UNIDO Country Representative, Iran

The UNIDO Country Representative (UCR) leads the UNIDO Country Office in Iran, representing UNIDO to promote industrial development and sustainable development goals. The role involves managing the Country Office, coordinating technical cooperation projects, resource mobilization, and maintaining partnerships with government, private sector, UN entities, and donors.

Responsibilities

• Represent UNIDO in the host country to promote the Organization as an effective partner for development, and maintain close contacts with local stakeholders including government institutions, development partners, donors and UN entities.
• Lead the activities of the Country Office and contribute to the delivery of national development goals, identifying donors’ technical and funding priorities.
• Contribute to and/or lead the identification, development, implementation, resource mobilization, monitoring and evaluation of integrated technical cooperation projects and programmes at national level, including Programmes for Country Partnership (PCPs).
• Lead/coordinate and report on UNIDO’s activities in the host country, contribute to regional strategies and policies to ensure strategic and programmatic coherence, and support engagement with UN Resident Coordinator Offices, UN Country Teams, Common Country Assessments and UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks.
• Strengthen dialogue and partnerships with government counterparts, private sector, other UN organizations, and bilateral and multilateral partners including Development Finance Institutions.
• Advocate and highlight the relevance and work of UNIDO and ensure dissemination of communication and media content to governments and stakeholders.
• Manage the Country Office’s financial and human resources in coordination with relevant divisions ensuring compliance with staff security, safety, safeguarding of assets, property and information, including contingency planning.
• Apply Results-Based Management in work planning, implementation, and reporting.
• Carry out other tasks and perform other functions as assigned by the supervisory structure.

Requirements

• A first-level university degree (bachelor’s or equivalent) in economics, business administration, international relations, public administration, or other relevant field with specialization in development economics is required.
• An advanced university degree (master’s or equivalent) or Doctorate in the same fields are accepted with a reduced requirement for years of professional experience.
• A minimum of professional experience aligned with the educational level is required: First-level university degree (Bachelor’s): at least 10 years of relevant professional experience; Advanced university degree (master’s or equivalent): at least 7 years of relevant professional experience; Doctorate: at least 5 years of relevant professional experience.
• Progressively responsible professional experience, at national level in the field of economic development, involving technical cooperation at senior level, is required.
• Experience in evaluating the needs, conditions and problems of the country is required.
• Demonstrated experience in supervising/managing both technical and non-technical teams in aspects of the project cycle (project formulation, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation) is required.
• Experience in representational functions and experience in the UN system are required.
• Demonstrated experience in working with intergovernmental bodies, leading with results on strategic partnerships, and resource mobilization is desirable.
• Demonstrated experience in collecting, analyzing, and using performance and results data to support evidence-based decision-making and adaptive management is required.
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Persian is required.
• Knowledge of other official languages of the United Nations is desirable.

Skills

• Economic Development
• Technical Cooperation
• Project Cycle Management
• Project Formulation
• Project Design
• Project Implementation
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Team Supervision
• Team Management
• Needs Assessment
• Representational Functions
• UN System Experience
• Inter-Governmental Relations
• Strategic Partnerships
• Resource Mobilization
• Performance Data Analysis
• Evidence-Based Decision Making
• Adaptive Management

Languages

English, Persian