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Tiered Approach

In line with the commitment to safeguard capacity and support personnel already in the Organization, a majority of UNDP UNCDF/UNV vacancies are advertised using a tiered application process whereby:

• Tier 0: UNDP/UNCDF/UNV IP staff holding permanent (PA) and fixed-term (FTA) appointments, whose posts will be abolished, or contracts will be terminated or not renewed during 2026.
• Tier 1: Other UNDP/UNCDF/UNV staff holding permanent (PA) and fixed-term (FTA) appointments
• Tier 2: UNDP/UNCDF/UNV staff holding temporary appointments (TA), personnel on regular PSA contracts, and Expert and Specialist UN Volunteers
• Tier 3 or no tier indicated: All other contract types from UNDP/UNCDF/UNV and other agencies, and other external candidates

Please make note of the Tier(s) indicated in the vacancy title, if any, and ensure that you satisfy the eligibility to apply.

• Coordination of Productive Inclusion and Social Protection PISP portfolio in close coordination and articulation with other areas of work.
• Generation of top-quality policy advice on PISP issues for the government at national, regional, and local levels, as well as internally within UNDP.
• Formulation, design, and implementation of programme strategies within PISP needs and CPD framework ensuring an issue-based approach, human rights-based approach, gender approach and conflict sensitivity.
• Creation of strategic partnerships and design and implementation of a resource mobilization strategy.
• Supervision of programme personnel and compliance of UNDP strategic and operational policies and procedures

• Coordinates the Productive Inclusion and Social Protection portfolio to assure integral and issues-based programmatic approach.
• Conducts thorough analysis and research of the political, social and economic situation in the country and preparation of substantive inputs to CCA, UNDAF, CPD, CPAP and other documents.
• Collects and analyses information about the Productive Inclusion and Social Protection and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) situation at the national, regional and local levels for proposing public policies in order to their achievement.
• Identifies areas of support and interventions within the Productive Inclusion and Social Protection areas, as part of the Inclusive Sustainable Development Cluster in close coordination, with other areas of work.
• Actively contributes to the application of issues-based approach to UNDP´s work at national, departmental and local levels to assure coherence and effectiveness of UNDP´s work in Colombia. CO business processes mapping and preparation of the content of internal Standard Operating Procedures in Results Management.
• Promotes the inclusion of cross-cutting issues (e.g. gender, human rights) where UNDP could strengthen its position to help address national challenges as part of its efforts to perform its mandate.

• Generates top-quality policy advice services on PISP issues to the Government at the national, regional and local levels.
• Promotes corporate policies on PISP, SDGs and linkages with global and regional programmes in this area of work and coordination with Sustainable Development and Resilience Cluster for UNDP regional Hub for LAC.
• Identifies sources of information related to policy-driven issues. Identification and synthesis of best practices and lessons learnt directly linked to programme country policy goals.
• Supports the development of policies and institutions that will address country problems and needs in collaboration with the Government and other strategic partners.
• Provides sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice as well as knowledge building and sharing within the CO and implementing.
• Promotes   continuous learning and trainings for programme and projects personnel on programme issues.
• Enhances UNDP’s value added as a trusted partner of the local, regional and national level stakeholders.
• Formulation, design, and implementation of programme strategies within PISP needs and CPD framework ensuring an issue-based approach, human rights-based approach, gender approach and conflict sensitivity.

• Coordinates programme implementation with the implementing partners. Introduces performance indicators/ success criteria, cost recovery, targets and milestones.
• Supervises the quality of programme/project to be presented to the local PAC by the Programme Analyst; quality control and follow up of contribution agreements; aware of the closure of projects once finalized. Programme Specialist can perform functions of Senior Manager in the ERP.
• Manages the application of RBM tools, establishment of targets for the achievement of results, and leads results-oriented monitoring of the PISP portfolio, including assurance of quality reporting oriented to results and management of outcome-oriented evaluations.

• Possesses clear awareness of the bi-lateral and multi-lateral donors’ priorities. Prepares substantive briefs on possible areas of cooperation to identify opportunities and niches for jointly development programmes/projects.
• Develops partnerships with key stakeholders in the country, as government institutions, bi-lateral and multi-lateral donors, private sector, civil society, IFI’s, UN agencies in specific thematic areas based on SDGss and strategic goals of UNDP.
• Conducts analysis and research of information on donors, prepares substantive briefs on possible areas of cooperation, identifies opportunities for initiation of new projects, active contribution to the overall office effort in resource mobilization.
• Formulates and implements a resource mobilization strategy for new projects on relevant thematics with the national government, the local governments, international cooperation, private sector, foundations and other sources. Brings significant increase of the budget directly implemented by the PISP portfolio. 
  Coordinates at technical level with international donors on relevant topics of the portfolio. 
  Coordinates at technical level with UN agencies with concrete results towards a Delivery as One approach.

• Oversees and guarantees compliance with UNDP`s rules, regulations, and procedures by programme personnel under his/her supervision.
• Jointly with Programme Analysts, performs systematic follow-up of annual work plans for guaranteeing their planned results as well as their overall implementation.
• Conducts risk management to mitigate its possible impact on programmes/projects.
• Guarantees that programme analysts under his/her supervision contribute substantively to the audit of NIM (National Implementation) /DIM (Direct Implementation) and NGOs projects within its portfolio.
• Guarantees that the programme analysts make adequate follow-up on audit recommendations. All exceptions are timely reported.
• Supervises timely and substantive submission of mandatory reports to the counterparts, donors, and HQ.
• Provides orientation, support, guidance, and advice to the representation, proactively and anticipatively, utilizing strategic management and analysis, and following the representation's instructions as required.