Stakeholder & Communication Specialist

Organization: UNDP Saudi Arabia, through Stars Orbit Consultants and Management Development (SOC).

VA No. VA24-57

Position Title: Stakeholder & Communication Specialist

Type of Contract: International or National Consultancy

Duty Station: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Duration: 12 Months (with possible extension depending on performance, continued need and budget availability)

Vacancy Date of Issue: 24 April 2024

Vacancy Closure Date: 2 May 2024

Expected Starting Date: As soon as possible

This vacancy is announced by UNDP Saudi Arabia through Stars Orbit Consultants and Management Development (SOC). SOC is a sub-contractor for UNDP Saudi Arabia, assisting the programme in implementing their activities through HR and contract management of consultants working in their support.

Project Description

The project will provide a strategic framework for UNDP and UN-HABITAT to provide substantive technical assistance, advisory, and quality assurance services to the Ministry of Municipal, Rural Affairs and Housing (MoMRAH) to deliver on the following six initiatives of the Spatial Planning and Visual Appeal Program that are the focus of this project:

• The Regional Plans, Local Plans and Urban Codes under MOMRAH’s jurisdiction are efficiently and effectively delivered following international best practices.
• National Urban Policy.
• Local planning departments are empowered and enabled through a new Operating Model for Planning Departments.
• The municipal system is improved and restructured, updating settlements boundaries, revising classification and categorization of Saudi human settlements, and optimizing service delivery towards efficiency and sustainability.
• The Saudi Planning framework is restructured, planning tools are redefined, updated and improved in line with the new classification and categorization.
• The existing MoMRAH Urban Design Studio is upscaled in a fully-fledged Urban Lab and capacitated to spearhead and device innovative tools and projects-based satellite Labs in support of MoMRAH mission.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Draft communication strategy for Stakeholders and follow up on communications for all three initiatives
• Work closely with stakeholders’ coordinators to ensure engagement and provide guidance and direction in order to meet the requirements and timescale;
• Arrange and attend stakeholders’ meetings and workshops with technical team members, requests, and responses of all related parties and within agreed timescales;
• Coordinate workshops, roundtables, and forum logistics, including developing agendas, project plans, minutes taking, ensuring feedback, and production of reports and progress reports;
• Coordinate with all internal and external stakeholders of the project, including local authorities and government departments;
• Any other tasks requested by the CTA.

Institutional Arrangement

• The Stakeholder & Communication Specialist will repot technically to the Chief Technical Advisor and administratively to the National Project Officer.

Core Competencies:

Achieve Results: LEVEL 4: Prioritize team workflow, mobilize resources, drive scalable results/strategic impact

Think Innovatively: LEVEL 4: Easily navigate complexity, encourage/enable radical innovation, has foresight

Learn Continuously: LEVEL 4: Create systems and processes that enable learning and development for all

Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 4: Proactively initiate/lead organizational change, champion new systems/processes

Act with Determination: LEVEL 4: Able to make difficult decisions in challenging situations, inspire confidence

Engage and Partner: LEVEL 4: Construct strategic multi-partner alliances in high stake situations, foster co-creation

Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 4: Create ethical culture, identify/address barriers to inclusion