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Date Posted: Monday, October 24, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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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 UN Capital Development Fund makes public and private finance work for the poor in the world’s 46 least developed countries (LDCs). UNCDF offers “last mile” finance models that unlock public and private resources, especially at the domestic level, to reduce poverty and support local economic development.
Under the framework of the UNCDF Municipal Investment Finance programme, LTF has partnered with SDC to launch a 4-year project called Financing Durable Solutions Initiative for Forcibly Displaced Persons. The overall objective of this project is to promote equitable access to social services and economic opportunities for forcibly displaced persons in host cities in developing countries so that they have a better quality of life with dignity. The specific objective is that durable solutions initiatives in support of forcibly displaced persons (FDP) are sustainably financed in the FDP host cities in target countries.
The project aims to promote equitable access to social services and economic opportunities for FDPs and their host communities. It is designed to benefit in total eight city governments hosting about 1.2 million FDPs. It aims to provide support to 3-5 inclusive infrastructure projects per city and enable up to 15 catalytic MSMEs to promote job creation and economic opportunities for IDPs and their host communities.

Four key results are expected from the project:
• Result 1: Established local policy and regulatory framework that creates an enabling environment for FDPs to have access to legal rights, services and social-economic opportunities.
• Result 2: Improved local capacity in increasing own source revenues and strengthening fiscal health.
• Result 3: Financing mechanisms designed to unlock private capital for municipal projects that are economically productive with the capacity to absorb commercial funding.
• Result 4: Financing and technical assistance provided for durable enterprises to create jobs and economic opportunities for FDPs.

Duties and Responsibilities
Providing support to projects implementation, guaranteeing quality, efficiency, and effectiveness:
• Provide administrative and operation support on implementation of the project;
• Assist in financial management of the project, efficient procurement, and logistical services;
• Support oversight of implementation of projects including supporting set up of effective project management arrangements;
• Monitor project through regular site visits to ensure project management is effective and in compliance with UNCDF policies, rules and procedures;
• Participation in results-based management, monitoring, and evaluation training efforts to support partners;
• Prepare other analysis, human interest stories and programme reports as per guidance from the Programme Management Specialist or Programme Manager as an input to regular UNCDF reports and/or management team discussions;
• Follow-up, daily, with project partners, to guarantee smooth implementation of administrative and operational activities of the project;
• Maintain up-to-date files and records of project documentation;
• Provide logistical support for workshops and other meetings as tasked by the Programme Management Specialist;
• Process project-related travel arrangements;
• Perform any other tasks assigned by the supervisor.

Supporting planning activities of the project, in consultation with the Programme Management Specialist and Programme Manager:
• Support and participate in the development of project work plans;
• Support and participate in the development of project monitoring and evaluation tools;
• Support and participate in the development of project procurement plans;
• Support the organization of project reviews/meetings;
• Support the timely preparation and submission of progress reports, donor reports, project reviews, financial reports, audit reports and any other required project reports;
• Perform any other tasks assigned by a supervisor.

Provide support in Establishing local policy and regulatory framework that creates an enabling environment for FDPs to have access to legal rights, services, and social-economic opportunities:
• Contribute to analysis of forced migration dynamics, including patterns, composition, spatial distribution, etc. and city-level interventions required to cope with it against the relevant current policy, legal and regulatory frameworks, focusing in particular on the aspect of financing durable solutions;
• Closely work with consultants who will be tasked for capacity of Legal and regulatory review of the central/state/regional policies, laws and regulations that define city capacities to deal with challenges of forced migration and development of amendments to increase that capacity, particularly in terms of fiscal and budget autonomy;
• Contribute in the assessments of mainstreaming FDP response in city-level local development strategies, investment plans, financial management guidelines and frameworks as well as annual planning and budgeting to make it more sensitive and inclusive of FDP populations.

Provide support to improved local capacity in increasing own-source revenues and strengthening fiscal health:
• Contribute to the conducting of Completing tax administration training of municipal staff and tax administration diagnostics in the target cities focusing specifically on how the current tax administration approaches and procedures affect FDPs;
• Maintain a record of the people trained, by Sectors on the tax administration diagnostics in the target cities focusing specifically on how the current tax administration approaches and procedures affect FDPs.
• Provide assistance for coordination the design if financing mechanisms to unlock private capital for municipal projects that are economically productive:
• Provide assistance with coordination of capacity development of FDP’s with relevant stakeholders;
• Support and organize and coordinate relevant training programmes for stakeholders and other partners;
• Develop or/and strengthen an active network of project partners, systematic upgrading of the capacity through delivery of trainings/workshops and communication.
• Provide support in financing and technical assistance for durable enterprises to create jobs and economic opportunities for FDPs:
• Support in the Initial appraisal, data collection, site visits, review of business and technical feasibility studies, compliance and governance requirements/structuring, contracts, financial analysis, and deal/financing structuring;
• Closely work with consultants who will be tasked with training and technical assistance to project developers to build their capacity in financial instruments, capital requirements and awareness of business opportunities.

Supporting monitoring, and evaluation activities of the project:
• Monitor project through regular site visits to ensure project management is effective and in compliance with UNCDF policies, rules and procedures;
• Participation in results-based management, monitoring and evaluation training efforts to support partners;
• Prepare other analysis, human interest stories and programme reports as per guidance from the Programme Management Specialist or Programme Manager as an input to regular UNCDF reports and/or management team discussions;

Provide administrative support on operations and financial matters:
• Support and participate in the development of project work plans;
• Follow-up, daily, with project partners, to guarantee smooth implementation of administrative and operational activities of the project;
• Maintain up-to-date files and records of project documentation;
• Provide logistical support for workshops and other meetings as tasked by the Programme Specialist;
• Process project-related travel arrangements;
• Support the timely preparation and submission of progress/donor reports, project reviews, financial reports, audit reports, and any other required project reports;
• Perform any other tasks assigned by a supervisor.

Institutional Arrangement
The Project Officer- Governance will directly report to the Regional Programme Manager.

Competencies
Core Competencies
• Achieve Results: LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline.
• Think Innovatively: LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements.
• Learn Continuously: LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback.
• Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible.
• Act with Determination: LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident.
• Engage and Partner: LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships.
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination.

Cross functional & Technical Competencies
Business Direction & Strategy: Business acumen:
• Knowledge and understanding of the operational frameworks in the organization and ability to make good judgments and quick decisions within such frameworks.

Business development: Knowledge generation
• Ability to research and turn information into useful knowledge, relevant for context, or responsive to a stated need.

Business management: Project management
• Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and control resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals.

Business management: 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.

Business management: Evaluation
• Ability to make an independent judgement based on set criteria and benchmarks – Ability to anticipate client’s upcoming needs and concerns.

Business management: 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.

Business direction and strategy: Effective Decision Making
• Ability to take decisions in a timely and efficient manner in line with one’s authority, area of expertise and resources.

Required Skills and Experience
Education:
• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Project Management, monitoring and Evaluation, Social Sciences or related field is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of Master’s degree.

Experience:
• Minimum 2 years of experience in project management in a reputable institution;
• Experience using project management methodologies and tools;
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.).;
• High level planning, organizational and time management skills, including flexibility, attention to detail and the ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines;
• Excellent organizational and technical skills;
• Good interpersonal and multi-tasking skills;
• Development and operational efficiency;
• Experience with a UN organization/agency is desirable; along with knowledge of UNCDF/UNDP and the UN system and / or NGO;
• Experience in monitoring and evaluation in a programme setting’
• Experience coordinating and or working under a local government or ministry or Agency in a related development program shall be an added advantage.

Language Requirement
• Fluency in oral and written English.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: Associate Degree

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