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UNIDO Industrial Development Officer

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

INTERNAL/EXTERNAL

Female candidates from all Member States are particularly encouraged to apply.


Vacancy Announcement No: VA2013_P_EXT_000004

Post Title and Level:Industrial Development Officer, P3

Duty Station:Vienna, Austria

Organizational Unit:Research and Policy Advice Group Devel. Policy, Stat. and Research Branch Strat. Research, QA & Advocacy Division


Indicative Minimum Net Annual Remuneration:USD 89,521

(for further information on salaries, refer to the International Civil Service Commission website: http://icsc.un.org/secretariat/sad.asp?include=ss)

Type of Appointment:Fixed Term (100 series)

Employment Fraction: Staff-Full-time

Deadline for the receipt of applications: 13 February 2013

Organizational Context

The Strategic Research, Quality Assurance and Advocacy Division (SQA) provides strategic programmatic guidance and substantive support to the work of the Organization, as well as alignment with its quality assurance framework. It provides Member States, as well as other Divisions with state-of-the-art analyses of the main determinants and trends of industrial development. It thus advocates the role of industry as an instrument for poverty reduction and environmental sustainability and provides strategic advice to policymakers at the national and regional levels. The Managing Director also assists the Director-General in promoting cooperation, coherence, and partnerships with other organizations, particularly those in the UN common system; in this context, the Managing Director represents UNIDO in the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) and its High-level Advisory Group. The Division comprises the Office of the Managing Director and three subsidiary entities: the Advocacy and Communications Group; the Development Policy, Statistics and Research Branch, and the Donor Relations and Quality Assurance Branch.

The Research and Policy Group, within the Development Policy, Statistics and Research Branch, conducts applied economic research with a thematic focus and disseminates its findings both within UNIDO and to development practitioners. On this basis, it provides strategic policy advice to Member States to accelerate industrial development and competitiveness. The Group also supports Member States in the design and implementation of policies to expand and diversify their productive capacity, and advocates sustainable industrialization strategies at the global and national level.

The UNIDO Staff Performance Management System reinforces the collaboration within formal units as well as among cross-functional teams. In this context, the incumbent collaborates with his/her supervisor and colleagues, within as well as outside the unit. Within the formal teams, the incumbent may be expected to backstop other team members as required.

After a certain number of years located at Headquarters, the incumbent must be prepared to be rotated into a position in one of UNIDO’s field offices as part of the Organization’s Field Mobility Policy.

Main Functions

Under the overall supervision of the Branch Director and the direct supervision of the Programme Coordinator, the incumbent will be responsible for advising on industrial development issues with a particular emphasis on issues related to economic growth and employment generation:

1. Prepare strategic industrial policy analyses and policy recommendations based on UNIDO research and expertise aimed at identifying products, technologies, and sectors with high potential in terms of economic growth and employment generation.

Prepare briefs and other relevant documents for policymakers on ways to implement and evaluate those recommendations.

2. Develop methodologies and indicators for benchmarking and comparing products, technologies, and sectors with high potential across countries in terms of economic growth and employment generation. Produce the accompanying manuals. 

3. Contribute to the preparation and delivery of training material and course work to disseminate UNIDO’s research findings and practical experiences. 

4. Conduct research on international trends on economic growth and employment generation and the capacity of governments to design, implement, and monitor related industrial policies. 

5. Collaborate with the staff of UNIDO’s Capacity-Development Unit and the Statistics Unit to develop an integrated research programme and statistics on industrial structural change and to prepare UNIDO publications. 

6 Assist in the organization of international conferences, seminars, and workshops; help formulate their content and prepare the required documentation and reports.

7. Advise Member States and their industry associations on the most sustainable industrial development strategies and facilitate industrial policy making processes in developing countries. Support the design and implementation of institutional capacity-building projects in the area of industrial policy. 

8. Complete other tasks and duties as required by the Director. 


Minimum Requirements

Education:

University - Master's degree or equivalent, Economics - and or Business Administration (preferably at PhD level), if possible with background in international/development issues.

UNIDO Languages:

English (Fluent), Knowledge of other UN languages would be an asset.

Computer skills:

Databases (Fully proficient), E-mail (Fully proficient), Enterprise Planning Systems (Fully proficient), Internet (Fully proficient), Spreadsheets (Fully proficient), Word processing (Fully proficient).

Field of Expertise:

Economics (5 years and more), relevant professional work experience, with at least two years in an international environment. Proven experience in providing advice to policymakers, preferably from Least Development Countries, for the implementation of industrial strategies/policies. Previous experience in conducting quantitative research on relevant themes, preferably with a private sector orientation, would be an asset.

COMPETENCIES:

Core values: integrity; professionalism; respect for diversity.

Core competencies: results orientation and accountability; planning and organizing; communication and trust; team orientation; client orientation; organizational development and innovation.

Excellent oral and written communication abilities, including the capacity to produce a variety of written reports, papers, and communications and to articulate ideas in a concise way. Proven competence in presenting complex issues and policies to non-technical audiences. Good analytical and computer skills, including use of word processing, spreadsheets, and database software. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with policymakers and business representatives as well as with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.

All applications must be submitted online through the Online Recruitment System

Correspondence will be undertaken only with candidates who are being considered at an advanced phase of the selection process. Selected candidate(s) may be required to disclose to the Director-General the nature and scope of financial and other personal interests and assets in respect of themselves, their spouses and dependants, under the procedures established by the Director General.

Visit the UNIDO web site for details on how to apply: www.unido.org

NOTE: The Director-General retains the discretion to make an appointment to this post at a lower level.

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