Job Responsibilities

• Participation in UNDP’s highest level corporate decision-making body, the Executive Group (EG), helping to identify and implement strategic directions for the Organization as a whole;
• Acting as the primary UNDP interface with stakeholders on crisis - related issues;
• Building strategic partnerships with key stakeholders to carry out UNDP’s mission and achieve results.
• Managing the Crisis Bureau and working collaboratively and collegiately across UNDP, to achieve outcomes and results in line with UNDP’s Strategic Plan:
• Providing overall leadership and shaping strategic thinking for UNDP integrated approach on crisis and fragility related issues;
• Providing executive leadership and management for Crisis Bureau, supporting the overall goals of UNDP and the UN system;
• Developing and driving UNDP’s vision and priorities for crisis prevention, response, recovery and anticipation, leading timely and informed decision-making and management actions;
• Ensuring high quality performance by providing oversight for all UNDP crisis-related actions;
• Representing UNDP in relevant crisis and fragility related UN mechanisms and fora, as well as in the international crisis community;
• Representing UNDP in relevant fora related to the cross-pillar collaboration including humanitarian-development-peace nexus and the integration;
• Ensuring global advocacy for UNDP’s role in crisis and fragile settings;
• Engaging with the donor community and other actors on crisis related issues, including resource mobilization; and
• Overseeing and managing Crisis Bureau’s operations in financial, human resources, procurement and general administration’s engagement in the region.