DECENTRALIZATION SENIOR ADVISOR (NATIONAL)

Location : Jakarta, INDONESIA
Application Deadline : 24-Jul-08
Type of Contract : Service Contract
Languages Required : English
Duration of Initial Contract : 6 months (renewable)

Competencies
Competencies

Corporate Competencies:

* Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards.
* Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP.
* Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
* Treats all people fairly without favoritism.

Functional Competencies:

Operational Aspect of Project Management

* Has demonstrated knowledge and experience in working on bureaucratic reform and/or decentralization and existing networks of experts and policy makers.
* Displays maturity and excellent communication and networking skills.
* Ability to work independently and in an organized manner.
* Ability to provide policy advice, recommendations and strategy.

Communications and Networking

* Maturity and confidence in dealing with senior and high ranking members of national and international institutions, government and non-government.
* Proven networking, team-building, organizational and communication skills and ability to build strong relationships with government and other external actors.
* Has excellent oral communication skills and conflict resolution competency to manage inter-group dynamics and mediate conflicting interests of varied actors.
* Has excellent written communication skill, with analytic capacity and ability to provide policy advice, recommendations and strategy.

Knowledge Management and Learning

* Shares knowledge and experience.

Management and Leadership

* Demonstrates strong analytical and management skills.
* Highly creative attitude and self-starter mindset.
* Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude.
* Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities.
* Ability to lead formulation, monitoring and evaluation of development of the work and mobilize support for the work.

Required Skills and Experience
Recruitment Qualifications
Education:

Post-graduate degree, preferably PhD degree in relevant field, e.g. economics, international relations, political science, public administration.

Experience:

* For Master degree: at least 20 (twenty) years experience of undertaking policy research on governance sector in Indonesia, including on decentralization issues and on program management in national and/or international organization setting;
* For PhD degree: at least 15 (fifteen) years experience of undertaking policy research on governance sector in Indonesia, including on decentralization issues and on program management in national and/or international organization setting;
* Outstanding track record in publishing materials on governance and development sector;
* Proven experience in participatory planning approaches;
* Proven leadership and facilitation skills;
* Excellent communication skills including: proven writing skills, inter-personal skills, and public speaking in formal settings; and
* Experience using computers and office software packages and knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages.

Language Requirements:
Excellent command of English and Bahasa Indonesia, both spoken and written.

“Female candidates are encouraged to apply”

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