Programme Support Associate, Food Systems

hace 2 semanas

Panamá, Panamá, Panamá Pnud Argentina A tiempo completo

GCP's focus on strengthening the livelihoods of smallholder producers within commodity supply chains and reducing environmental footprints, particularly deforestation, through public-private partnerships can be key for UNDP's ambitions to reduce poverty, reduce deforestation and engage the private sector in SDGs.

Through the GCP project, FACS intends to improve the national economic, social, and environmental performance of agricultural commodity sectors.

GCP works within agricultural commodity production in countries of UNDP operation where the programme can have significant impact on rural livelihoods, mitigate climate change, and maintain the ecosystem services and resilience of landscapes and seascapes.

GCP has different sources of funds including the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) which mainly supports the development of tools and resources, and the delivery of capacity building around effective collaborative action and systems change.


In November 2021, UNDP launched the Effective Collaborative Action (ECA) guidebook, which gathers key principles and practices for accelerating the transformation of food systems.

In addition, GCP supports the World Bank with the implementation of the Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration (FOLUR) Impact Program (IP), financed under GEF-7.

The Programme is designed to promote sustainable integrated landscapes and efficient food value chains at scale.

The GCP coordinates the Good Growth Partnership coalition, whose support focuses on the global platform with the objective of contributing to transformational shifts in the use of environmentally sustainable practices and policies for priority global value chains.


The FACS Programme Support Associate will provide support to the implementation of the different projects and initiatives under the FACS Practice including the GCP Project.

Duties and Responsibilities Scope of Work The FACS Programme Support Associate will be assigned the following duties:

Organizing meeting calls, taking minutes of these calls with key actions needed and following up on necessary actions as applicable.

Support in meetings arrangements, including Project Boards/Steering Committee meetings, Coordination calls, including scheduling, agenda drafting, delivery, minutes taking and report drafting.

Support in annual planning and reporting processes; including coordination of data collection, development and analysis, interpretation and presentation in flowcharts, tables, reports, or slides, as needed for project management.

Assist in preparing and reviewing draft reports, knowledge products (including communications strategy and dissemination), presentations and materials. Support in maintaining all project /initiatives documents in a shared repository. Assist in organizing events, workshops, and training. Prepare presentations, briefing notes, and reports.

Help with translation, proofreading and editing of documents. Institutional Arrangement The Programme Support Associate will be supervised by the FACS Global Project Manager.

He/she will liaise with the UNDP FACS team members, other UNDP staff both at global and country office levels, partners agencies focal points, and donors.


Competencies Expected Demonstration of Competencies Core Achieve Results:

LEVEL 1:
Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline

Think Innovatively:

LEVEL 1:
Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements Learn Continuously
LEVEL 1:
Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback Adapt with Agility
LEVEL 1:
Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible Act with Determination
LEVEL 1:
Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident Engage and Partner
LEVEL 1:
Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships Enable Diversity and Inclusion:
LEVEL 1:

Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination Cross-Functional & Technical competencies Thematic Area Name Definition Business Management Project Management Ability to plan, organize, prioritize, and control resources, procedures, and protocols to achieve specific goals.


Business Management Monitoring Ability to provide managers and key stakeholders with regular feedback on the consistency or discrepancy between planned and actual activities and programme performance and results.

Business Management Working with Evidence and Data Ability to inspect, cleanse, transform and model data with the goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions and supporting decision-making.

Business Management Communication 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.


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