Job Identification : 11741

Locations : New Delhi, India

Posting Date : 09/01/2023, 05:38 AM

Apply Before : 09/17/2023, 06:29 PM

Job Schedule : Full time

Agency : UNDP

Grade : NPSA-9

Vacancy Type : National Personnel Service Agreement

Practice Area : Health

Bureau : Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific

Contract Duration : 1 Year

Education & Work Experience : Master’s Degree – 2 year(s) experience OR Bachelor’s Degree – 4 year(s) experience

Required Languages : English and Hindi

Vacancy Timeline

2 Weeks

Job Description

Background

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are core principles at UNDP: we value diversity as an expression of the multiplicity of nations and cultures where we operate, we foster inclusion as a way of ensuring all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, and we ensure equity and fairness in all our actions. Taking a ‘leave no one behind’ approach to our diversity efforts means increasing representation of underserved populations. People who identify as belonging to marginalized or excluded populations are strongly encouraged to apply. Learn more about working at UNDP including our values and inspiring stories.

UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

UNDP has been working in India since 1951 in almost all areas of human development. Together with the Government of India and development partners, we have worked towards eradicating poverty, reducing inequalities, strengthening local governance, enhancing community resilience, protecting the environment, supporting policy initiatives and institutional reforms, and accelerating sustainable development for all.

With projects and programmes in every state and union territory in India, UNDP works with national and subnational government, and diverse development actors to deliver people-centric results, particularly for the most vulnerable and marginalized communities. As the integrator for collective action on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within the UN system, we are committed to supporting the Government of India’s national development vision and priorities and accelerating the achievement of the SDGs for the people and the planet.

UNDP India’s Country Programme (2023-2027), builds on our prior work and aims to provide an integrated approach to development solutions in three strategic portfolios:

•  Strong, accountable and evidence-led institutions for accelerated achievement of the SDGs.
•  Enhanced economic opportunities and social protection to reduce inequality, with a focus on the marginalized.
•  Climate-smart solutions, sustainable ecosystems and resilient development for reduced vulnerability.

South-South cooperation, gender equality and social inclusion are promoted across the pillars. The programme is supported by a framework of renewed partnerships and blended finance solutions, strategic innovation and accelerator labs, and data and digital architecture.

You are invited to join a team of future-smart development professionals to support India in achieving the national and globally agreed goals. As part of the UNDP team, your focus will be to work with diverse stakeholders to find country-specific solutions that lead to sustainable development and reach those furthest behind first.

In India UNDP is a long-standing partner of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and its institutions at the State and District level. Guided by the government, the UNDP India work is fully carried out in close coordination with partner UN agencies and is focusing on better health services provided to population of India.

The overarching goal of UNDP’s work on health system strengthening in India is to facilitate equitable access to basic services by strengthening capacities of communities to demand and access services, and of institutions to deliver quality, timely and stigma free services and LNOB (Leaving no one behind).

The Gavi Alliance co-funded Health System Strengthening (HSS) programme is one of the efforts of the MoHFW to improve the quality and level of immunization coverage in India. UNDP has been a trusted partner of MoHFW and GAVI for many years in this flagship programme that has nationwide coverage and has supported vaccine delivery to over 1 billion people. The initially developed solutions (eVIN and CoWIN) have proven themselves well and now UNDP is given a unique opportunity to develop and integrate a new universal vaccination solution – U-Win – which will be the focus on the next phase of support.

While a large part of the HSS programme is related to digital solutions development, capacity building and implementation, it also includes technical support to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for prevention and management of non-communicable diseases, Neglected Tropical diseases and for leveraging technologies to track high risk pregnancies and thereby reduce maternal and child mortalities rates. Working closely with other development partners, the programme also supports the National AIDS Control Organization’s efforts in prevention and control of HIV and AIDS.

Duties and Responsibilities

Training & Technical Capacity Development Analyst will work under the direct supervision of the Project Manager and in close coordination and collaboration with programme coordinator, Regional Team Leads and IT-Development Analyst, along with other members of the team.

The specific duties and responsibilities during the assignment will be carried out in close collaboration with the Project Coordinator and under the general guidance and supervision of the UNDP India HSS Project Manager, and will include, but is not limited to, the following:

•  In collaboration with and under the guidance of the country office programme and project management, ensure and support planning, implementing and coordinating Training and Capacity building initiatives and outreach to both internal and external audiences, including identifying training opportunities across all Health Systems Strengthening workstreams.
•  The Training and Capacity Building Analyst will identify and monitor training needs in the HSS project and design, plan, and implement training programs, policies, and procedures to fulfil those needs. Manages regular capacity gap and training needs surveys ensuring up to date analysis data availability.
•  Coordinating, actively developing and participating in the production, design and rollout of various training products for workstream initiatives, including in person and remote refreshener trainings for internal and external stakeholders. Developing individualized and group training programmes that address specific HSS Project needs.
•  Implement effective and purposeful training methods and effectively manages project training budget ensuring proper reporting to HSS project Management, donors and Government counterparts.
•  Develop training manuals, booklets, and other supporting materials. Drive HSS project brand values and philosophy through all training and development activities. Manage the technologies and technical personnel required to develop, manage and deliver training/learning activities.
•  Liaise with advocacy partners and undertake outreach to government partners, and other groups to ensure that proper and required training and capacity building activities are organized, as delegated.
•  Ensures standardized and timely collection and documentation of updated data at the national, local and provincial levels.
•  Ensures and coordinates the identification, documentation, synthesis of lessons learned and best practices across workstream.

Competencies

Core competencies:

•  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: Communications

•  Advocacy Strategy and Implementation: Ability to create and implement advocacy strategies which lead to impactful change
•  Innovation Management: Ability to plan, manage and execute of public and private events to ensure that they support and amplify individual communications and advocacy initiatives, as well as UNDP’s overall brand and mandate

Digital and Innovation

•  Effective Decision Making: Ability to define and create the conditions for trying out new ways of working or introducing new problem-solving approaches. Ability to develop, manage and evaluate activities that raises awareness, builds confidence, strengthens innovation capabilities around a certain method, tool or technique; or helps develop an innovation mindset

Business Direction & Strategy

•  System Thinking: Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider. how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system
•  Negotiation and Influence: Ability to reach an understanding, persuade others, resolve points of difference, gain advantage in the outcome of dialogue, negotiates mutually acceptable solutions through compromise and creates ‘win-win’ situations

Business Management

•  Portfolio Management: Ability to select, prioritise and control the organizations programmes and projects, in line with its strategic objectives and capacity; ability to balance the implementation of change initiatives and the maintenance of business-as-usual, while optimising return on investment

Monitoring

•  Monitoring: Ability to provide managers and stakeholders with regular feedback on the consistency or discrepancy between planned and actual activities and programme performance and results

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

•  Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in public health, project management, business and public administration or similar fields, or
•  A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree) in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree

Experience:

•  Minimum 2 years (with Master’s degree) or 4 years (with Bachelor’s degree) of relevant working experience in national or international level.
•  Demonstrated ability to work well in a team as well as to take independent initiative.
•  Proven experience in sectoral health strengthening mainstreaming
•  Demonstrated experience in communications, strategic outreach and media visibility.
•  Experience analysing and anticipating business needs, training planning, development and implementation.
•  Self-motivated and proactively able to identify and strategically recommend options for resolutions of issues.
•  Extensive knowledge teaching theory for creating effective instructional materials.
•  Experience in developing training materials and conducting trainings.
•  Experience of working in complex, multidisciplinary, multicultural project teams.
•  Capable of working with deadlines and taking on a range of tasks
•  Demonstrates integrity by modelling the UN’s values and ethical standards.
•  Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP, and partner organizations.
•  Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
•  Demonstrated knowledge of public information and advocacy techniques

Required Languages:

•  Excellent oral and written communication skills in English; knowledge of Hindi.

Remuneration:

•  Remuneration starting at 1,995,954.56 INR (Annual) / 166,329.55 INR (Monthly) as per the scale depending on qualifications and experience. The remuneration is excluding 8.33% pension amount paid over and above the salary.

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