Development Coordination Officer, Economist

2 months ago


الرياض, Saudi Arabia United Nations Full time

Org. Setting and Reporting
- The Resident Coordinator’s Office (RCO) is the United Nations’ entity mandated to coordinate the UN System’s development work at the country level. The RCO supports UN agencies, programmes, and funds interventions in the country, including partnerships. In Saudi Arabia, the UN System is represented by 27 agencies, funds, and specialized programmes. The UN Country Team (UNCT) is made up of representatives of these entities. The UN Resident Coordinator (RC) guides and supports the work of the UNCT, ensuring effective coordination and cooperation across the mandates of each organization. The RCO strengthens the joint activities of the UN System in Saudi Arabia, maximizing, in a coordinated manner, the UN’s work so that the system can provide a collective, coherent, and integrated response to national priorities and needs under the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals and other international commitments. The position of Development Coordination Officer /Economist is located in the RCO in Riyadh and reports to the RCO Head of Office/Strategic Planning Officer/RCO Team Leader.
- Responsibilities
- Within delegated authority, the Development Coordination Officer /Economist will be responsible for the following duties: Summary of Functions; 1. Plans, facilitates and consolidates evidence-based analysis of the status of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), providing substantive advice to the Resident Coordinator (RC), Head of RC Office, and the United Nations Country Team (UNCT), particularly on elements pertaining to the economic transformation agenda (including green and just transition, digital transformation and the future of work) and SDG financing. 2. Supports the RC, Head of RCO and UNCT in advocacy efforts for the creation of strong partnerships within the UN System, with national counterparts in government and other relevant partners, including International Financial Institutions (IFIs), to support the reframing of economic policies and practices around economic transformation and SDG financing. 3. Coordinates the development by the UNCT, through its Programme Support Team (PST), of an integrated SDG programming cycle including development of roadmaps, Common Country Analysis (CCA) and UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF), and UN Joint Programmes, as well as leading Annual Reports and others core documents which advance the economic transformation agenda and outline a clear approach to SDG financing in programming countries. 4. Plans and directs knowledge generation and management around the economic transformation and SDG financing agendas, in support of a shared understanding by the UNCT of sustainable development trends, challenges and opportunities in programme countries. Description of Functions: 1. Plans, facilitates, and consolidates evidence-based analysis of the status of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), providing substantive advice to the RC, Head of RCO and UNCT, particularly on elements pertaining to the economic transformation agenda (including green and just transition, digital transformation and the future of work) and SDG financing. - Researches, analyzes, consolidates, and presents information and data on emerging best practices in economic transformation for sustainable development, including green and just transition, digital transformation and the future of work, among others; paying special attention to gender and leave no one behind (LNOB) principles. - Provides advice on global/corporate guidelines, tools and other materials related to economic transformation and SDG financing. - Works with UNCT counterparts to create common, convergent and coherent key advocacy topics related to sustainable economic transformation and SDG financing, helping identify and analyze entry points for catalytic and consolidated UN policy support options, to enable the transition to more efficient, low-carbon and resilient production and consumption patterns, maximizing social, environmental and economic outcomes that impact the implementation of multiple SDGs and their targets, with proposed ‘accelerator interventions' that can help unlock and accelerate progress towards sustainable development;
- Collects and analyzes data on UN country level operations in support of the implementation of the economic transformation agenda and SDG financing, identifies gaps and proposes follow-up actions;
- Working in close collaboration with the UNCT, researches, develops and presents policy papers, guidance notes and other knowledge based-tools, and supports discussion in country-level forums to help influence and advance policy dialogue and advocate to reframe economic policies and practices around economic transformation to contribute to the achievement of the SDGs;
- Coordinates the preparation of UN flagship reports on economic transformation and SDG financing, including the analysis of data and the provision of evidence to build the



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