Technical Analyst
Job Description
Tiered Approach
In Line With The Commitment To Safeguard Capacity And Support Personnel Already In The Organization, a Majority Of UNDP UNCDF/UNV Vacancies Are Advertised Using a Tiered Application Process Whereby
Background
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNDP is the leading United Nations organization fighting to end the injustice of poverty, inequality, and climate change. Working with our broad network of experts and partners in 170 countries, we help nations to build integrated, lasting solutions for people and planet.
UNDP Indonesia Delivers a Complex And Dynamic Country Programme Aligned With The 2030 Agenda For Sustainable Development And Indonesia’s National Development Priorities. The Country Programme Document (CPD) 2026–2030 Is Structured Around Three Integrated Outcome Areas
UNDP Indonesia supports the realization of Asta Cita—Indonesia’s vision for a sovereign, independent, just, and prosperous nation—through strategic collaboration with government institutions, private sector actors, civil society organizations, and international development partners. Asta Cita outlines eight national priorities, including governance reform, economic resilience, human development, environmental sustainability, and cultural advancement.
Aligned with this framework, UNDP Indonesia advances integrated, cross-sectoral solutions that mobilize partnerships, policy expertise, and innovative financing to deliver inclusive and sustainable development outcomes, ensuring that no one is left behind.
Within the Country Office (CO), the Programme team has a responsibility of developing, providing oversight, and ensuring adherence to the quality standards of UNDP’s projects and programmes in full alignment with the priorities set out in the CPD and UNSDCF. Programme staff provide high level advice on programming, technical issues covered under the CPD, advocate for UNDP Corporate messages and engage partners including governments, private sector, development partners, civil society organizations, UNDP corporate bodies including regional and Headquarters to coordinate and catalyze knowledge, lessons learning and partnerships to design effective and innovative programmes. Programme team further oversees effective implementation of the country programme and its outcomes and strategic direction of UNDP, contribution to UN cooperation framework. The team further ensures that quality principles as per the UNDP policies and guidelines are adhered to during the entire cycle of programming and across management of portfolios. Strategic partnerships support resource mobilization and identify strategic programme areas of cooperation for new initiatives, including joint programming opportunities. Programme team is responsible to maintain effective partnerships with relevant development partners and government, UN Agencies, IFIs, government institutions, bilateral and multilateral donors, private sector, and civil society in the designated support areas.
Duties And Responsibilities
Scope of Work
The Technical Analyst will be based in UNDP Country Office Indonesia. Reporting to the Team Leader, the Technical Analyst will be responsible for providing technical and functional support in implementing the area of waste/chemicals and energy and for establishing programmatic connections across other relevant thematic areas.
The Technical Analyst will be responsible for the performance of the following duties and functions:
Institutional Arrangement
The Technical Analyst will work under the overall guidance and supervision of Team Leader. She/he will closely work with the programme team CO. The Technical Analyst ensures effective oversight of programme/ portfolio management, accountability, and achievement of the CPD results within the assigned outcome, and supervises staff assigned within the unit. The incumbent works in close collaboration with Bangkok Regional Hub, UNDP HQ, staff from other UN Agencies and national partners from the Government, civil society, and donors through multilateral and/or bilateral arrangements.
Competencies
Core Competencies
Achieve Results: LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline
Think Innovatively: LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements
Learn Continuously: LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback
Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible
Act with Determination: LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident
Engage and Partner: LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships
Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination
Cross-Functional & Technical competencies Thematic Area Name Definition
Business Management Results-based Management
Partnerships Management
Min. Academic Education
Minimum 2 years (with Master’s degree) or 4 years ( with Bachelor’s degree) of work experience in waste/chemicals and energy, transition.
Required Skills And Competencies
As an equal opportunity employer, UNDP values diversity as an expression of the multiplicity of nations and cultures where we operate and, as such, we encourage qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply for roles in the organization. Our employment decisions are based on merit and suitability for the role, without discrimination.
UNDP is also committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, are valued, can thrive, and benefit from career opportunities that are open to all.
Sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse of authority
UNDP does not tolerate harassment, sexual harassment, exploitation, discrimination and abuse of authority. All selected candidates, therefore, undergo relevant checks and are expected to adhere to the respective standards and principles.
Right to select multiple candidates
UNDP reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement. We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.
Scam alert
UNDP does not charge a fee at any stage of its recruitment process. For further information, please see www.undp.org/scam-alert.
Tiered Approach
In Line With The Commitment To Safeguard Capacity And Support Personnel Already In The Organization, a Majority Of UNDP UNCDF/UNV Vacancies Are Advertised Using a Tiered Application Process Whereby
- Tier 0: UNDP/UNCDF/UNV IP staff holding permanent (PA) and fixed-term (FTA) appointments, whose posts will be abolished, or contracts will be terminated or not renewed during 2026.
- Tier 1: Other UNDP/UNCDF/UNV staff holding permanent (PA) and fixed-term (FTA) appointments
- Tier 2: UNDP/UNCDF/UNV staff holding temporary appointments (TA), personnel on regular PSA contracts, and Expert and Specialist UN Volunteers
- Tier 3 or no tier indicated: All other contract types from UNDP/UNCDF/UNV and other agencies, and other external candidates
Background
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNDP is the leading United Nations organization fighting to end the injustice of poverty, inequality, and climate change. Working with our broad network of experts and partners in 170 countries, we help nations to build integrated, lasting solutions for people and planet.
UNDP Indonesia Delivers a Complex And Dynamic Country Programme Aligned With The 2030 Agenda For Sustainable Development And Indonesia’s National Development Priorities. The Country Programme Document (CPD) 2026–2030 Is Structured Around Three Integrated Outcome Areas
- Human Development;
- Nature, Decarbonisation and Resilience; and
- Economic and Digital Transformation.
UNDP Indonesia supports the realization of Asta Cita—Indonesia’s vision for a sovereign, independent, just, and prosperous nation—through strategic collaboration with government institutions, private sector actors, civil society organizations, and international development partners. Asta Cita outlines eight national priorities, including governance reform, economic resilience, human development, environmental sustainability, and cultural advancement.
Aligned with this framework, UNDP Indonesia advances integrated, cross-sectoral solutions that mobilize partnerships, policy expertise, and innovative financing to deliver inclusive and sustainable development outcomes, ensuring that no one is left behind.
Within the Country Office (CO), the Programme team has a responsibility of developing, providing oversight, and ensuring adherence to the quality standards of UNDP’s projects and programmes in full alignment with the priorities set out in the CPD and UNSDCF. Programme staff provide high level advice on programming, technical issues covered under the CPD, advocate for UNDP Corporate messages and engage partners including governments, private sector, development partners, civil society organizations, UNDP corporate bodies including regional and Headquarters to coordinate and catalyze knowledge, lessons learning and partnerships to design effective and innovative programmes. Programme team further oversees effective implementation of the country programme and its outcomes and strategic direction of UNDP, contribution to UN cooperation framework. The team further ensures that quality principles as per the UNDP policies and guidelines are adhered to during the entire cycle of programming and across management of portfolios. Strategic partnerships support resource mobilization and identify strategic programme areas of cooperation for new initiatives, including joint programming opportunities. Programme team is responsible to maintain effective partnerships with relevant development partners and government, UN Agencies, IFIs, government institutions, bilateral and multilateral donors, private sector, and civil society in the designated support areas.
Duties And Responsibilities
Scope of Work
The Technical Analyst will be based in UNDP Country Office Indonesia. Reporting to the Team Leader, the Technical Analyst will be responsible for providing technical and functional support in implementing the area of waste/chemicals and energy and for establishing programmatic connections across other relevant thematic areas.
The Technical Analyst will be responsible for the performance of the following duties and functions:
- Provide technical guidance to the implementation of waste/chemicals and energy portfolio:
- Facilitate integrated approach, cohesion and coordination functions across thematic priorities of the waste/chemicals and energy portfolio, including initiatives related to waste management, circularity, plastic pollution reduction, sustainable chemicals management, and energy transition programmes.
- In coordination with Team Leader to identify gaps and opportunities for development of new policies, projects and thematic pipelines, ensuring alignment with Indonesia’s waste management and energy transition priorities.
- Ensure effective projects implementation including progress monitoring, quality assurance, board meetings and reporting functions for initiatives addressing waste management, chemicals, and energy transition.
- Contribute to development of project proposals and concept notes for new programmatic ideas.
- Facilitate development of briefings and speeches both at regional and country levels, as applicable.
- Build trust and maintain effective corporate relationships with regional office, donors and international partners.
- Ensures accountability, quality control and effective oversight of the projects:
- Supports planning and monitoring of the delivery of the assigned portfolio of programmes/projects and their compliance with programme and operations policies and procedures (POPP) and quality assurance standards.
- Contributes to annual work planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting of assigned portfolio in line with requirements (e.g., budget revisions, approval of CDRs, etc.).
- Provides quality assurance of the entire cycle of programming and management of portfolios.
- Provides quality assurance of the documentation required for requests for project extension, project revisions.
- Quality assures the project documentation prior to final review by team leader and ensures proper document management and update in the corporate systems.
- Exercises transaction approval for development projects as delegated in line with the established internal control framework and ensures appropriate separation of duties is in place and maintained throughout the project cycle as backstop for the Programme Specialist.
- Coordinates Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfer (HACT) framework covering micro assessments, assurance plans and assurance activities, carries out programme/monitoring visits, ensuring appropriate remedial actions are implemented; and ensures the establishment of the tracking mechanism for cash transfers to Implementing Partners/Responsible Parties in accordance with UNDP Financial Rules and Regulations and HACT policies. Collaborates with the Management and Performance Oversight team on finalization of HACT activities.
- Performs clearance measures (incl. tracking of NIM advances/reimbursements, liquidation of NIM advances, clearance of FACE forms, escalating and advising the CO Management on timely remedial actions required).
- Supports assessment of barriers and opportunities to enable private sector engagement and participation and quality assures all required capacity and risk assessments, including private sector due diligence.
- Supports the oversight of planning, budgeting, implementing and monitoring of the programme, tracking use of financial resources in accordance with UNDP rules and regulations.
- Ensures compliance with a cost-recovery system for the services provided in close collaboration with the operations colleagues.
- Ensures adherence to the UNDP Programme and Operations Policies and Procedures (POPP) as well as established CO business processes and internal controls, contributes to design of the Standard Operating Procedures on programme and project management.
- Ensures establishment and maintenance of strategic partnerships and implements resources mobilization efforts in the area of waste/chemicals and energy
- Identifies and supports opportunities and engagement on potential joint programming with other UN Agencies and entities.
- Contributes to development and implementation of CO partnerships and resource mobilization strategies to achieve country programme outcomes related to waste/chemicals and energy. Contributes to effective pipeline development in the Office. Ensures effective and timely pipeline management through timely and accurate update of the pipeline management module in UNITY (corporate ERP system).
- Supports deployment of partnership strategies and related actions with a focus on programme portfolio development and the identification of sustainable and predictable funding mechanisms for the implementation of the country programme.
- Develops and contributes to strong partnerships with relevant government institutions, including but not limited to; the Ministry of Environment, Coordinating Ministry of Food Affairs, Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, as well as UN Agencies, IFIs, bilateral and multilateral donors, private sector, and civil society in the designated support areas.
- Contributes to engagement, networking and mobilization of experts of the international development community, government partners, UN Agencies, and prominent think tanks to support policy dialogue and knowledge exchange.
- Lead the strategic engagement with financing partners, development donors and private sector actors to mobilize resources and technical expertise for waste management, circular economy, chemicals and energy transition programmes.
- Implements strategies for government co-financing in waste/chemicals and energy sectors.
- Ensures quality and timely donor reporting and adherence to the conditions and requirements of partnership agreements by programme teams and projects.
- Contribute to knowledge management and capacity building initiatives:
- Keep informed with latest development and evolutions in areas related to waste/chemicals and energy programmes, resource mobilization strategies, including waste management, chemicals management and energy transition policies and advise the Team Leader accordingly.
- Ensure that UNDP remains as a thought leader in the area of waste management, chemicals, circularity, just transition, and energy, including through knowledge sharing and policy dialogue.
- Integrates evaluation findings, real-time monitoring data, and applied learning to adaptive programme and project management and policy advisory work.
- Ensures capacity building of national counterparts for effective management and compliance with funding partner’s requirements within UNDP projects.
- Maintains effective network with development partners and Government at the national level and sub-national level and where necessary links up with the corporate Global Policy Network of UNDP and other international development actors.
- Contributes to corporate, regional and CO events, knowledge networks and communities of practice.
- Drafts and promotes best practices and lessons learned linked to programme and policy goals.
- Facilitates knowledge building and management especially between the programme and projects and facilitates trainings for the UNDP staff and personnel and national counterparts on relevant programme issues.
- Contributes to development of training materials and organizes workshops, as required by the supervisor.
Institutional Arrangement
The Technical Analyst will work under the overall guidance and supervision of Team Leader. She/he will closely work with the programme team CO. The Technical Analyst ensures effective oversight of programme/ portfolio management, accountability, and achievement of the CPD results within the assigned outcome, and supervises staff assigned within the unit. The incumbent works in close collaboration with Bangkok Regional Hub, UNDP HQ, staff from other UN Agencies and national partners from the Government, civil society, and donors through multilateral and/or bilateral arrangements.
Competencies
Core Competencies
Achieve Results: LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline
Think Innovatively: LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements
Learn Continuously: LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback
Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible
Act with Determination: LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident
Engage and Partner: LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships
Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination
Cross-Functional & Technical competencies Thematic Area Name Definition
Business Management Results-based Management
- Ability to manage the implementation of strategies, programmes, and projects with a focus at improved performance and demonstrable results. Knowledge and understanding of relevant theories, concepts, methodologies, instruments, and tools.
- Develop effective strategies and prioritised plans in line with UNDP’s mission and objectives, based on the systemic analysis of challenges, opportunities and potential risks; link the general vision to reality on the ground to create tangible targeted solutions; learn from a variety of sources to anticipate and effectively respond to both current and future trends; demonstrate foresight.
Partnerships Management
- Build and maintain partnerships with wide networks of stakeholders, Governments, civil society and private sector partners, experts and others in line with UNDP strategy and policies
- Identify and organize action around reducing, mitigating and proactively managing risks
- Ability to select, prioritise and control the organization's programmes and projects in line with its strategic objectives and capacity Ability to balance the implementation of change initiatives with regular activities for optimal return on investment. Knowledge and understanding of key principles of project, programme, and portfolio managemen
- Ability to identify funding sources, match funding needs (programmes/projects/initiatives) with funding opportunities, and establish a plan to meet funding requirements
- Ability to capture and sustain attention, interest and agreement of high-level, influential policy and decision makers and secure their buy-in of high-level vision and objectives
Min. Academic Education
- Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in one of the area of waste management, chemicals, energy, environmental science, environmental management, and/or project management. PhD is an asset.
- A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree) in the above mentioned fields with additional two years of experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Minimum 2 years (with Master’s degree) or 4 years ( with Bachelor’s degree) of work experience in waste/chemicals and energy, transition.
Required Skills And Competencies
- Experience in providing oversight and advisory services to multiple complex development projects in the area waste/chemicals and/or energy
- Proven programmatic implementation experience with sound knowledge of all aspects of the project cycle (design, implementation, monitoring & evaluation).
- Strong knowledge in waste management, chemicals, and/or energy transition.
- Project Management certification such as PMP or PRINCE is an asset.
- Prior experience in UNDP/UN or international development organizations is desirable
- Proven experience in developing knowledge products on waste management, circularity, chemicals management, energy transition or climate-related issues is considered highly desirable.
- Experience in preparing progress reports, dashboards, and presentations for stakeholders, and tracking work plans and budgets.
- Experience working with high-ranking officials is an asset.
- Strong organizational and coordination skills for preparing high-level events are considered highly desirable.
- Fluency in English both written and spoken.
As an equal opportunity employer, UNDP values diversity as an expression of the multiplicity of nations and cultures where we operate and, as such, we encourage qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply for roles in the organization. Our employment decisions are based on merit and suitability for the role, without discrimination.
UNDP is also committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, are valued, can thrive, and benefit from career opportunities that are open to all.
Sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse of authority
UNDP does not tolerate harassment, sexual harassment, exploitation, discrimination and abuse of authority. All selected candidates, therefore, undergo relevant checks and are expected to adhere to the respective standards and principles.
Right to select multiple candidates
UNDP reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement. We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.
Scam alert
UNDP does not charge a fee at any stage of its recruitment process. For further information, please see www.undp.org/scam-alert.