Project Manager
Closing date: Thursday, 23 March 2023
Job Identification : 9089
Locations : Egypt
Posting Date : 03/09/2023, 10:46 AM
Apply Before : 03/23/2023, 09:46 AM
Job Schedule : Full time
Agency : UNDP
Vacancy Type : National Personnel Service Agreement
Practice Area : Nature, Climate and Energy
Bureau : Regional Bureau for Arab States
Contract Duration : 1 Year
Education & Work Experience : Master's Degree - 2 year(s) experience OR Bachelor's Degree - 4 year(s) experience
Required Languages : Excellent command of English and Arabic
Desired Languages : Project Management Certificate is an asset
Vacancy Timeline
2 Weeks
Job Description
Background
UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.
UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
The Government of Egypt has received support from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to advance the development of a National Adaptation Plan (NAP) with the goal of decreasing vulnerability to climate change. This NAP process will help Egypt build climate resilience by improving institutional and technical capacity for climate change adaptation (CCA) planning, examining climate risks, determining CCA priorities, integrating CCA into national and sectoral planning and budgeting, and increasing investment in adaptation actions.
This goal will be achieved via three interrelated outcomes, as follows:
Strengthening institutional and human capacities to coordinate and manage climate change adaptation planning and implementation
Developing an integrated national climate risk assessment and identifying adaptation priority areas for inclusion in a National Adaptation Plan Framework document; and
Integrating adaptation priorities into national planning and budgeting processes.
The project will be implemented by UNDP under the Direct Implementation Modality in full cooperation with Ministry of Environment. UNDP seeks to recruit a full time Project Manager for the NAP Project. The Project Manager (PM) will be appointed by the project implementing partner and UNDP. The PM will be responsible for the overall management of the Project, including the mobilisation of all project inputs, supervision over project staff, consultants and sub-contractors. It is the PM’s primary responsibility to ensure that the project produces the results specified in the project document, to the required standard of quality and within the specified constraints of time and cost. The PM will inform the Project Board and the Project Management Committee of any delays or difficulties as they arise during implementation so that appropriate support and corrective measures can be adopted.
Duties and Responsibilities
Scope of Work
Manage the overall conduct of the project to achieve its outcomes and ouptus, including managing the PMU, preparation of project work plans and budgets, implementing planned activities, monitoring progress of implementation plans such as gender action plan, stakeholder engagement plan, managing the project risks, capturing lessons learned, etc.
Execute activities by managing personnel, goods and services, training and low-value grants, including drafting terms of reference and work specifications, superving procurement proceses and ensure compliance with UNDP rules and regulations, and overseeing all contractors’ work and ensure qualiy of technical products.
Convene periodic meetings of the Project Board and Project Management Committee and preform regular progress reporting to the committees, including measures to address challenges and opportunities.
Prepare a Project Inception Report, bi-annual progress reports to the GCF as well regular progress reports required by UNDP and the Ministry of Environment such as spot check, aduits, technical evaluations, etc.
Manage project financial resources and accounting, monitor budgets, expenditures and cash position, plan for requesting GCF disbursements, to ensure the accuracy and reliability of financial reports.
Ensure full engagement of concerned government entities and UN specialized agencies in the development of the NAP.
Oversee SCALA project activities feeding into NAP project and coordinate with any other linked initiative.
Institutional Arrangement
Identify the direct supervisor (s) and attach a general overview (or Organigram) in an Annex to show the position of this function within the office and unit structure (without indicating names of individuals).
Competencies
Core
Achieve Results:
LEVEL 2: Scale up solutions and simplifies processes, balances speed and accuracy in doing work
Think Innovatively:
LEVEL 2: Offer new ideas/open to new approaches, demonstrate systemic/integrated thinking
Learn Continuously:
LEVEL 2: Go outside comfort zone, learn from others and support their learning
Adapt with Agility:
LEVEL 2: Adapt processes/approaches to new situations, involve others in change process
Act with Determination:
LEVEL 2: Able to persevere and deal with multiple sources of pressure simultaneously
Engage and Partner:
LEVEL 2: Is facilitator/integrator, bring people together, build/maintain coalitions/partnerships
Enable Diversity and Inclusion:
LEVEL 2: Facilitate conversations to bridge differences, considers in decision making
Cross-Functional & Technical competencies (insert up to 7 competencies)
Thematic Area
Name
Definition
Partnership management
Resource mobilization
Ability to identify funding sources, match funding needs (programmes/projects/initiatives) with funding opportunities, and establish a plan to meet funding requirements
Governance
Municipal Planning and Basic Service Delivery (including budgeting & financing
Nature, Climate and Energy
Climate Change Adaptation: Embedding adaptation into development policy/planning/decision making
Nature, Climate and Energy
Climate Change Adaptation: strategies
Communication
Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner both through
written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication
methods depending on the audience
Ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social
media and other appropriate channels
Monitoring
Ability to provide managers and key stakeholders with regular feedback on the consistency or discrepancy between planned and actual activities and programme performance and results
Required Skills and Experience
Min. Education requirements
An advanced university degree (MSc or Bachelor degree) in a subject related to natural resource management or environmental sciences
Min. years of relevant work experience
At least 2 years of demonstrable project/programme management experience or 4 years for the Bachelor degree
Required skills
At least 4 years of experience (if with Bachelor’s) working with ministries, national or provincial institutions that are concerned with climate change, natural resource and/or environmental management
Desired skills in addition to the competencies covered in the Competencies section
Previous experience in project management with an international agency is an asset
Required Language(s)
Excellent command of English and Arabic
Professional Certificates
Project Management Certificate is an asset.
Disclaimer
Important information for US Permanent Residents ('Green Card' holders)
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UNDP is not in a position to provide advice or assistance on applying for US citizenship and therefore applicants are advised to seek the advice of competent immigration lawyers regarding any applications.
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