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Background: Brief Project Description: The humanitarian community with the government remains committed to providing life-saving humanitarian assistance in Sudan and maintaining the capacity to quickly provide this assistance when new manmade or natural emergencies occur. At the same time, there is an increased emphasis by national and international actors on early recovery, to strengthen community and household resilience to shocks and stresses and lay the foundations for durable solutions. Within the humanitarian assistance framework, early recovery and resilience approaches have been increasingly used by Inter-Agency Standing Committee agencies -IASC (UN agencies, national and international NGOs). A policy emphasis on transition from relief to development, where possible, has been captured in the National Strategic Plan, , and the Doha Darfur Peace Document (DDPD) and the Darfur Development Strategy, presented by the Government and endorsed by international partners in Doha in April 2013. UNDP Sudan has dedicated significant time and resources over the past two years to support recovery, especially in Darfur. Assistance from the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery since 2008 has been important to enable UNDP Sudan to make a longer term commitment to facilitate the transition from relief to development. UNDP Sudan will furthermore strengthen an Early Recovery and multisectoral approach across the Sector, through identifying models for durable solutions and supporting the overall transition from relief to development. While conflict and new displacements continue to occur in several parts of Sudan, it is possible and necessary, even in the current circumstances, to support vulnerable populations to become more selfreliant and resilient to future shocks and stresses. This can be done through restoration and improvement of basic infrastructure, increased economic self -sufficiency and better organization and planning by communities and local authorities. In response to this development and the evolving situation on the ground, the HCT decided in 2012 to strengthen both cross-sectoral coordination of Early Recovery, primarily through the Inter-Sector Coordination Group, and to establish a standalone Sector covering critical early recovery gaps. Consequently, the existing Basic Infrastructure Sector was transformed into a Governance, Infrastructure and Economic Recovery (GIER). In September 2013, the HCT decided to further adjust this Sector by including the priority areas of Returns and Early Reintegration (RER) sector, given the convergence of objectives around resilience and durable solutions. The tile of the sector was changed to the Return, Recovery and Reintegration (RRR) Sector, to reflect these adjustments. The purpose of this position is to support the RRR Sector in Darfur with coordination of return and reintegration related interventions as well as to collect, analyze and report data and trends related to return and reintegration. The post-holder will initially be based in Nyala, South Darfur, but a reassessment with regards to the duty station will be undertaken on a needs-basis.
Host Agency/Host Institute: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Sudan, http://www.sd.undp.org/ 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. UNDP operates in 166 countries, working with peop le 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: Democratic Governance; Poverty Reduction; Crisis Prevention and Recovery; Environment and Energy; HIV/AIDS. 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’s well-coordinated and inclusive approach seeks to ensure the most effective use of UN and international resources Sudan, a country in transition from conflict to post-conflict, now has a population of 33.4 million, which is increasingly young and urbanized. On 9 July 2011, South Sudan separated from Sudan after a six-year interim period under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). In 2011 Sudan ranked 169th out of 187 countries in the Human Development Index, scoring 0.611 in the Gender Inequality Index- among the highest in the Arab region-, and 46.5% of the population lived below the poverty line. Within the overall programme framework of UNDP UNDAF and CPD 2013-2016, UNDP's peacebuilding and recovery priorities will focus on reducing violent conflicts at community levels and promote an enabling environment for peace. In doing so, UNDP addresses skills and capacity gaps and promotes partnerships to strengthen the ability of state and non-state entities to manage and resolve conflicts. UNDP will help reinstate community-level conflict resolution mechanisms, including traditional structures, local peace councils and the native administration. The role of women in peacebuilding and conflict resolution will be promoted. Tangible peace dividends in the form of community infrastructure, livelihoods support and improved service provision will be delivered based on community needs. It will continue to support the rollout of an early recovery framework for Darfur, focusing on community stabilization and economic recovery activities to support the transition from relief to recovery. |
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Duties and responsibilities: Within the terms of the organization’s delegated authority, and under the direct supervision of the RRR Coordinator, the NUNV will undertake the following tasks: Coordination
Information Management
Monitoring and Reporting
Any other duties relevant to the assignment as may be required. Furthermore UN Volunteers are encouraged to:
Results/Expected Output:
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Minimum Qualification, Skills and Experience Required: The incumbent must be a dynamic, multi-functional person, who supports the Darfur RRR Sector based in UNDP Sudan with professionalism, dedication and client orientation. The following qualifications are required:
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The incumbent will be based in Nyala, South Darfur. The security situation within Darfur is unpredictable, though moderately calm in most areas. Risks to personnel are reduced by strict adherence to UN security guidelines, instructions and mitigating measures. Crime rate, though not alarming, gives some cause for concern. It is mandatory for all personnel to receive a security briefing upon arrival.
A six-month contract, renewable depending on mandate, availability of funding, operational necessity and satisfactory performance. However, there is no expectancy of renewal of the assignment. Monthly volunteer living allowance (VLA) – intended to cover housing, basic needs and utilities – of 942 USD per month (VLA rates are periodically reviewed). Settling-in-grant (if current residence is different from duty station); life, health and permanent disability insurance; return airfares (if applicable); resettlement allowance for satisfactory service.
United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme which welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. |
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