Tiered Approach

In line with the commitment to safeguard capacity and support personnel already in the Organization, a majority of UNDP UNCDF/UNV vacancies are advertised using a tiered application process whereby:

Tier 0: UNDP/UNCDF/UNV IP staff holding permanent (PA) and fixed-term (FTA) appointments, whose posts will be abolished, or contracts will be terminated or not renewed during 2026.
Tier 1: Other UNDP/UNCDF/UNV staff holding permanent (PA) and fixed-term (FTA) appointments
Tier 2: UNDP/UNCDF/UNV staff holding temporary appointments (TA), personnel on regular PSA contracts, and Expert and Specialist UN Volunteers
Tier 3 or no tier indicated: All other contract types from UNDP/UNCDF/UNV and other agencies, and other external candidates

Please make note of the Tier(s) indicated in the vacancy title, if any, and ensure that you satisfy the eligibility to apply.

Background

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the knowledge frontier organization that strengthens evidence-based policymaking, financing, innovation and systems transformation aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals. UNDP’s Innovation and SDG Finance portfolio integrates data, policy, strategic innovation, SDG finance and practical experimentation to support national and local development priorities, build coalitions across public, private, academic and civil society actors, and test new approaches that can be scaled through policy, finance and institutional change. The Portfolio is launching two mutually reinforcing initiatives that respond to Armenia's priorities for climate-smart resource management, circular economy, green and digital urban transformation, inclusive growth and municipal innovation:

Organics Mobilized: Accelerating Social Transformation Towards Circular Bioeconomy. The project applies a portfolio approach to reduce short-lived climate pollutants and advance circular bioeconomy solutions. It supports municipalities in source separation and decentralized organics treatment, composting and anaerobic digestion feedstock systems, inclusive low-GWP cold chain pilots, MRV and digital data tools, behaviour change, policy guidance, financing pathways and municipal replication across Armenia.
Green and Digital Cities: Prototypes for Systemic Urban Transformation. Supported through UNDP Funding Windows and the DAI Hub Systems Transformation and Innovation Pillar, the initiative supports Armenia in designing and activating urban economic transformation portfolios. It combines hyper-local participatory design with meso-level work on city economies, digital innovation and alternative economic models, enabling city authorities, community groups and economic actors to co-create practical pathways for shared prosperity.

To support implementation of the above-mentioned initiatives, UNDP Innovation and SDG Finance Portfolio is seeking a Technical Analyst to support the day-to-day technical coordination, quality assurance, stakeholder engagement, adaptive learning and reporting of assigned project components and related portfolio activities. The incumbent will provide substantive technical inputs and implementation follow-up in line with approved project documents, annual work plans, results frameworks, and budgets.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Technical Analyst will support the following functions:

Technical Coordination and quality assurance

Support day-to-day technical coordination of assigned project components and related portfolio activities and support their alignment with approved project documents, results frameworks, annual work plans and budgets.
Provide substantive technical support on urban innovation, green and digital transformation, systems portfolio practice and inclusive economic models.
Support quality assurance of technical outputs, studies, tools, reports, guidance notes, MRV products, portfolio design materials, and partner deliverables.
Support embedding of gender equality, inclusion, community ownership and sustainability principles in project design, implementation and learning.

Planning and Delivery Coordination

Contribute to annual and quarterly work plans, budget monitoring inputs, milestones and implementation schedules and task coordination arrangements for assigned components/workstreams.
Support the delivery of project inputs, activities and outputs, including living labs, learning communities, municipal portfolio activities, workshops, technical studies, pilots, and partner-led assignments.
Identify implementation bottlenecks, operational risks and emerging opportunities, and propose preventive, corrective or adaptive measures to keep activities on track.
Support delivery coordination for source separation, composting, anaerobic digestion feedstock logistics, cold chain pilots, MRV systems, circular economy replication and urban transformation portfolio activation.

Stakeholder Engagement and Partnerships

Support effective working relations with government counterparts, municipalities, regional administrations, civil society, private sector actors, academia, development partners and UNDP global/regional teams.
Facilitate consultations, technical meetings, workshops, co-design processes, policy clinics, learning sprints, peer exchanges and field schools.
Support preparation, follow-up and coordination of MoUs, lab charters, municipal learning communities, coalitions and agreed follow-up actions.
Coordinate engagement with city authorities, community groups, economic actors and innovators involved in urban transformation portfolio design and experimentation.

Results Reporting and knowledge management

Contribute to narrative reports, donor reports, management updates, financial delivery updates, implementation summaries, evaluation processes, and management responses.
Document results, lessons learned, risks, corrective actions, and emerging opportunities to support adaptive management and evidence-based adjustment of activities.
Support learning and replication across municipalities by capturing practical experience from circular bioeconomy pilots, urban portfolio prototypes, mechanisms and models of efficient AI diffusion and application, and partner-led implementation.

Budgetary and Operational Support

Prepare technical inputs for budget revisions, expenditure planning and financial follow-up, when necessary and in line with UNDP rules and donor requirements.
Prepare technical specifications, Terms of Reference and substantive inputs to procurement, contracting, recruitment and service provider engagement processes.
Support alignment of project activities with UNDP Procurement, Financial, Operations, HR, IT, M&E, communications and visibility policies and procedures.

Policy Dialogue, Advocacy and Communication

Support and contribute to policy dialogue and institutional uptake of project findings, recommendations, municipal service models, technical guidance, portfolio insights, and financing pathways.
Contribute to communication materials, presentations, knowledge products, policy/case briefs, success stories and visibility updates in line with UNDP and donor requirements.

Team and Consultant Coordination Support

Support technical coordination of experts, consultants, service providers and partners engaged under both projects.
Review and provide quality assurance inputs on expert and partner deliverables for supervisor clearance.
Coordinate internal collaboration between programme, operations, communications, monitoring and technical functions to support efficient and coherent delivery.

Innovation and Adaptive Learning

Promote practical innovation and adaptive problem-solving across project activities by encouraging new ideas, testing improved approaches and supporting evidence-based adjustments.
Apply emerging tools, methods and partnerships to strengthen implementation quality, improve coordination, and enhance the relevance and sustainability of project results.
Capture and share lessons learned, scalable practices and emerging opportunities to inform future programming, replication and continuous improvement.

The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.

Institutional Arrangements

The Technical Analyst will work under the direct supervision of the Organics Mobilized Project Coordinator and the overall guidance of the Innovation, Acceleration and SDG Finance Programme Analyst/Portfolio Manager.

Competencies

Core Competencies

Achieve Results: LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline;
Think Innovatively: LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements;
Learn Continuously: LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback;
Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible;
Act with Determination: LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident;
Engage and Partner: LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships;
Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination.

Functional/Technical competencies

Business Management

Project Management:
- Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and control resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals.
Communication
- Communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience.
- Ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social media and other appropriate channels.
Monitoring & Evaluation
- Ability to systematically monitor results of strategies, programmes, and activities with a view to make sure that they are being implemented effectively;
- Ability to provide managers and key stakeholders with regular feedback and reporting on the consistency or discrepancy between planned activities and programme management and results.
- Ability to make independent judgment of the management and results of strategies, programmes and activities based on set criteria and benchmark, keeping in mind the needs and concerns of client, current and upcoming.
- Knowledge and understanding of monitoring and evaluation frameworks, concepts, methodologies, systems, processes, and tools.
- Ability to make an independent judgement based on set criteria and benchmarks.
- Ability to anticipate client's upcoming needs and concerns.

Business Development

Knowledge Generation
- Ability to research information and to turn it into useful knowledge, relevant context, or responsive to a stated need. Ability to apply existing concepts to new situations, and to develop new concepts to generate workable solutions and new approaches.
- Knowledge of relevant concepts, conceptual models, and theories that can be useful in addressing new situations.

Digital:

Innovation ecosystem curation
- Ability to identify key players in an ecosystem, engage with them and mobilize them to build a community and over time a movement around a common mission that can bring about changes at the system level.
- Ability to give sense of purpose and build trust, develop programmes of activities and platforms to build and strengthen relationships.
Innovation Capacity Building
- Ability to define and create the conditions for trying out new ways of working or introducing new problem solving approaches to an organization.
- Ability to develop, manage and evaluate a learning curriculum that raises awareness, builds confidence, strengthens innovation capabilities around a certain method, tool or technique; or helps develop an innovation mindset.
- Ability to create the authorising environment (mandate, incentives) to embed and spread new ways of working.
- In-depth knowledge of one or more innovation methods, broad knowledge of innovation processes and innovation management.
- Ability to align a learning and development strategy with broader innovation strategy.

Partnership Management

Relationship Management:
- Ability to engage with a wide range of public and private partners, build, sustain and/or strengthen working relations, trust and mutual understanding.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Advanced university degree (master's degree or equivalent) in Political Studies, Economics, Business/Public Administration, Social Science, International Development, or a related field is required.
A first level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in the areas mentioned above in combination with 2 (two) additional years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of master’s degree.

Experience:

Applicants with a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field of study are not required to have professional work experience.
Applicants with a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) are required to have a minimum of two (2) years of relevant professional experience in project management in private sector innovation, institutional transformation, community/ institutional capacity development and policy analysis fields.

Desired additional skills:

Experience working with government institutions, municipalities, civil society organizations, private sector actors, academia and/or international organizations.
Experience in coordinating or supporting the implementation of development projects, and/or multi-stakeholder initiatives.
Experience in project implementation, stakeholder coordination, reporting and documentation.
Experience in circular economy, climate action, municipal development, green/digital transformation, urban innovation or inclusive economic development .
Experience with systems thinking, portfolio approaches, living labs, co-design, adaptive management, experimentation, MEL or results-based management .
Experience with MRV systems, digital tools, data platforms, AI-enabled tools or innovation methods for public-sector transformation.
Prior experience with the UN/UNDP or another international development organizations.
Experience in the use of office software packages, including MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint; experience with spreadsheets, databases and web-based management systems.

Language Requirements:

Fluency in English and Armenian languages is required.

Equal opportunity

As an equal opportunity employer, UNDP values diversity as an expression of the multiplicity of nations and cultures where we operate and, as such, we encourage qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply for roles in the organization. Our employment decisions are based on merit and suitability for the role, without discrimination.

UNDP is also committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, are valued, can thrive, and benefit from career opportunities that are open to all.

Sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse of authority

UNDP does not tolerate harassment, sexual harassment, exploitation, discrimination and abuse of authority. All selected candidates, therefore, undergo relevant checks and are expected to adhere to the respective standards and principles.

Right to select multiple candidates

UNDP reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement. We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.

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Technical Analyst [Open to internal and external applicants]