

• Lead lab efforts in deep community immersion, collective intelligence, and solutions mapping
• Developing and sustaining positive relationships with Government entities and a range of local community and citizen groups;
• Translation of ethnographic and field research findings into learning and action for the acceleration of 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 collective intelligence for sustainable development.
• Convene the processes of solution intake, assessment and designing prototypes for diffusion;
• Conduct field research to determine the best methods to make solutions transferable;
• Test the solutions and potential ideas in a real-life context to understand potential channels of spreading (including identifying private and public sector venues for uptake);
• Design methods for integrating collective intelligence into the UNDP program and engage with program and project managers to translate ideas into concrete practice.
• Undertake cultural and behavioral analyses for the accelerator lab portfolio of experiments
• Advise on the accelerator lab’s experiment portfolio to ensure experiments are designed based on people’s knowledge, behaviors and peer to peer methods of managing and diffusing knowledge about sustainable development issues;
• Convene a broad range of new partners with UNDP including artists, community organizers and emergent movements to explore areas for collaboration on sustainable development.
• Work out loud and Organizational Learning
• Lead communication efforts and proactively use blog and social media to share findings from field research;
• Ensure UNDP’s communication efforts respect privacy and ethics considerations;
• Liaise with the broader Accelerator Lab network and the support team to share learnings and insights from the country-specific experience;
• Help embed solutions mapping lead user methodology within the CO portfolio, design and provide trainings that include various methodologies and steps to identify and work with lead users.
• Carry out security risk analysis and UN staff members on relevant mitigation measures.
• Implement and manage security activities at the duty station in close coordination with all UN agencies, Programs and Funds.
• Attend as an observer, all ASMT meetings and then produce the minutes of the meeting and submit.
• Support NGOs wherever possible in line with the Saving Lives Together (SLT) policy.
• Provide advice to UN staff members and their dependants on technical security requirements contained in the area Security Plan, Security Risk Management (SRM), Residential Security Measures (RSM), and other relevant policies and security guidelines.
• Monitor the security situation and provide independent and comprehensive security analysis with the goal of identifying trends and predicting the specific conditions that would impact on the safety and security of UN personnel, eligible family members, premises, assets and resources.
• Ensure that UN personnel are kept informed of matters affecting their security and the actions to take in the event of an emergency including those identified in the UN Security Plan.
• Ensure there is an effective and functioning communications system for security management within the Security area under my responsibility.
• Ensure that all UN personnel undertake all mandatory security training/briefings and participate in all security related contingency exercises.
• Conduct security surveys of international personnel residences in accordance with the Residential Security Measures (RSM).
• Conduct analysis to fully understand the issues that have an impact on the delivery of UN programs particularly in areas deemed security compromised.
• Establish contact and maintain networks with all UNSMS/NGOs security advisors and relevant local security forces as appropriate. • Institutionalize and share best practices and knowledge learned.
• Prepare, maintain, and update UN security documentation including security contingency plans. This includes the monitoring/reporting on security compliance and the submission of all Security Incident Reports (SIRs).
Effective communication:
The ability to convey ideas clearly, listen actively, and adapt language to different audiences
Teamwork:
Skill to actively collaborate, resolve conflicts and support colleagues in achieving
common objectives
Adaptability and Flexibility:
Easily adjust to new routines, tools, or changes in project direction when needed
Time management, Positive attitude and Analytical skills
Languages:
Portuguese: Mother tongue,
English: Fluent
Umbundu: Fluent
French: B2 Level
Sports,
Reading,
Learning and
Music
1 - José Felix, Program Specialist, UNDP, e-mail: jose.felix@undp.org, Cellphone: +244 924 436 035
2 - Filipe Rodrigues, Field Security Assistant, UNDSS, e-mail filipe.rodrigues@un.org, Cellphone: +244 923697758
3 - Luis Tropa, Headmaster, Ministry of Education, e-mail: luistropa@gmail.com, cellphone: +244923847730