Technical Analyst [Open to internal and external applicants]

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 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
Please make note of the Tier(s) indicated in the vacancy title, if any, and ensure that you satisfy the eligibility to apply. Background The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Is The Knowledge Frontier Organization That Strengthens Evidence-based Policymaking, Financing, Innovation And Systems Transformation Aligned With The Sustainable Development Goals. UNDP’s Innovation And SDG Finance Portfolio Integrates Data, Policy, Strategic Innovation, SDG Finance And Practical Experimentation To Support National And Local Development Priorities, Build Coalitions Across Public, Private, Academic And Civil Society Actors, And Test New Approaches That Can Be Scaled Through Policy, Finance And Institutional Change. The Portfolio Is Launching Two Mutually Reinforcing Initiatives That Respond To Armenia's Priorities For Climate-smart Resource Management, Circular Economy, Green And Digital Urban Transformation, Inclusive Growth And Municipal Innovation Organics Mobilized: Accelerating Social Transformation Towards Circular Bioeconomy. The project applies a portfolio approach to reduce short-lived climate pollutants and advance circular bioeconomy solutions. It supports municipalities in source separation and decentralized organics treatment, composting and anaerobic digestion feedstock systems, inclusive low-GWP cold chain pilots, MRV and digital data tools, behaviour change, policy guidance, financing pathways and municipal replication across Armenia.
Green and Digital Cities: Prototypes for Systemic Urban Transformation. Supported through UNDP Funding Windows and the DAI Hub Systems Transformation and Innovation Pillar, the initiative supports Armenia in designing and activating urban economic transformation portfolios. It combines hyper-local participatory design with meso-level work on city economies, digital innovation and alternative economic models, enabling city authorities, community groups and economic actors to co-create practical pathways for shared prosperity.
To support implementation of the above-mentioned initiatives, UNDP Innovation and SDG Finance Portfolio is seeking a Technical Analyst to support the day-to-day technical coordination, quality assurance, stakeholder engagement, adaptive learning and reporting of assigned project components and related portfolio activities. The incumbent will provide substantive technical inputs and implementation follow-up in line with approved project documents, annual work plans, results frameworks, and budgets. Duties And Responsibilities The Technical Analyst will support the following functions: Technical Coordination and quality assurance Support day-to-day technical coordination of assigned project components and related portfolio activities and support their alignment with approved project documents, results frameworks, annual work plans and budgets.
Provide substantive technical support on urban innovation, green and digital transformation, systems portfolio practice and inclusive economic models.
Support quality assurance of technical outputs, studies, tools, reports, guidance notes, MRV products, portfolio design materials, and partner deliverables.
Support embedding of gender equality, inclusion, communi