UNIDO Country Representative in Albania

The UNIDO Country Representative (UCR) leads the UNIDO Country Office in Albania, representing UNIDO to promote the organization as an effective development partner. The role involves leading technical cooperation projects, resource mobilization, partnership building, and managing the Country Office's financial and human resources to contribute to national development goals and UNIDO's strategic priorities.

Responsibilities

• Represent UNIDO in the host country to promote the Organization as an effective partner for development, and to maintain close contacts with local stakeholders at the country level, including government institutions, stakeholders, development partners, donors and international entities including United Nations entities.
• Lead the activities of the CO and contribute to the delivery of national development goals, as well as identify donors’ technical and funding priorities in the host country.
• Contribute to and/or lead the identification, development, implementation, resource mobilization, as well as monitoring and evaluation of integrated technical cooperation projects and programmes at national level, including the Programmes for Country Partnership (PCPs), and related activities in close collaboration with relevant technical divisions and other organizational units.
• Lead/coordinate and report on UNIDO’s activities in the host country, contribute to the development of regional strategies and policies to ensure strategic and programmatic coherence, and support UNIDO’s engagement with United Nations Resident Coordinator Offices (UNRCs), United Nations Country Teams (UNCTs), Common Country Assessments (CCAs) and United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks (UNSDCFs).
• Strengthen dialogue and partnerships with government counterparts, the private sector, other UN organizations, and bilateral and multilateral partners, including Development Finance Institutions.
• Advocate and highlight the relevance and work of the Organization and ensure the dissemination of UNIDO communication and media content to governments and stakeholders.
• Manage the Country Office’s financial and human resources in coordination with relevant divisions while ensuing compliance with applicable requirements related to staff security and safety, safeguarding of UNIDO assets, property and information, including through appropriate contingency planning in line with UNDSS guidance.
• Apply Results-Based Management (RBM) 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, as follows: 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 Albanian is required.
• Fluency or working knowledge of another official United Nations language is an asset.

Skills

• Development Economics
• 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
• Finance Management
• Human Resources Management

Languages

English, Albanian