Strategic Foresight Advisor - IPSA12

Company: Houston Foresight
Location: New York
Posted on: May 8, 2025

Job Description:

BackgroundInstructions to Applicants: Click on the button. Input your information in the appropriate sections: personal information, language proficiency, education, resume, and motivation. Upon completing the first page, click the "submit application" tab at the end of the page. Please ensure that your CV or P11 and cover letter are combined into one file.The following documents are required from applicants:

• Personal CV or P11, indicating all past positions, their main functions, durations (month/year), qualifications, and contact details (email and phone number). Include at least three recent professional references, which may include peers.
• A cover letter (maximum one page) explaining why you consider yourself suitable for the position.
• Managers may request additional materials relevant to assessing your experience, such as reports, presentations, publications, campaigns, or other materials.Office/Unit/Project DescriptionUNDP works with countries to expand people's choices for a fairer, sustainable future. aims to build a more agile, anticipatory UNDP that embraces complexity, actively manages risk, and continually adapts while delivering results. The Strategy and Futures (S&F) Team in the Executive Office supports the UNDP Administrator in this goal. The team focuses on two pillars: strategy and futures, which intersect and inform each other.The strategy pillar manages the Strategic Plan and provides direction for planning and reporting. The futures pillar connects and amplifies futures efforts across UNDP, creating a futures ecosystem to enhance development impact.The S&F Team aims to embed a futures perspective throughout UNDP's work, helping countries anticipate and adapt to change confidently.Institutional ArrangementThe Strategic Foresight Advisor will be part of the UNDP Executive Office Strategy & Futures Team, reporting to the Futures Lead. The role requires close collaboration with the S&F Team, other units in the Executive Office, and the wider organization.Duties and ResponsibilitiesScope of WorkThe Strategic Foresight Advisor will assist in designing processes, methodologies, and products for futures thinking, supporting the following priorities:
• Designing a trends and signals system to better capture, analyze, and translate trends and signals into insights for decision-making;
• Developing a UNDP signals report highlighting signals with the greatest potential impact;
• Supporting Strategic Plan goals by analyzing how global trends and scenarios may influence pathways to these goals and their implications;
• Conceptualizing and conducting 'strategy check-ins' to review progress in light of emerging trends and scenarios;
• Establishing a UNDP futures network to connect individuals and initiatives working on futures, providing practical case studies and fostering knowledge sharing across UNDP.
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