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EXTERNAL VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) announces the following vacancies:
1. SENIOR STRATEGIC ADVISOR (INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANT)
2. COORDINATION SPECIALIST (INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANT)
The positions as described in th TOR will be founded by DFID through its policy Development Facility (PDF). The contractors will consultants assigned to UNDP and not UNDP employees and will report to the UNDP Resident Coordinator in Nigeria.
The contract will be with PDF, or the management agent’s designee.
The contract will be forone year, paid monthly in arrears. The fee range for the position of Senior Strategic Advisor will be between £3,800 and £4,300 per month depending on educational qualifications and directly relevant experience. For the position of Coordination Specialist the fee range will be between £3,000 and £3300 per month
For individuals who are not Nigerians and are not already resident in Nigeria, benefits will include a housing allowance deemed by PDF to be sufficient to obtain a lease for a years on a furnished, serviced flat, and payment for two round trips to/from the consultant’s base location, including one trip for leave.
For further details on the description and application process, please visit UNDP’s corporate job site at http://www.ng.undp.org/jobs.shtml and submit applications.

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SENIOR STRATEGIC ADVISOR (RESIDENT COORDINATOR OFFICE MANAGER) LOCATION : ABUJA, NIGERIA
APPLICATION DEADLINE : 11-JUN-10
ADDITIONAL CATEGORY MANAGEMENT
TYPE OF CONTRACT : SSA
LANGUAGES REQUIRED : ENGLISH
STARTING DATE :
(DATE WHEN THE SELECTED CANDITATE IS EXPECTED TO START) 01-JUL-2010
BACKGROUND

Under the direct supervision of the Resident Coordinator (RC), the Senior Strategic Advisor manages the Resident Coordinator Office (RCO); support the RC and the UN Country Team (UNCT) in enhancing system-wide coherence and aid effectiveness by providing strategic and operational guidance on UN Reform; and strengthen the capacity of the UNCT to coordinate and implement the United Nations Development Assistance Framework II (UNDAF). She/he ensures that appropriate follow up is initiated to Global Conferences and Commitments.
Guided by the UN Reform, desire for sound programmatic activities and the principle of alignment between UN agencies’ policies, strategies and implementation structures, UNDAF II (2009-2012) was formulated by the UN system in Nigeria.
Although UN agencies have their own policies, procedures and skills governing operational and programmatic activities at the country level, the UNCT intends to work together to provide a well coordinated, focused and coherent response to the country’s main development challenges. While appreciating that no single agency has the range of funds, skills, knowledge, and experience to tackle the multi-dimensional causes of poverty, indeed, a collaborative UNCT can provide advice and assistance on a wide range of issues. It can also ensure that the support provided by each agency is complementary, rather than duplicative, to produce synergistic results. In Nigeria, these principles of “Collective Work” and “Collective Responsibility”, if well managed, should translate into a consolidation process towards the “One UN” Reform.
Enhancing the prospects for such collaborative processes under the UN reform and while ensuring a successful implementation of UNDAF require a correspondingly strengthened coordination support capacity for the role of RC.
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