UNDP is looking for Coordination of Solutions to Internal Displacement (“the Hub”) is an inter-agency resource to support field implementation of solutions to internal displacement in line with the approach and commitments outlined for internally displaced persons (IDPs) solutions in the United Nations (UN) Secretary General’s Action Agenda on Internal Displacement, and brought forward by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC)
UNDP – United Nations Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG) Joint Guidance on Solutions to Internal Displacement. The Hub will act as a one-stop resource for UN Resident Coordinators (UN RCs) and UN Country Teams (UNCTs), coordinating and facilitating access to support on Solutions to Internal Displacement, drawing on the breadth of expertise in the UN system.
UNDP is Advancing the goals of the Action Agenda in support of nationally led processes and institutions and supporting implementation and periodic updating of the joint UNSDG-IASC Guidance on Solutions to reflect ongoing learning will rest with the Hub.
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The primary purposes of the Hub will be to:
- Promote a nationally led, development approach to solutions, consistent with human rights priorities and the role of the peacebuilding community
- Provide country-facing support on solutions to internal displacement
- Support knowledge management and access to good practices on solutions
- Track progress and reporting on the Secretary General’s Action Agenda on Internal Displacement with respect to solutions
- Support key coordination mechanisms on IDP solutions, especially as Secretariat to the Global Solutions Working Group
The Hub will support and work in close collaboration with the inter-agency Global Solutions Working Group (SWG), from which it will draw inter alia specific thematic expertise to support field operations. Hub operations will require close, continued liaison with the IDP Advisory Group, the Data for Solutions to Internal Displacement (DSID) Working Group and the Development Finance Working Group established during the mandate of the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Solutions to Internal Displacement (2022 – 2024).
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Position Purpose
The Coordinator of the Hub will maintain a day-to-day reporting line to UN Development Coordination Office (DCO) as the hosting entity, and a strategic performance reporting line to the senior convening official of the Solutions Champions Group – International Organization for Migration (IOM) in 2025, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 2026 and the UN Office for the High Commissioner of Refugees (UNHCR) in 2027.
Pursuant to the decisions of the Executive Committee, the Hub Coordinator will ensure accountability of Hub operations to the Joint Standing Committee to Advance Humanitarian and Development Collaboration (JSC) and will promote the principle of a system-wide approach to supporting government leadership and development-system engagement on solutions to internal displacement, as established by the High-Level Committee on Programmes. S/he will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Hub, working closely with DCO, UN RCs, Solutions Champions Group entities, Member States, civil society and private sector, and UN Agencies, Funds, and Programmes.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Lead the management of the Hub for Coordination of Solutions to Internal Displacement
- Direct and oversee the functions and staff of the Hub.
- Oversee the development of an annual workplan for submission to the JSC, incorporating the core functions of the Hub.
- Consult regularly on the work of the Hub with the Global SWG to establish operational priorities and inter-agency support to country level solutions operations
- Direct and coordinate implementation of the Hub’s Annual Workplan, including the work of the Fund Manager, Solutions Adviser Facility (SAF) Project Assistant, and Finance Adviser, and drawing on the deployment capacity of Field Support Advisers and wider UN system expertise; and maintaining strong linkages with the DSID, the Global IDP Advisery Group, and the Development Finance Working Group
- Maintain regular coordination with the Solutions Champions Group to drive advocacy, support operational priorities and increase visibility for IDP solutions efforts.
