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Job Vacancy > Senior Parliamentary Advisor
Location > Dar Es Salaam
Position Type > Full Time
Organization Type > NGO -
UNDP
Application Deadline: 10 Oct 2016
Senior Parliamentary Advisor POSITION DESCRIPTION:
Duties and Responsibilities
The CTA will be responsible for the overall guidance and strategic advice to the Legislative Support Project and act as a principal advisor to the implementing partner agencies.
The CTA will have the following responsibilities:
Provide strategic guidance to the UNDP CO, LSP project and national partners, in particular National Assembly, on the programmatic areas of the LSP project;
Provide quality assurance of project activities and its results;
Provide policy advice and technical guidance to the national implementing partners, in particular the National Assembly, project donors, LSP project team and UNDP CO on legislative support and other thematic and programmatic issues;
Support partnership building, synergies and resource mobilization;
Support sector-wide coordination, communication and strategic planning efforts;
Ensure Strengthening the demand side of the project through increasing gender and social inclusion work and partnership with CSOs;
Ensure knowledge management and professional capacity development of the LSP project Programme team and national counterparts; and
Any other tasks as assigned by the NPD and Senior Management of UNDP.
Provide strategic guidance to the UNDP CO, LSP project and national partners, in particular National Assembly, on the programmatic areas of the LSP project;
Provide advice to the NPD, LSP project staff and implementing partners to plan the activities of the project and monitor progress against the agreed indicators and targets;
Strengthen effective monitoring and evaluation systems for LSP project and reporting systems;
Continuously review the project status and provide strategic and policy advice to the Project Board on required follow up and or corrective action;
Oversee the work of LSP Project staff and ensure quality and timeliness of delivery;
Create professional development opportunities for the Programme staff.
Provide quality assurance of Programme activities and its results:
Ensure cohesion and coordination among the different components of the project;
Provide technical advice to NPD and NPC on legislative support issues and guidance to the overall strategic vision with a view to building national capacities, strengthening parliamentarism, to support the overarching objective of the UN;
Provide guidance to NPC on the day to day implementation of the project activities;
Provide strategic advice to all project components assuming quality control of implementation and support NPC in the coordination of the implementation of planned activities;
Support NPC and national technical staff in managing delivery of the Programme components;
Provide necessary support to the project to ensure quality planning and reporting.
Provide policy advice and technical guidance to the NPD, national implementing partners, project donors, LSP project team and UNDP CO on legislative support and other thematic and programmatic issues:
Provide strategic policy advice to the NPD, government counterparts, donors and other partners on issues related to legislative support in the broader framework democratic governance;
Provide technical assistance with regards to National Assembly core functions, including legislative, oversight and representation and committee work as well as the work of the Speaker, the Clerk and the Secretariat;
Provide technical assistance on National Assembly mainstreaming of key issues including gender, human rights, anti-corruption and Sustainable Development Goals;
Represent UNDP in coordination and expert bodies on legislative support, as requested by UNDP CO;
Provide substantive inputs to the preparation of Government and UNDP policy notes and briefs.
Provide strategic policy advice and guidance to UNDP CO, national implementing partners and Programme donors on creation and monitoring of the Programme Sustainability Strategy:
Provide advice to the UNDP CO, national implementing partners and project donors on best modalities to ensure sustainability of the achieved project objectives;
Liaise with the national implementing partners, project donors and the National Assembly and guide the process of creation of the working group for drafting of the Project Sustainability Strategy;
Lead the process of drafting of the Programme Sustainability Strategy;
Support the NDP and NPC in monitoring of the implementation of the adopted Project Sustainability Strategy.
Support partnership building, synergies and resource mobilization:
Advocate for UNDP legislative support and represent UNDP Tanzania with national authorities, UN concerned agencies and UNCT, the donor community, and international financial institutions;
Liaise regularly and forge close linkages with other UN programmes, agencies and entities, as well as other international and national stakeholders concerned with or providing assistance on legislative support to maximise synergies and avoid duplications;
Build and develop partnerships with legislative community stakeholders including non-governmental organizations, research institutions, media and public;
Liaise with and maintain regular contact with ministries, UN agencies, national human rights institutions and donors, and support ongoing coordination efforts;
Explore possibilities and actively promote synergy with UNDP CO portfolio and various projects;
Develop strategies to secure new partnerships and mobilize additional resources based on new programming opportunities.
Support sector-wide coordination, communication and strategic planning efforts:
Promote joint programming and UN reform, and collaborate effectively in established frameworks for UN and other international coordination;
Support and participate in coordination mechanisms relevant for legislative support as requested by government partners, UNDP and donor community;
Provide technical guidance to further democratic governance coordination;
Convene regular meeting with national partners and development partners in Tanzania to legislative issues;
Ensure the integration of cross-cutting issues, such as gender, human rights, anti-corruption and SDGs into project implementation, monitoring and evaluation;
Support NPC to ensure effective coordination and cooperation of components and all project implementation team;
Develop a comprehensive Communication and Coordination Strategy to ensure coordination and communication between project, national implementing partners and project donors.
Ensure Strengthening the demand side of the Programme through increasing gender and social inclusion work and partnership with CSOs:
Provide advice and direction on strategic and policy issues to strengthen gender, human rights, anti-corruption and SDG initiatives in the programme plan and implementation strategy;
Advise and ensure proper coordination legislative support components for better results on gender, human rights, anti-corruption and SDGs;
Ensure gender, human rights, anti-corruption and SDGs issues are substantially incorporated in policy notes and briefs of government and UNDP;
Liaise with and maintain regular contact with CSOs in implementation of gender, human rights, anti-corruption and SDGs initiatives;
Liaise with CO Gender Specialist as per the need for effective implementation of the Gender strategy and other guiding tools.
Ensure knowledge management and professional capacity development of the ROLHR Programme team and national counterparts:
Promote the identification and synthesis of best practices and lessons learned from the project area for organizational sharing and learning as well as external information;
Actively participate in UNDP knowledge and learning sharing and take advantage of best practices and lessons learned that are available in the region and globally;
Create a culture of knowledge sharing and learning in the project;
Identify and assist NPC in the recruitment of relevant expertise needed for delivery of project objectives;
Support capacity and knowledge building of national counterparts through on- the job training, knowledge sharing workshops, publications and organization of learning visits;
Promote the participation of UNDP Tanzania in regional and global programme activities related to the project areas as appropriate;
Advocate for UNDP with Government counterparts and ensure access to best available expertise;
Support capacity-building of national counterparts.
Performance Indicators:
Policy and technical advice of high quality and relevance;
Strategy and portfolio development advice and provide proposals as needed relating to project strategy and portfolio development;
Inputs into project progress reports and work plans, and review -comments of and assist the preparation of the quarterly work plans and annual progress report;
Advice on day-to-day functions;
Appropriate international and national consultants recruited and effectively coordinated and used in project implementation including the provision of, guidance on selection criteria and quality assurance);
Provide effective communication styles in different situations;
Provide effective training delivery skills and styles;
Effective and active networking and partnerships.
Competencies
Corporate Competencies:
Promotes UN's Values and ethical standards (tolerance, integrity, respect, results orientation, impartiality)
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and sensitivity and adaptability
Demonstrates integrity by modeling in the UN's values and ethical standards (human rights, peace, understanding between people and nations, tolerance, integrity, respect, results orientation, UNDP core ethics, impartiality)
Functional Competencies:
Knowledge Management and Learning
Development and Operational Effectiveness
Management and Leadership
Communications and Networking
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
Advanced university degree preferably in law, public administration, political science or related field.
Experience:
A minimum of 10 years working experience in parliaments and strong knowledge of parliamentary practice;
Knowledge and experience from working with countries in development/transition
Previous experience with the United Nations System, including UNDP, is desirable;
Proven familiarity with human rights and gender analysis and concepts;
Strong inter-personal skills; results driven, ability to work under pressure and to meet strict deadlines;
Ability to deal with politically sensitive and complex issues
Strong communication, networking and team-building skills;
Previous work experience in Tanzania and knowledge of the parliamentary system is an added asset.
Language Requirements:
Excellent spoken, report writing and presentation skills in the English language
Knowledge of Kiswahili is an asset
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