UNV Assignment Title: Project Assistant - Peace
Type of Assignment: National UN Volunteer
Project Title: Consolidating Peace in Ghana
Duration: One year
Expected Starting Date: July 2012

Brief Project Description:
In its governance and peace strategy, UNDP is conscious of the political dimensions of development, and has assessed that the capacity of national institutions to promote peace and governance will improve at the same time as the capacity of citizens to demand for its is enhanced. This strategy of simultaneous top-down and bottom-up approaches, lubricated by peace building interventions, such as dialogue, trust-building and consensus seeking, will result in effective partnerships among rights-holders and duty-bearers.

The 2012 Peace Annual Work Plan (AWP) builds on initiatives implemented under the 2006-2011 UNDAF that focused on supporting Ghana's Architecture for Peace through policy support, institutional capacity building, advocacy and the creation of platforms for dialogue. Within this context, UNDP will help institutionalize the new NPC and deepen Ghana's Peace Architecture by scaling-up support for conflict transformation strategies and tactics, while also providing advisory services and technical assistance. The current AWP is in full alignment with the UNDAF 2012-2016 thematic areas, Ghana's fourth UNDAF, that support key priorities of the government's development agenda reflected in the GSGDA. A gender and conflict prevention lens has been adopted in planning for the 2012 programme and the need to build effective partnerships and provide continuous institutional capacity development and collaboration among relevant stakeholders emphasized. This AWP recognizes the inherent link between sustainable peace and sustainable development.

Host Agency/Host Institute: UNDP

Organizational Context:
Under the guidance and direct supervision of the Programme Analyst (Peace), the Project Assistant (Peace) shall support the management of UNDP's programme within the thematic area of conflict transformation. The Project Assistant (Peace) supports analysis of political, social and economic trends and the formulation, management and evaluation of programme activities within his/her portfolio. He/she assists programme support staff and coordinates activities. The Project Assistant (Peace) works in close collaboration with the operations team, programme staff in other UN Agencies, UNDP HQs staff and Government officials, technical advisors and experts, multi-lateral and bi-lateral donors and civil society ensuring successful UNDP programme implementation of actions required for the fulfillment of UNDP's contributions to the 2012-2016 UNDAF.

Type of Assignment Place: Assignment with family

Description of tasks:
Under the direct supervision of the Peace Analyst the UN volunteer will perform the following tasks:

. Provide support to logistical arrangements for field missions
. Prepare agendas and minutes of meetings and, draft reports of workshops
. Maintain records, draft correspondences covering project issues, compile project related statistics and maintain project records (i.e. work-plans, contracts, Letters of Agreements, records of meetings, etc) in good order statistical data;
. Assist in preparatory work for procurement in line with UNDP regulations, guidelines and procedures, and as may be directed from time to time
. Carry out any other relevant duties as requested by the Head of Unit and the Project Analyst
. Assist in the coordination and preparation for Audits and Audit replies
. Assist in undertaking research in support of analytical activities at the Peace Unit of the Governance Cluster

Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to:

. Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV  and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark IVD);
. Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country
. Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participation in ongoing reflection activities
. Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc;
. Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers;
. Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible

Results/Expected Output:
The key results have an impact on the success of UNDP's Governance Cluster, through attention to the conflict transformation thematic area, thereby supporting the implementation of UNDP's CPD as well as Outcome 10 within the UNDAF. In particular, the key results have an impact on the design, operation and programming of activities, creation of strategic partnerships as well as reaching resource mobilization targets.

Specifically, the UNV is expected to:

. Support implementation of operational strategies
. Support to administrative, procurement and logistical services
. Support to finance services
. Support to knowledge building and knowledge sharing

A final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for development during the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities participated in and capacities developed.

Living Conditions:
The incumbent will reside in the capital of Ghana, Accra which has most of the economic amenities. Accra has 1 (minimum) by Security Level System (SLS) and the Northern region has 2 (low) SLS

Conditions of Service:
A twelve month contract: monthly volunteer living allowance (VLA) intended to cover housing, basic needs and utilities, equivalent to GH¢863.00; setting-in-grant (if applicable); life, health, and permanent disability insurance; return airfares (if applicable); resettlement allowance for satisfactory service.

Qualification Required & Experience
. Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Conflict and Peace Studies, Public Administration, Economics, Political Sciences, Social Sciences or related field
. At least 2 years relevant work experience at national or international levels in development work which should include programme management and knowledge in community development, peace building and conflict transformation or governance
. Working knowledge of the socio-cultural context of programme communities/sites desirable
. Experience with UN and or international nongovernmental organizations would be an asset

How To Apply For The Job
Applications and CVs should be sent to the:

Attention of the UNV Field Unit
UNDP Office Ring Road
or
P. O. Box 1423
Accra

Closing Date: 25th June, 2012