Training Coordinator

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peace building, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development.

UNOPS areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management and human resources.

Working with us

UNOPS offers short- and long-term work opportunities in diverse and challenging environments across the globe. We are looking for creative, results-focused professionals with skills in a range of disciplines.

Diversity

With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization

UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands.

UNOPS mission is to expand the capacity of the UN system and its partners to implement peacebuilding, humanitarian and development operations that matter for people in need.

Working in some of the world’s most challenging environments, UNOPS vision is to always satisfy partners with management services that meet world-class standards of quality, speed and cost effectiveness.

In Nepal, the country’s new constitution of 2015 set out a radical transition from a unitary to a federal state. Following local, provincial and federal elections in 2017 and National Assembly elections in February 2018, 761 local governments have now been established across the country. These are divided into 7 provinces, with newly drawn borders.

Progress establishing these new governments has varied across the country. While some subnational governments are fully formed and actively working to deliver services, infrastructure projects and policies, others are still struggling due to a lack of capacity, staffing and resources.

Federalism is one of DFID Nepal’s three ‘Big Changes’ for the future. It is DFID’s aim to see the federal constitution implemented and new relationships forged between politicians and citizens so more Nepali citizens have a stake in their country’s future through: Empowered elected representatives; - Deliberative decision-making in the public interest; - A more representative state; - Stronger political accountability with active citizen and user engagement; and,  - Effective intergovernmental structures to promote peaceful contestation. 

In that context, DFID, through UNOPS PCU, will work to support the new sub-national governments through the provision of technical assistance, support to planning and implementation processes of sub-national governments, coordination of DFID Implementing Partners in the field and the provision of context analysis to inform conflict-sensitive programming.

Following the transition of Nepal into a federal structure, the context in which DFID will implement its work has become increasingly complex, with new governance structures at the Federal, Provincial and Local level, as well as newly emerging and fluid political and development dynamics and possible conflicts throughout the country. In this context, given DFID’s commitments to Do No Harm approaches, to Leave No-One Behind, to Safeguarding and to GESI, it is certain that DFID Programmes and Partners will require technical support to develop their capacities to adapt to the changed context. Additionally, following the closure of the DFID/GIZ Risk Management Office (RMO), which previously provided DFID partners with relevant capacity building, there is a clear need amongst DFID partners at all levels for a Conflict Sensitivity capacity building resource.  It is proposed that a Training Coordinator, with overall responsibility for designing and implementing Training Strategy, covering not only Conflict Sensitivity but also GESI, Safeguarding and DRR for DFID Partners (and possibly for other Donors); the Training Coordinator will also be responsible for working with Sub-National Government to define training needs (in relation to the abovementioned thematic areas), design and implement a training strategy to meet Sub-National Government needs

Purpose and Scope of Assignment

This is a position with two distinct aspects. One aim of this position is to develop and implement the overall PCU training strategy.  This will involve the design and co-ordination of PCU training activities in Kathmandu and at Provincial/Local level, with Implementing Partners and local and provincial Governments. Activities will be primarily focused outside of Kathmandu in the Provinces where DFID’s programming is focussed.  This will also involve formulating capacity building and training needs assessments of partners.  This will also involve the procurement, provision and coordination of training services to DFID Programmes and Partners, Swiss Embassy/SDC Implementing Partners  and local and provincial  governments on a range of issues, including but not limited to: Conflict Sensitivity, GESI and Safeguarding.

In addition, the Training Coordinator will be responsible for the development of new training materials, to ensure that trainings are updated to best address the needs of DFID and their programmes and partners, as well as maintaining training records

Scope of work

The position holder is responsible for:

1. Planning, Organisation, Coordination and Delivery of PCU Trainings on Conflict Sensitivity, GESI and Safeguarding.
2. Updating and extending of PCU training material.
3. Design of new training materials on GESI, Safeguarding and other areas, as per need
4. Management of Training Records
5. Quality Assurance of PCU training and capacity building activities.
6. Contributing to the Conflict sensitivity, Crisis and Disaster preparedness and management of PCUs Field Offices and Partners through training exercises.
7. Providing support to the Basic Operating Guidelines (BOGs) Group, on request.

Responsibilities (Detailed):

In this context, the position holder fulfils the following tasks:

Planning, Organization and Delivery of PCU Trainings on Conflict Sensitivity, GESI and Safeguarding

• Conduct training needs assessments with DFID partners and local and provincial Governments.
• Seek opportunities to work with Local and Provincial Governments to support their own internal capacity building on Conflict Sensitivity, GESI and Safeguarding
• Formulate a training strategy, implementation plan and budget
• Compile and circulate annual PCU training programme among DFID programmes and partners
• Prepare and deliver PCU trainings in Conflict Sensitivity, GESI, Safeguarding and Disaster /Crisis Preparedness in Kathmandu and the Provinces. This includes sourcing and contracting training providers, organising training venues, calculating training costs, inviting participants, preparing training materials and presentations, liaising with external trainers and delivering training modules.
• Liaise with PCU Field Offices to coordinate logistics for trainings at local and provincial government  level

Updating and extending of PCU training material

• Review and analyse training modules and material of other training providers and identify best practices valuable to PCU trainings.
• Review and update the PCU’s existing training material and presentations.
• Update new modules on conflict sensitivity, dialogue facilitation and disaster/crisis preparedness into the existing RM/SED training material
• Introduce new participatory training methods
• Producing and adapting training materials to meet the specific needs of local and provincial governments

Support the design of new training modules, in particular on Disaster Risk and Preparedness, in conjunction with DFID

• Support DFID in developing new training exercises on Disaster and preparedness for DFID and partners, on request

Management of Training Records

• Manage and maintain comprehensive training records, including records of participating organisations, training venues, number of participants

Quality Assurance of PCU trainings and capacity building activities

• Develop new systems and formats to monitor and evaluate PCU  training and capacity building activities against the PCU project plan
• Compile comprehensive annual monitoring report on PCU training and capacity building activities
• Compile short training reports on lessons learned and areas to improve after each PCU training 

a. Education:

• Bachelor degree in Communication, Education, Engineering, Business or Public Administration, social sciences, project management development studies or related field.
• Master degree in relevant discipline is desired and may substitute for some of the year of experience
• A relevant combination of academic credentials and/or industry certifications and qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the university education

b. Experience/skills:  

• A minimum of 4 years of experience in Training and Development is required
• 4 years of experience (each) in design and development of training programmes, training need analysis and training delivery is required;
• Computer literate; Knowledge of Word, Excel and Power Point Presentations is required;
• Experience in organizing trainings;
• Excellent communication; Coordination; skills and ability to work in a team to achieve                                                                            

Language:

• Fluency in written and oral in English, and Nepali is required

• Position called for qualified female as preference
• Qualified male candidates are strongly encouraged to apply
• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• Work life harmonization - UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.
• This post is open for only Nepali national.

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns. 
Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.