DevCoor Officer- Data, Res & Report

Background

The Resident Coordinator’s Office (RCO) in Egypt supports the UN Resident Coordinator (RC) in providing strategic direction to the UN Country Team (UNCT), coordinating joint initiatives, and pooling the financial and human resources of the UN system in an efficient and effective manner.

The RC is responsible at country level for the implementation of the repositioning of the UN development system. The UN Secretary General’s report (December 2017) “Repositioning the United Nations development system to deliver on the 2030 Agenda” puts forward a comprehensive proposal on further improvements to the RC system to ensure more coherent, accountable and effective support for the 2030 Agenda. A reinvigorated RC system will need to be adequately staffed to ensure sufficient substantive capacities to lead UNCT. The core capacity of the reinvigorated RCO will include expertise in coordination and strategic planning, economics, tailored policy support, results monitoring and evaluation, and strategic partnerships, and a robust standing communications capacity within UNCT.

The UN and the Government of Egypt (GoE) have signed the UN Partnership Development Framework (UNPDF), which covers the period from 2018 till 2022. The UNPDF aims to address national development priorities through four outcomes; inclusive economic development; social justice; environmental sustainability and natural resource management and women’s empowerment. It sets the parameters of the work of the UN in Egypt for the next five years.

This post is part of this new generation of RCO, and the new skillset and competencies required to deliver on the 2030 Agenda. Under the guidance and supervision of the RCO Team Leader and within the delegated authority, the Development Coordination Officer, Data Management and Results Monitoring/Reporting will be responsible of the following duties:

• Provides substantive support for the development and implementation of UNCT data and research strategies
• Develops and expands strategic research and data partnerships
• Coordinates monitoring and reporting of UNCT results
• Supports knowledge management and capacity development

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides substantive support for the development and implementation of the UNCT data and research strategies.
• Plans and facilitates the design and implementation of the UNCT’s data and research strategy in alignment with the Country Common Analysis (CCA) and UNPDF;
• Undertakes empirical analysis, data mining and visualization to assist the Resident Coordinator (RC) and UNCT, including results groups, in developing reports and working papers on a range of sustainable development topics;
• Collects information on the latest developments of the use of new types of data sources and tools (e.g. big data) for sustainable development;
• Provides substantive and analytical support to RC/UNCT in preparing and positioning the UN to accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the country, including the drafting of reports, as well as analytical and position papers;
• Undertakes research and development of data and research UNCT tools and methodologies at the country level;
• Keeps abreast of emerging development issues to optimize UNCT analytical capacity to respond to national priorities;
• Contributes substantively to the development and implementation of peer review and quality assurance mechanisms for UNCT research products;
• Administers UNINFO and facilitates the development of the One UN Country Results Report.
• Develops and expands strategic research and data partnerships, including with UN entities at regional and HQ level, government counterparts, research institutes, leading global thinkers on development, and civil society, among others.
• Supports the UN’s work with national data and statistical systems, facilitating engagement with national entities and data systems;
• Communicates and coordinates with existing partners and helps form new partnerships with UN agencies, academia, the private sector, and governmental agencies to further the use of data science for development;
• Communicates and coordinates with internal and external partners on data collection and project/research implementation
• Supports the convening of key thinkers on sustainable development and 2030 Agenda to provide inputs for, advise and steer the UNCT’s research and data agenda;
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