Programme Associate

**Job Identification**
- 20650

**Locations**
- Brasilia, Brazil**Posting Date**
- 09/11/2024, 08:25 PM
- 09/25/2024, 10:59 PM

**Job Schedule**
- Full time

**Agency**
- UNDP

**Grade**
- G6

**Vacancy Type**
- Fixed Term

**Practice Area**
- Inclusive Growth

**Bureau**
- Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean

**Contract Duration**
- 1 Year with Possibility for extension

**Education & Work Experience**
- Bachelor's Degree - 3 year(s) experience OR High School certificate
- 6 year(s) experience

**Other Criteria**
- A minimum of 6 years with high school diploma or 3 years with bachelor's degree and programme experience at the national or international level

**Required Languages**
- Fluency in Portuguese and English is required.

**Desired Languages**
- Working knowledge of Spanish is considered an asset.

**Vacancy Timeline**
- 2 Weeks

**Mobility required/no mobility**
- no mobility required

**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.**

**Background and Organizational Context**

As all countries around the globe are seeking new ways to address complex and interconnected challenges such as shocks from crises, economic stagnation, inequality and poverty, providing access to clean and affordable energy, protect the environment, or mitigating and adapting to climate change, UNDP aims to develop integrated responses to these issues.

UNDP is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In addition to multi-lateral and bi-lateral partnerships, UNDP provides countries with specialized integrated technical services for eligibility assessment, programme/project formulation and implementation, capacity development, policy advice, technical assistance, training and technology transfer, mobilization of co-financing, implementation oversight, results management and evaluation, performance-based payments and knowledge management services.

The UNDP Country Office (CO) in Brazil is a key development partner of the Brazilian government and supports national and sub-national public and private sector institutions and civil society to achieve a more sustainable and inclusive society by strengthening democratic institutions, improvement of governance effectiveness, reduction of poverty and inequalities and addressing climate change and biodiversity issues.

In aligning the organizational resources behind its strategy, the Country Office (CO) functional structure comprises three main areas, the management support functions, Programme team and Operations Team. To meet specific country needs and demands, the CO in Brazil has designed a programme portfolio that includes three mutually reinforcing work streams structured around three teams:

- Inclusive Socio-economic Development: poverty reduction, social policies, livelihoods, public-private partnerships, inclusive markets and growth.
- Sustainable Environmental Development: nature-based solutions for development, climate change, energy efficiency management of chemical substances, among others.
- Governance and Justice for Development: prevention of violence, justice, transparency, anti-corruption, human rights, local capacity development. The Inclusive Socio-economic Development team works in an integrated manner with the Environmentally Sustainable Development and Governance and Justice for Development teams in anchoring UNDP’s programme portfolio in the socio-economic area by providing thought leadership and enabling innovation and cross-cutting development solutions that are amplified by UNDP knowledge, research, and stand-out policy advice.

Under the overall guidance of the ARR(P) and direct supervision of the Programme Specialist, the Programme Associate ensures effective delivery of the CO programme by entering and managing data and supporting programme implementation consistent with UNDP rules and regulations.

The Programme Associate works in close collaboration with the operations, programme and projects’ staff in the CO and UNDP HQs, as required, for resolving complex finance-related issues and exchange of information and can supervise clerical and support staff of the Programme Unit, when requested.

The Programme Unit works to support achievement of UNDP strategic objectives to create a world where peo