Director, UN Ocean Decade Coordination
il y a 2 jours
Job Summary:
The Director, UN Ocean Decade Coordination will provide strategic and operational leadership to the implementation of the Ocean Decade. This includes leading and overseeing the implementation of activities and projects, assessing performance, and guiding horizontal workflows. The incumbent will also develop coordinated and cross-cutting strategies in response to the evolving ocean policy landscape, approaches, and frameworks.
Key Responsibilities:
- Acting as Director of the UN Decade Coordination Unit, overseeing the development and implementation of the Ocean Decade, goals, and objectives.
- Guiding the tracking of progress of the Decade through effective monitoring and evaluation mechanisms and facilitating reporting to IOC and UNESCO Governing Bodies.
- Elevating the IOC Decade coordination function and steering authoritatively the implementation of the Decade in collaboration with relevant UN entities.
- Enhancing cooperation and communication between stakeholders, including the private sector, and developing partnerships aimed at fast-tracking the generation of ocean knowledge and updating at policy/society level.
- Coordinate the involvement of regions in the overall IOC programmatic design and delivery in synergy with global programmes.
- Monitor the implementation of regional programmes and coordinate reporting from IOC Sub-commissions to IOC governing bodies.
- Steer the collaboration of the IOC Sub-Commissions towards enhanced science/policy relevance and delivery towards relevant regional ocean policy/management frameworks.
- Provide strategic input regarding ocean policy development and coordinate the contribution of IOC to relevant UN inter-agency processes.
- Identify focus areas for collaborative work between Member States aligned with the overall IOC Medium Term Strategy and its contribution to the global ocean agenda.
- Recommend programme and project approaches, plans, expansions, and changes, and develop and propose policy-relevant activities.
- Remain aware of technical advancements in ocean management and science-based applications, track marine policy requirements, and establish, maintain, strengthen, and expand research and policy partnerships.
- Guide the development of the work of IOC related to Sustainable Ocean Planning (SOP), facilitating the establishment of institutional partnerships and ensuring strong member states buy-in the design and delivery of SOP resources at national level.
- Act as focal point within IOC for the development of UNESCO inter-sectoral activities on ocean, promote collaboration with other sectors, and lead reporting to UNESCO Governing Bodies.
- Develop a resource mobilization framework and identify and create opportunities for resource mobilization, and actively raise voluntary contributions from multilateral and bilateral donors.
- Guide and propose partnerships with Member States, the private sector, and civil society organizations, amongst others, and build alliances to enhance and support IOC and the Decade work and activities to achieve results and impact.
Requirements:
- Advanced university degree (master's or equivalent) in the field of Ocean Sciences, Marine Sciences, or other related fields.
- A minimum of 15 years of progressive relevant professional experience, with a focus on Marine Sciences or related fields, including at least five years at the international level.
- Strong experience of trends, demands, and challenges in ocean sciences and management, including in developing countries.
- A proven track record of successfully establishing and maintaining partnerships at a global, local, and community level.
- A proven capacity to connect with leading institutions related to Marine Sciences, and a strong knowledge of state-of-the-art research in the field of Ocean strategies.
- Demonstrated experience in advocacy and resource mobilization.
- A strong and proven record of innovative applied research.
- Commitment to the Organization's mandate, vision, strategic direction, and priorities.
- Capacity for institutional leadership, a high sense of objectivity and professional integrity, diplomacy, tact, and political astuteness.
- Capacity to provide intellectual leadership to guide staff, and an ability to build trust, manage, lead, and motivate a large and diverse body of staff in a multicultural environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity, and to oversee ongoing training and staff development.
- Ability to identify key strategic issues and opportunities, and associated risks.
- Demonstrated strategic planning and excellent management abilities, including a capacity to administer multiple programmes and projects, financial and human resources, while exercising appropriate supervision and controls.
- Excellent organizational skills, including the capacity to establish plan and priorities, and to implement them effectively.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to manage relationships at all levels.
- Excellent communication skills, both orally and in writing, and demonstrated ability to interact with a wide range of high-level partners.
Language: Excellent knowledge of English or French and good knowledge of the other language.
Desirable Qualifications: Professional experience in the United Nations System and/or in the field of international multilateral setting organisations, and knowledge of another official language of UNESCO (Arabic, Chinese, Russian, or Spanish).
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