Job Description

In Line With The Commitment To Safeguard Capacity And Support Personnel Already In The Organization, a Majority Of UNDP UNCDF/UNV Vacancies Are Advertised Using a Tiered Application Process Whereby

- Tier 0: UNDP/UNCDF/UNV IP staff holding permanent (PA) and fixed-term (FTA) appointments, whose posts will be abolished, or contracts will be terminated or not renewed during 2026.
- Tier 1: Other UNDP/UNCDF/UNV staff holding permanent (PA) and fixed-term (FTA) appointments
- Tier 2: UNDP/UNCDF/UNV staff holding temporary appointments (TA), personnel on regular PSA contracts, and Expert and Specialist UN Volunteers
- Tier 3 or no tier indicated: All other contract types from UNDP/UNCDF/UNV and other agencies, and other external candidates

Please make note of the Tier(s) indicated in the vacancy title, if any, and ensure that you satisfy the eligibility to apply.

Background

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). UNDP’s policy work carried out at HQ, Regional and Country Office levels, forms a contiguous spectrum of deep local knowledge to cutting‑edge global perspectives and advocacy. In this context, UNDP invests in the Global Policy Network (GPN), a network of field‑based and global technical expertise across a wide range of knowledge domains and in support of the signature solutions and organizational capabilities envisioned in the Strategic Plan.

Within the GPN, the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS) has the responsibility for developing all relevant policy and guidance to support the results of UNDP's Strategic Plan.



BPPS's staff provides technical advice to Country Offices, advocates for UNDP corporate messages, represents UNDP at multi‑stakeholder fora including public‑private dialogues, government and civil society dialogues, and engages in UN inter‑agency coordination in specific thematic areas. BPPS works closely with UNDP's Crisis Bureau (CB) to support emergency and crisis response. BPPS ensures that issues of risk are fully integrated into UNDP's development programmes. BPPS assists UNDP and partners to achieve higher quality development results through an integrated approach that links results‑based management and performance monitoring with more effective and new ways of working. BPPS supports UNDP and partners to be more innovative, knowledge and data driven including in its programme support efforts.

The UNDP Rome Centre for Climate Action and Energy Transition (the “UNDP Rome Centre”) is the key platform for the strategic engagement between UNDP and the Italian Government. It focuses on the critical policy areas of climate finance, youth engagement in climate action, and energy for development.

The central focus of the UNDP Rome Centre is to promote sustainable growth and resilient economic development through the mobilization of finance for climate mitigation and adaptation projects. This focus is shared by all the Centre’s programmes,

Duties And Responsibilities





Under the supervision of Director - BPPS, and the overall guidance of the Centre’s Steering Committee, the Director of the Rome Centre for Climate and Energy will be responsible for the strategic supervision of the Centre, for the external outreach and representational activities of the Centre, and the incumbent will be the representative of UNDP in Italy, tasked with coordinating the overall strategic partnership with Italy, with curating the partnership and strengthening the role of the Centre as the overall platform of collaboration between UNDP and Italy.

UNDP adopts a portfolio approach to accommodate changing business needs and leverage linkages across interventions to achieve its strategic goals. Therefore, UNDP personnel are expected to work across units, functions, teams, and projects in multidisciplinary teams in order to enhance and enable horizontal collaboration.

- Provision of Technical Leadership of the Rome Centre for Climate & Energy
- Lead the conceptualization of the activities and outreach of the Rome Centre for Climate and Energy.
- Lead the organization and reporting for regular meetings with the donor(s), as appropriate.
- Promote, advocate for, and represent UNDP at key events.
- Identify new partnerships and strengthen existing ones through innovative approaches to partnership development.
- Maintains collaboration and coordination within the GPN and with relevant organizational units in UNDP to ensure programmatic integration and sharing of best practices.
- Liaise with UNDP senior management, technical partners, on interventions and initiatives on the relevant focus areas of the Centre.
- Representation, Partnerships & Resource Mobilization

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