualified applicants, irrespective of gender, nationality, disabilities, sexual orientation, culture, religious and ethnic backgrounds to apply. All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence.
Scam warning
The United Nations does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process. Should you receive a solicitation for the payment of a fee, please disregard it. Furthermore, please note that emblems, logos, names and addresses are easily copied and reproduced. Therefore, you are advised to apply particular care when submitting personal information on the web.
More information: https://jobs.partneragencies.net/erecruitjobs.html?JobOpeningId=5471
Job Knowledge/Technical Expertise: Fundamental knowledge of own discipline
Understands and applies fundamental concepts and principles of a professional discipline or technical specialty relating to the position;
In-depth knowledge on development issues, especially in the domain of local governance and community development;
Possesses basic knowledge of organizational policies and procedures relating to the position and applies them consistently in work tasks;
Strives to keep job knowledge up-to-date through self-directed study and other means of learning;
Demonstrates good knowledge of information technology and applies it in work assignments;
Demonstrates in-depth understanding and knowledge of the current guidelines and Project management tools and utilizes these regularly in work assignments.
Advocacy/Advancing a Policy-Oriented Agenda/Preparing information for advocacy
Identifies and communicates relevant information for a variety of audiences for advocating UNDP’s mandate;
Maintains a functioning network of contacts with a variety of stakeholders to promote a better understanding of UNDP’s mandate and to support advocacy efforts
Building Strategic Partnerships/Maintaining a network of contacts
Maintains an established network of contacts for general information sharing and to remain up-to-date on partnership related issues;
Analyzes and selects materials for strengthening strategic alliances with partners and stakeholders;
Establishes and nurtures positive communication with partners
Promoting Organizational Learning and Knowledge Sharing/Basic research and analysis
Generates new ideas and approaches, researches best practices and proposes new, more effective ways of doing things;
Documents and analyses innovative strategies and new approaches.
Conceptual Innovation in the Provision of Technical Expertise/Research and analysis
Keeps updated in his/her area of substantive expertise;
Analyses ongoing trends, evolving needs and emerging issues to identify appropriate responses for capacity building.
Resource Mobilization/Providing inputs to resource mobilization strategies
Analyzes information/databases on potential and actual donors.
Client Orientation/Establishing effective client relationships
Researches potential solutions to internal and external client needs and reports back in a timely, succinct and appropriate fashion;
Organizes and prioritizes work schedule to meet client needs and deadlines;
Establishes, builds and sustains effective relationships within the work unit and with internal and external clients.
Core Competencies:
Promoting ethics and integrity, creating organizational precedents;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, disabilities, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Treats all people and partners fairly without favouritism;
Self-development, initiative-taking;
Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude and strong ability to continuously self-motivate;
Plans, prioritizes, and delivers tasks on time;
Excellent diplomatic and interpersonal skills and ability to liaise effectively with government and stakeholders at the highest levels;
Sound judgment and problem solving skills;
Excellent conceptualisation and analytical skills, as well as proven ability to draft documents in clear and concise manner;
Excellent communication skills with excellent drafting and presentation skills;
Building staff competence, creating an environment of creativity and innovation;
Building and promoting effective Project team;
Creating and promoting enabling environment for open communication;
Managing conflict;
Sharing knowledge across the organization and building a culture of knowledge sharing and learning;
Fair and transparent decision making.
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
Master degree in business, economics, development, political sciences, engineering and other relevant area;
University degree with additional two years of experience may be taken into the consideration in lieu of the Master degree
Experience:
At least three years of relevant working experience in the areas of local governance, local development, capacity development of local governments in Bosnia and Herzegovina; knowledge of and previous experience in the duty station region is a distinct asset;
Knowledge and expertise in the area of economic governance and local business enabling environment;
Understanding of the overall political, administrative and institutional set-up of local government in Bosnia and Herzegovina;
Understanding of development trends in Bosnia and Herzegovina;
Excellent communication and networking skills, as well as ability to effectively interact with governmental, private and civic stakeholders
Familiarity with key public documents, strategies and trends related to capacity development of local governments in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Language Requirements:
Fluency in English and in official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with excellent drafting and presentation skills
Disclaimer
Important applicant information
All posts in the SC categories are subject to local recruitment.
Applicant information about UNDP rosters
Note: UNDP reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement. We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.
Workforce diversity
UNDP is committed to achieving diversity within its workforce, and encourages all qualified applicants, irrespective of gender, nationality, disabilities, sexual orientation, culture, religious and ethnic backgrounds to apply. All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence.
Scam warning
The United Nations does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process. Should you receive a solicitation for the payment of a fee, please disregard it. Furthermore, please note that emblems, logos, names and addresses are easily copied and reproduced. Therefore, you are advised to apply particular care when submitting personal information on the web.
More information: https://jobs.partneragencies.net/erecruitjobs.html?JobOpeningId=5471
Minimalna stručna sprema:
Magisterij
Strani jezik:
engleski
Poznavanje rada na računaru:
dobro
Potrebno radno iskustvo:
dvije godine
