• Planning and organizing the GPEDC’s first Senior-Level Meeting;
• Secretariat support to the Co-Chairs and Steering Committee; 
• Partnership coordination, including with partners beyond the Steering Committee; 
• Management of the BERA/GPEDC communications function; 
• Support to new Co-Chair continuity and transition planning.   

• Support coordination between Co-Chairs and the Steering Committee in elaborating the concept and programme for the SLM, and to elaborate a political narrative for the meeting; 
• Ensure high-level engagement, in particular within the UN system (including the Deputy Secretary-General , UNDP Administrator, and others); 
• Liaison with UN-DESA to properly position the SLM within the broader HLPF; 
• Drive practical preparations, including budgeting, securing a venue, and other logistical requirements; 
• Support the design of a limited-negotiation ‘Co-Chairs’ Statement’ outcome document.  

• Coordinate monthly discussions with/between Co-Chairs; 
• Facilitate clear information flow between JST/Co-Chairs and Steering Committee, including on SLM programme consultations and latest SLM planning, to ensure stakeholder buy-in;
• Convene, plan and manage Steering Committee Meetings (next due in April 2019); 
• Track and advise on Steering Committee membership rotations and changes. 

• Coordinate outreach to NY-based permanent missions and other stakeholders in build-up to SLM;
• Track and propose interventions in related inter-governmental forums; 
• Drive stakeholder engagement with SLM, including with Steering Committee, Global Partnership Initiatives, and with others, as needed.

• Supervise workload and task distribution of a  communications consultant within the team;
• Oversee communication product development for the SLM; 
• Manage relevant contracts for individual contributors within the team such as  a communications consultant, website developer, and data dashboard manager, and monitor associated budget.    

• Provide interim/on-boarding support to Co-Chair transition (June/July 2019);
• Provide continuity of secretariat support role (no.2, above) during transition period; 
• Identify and develop appropriate roles for in-coming Co-Chairs at SLM. 

• Ability to make new and useful ideas work.

• Ability to persuade others to follow

• Ability to improve performance and satisfaction.

• Ability to listen, adapt, persuade and transform.

• Ability to get things done while exercising good judgement.

• Ability to engage with other agencies, donors, and other development stakeholders and forge productive working relationships.

• Ability to engage and foster strategic partnerships with other parties, Inter-Agency Coordination and forge productive working relationships.

• Ability to prepare quality briefs and/or speeches.

• Ability to make decisions that align with strategy, vision, and mission.

• Ability to scan and synthesize diverse sets of information to arrive at strategic priorities and positioning recommendations.

• Ability to plan, organize, and control resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals.

• Ability to harvest country voices for global policy dialogues on policy and financing frameworks.

• Master’s degree in social policy, public policy, politics, economics, development studies or a related area.

• A minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible working experience in public policy and with international organizations (NGOs, UN system, multilateral cooperation, etc.) is required. 
• Sound knowledge of UN systems, procedures and policies, is required. 
• Good knowledge of UN inter-governmental processes is required. 
• Experience with UNDP is an asset. 
• Experience in other parts of the UN system is an asset. 
• Experience working in developing country settings, including MICs, LICs, and LDCs, is an asset.

• Proficiency in English. 
• Proficiency in French is desirable; 
• Working knowledge of another UN language is desirable. 

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Contract Duration: 6 months