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\"undp\"United Nations Development program in Nigeria \u00a0(UNDP)<\/strong> is recruiting for a Training & Research Associate<\/strong> to be based in Port Harcourt.<\/p>\n

1. The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is making concrete contributions to developing the capacities of tens of thousands of people around the world. Since its inception in 1965, UNITAR has built sustainable partnerships acquiring unique expertise and accumulating experience and knowledge to fulfill its mandate. These accomplishments have enabled UNITAR to respond to the growing demand from UN Member States for training for capacity development in the fields of: Governance; Environment; Peace, Security and Diplomacy.<\/p>\n

2. UNITAR’s mission is to deliver innovative training and conduct research on knowledge systems to develop the capacity of beneficiaries. As an autonomous body within the United Nations the institute strives to offer learning technologies that respond to life-long training needs of officials from UN Member States and sub-national or non-governmental institutions.<\/p>\n

3. UNITAR concentrates on practice-oriented approach to training \u2013 the means of delivering modern training and professional learning. It offers the expertise on how best to deliver this training, how best to capture and retain knowledge and how best to build upon it. It also focuses on how to monitor and evaluate their impact on behaviour; and how to capitalize capacity development for institutional growth and development. UNITAR has continuously increased the number of its training programmes and has successfully established strong institutional cooperation across the globe.<\/p>\n

UNITAR Office in Nigeria became operational with effect from 26th March 2006, and committed to bringing the huge institutional capacity development programmes and initiatives of the Institute to the easily accessible benefit of relevant public and private sectors operators alike. This is in a bid to ensuring that both public and private sectors leverage on the many years of training and research expertise of UNITAR for the institutional capacity development objectives of their respective organizational mandates.<\/p>\n

The Office engages in a series of credible training and capacity building interventions of local authorities and communities in the following sectors:<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Oil\u00a0 and Gas industry-specific technical capacity assessment and development
\n\u2022\u00a0UNITAR-NDDC Institute for Good Governance and Human Development
\n\u2022\u00a0Governance and Local Administration and Leadership for local government authorities
\n\u2022\u00a0United Nations Organization Satellite (UNOSAT) using satellite imagery, GIS and other IT for participatory assessment, development plan formulation and implementation
\n\u2022\u00a0Training and application of micro-credit and finance for small and medium enterprise development
\n\u2022\u00a0UNITAR-HP Micro Accelerated Programme (MAP) \u2013 a tool through which UNITAR aims to build capacity by bridging the gap between conventional business skills and technical courses, helping trainees establish connections between business challenges and technological solutions to enable them amplify business effectiveness.
\n\u2022\u00a0Community Development Association Capacity development in Leadership and project formulation and administration
\n\u2022\u00a0Environmental Profiles and compliance
\n\u2022\u00a0Negotiation and Conflict Resolution\/Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)<\/p>\n

TRAINING AND RESEARCH ASSOCIATE<\/p>\n

Duties and Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Collect and analyze viable NGO\u2019s in the partnering states in our programme areas.
\n\u2022 Workshop organization \u2013 Planning and Delivery
\n\u2022 Gather pertinent background material and maintain files (both paper and electronic) and database for work unit.
\n\u2022 Research, compile, summarize and organize information and reference materials from various sources (reports, work plans,\u00a0\u00a0 studies, briefings, meetings \/ conferences, etc.) and make an up dated inventory of relevant documentation.
\n\u2022 Proofread documents and edit texts for accuracy, grammar, punctuation and style, and for adherence to established standards formats.
\n\u2022 Assemble documents, reports and other materials for global dissemination using standard processing package to produce a wide variety of large, complex documents (reports, tables, charts, graphs, presentations etc.).
\n\u2022 Develop up-to-date database for all training and capacity building sectors in our programme.
\n\u2022 Perform other duties as assigned by the Head of UNITAR Nigeria<\/p>\n

Competencies
\nCorporate Responsibility:<\/p>\n

* Promote the strategic goals of UN and established UNITAR work plan
\n*\u00a0 Result-oriented<\/p>\n

Team Work:<\/p>\n

* Able to integrate in work groups with people of different professional background
\n*\u00a0 Responsive to group inputs and concerns to project initiative<\/p>\n

Relationship Building:<\/p>\n

*\u00a0 Ability to tap into existing UNITAR institutional partnership
\n* Ability to network with national\/international and professional institutions to achieve goals of the organization
\n*\u00a0 Interpersonal relationship skill<\/p>\n

Task Management skills:<\/p>\n

*\u00a0 Prioritization of tasks
\n*\u00a0 Time management skill
\n*\u00a0 Timely delivery of results<\/p>\n

Communications:<\/p>\n

* Good communication skills both oral and written
\n*\u00a0 Excellent presentation skill
\n*\u00a0 Good knowledge of computer application skills<\/p>\n

Building and Sharing knowledge:<\/p>\n

* Good research skill
\n*\u00a0 Ability to obtain and disseminate relevant information promptly
\n
\nRequired Skills and Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n

Education: Secondary Education, preferably with specialized certification in Accounting and\u00a0 Finance. University Degree in Business or Public Administration, Economics, Political Sciences and Social Sciences\u00a0 would be desirable, but it is not a requirement.<\/p>\n

Experience:
\n5 to 6 years of progressively responsible administrative or programme experience is required at the national or international level. Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc) and advance knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling of web based management systems<\/p>\n

Language Requirements<\/strong>:
\nAbility to express oneself effectively in English language, both orally and in writing<\/p>\n

Deadline is 17th December 2009<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Click here to Apply online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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