UNDP Head of Solutions Mapping Jobs 2023 – Nigeria NGO Jobs.
UNDP Nigeria looking for “Head of Solutions Mapping”.
Applicants with a Master’s degree may apply on or before 05 February 2023.
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UNDP Head of Solutions Mapping Jobs 2023
The UNDP has published a job vacancy announcement on 21 January 2023 for qualified Nigeria’s to fill in the vacant post of Head of Solutions Mapping to be based in Lagos, Nigeria.
| Recruiter | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) |
| Position | Head of Solutions Mapping |
| Location | Lagos, Nigeria |
| Country | Nigeria |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | Master’s degree |
| Experience Required | 2 years |
| Application Deadline | 05 February 2023 |
UNDP Job Vacancy 2023
Position Purpose: You are capable and excited about starting, designing and managing activities, direct engagement with local communities and collaboration across global networks. You are driven by learning new things, figuring out how they work and translating them across sectors. You tell stories of emergent solutions and you gravitate to solving global development challenges.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Developing and sustaining positive relationships with a range of local community and citizen groups;
- Identifying and training local volunteers, recruiting Universities and think tanks for sustaining long term community outreach and engagement and identification of lead users, providing training and mentoring;
- Translation of ethnographic and field research findings into learning and action for the Accelerator Lab activities;
- Design specific field research and participatory methods to focus on the most vulnerable populations and those not usually engaged in public policy debates on development methods;
- Explore, document and increase understanding on emerging methods of tapping into bottom up solutions, lead users and grassroots innovations related to sustainable development;
- Convene a broad range of new partners with UNDP including artists, community organizers and emergent movements to explore areas for collaboration on sustainable development;
- Proactively manage risks with using ethnographic tools and methods, including those related to ethics and privacy.
Qualification:
- Master’s degree in Anthropology, Sociology, Behavioral psychology, Design, Architecture, Communications or related field.
- Bachelor’s degree in relevant fields with additional two (2) years of qualifying experience will be considered in lieu of master’s degree.
Experience:
- Minimum 2 years (Master’s degree) or 4 years (Bachelor’s degree) of professional experience in development programming or policy, social innovation, partnership building, engagement (public and private sector) and/or resource mobilization;
- Demonstrated ability to undertake field research in remote communities and document ethnographic evidence and honor expertise in unusual places;
- Demonstrate ability to work in participatory methods, follow the lead of people as experts in their own sustainable development;
- Proven professional knowledge and experience in approaches such as Ethnography, Systems Thinking, Behavioral Insights, Co-creation, Qualitative and Quantitative User Research, Positive Deviance, Community Asset Mapping, Service Design or Human Centered Design;
- Demonstrated ability to work with partners to help surface unarticulated needs;
- Proven ability to engage with remote and/or vulnerable communities through action research and other engagement means.
Other Details
- Contract Type: Full Time
- Selection Process: Interview
- Salary: negotiable
- Application Process: Online
How to Apply UNDP Head of Solutions Mapping Jobs 2023
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
Then to apply, go to this link Click Here
The Closing Date: 05 February 2023
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
| Particulars | Details Link |
| Job Advertisement | Click Here to View |
| Official Website | www.undp.org |
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