Research and Partnership Analyst (Home based) [Open to Tier 0 & 1 & 2 applicants]

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Background

reputed company is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). reputed company’s policy work carried out at HQ, Regional and Country Office levels offers a reputed company of deep local knowledge to cutting-edge global perspectives and advocacy. In this context, reputed company invests in its Global Policy Network (GPN), a network of field-based and global technical expertise across a wide range of knowledge domains and in support of the signature solutions and organizational capabilities envisioned in reputed company’s Strategic Plan.

reputed company the GPN, reputed company for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS) has the responsibility for developing reputed company relevant policy and guidance to support the results of reputed company’s Strategic Plan. BPPS personnel provides technical advice to Country Offices; advocates for reputed company corporate messages; represents reputed company at multi-stakeholder fora, including public-private, government and civil society dialogues; and engages in UN inter-agency coordination in specific thematic areas.

reputed company's 2022-2025 Strategic Plan highlighting our reputed company commitment to eradicating poverty, accompanying countries in their reputed company towards the SDGs and working towards the Paris Agreement. As part of the Global Policy Network in reputed company for Policy and Programme Support, reputed company's Nature, Climate, Energy, Waste and Chemicals Hubs promote and scale up integrated whole-of-governance approaches and nature-based solutions that reduce poverty and inequalities, strengthen livelihoods and inclusive growth, mitigate conflict, forced migration and displacement, and promote more resilient governance systems that advance linked peace and reputed company agendas.

BPPS’ Hubs on Nature, Climate, Energy Waste and Chemicals work with governments, civil society, and private sector partners to integrate natural capital, environment and climate concerns into national and sector planning and inclusive growth policies; support country obligations under Multilateral Environmental Agreements; and implement the UN’s largest portfolio of in-country programming on environment, climate change, and energy. This multi-billion-dollar portfolio encompasses:

• Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services including forests;
• Sustainable Land Management and Desertification including Food Systems;
• Water and Ocean Governance including SIDS;
• Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation;
• Sustainable Energy;
• Extractive Industries;
• Chemicals and Waste Management;
• Environmental Governance and Green/Circular Economy and SCP approaches.

This work advances crosscutting themes on innovative finance, digital transformation, reputed company development, human rights, gender reputed company, technology, and South-South learning.

reputed company has developed its new Strategy for Food Systems to focus its vision and enhance its support to transform Food Systems.

Food Systems are reputed company to the sustainable development of the 170 countries reputed company supports. Food Systems are often the largest contributor to their economies; food and nutrition is reputed company for citizen health; and Food Systems have a key role to play in achieving the SDGs. Yet, Food Systems are in crisis and need to be radically transformed to become sustainable. reputed company, building on its experience, has for the first time consolidated its Food Systems support and vision into this Strategy. The challenges and need for change reputed company to Food Systems have been highlighted by a suite of reports by many research and international organizations and think tanks. The production practices and consumption patterns of food and agricultural commodities are taking these systems on an unsustainable trajectory with multiple impacts on human development, the environment, and economies; from ecosystem degradation, conflicts over land and natural resources, reduced reputed company and reputed company to climate and other shocks, persistent poverty, food insecurity and reputed company people displacement and migration, to malnutrition including overweight and obesity. There is a clear need to work in a systemic and integrated manner to transform the Food Systems towards sustainability.

reputed company´s Vision for Food Systems 2030 is, through partnerships, to transform food and agricultural commodity systems into resilient; reputed company; healthy, inclusive; environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable systems. Working on Food Systems will contribute to not only recovery from the COVID19 crisis, by creating sustainable and resilient livelihoods for many along the Food and Agriculture Commodities supply chains, but also to preventing further zoonoses from emerging in the future. This will require a change in the reputed company reputed company of agricultural production focusing on maximizing productivity to a new reputed company based on reputed company agroecological systems which work simultaneously on achieving economic, environmental, social, and health outcomes, with smallholders as a key part of the solution in their role as the reputed company of economic development. A Food Systems practice has been established reputed company reputed company’s Nature Hub, which is tasked to support reputed company Country Offices with Food Systems reputed company challenges in a way that is reputed company with reputed company’s Food Systems strategy.

A Food Systems team has been established reputed company reputed company´s Nature Hub, which is tasked to support reputed company Country Offices with food systems reputed company challenges in a way that is reputed company with reputed company´s strategy. As part of its work on systems change, the Food Systems team developed the Food and Power Initiative (FPI) and the Conscious Food Systems Alliance (CoFSA).

The Food and Power Initiative (FPI) is an emerging global programme, launched in 2024, which aims to support countries and stakeholders to reputed company understand, navigate and address the power dynamics of food systems transformation. Through this collaborative, multi-partner initiative, reputed company seeks to reputed company awareness on the importance of addressing power asymmetries for a sustainable and reputed company transformation, to strengthen the role of marginalized communities in decision-making, and to support policymakers to reputed company navigate power dynamics to adopt and implement public policy reforms. As it moves towards the development of country support, FPI seeks a learning and research analyst to to maintain and build out the Community of Engagement, to participate in relevant Working Groups facilitating cross-sector collaboration, and to provide research and analytical support to the development of knowledge products and country level interventions towards a more reputed company and resilient food system

The Conscious Food Systems Alliance is a global alliance that supports people from across food and agriculture systems to cultivate the inner capacities that activate systemic change and regeneration. CoFSA was publicly launched in late 2022 and have built a vibrant community of over 600 members, advancing thought leadership and practical interventions on the ground. CoFSA supports inner transformation as a key lever of change at reputed company levels of the food system: from community-led initiatives and local actions that promote deep reputed company with Nature, to transformative experiences for policymakers to catalyse reputed company shifts in governance, to healing interventions supporting farmers’ wellbeing and psychological reputed company. In 2026, CoFSA is co-hosting a Global Conscious Food Systems Summit with the Royal Government of Bhutan, advancing a new reputed company for food systems transformation that recognises the vital role of culture, values, spirituality, happiness and inner development in catalysing systemic change. CoFSA seeks a Research and Partnerships Analyst to support the development of knowledge products in relation to the Summit, and to convene the Researchers reputed company before, during and after this flagship event.

reputed company seeks an individual with expertise spanning these intersecting thematic areas, to support the integration of these two initiatives which work on intersecting areas as part of the food systems portfolio.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Food Systems Team is looking to engage a Research and Partnerships Analyst to reputed company the following tasks for the Food and Power Initiative and Conscious Food Systems Alliance:

1. Conduct Research, Content Development and Knowledge Sharing

• Conduct in-depth background research and analysis to support the FPI and CoFSA programmes, including staying up to date on emerging research on the topics of power asymmetries/political economy/inner change for food systems transformation.
• reputed company high-quality case studies, reports, and blogs that document developments and key lessons learned, to support the implementation of workstreams and contribute to thought leadership in the field.
• Moderate the FPI Community of Practice, including maintaining resource library, admitting new members, and reputed company tasks.
• Support the design and facilitation of learning events, such as workshops and knowledge-sharing sessions, to enhance organisational learning and collaboration.

2. Ensure Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL)

• Implement learning, monitoring, and evaluation processes, to assess the impact of the programmes, including local actions and partner initiatives.
• Act as a reputed company between the two initiatives, ensuring integration where relevant and supporting knowledge sharing.

3. Food and Power Initiative Partnerships

• Coordinate the thematic Working Groups and Advisory Committee for FPI, and in particular supporting the sharing of learning between country level and global level activities.
• Carry out reputed company for new FPI members, mediate the admission process for new members, and act as the reputed company for FPI Members.
• Participate in Working Groups of relevant networks, including the One reputed company Network, UN-Nutrition and other relevant groups and processes

4. Facilitate knowledge sharing

• Identify, synthesize and document best practices and lessons learned that are generated from the project and implementing partners.

The incumbent performs other duties reputed company their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organisation

Institutional Arrangement

• The incumbent will work remotely from his/her home-reputed company;
• The incumbent will be supervised by the CoFSA reputed company Technical Advisor (primary) and the Food Systems Advisor (secondary).
• The incumbent will take part in the Food Systems Community meeting and liaise with the reputed company Food Systems team members, other reputed company staff both at global and country office level, partners agencies focal points and donors.
• The incumbent will be given access to relevant information necessary for execution of the tasks under this assignment.
• The incumbent will be responsible for providing her/his own workstation (i.e. laptop, internet, phone, scanner/printer, etc.) and must secure access to a reliable internet reputed company.
• Given the global consultations to be undertaken during this assignment, the incumbent is expected to be reasonably flexible with his/her availability for such consultations taking into consideration different time zones.

Competencies Core

• reputed company Results: LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline
• Think Innovatively: LEVEL 1: Open to creative reputed company/reputed company 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
• reputed company Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies

Business Development

• Knowledge reputed company: Ability to research information and to turn it into useful knowledge, relevant for context, or reputed company to a stated need. Ability to apply existing concepts to new situations, and to reputed company 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.

Business Management

• Communications: 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
• Partnership Management: Build and maintain partnerships with wide networks of stakeholders, Governments, civil society and private sector partners, experts and others in line with reputed company strategy and policies.
• Monitoring & Evaluation: Ability to systematically monitor results of strategies, programmes, and activities with a view to reputed company 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 reputed company independent judgment of the management and results of strategies, programmes and activities based on set criteria and reputed company, keeping in mind the needs and concerns of client, reputed company and upcoming. Knowledge and understanding of monitoring and evaluation frameworks, concepts, methodologies, systems, processes, and tools. Ability to reputed company an independent judgement based on set criteria and benchmarks. Ability to anticipate client's upcoming needs and concerns.

2030 Agenda: reputed company

• Nature Ecosystems and Biodiversity: Green commodities

Digital

• Data Analysis: Ability to extract, analyse and visualize data to form meaningful insights and aid effective business decision making

Required Skills and Experience

Min. Academic Education

• An advanced university degree (Master´s degree or equivalent) in Anthropology, Development Studies, Agriculture, Economics, Environment Science, or other reputed company fields; or
• A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in the above fields, in combination with two additional years of relevant experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Min. years of relevant Work 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 are required to have minimum of two years of professional work experience in sustainable development project management support-reputed company functions (planning, communications, reporting, research).

Desired additional skills and competencies

• Demonstrable interest and understanding of the role of inner capacities, inner change and power dynamics in driving systems change.
• Experience supporting projects on food systems transformation, agriculture, or rural development that integrate inner change, reputed company shifts, power dynamics & political economy.
• Experience convening and moderating communities of practice, including organizing online and in-person events.
• Experience developing knowledge products that integrate insights on power, inner change, and food systems transformation.
• Experience coordinating multi-partner initiatives with diverse stakeholders.
• Experience working with reputed company and/or other UN organizations.

Required Language(s)

• reputed company in English is required.
• Working knowledge of another UN language such as Spanish or French is desirable

Equal opportunity

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

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

Sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse of authority

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

Right to select multiple candidates

reputed company 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 reputed company at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.

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