Coordination Assistant

The United Nations Multi-Country Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework in the Caribbean (MSDCF), which is aligned to the SDGs, identifies a single framework for the UN to partner with the region for joint Caribbean development. This document is a plan for UN development activities in the 22 countries within the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean for a five-year period. These activities support the achievement of the 2030 Agenda. The current MSDCF runs from 2022 to 2026. This particular plan specifically takes into account the need to ‘Build Back Better’ from the Covid-19 pandemic, and to address structural vulnerabilities unique to the Caribbean as a whole. All 17 Sustainable Development Goals are covered by this plan, but strategic priority was given to 73 of the total 169 SDG targets. Twenty-two UN Funds, programmes and agencies work together for the UN system. The UN partners with governments, public sector entities, regional institutions, private sector, civil society, the media, and other entities to achieve the objectives of the MSDCF. This MSDCF organises the UN's development work in the Caribbean around four major thematic areas: Shared Prosperity and Economic Resilience; Equality, Well-being and Leaving No One Behind; Resilience to Climate Change/Shocks and Sustainable Management of Natural Resources; Peace, Safety, Justice and the Rule of Law. To ensure the MSDCF is rolled out in Trinidad and Tobago in alignment with the country's national agenda for sustainable development, the UN Country Team partners with the Government of Trinidad and Tobago on a Country Implementation Plan (CIP). A CIP is drafted and implemented annually for the duration of the five-year MSDCF cycle, with the UN Country Team delivering annual reports to account for the work done in the previous year's CIP.

Context

The UN Resident Coordinator is the representative of the UN Secretary-General in Trinidad and Tobago, Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten and is responsible for coordinating the work of the UN Country Team (UNCT) which consists of 23 UN agencies. The United Nations Multi-Country Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for the English and Dutch speaking Caribbean 2022-2026 (UNMSDCF) is the most important instrument for planning and implementation of the UN development activities towards the fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs. This plan is operationalized through the preparations of Country Implementation Plans alignment with each country's national agenda for sustainable development. The UN partners with governments, development partners, regional institutions, private sector, civil society, the media, and other entities to achieve the objectives of the Cooperation Framework. This UNMSDCF organize the UN's development work under four strategic priority areas: Shared Prosperity and Economic Resilience; Equality, Well-being and Leaving No One Behind; Resilience to Climate Change and Shocks and Sustainable Management of Natural Resources; and Peace, Safety, Justice and the Rule of Law. The UN Resident Coordinator Office (RCO) supports the work of the UN Resident Coordinator and coordinates activities of the UN Country Team. The RCO in Port-of-Spain is a Multi-Country Office responsible for Trinidad and Tobago, Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten. The UNV will part of a dynamic team at the forefront of development work to help create innovative and exciting development solutions for the people and the Governments of Trinidad and Tobago, Curacao, Aruba and Sint Maarten. The incumbent reports to the RCO Head of Office.