UNDP “The Electoral Compass” is the global partnership for electoral assistance, established in 2021, between UNDP and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID). Under the framework of UNDP’s Governance for People and Planet (G4PP) global programme, this initiative works with more than 145 partners at national, regional, and global levels to tackle systemic challenges that inhibit inclusive, credible, and safe electoral processes.

UNDP The Electoral Compass has invested more than EUR 17.5 million in electoral assistance, including direct financial support to more than 25 countries across four regions. Hence, it has been a pivotal asset to achieve UNDP’s governance “moonshot”, reached in 2024, which entailed strengthening electoral processes for 800 million people by 2030. It has also been a key accelerator of Signature Solution 2 – Governance of UNDP’s Strategic Plan.

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UNDP, The Digital Democracy Analyst will contribute to mainstreaming these thematic priorities across the global geographical footprint of the Electoral Compass. They will particularly focus on fostering research, knowledge exchange, evidence-gathering, and scaling up of good practices regarding information integrit, digital policy and digital transformation, with a special emphasis in the work carried out in Latin America and the Caribbean, in the aims to promote intra and cross-regional cooperation.

UNDP, The Digital Democracy Analyst, home-based, reports to the Senior Electoral Advisor. They closely collaborate with the Democratic Institutions and Processes in a Digital Era team in the Bureau for Programme and Policy Support (BPPS), as well as the Governance and Gender clusters at the Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean (RBLAC), and electoral assistance teams at all levels. 

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Duties and Responsibilities

1. Provide program support for the implementation of the Electoral Compass activities across its global geographical footprint, with an emphasis on Latin America and the Caribbean. This includes technical support to UNDP counterparts, including electoral management bodies and parliaments, on issues related to information integrity, digital policy, and digital transformation.
2. Support all reporting, advocacy, and communication activities related to the Electoral Compass, including leading evidence-gathering, systematization, and drafting of impact reports for donors, in close coordination with BPPS and all country offices involved. Additionally, participate in relevant external meetings, including partnership and advocacy initiatives with UN partners, permanent missions, and external stakeholders.
3. Contribute to the design and implementation of strategic events and cross-learning initiatives developed within the context of the Electoral Compass.
4. Support the implementation of eMonitor+, UNDP’s in-house-built social media listening tool, in Latin America and the Caribbean. This includes, in close coordination with BPPS’ Digital Democracy Specialist, supporting the facilitation of training and capacity development programs on information integrity, digital policy, and digital transformation.
5. Gather evidence on innovative approaches, tools, and best practices to strengthen UNDP’s global policy framework, program offering, and digital tool portfolio aimed at mapping and responding to online hate speech, disinformation, and technology-facilitated gender-based violence. Similarly, liaise with relevant UNDP units in BPPS, the Chief Digital Office, the Global Policy Centre, and the UN’s Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs to ensure the effective tailoring of the global offer on these issues to the particularities of the Latin America and the Caribbean region.
6. Contribute to UNDP data gathering, research, policy development, and the implementation of activities related to the state of, opportunities for, and challenges in strengthening information integrity, rights-based digital policy, and digital transformation in Latin America and the Caribbean.
7. Establish partnerships with regional organizations, CSOs, researchers, academics, technology firms, UN agencies, and INGOs working on information integrity, rights-based digital policy, and digital transformation in Latin America and the Caribbean. Support RBLAC and its country offices’ advocacy efforts to promote information integrity, rights-based digital policy, and digital transformation.
8. The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.