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Background: “CANDIDATES WHO PREVIOUSLY APPLIED TO THIS OPENING NEED NOT TO RE-APPLY”
The current conflict in Darfur has undermined livelihood coping strategies, leaving millions reliant on humanitarian assistance. For the past several years, the international community has focused on life-saving interventions; creating dependencies and disempowering communities. Many humanitarian and development actors have however now recognize the need and opportunities to incorporate a longer-term or more enabling perspective into their support package whilst meeting urgent humanitarian needs. To that end, in 2011, UNDP introduced a livelihoods and economic recovery interventions to its existing activities in Darfur, focusing on the promotion of sustainable and integrated livelihood and economic recovery, peace building and social cohesion, employment creation and capacity development collectively known as the Darfur Livelihoods Recovery Programme (DLRP).
A decade after the onset of the Darfur conflict, the security situation has improved in some parts of Darfur and an increasing number of IDPs are seeking to return home and to restore dignity to their lives in their places of origin. Since the beginning of 2011, more than 280,000 displaced persons have returned to their places of origin voluntarily and permanently across Darfur. Among them, approximately 216,000 are IDPs and 64,000 are Sudanese refugees returning from the border areas of Chad. In reality however, many more IDPs return but face difficulties to reintegrate due to external constraints and are therefore obliged to go back to IDP camps and continue to depend on humanitarian assistance. The Darfur Joint Assessment Mission (DJAM), as well as joint agency participatory assessments conducted in various locations across Darfur, indicated that, apart from insecurity, the main reasons behind unwillingness to return and unsustainable returns include the lack of safe and sustainable access to essential goods (food, NFIs, shelters), basic services (water, health, education facilities), and livelihood assets and opportunities. Cognizant of the aforementioned priorities, in 2013 UNDP implemented a pilot project, “Recovery and Livelihoods Post Return Package in Darfur” in four villages of West Darfur aimed at providing integrated livelihoods support for returnees and host community members in the selected localities In 2014, this new project; ‘’Building Resilience in Communities of Return Project’’ follows the pilot project in order to replicate and sustain the gains of the pilot project and expand the target areas. The project aims to maximize impact through joint programming between UNDP, UNHCR and WFP contributing to the implementation of Economic recovery pillar of the Foundational and Short Term Activities (FAST) under the Darfur Development Strategy (DDS-2013-2019). Organizational Context: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN's global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. The UNDP operates in 166 countries, working with people on their own solutions to global and national development challenges. As they develop local capacity, they draw on the people of UNDP and its wide range of partners. UNDP’s focus is helping countries build and share solutions to the challenges of:
UNDP helps developing countries attract and use aid effectively. In all its activities, it encourages the protection of human rights and the empowerment of women. UNDP focuses on key development issues, providing measurement tools, innovative analysis and often controversial policy proposals. In all its operations, UNDP well-coordinated and inclusive approach seeks to ensure the most effective use of UN and international resources. |
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Duties and responsibilities: Under the overall supervision of the DRLP Program Manager and under the technical guidance of the Return Reintegration Officer and, National Return Reintegration Officer will be undertaking the following tasks:
2- Participates in coordination and strategic partnership focusing on achievement of the following results:
Impact of Results:
Competencies and Critical Success Factors: Integrity and professionalism:
Accountability:
Commitment to continuous learning:
Planning and organizing:
Teamwork and respect for diversity:
Communication:
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Minimum Qualification, Skills and Experience Required: Education:Master’s Degree or equivalent in community development, agriculture, gender and development, conflict resolution, public administration or other relevant social sciences. Work Experience:
Languages:Fluency in written and spoken English. Fluency in s Arabic is an advantage. |
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Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Women Candidates are highly encouraged to apply. Notice UNDP, as a matter of practice, does not charge any application, processing fee at any stage of the recruitment. |
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