JPO - Strategic Planning and Analysis Analyst

The Junior Professional Officer (JPO) will support the effective implementation of UNDP’s DDR programme through political and conflict analysis, strategic communication, and high-level engagement. The role involves supporting government and international actors, ensuring conflict sensitivity, and promoting trust in Ethiopia’s complex peacebuilding landscape.

Responsibilities

• Support DDR team to monitor national and sub-national political and conflict dynamics, providing regular updates on trends affecting DDR implementation.
• Conduct horizon scanning and risk analysis to flag political developments and emerging threats, providing recommendations for adaptive and conflict-sensitive programming.
• Support engagement with federal and regional authorities, preparing briefings, talking points, and strategic messaging for high-level meetings.
• Ensure coherent, politically informed communication of DDR objectives and results to government counterparts and partners.
• Prepare monthly informal reports and visual presentations for internal use and partner updates, synthesizing political, security, and programmatic developments.
• Contribute analytical inputs for senior leadership, inter-agency forums, and UNCT coordination mechanisms.
• Provide contributions to knowledge networks, communities of practice, and digital knowledge platforms.
• Organize training for operations/projects staff on programme related matters.
• Assist in preparation and follow-up of international donor conferences, providing donor intelligence, political context analysis, briefing materials, and partner coordination support.
• Provide tailored updates to development partners, positioning DDR as a priority stabilization, HDP, and peacebuilding investment.
• Support drafting of project proposals and concept notes, ensuring integration of risk and context analysis and conflict sensitivity.
• Work closely with partnerships and programme teams to link DDR work with broader peacebuilding and stabilization efforts.

Requirements

• Master's Degree with a minimum of two (2) years of relevant professional experience or Bachelor's Degree with four (4) years of relevant professional experience in development sector or foreign affairs/international relations.
• Experience in political risk analysis, conflict sensitivity, strategic communication, or peacebuilding in complex or transitional settings is required.
• Proven track record of experience working with government institutions, development partners, or international organizations is required.
• Experience producing high-quality reports, policy briefs, and political updates for senior-level audiences is required.
• Experience in building and maintaining effective working relationships with diverse stakeholders is required.
• Experience working with the political and security dynamics in Ethiopia and the broader Horn of Africa region is desired.
• Experience with UNDP or UN system processes, including political analysis, programmatic planning, and conflict sensitivity tools or experience in a foreign ministry is desired.
• Experience in peacebuilding, DDR (Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration), or governance reform approaches is desired.
• Experience in providing strategic advice or analysis to senior officials or diplomatic actors is desired.
• Experience in using data visualization tools or software to support political and conflict analysis (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, GIS) is desired.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Working knowledge of another official United Nations language is desired.
• This JPO Position is open only to nationals of Norway.

Skills

• Political Risk Analysis
• Conflict Sensitivity
• Strategic Communications
• Peacebuilding Processes
• Government Relations
• Development Partner Engagement
• International Organization Collaboration
• Report Writing
• Policy Brief Writing
• Political Updates
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Political and Security Analysis
• UNDP Processes
• Programmatic Planning
• Disarmament Demobilization Reintegration
• Governance Reform
• Strategic Advice
• Data Visualization
• Power BI
• Tableau
• GIS

Languages

English