UN Coordination Officers Workshop Turin 15 18 June 2004

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UN Coordination Officers WorkshopTurin 15 18
June 2004

• Session 5 Role of Coordination Officers

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• What do we do?

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Main areas of responsibility

• Information Management and Knowledge Networking
• Policy Development (through UNCTs Meetings)
• Donor meetings resource mobilization
• Theme Group management
• Common Services

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Main areas of responsibility

• Management of the Coordination Office
• Advocacy
• Support in preparing CCAs and UNDAFs
• Implementation of Programmes
• Other tasks (Support to the Field Security
  Officer Disaster Management)

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• What are the existing positions?

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Post levels

• Based on ICS and UNDP Guidelines, the following
  post titles can be established
• UN Coordination Advisor
• UN Coordination Specialist
• UN Coordination Analyst
• UN Coordination Associate

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Post levels

• UN Coordination Advisor
• Manages complex coordination contexts
• Strategic planning advisor
• Partners relationships
• Management role
• P-5 level

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Post levels

• UN Coordination Specialist
• Helps UNCT managing the programming process in a
  normal context
• Facilitation (content and process) of Theme
  Groups, UNCTs workshops and retreats
• P3-P4
• NOC-NOD

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Post levels

• UN Coordination Analyst
• Facilitation (process) of Theme Groups, UNCTs
  meetings
• P1-P2
• NOA-NOB

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Post levels

• UN Coordination Associate
• Assist the RC in organising UN/UNCT activities
  (secretariat, logistics)
• G6-G7

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• How to fund these positions?

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Dedicated coordination capacity
UN coordination is now considered as a programme
related practice area, and the UNDP has now
allowed that as of 2004 COs may use up to 80 of
their SRC allocation for L-posts (fixed-term 200
series contracts)
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In addition
Extra budgetary resources (partners or CCF) can
be used to fully fund or co-fund the following L
posts, NO posts, ALDs, UNVs, JPOs (3rd year),
Service Contracts and SSAs. Some UNCTs have
managed to raise funds with donors locally to
fund posts of coordination officers
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Key roles and functions

• UN Coordination Advisor Manages complex
  coordination contexts Strategic planning
  advisor Partners relationships Management role
• UN Coordination Specialist Helps UNCT managing
  the programming process in a normal context,
  Facilitation (content and process) of Theme
  Groups, UNCTs workshops and retreats
• UN Coordination Analyst Facilitation (process)
  of Theme Groups, UNCTs meetings
• UN Coordination Associate Assist the RC in
  organising UN/UNCT activities (secretariat,
  logistics)