Background
The United Nations Development Programme works in about 170 countries and territories, helping Governments achieve their own development solutions to achieve the eradication of poverty, and the reduction of inequalities and exclusion.
On October 21, 1974, the United Nations Development Programme and the Government of Barbados entered into anย agreementย toย โsupportย andย supplementย theย nationalย effortsย ofย developingย countriesย atย solvingย theย mostย important problems of their economic development and to promote social progress and better standards of life.โ
Subsequently, similar agreements were entered with Governments of the ten countries and territories that the UNDP Multi-Country Office (MCO) for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean serves: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, the British Virgin Islands (BVI), the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The Strengthening Resilient Water Resource Management (W4R) in the Caribbean project will support the islands of Grenada, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines enhance water security in vulnerable communities and reduce technical, financial and institutional barriers to develop innovative and integrated water resource management approaches and solutions that empower communities and promotes womenโs meaningful inclusion in water resource management. The project further seeks to increasedย gender-responsive access and use of community-driven, nature-friendly, resilient water systems and enhance ecosystem conservation for improved water resources management and enhanced biodiversity through a) Improving national and local capacities to deploy resilient local water systems; b) Supporting the technical training of staff and the development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to strengthen water monitoring, climate change adaptation planning, and access to climate finance; and c) Supporting governments to enhance national water resource management that advances community-driven solutions, considers gender equality and environmental rights, and incorporates nature-based solutions to address water scarcity and biodiversity.
The project has been designed so that community-driven Interventions help test, inform and drive national and sectoral policies on water harvesting and ecosystem restoration, providing best practices that can be replicated throughout the Eastern Caribbean. Substantively the project will work towards promoting womenโs stewardship of nature by enhancing equality and fostering innovation as a complement to their participation in decision-making
Duties and Responsibilities
Support the project team to ensure effective project planning and implementation.ย
Compile and summarize information and data for the formulation of project work plans, draft annual/quarterly budgets, proposals on implementation arrangements, and on other specific project related topics or issues.ย Provide comprehensive support in all aspects of project implementation in accordance with the project documents, annual work plans and other agreements between UNDP and responsible partners. Ensure quality of delivery by consultants, beneficiaries, and contracted companies; and communicate findings to the supervisor.ย Ensure compliance of project business processesย with UNDP Project Operational Policies and Procedures (POPP) and UNDP Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).ย Support mainstreaming gender equality in the project implementation, including in data collection and compilation. Prepare gender equality background materials for use in discussions, briefings, and correspondence. Provide administrative and logistical support to ensure successful project delivery that includes organizing/coordinating project events and selecting appropriate venues, coordinating project procurement procedures, maintaining project records and files, recruiting project team members, and supporting contracting activities. Support the financial management tasks including facilitating project payments, support initiation of project budgets and facilitate project revisions Facilitate administrative backstopping of project team members when necessarySupport partnerships and resource mobilization.ย
Establish and maintain contacts and cooperation with the relevant UN Agencies, government institutions, NGOs, tertiary institutions, partners, and other relevant stakeholders. Provide support in updating the database of the relevant public and development partners, andย otherย stakeholdersย whoย areย counterpartsย forย theย project. Ensure regular communication and coordination with partners, project counterparts, stakeholders, and beneficiaries; and develop and maintain effective mechanisms for integrating and responding to their feedback and insight. Support creation of high quality information and visibility of the project activities among the stakeholders; andย ensure careful selection of communication tools, in collaboration with the MCO communications team, and tailoring the messages to take into account the overall socio-political and development context in host countries. Undertake horizon scanning and explore opportunities for resource mobilization in consultation with the Project Coordinator.ยProvide support toย theย effective monitoring, evaluation, andย reportingย on progressย ofย projectย implementation.
Support implementation of the project monitoring system in alignment with its Monitoring and Evaluation framework to ensure effective information sharing, provision of feedback, and elaboration of high-quality progress reports.ย Collect, analyze and present information for monitoring and evaluation of project implementation against project targets as well as for audit purposes. Identify gaps in implementation and provide support in bridging those gaps in consultation with supervisor and partners. Assist in the organization of field and study visits, missions, workshops, roundtables, and conferences within the project. Assist in implementation of effective risk management for the project with a well-documented risk mitigation plan in place. Support monitoring of previously identified and emerging risks. Prepare and consolidate required project reports on a timely basis and in line with monitoring and reporting guidelines and donor requirements. Support related project audit and evaluation preparations as requiredSupport knowledge building, knowledge sharing and capacity building relevant to the assigned project.ย
Provide support in the dissemination and sharing of relevant data and lessons learned within the CO and regionally. Keep pulse on emerging best practices nationally, regionally, and internationally that relate to the work of the assigned project. Make sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice. Support compiling and systematizing project knowledge, products and tools as well as their wide distribution to partners.Competencies
Core
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:ย 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 Management- Project Management- ย Ability to plan,organize, prioritise and control resources, procedures, and protocols to achieve specific goals.
Business Management- Digital Awareness and Literacy- ย Ability and inclination to rapidly adopt new technologies, either through skillfully grasping their usage or through understanding their impact and empowering others to use them as needed.
ย Business Management- Customer Satisfaction/Client Management- Ability to respond timely and appropriately with a sense of urgency, provide consistent solutions, and deliver timely and quality results and/or solutions to fulfil and understand the real customers' needs. Provide inputs to the development of customer service strategy. Look for ways to add value beyond clientsโ immediate requests. Ability to anticipate clientโs upcoming needs and concerns.ย
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. Ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social media, and other appropriate channels.ย
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.ย
Administration and Management- Inventory management- Each office to ensure sufficient inventory items are available for use as well as reporting for items which are beyond the corporate threshold of $5K and above.
Administration and Operations- Documents and records management- Overall document (hard or electronic) management; registry and retention policy including storing and archiving.
Required Skills and Experience
Education:ย
High school diploma completion required.
Bachelorโs Degree in Business or Public Administration, Project Management, Water Resources Management, Environment or Natural Resources Management, Disaster Management, Climate Change, Development, Conservation Management or equivalent field will be given due consideration.
Experience:
Minimum 6 years with high school completion or 3 years with ย Bachelorโs degree of relevant experience inย natural resource management, environment, climate change and resilience building or mainstreaming related work.
Equal opportunity
As an equal opportunity employer, UNDP values diversity as an expression of the multiplicity of nations and cultures where we operate and, as such, we encourage qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply for roles in the organization. Our employment decisions are based on merit and suitability for the role, without discrimination.ย
UNDP is also committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, are valued, can thrive, and benefit from career opportunities that are open to all.
Sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse of authority
UNDP does not tolerate harassment, sexual harassment, exploitation, discrimination and abuse of authority. All selected candidates, therefore, undergo relevant checks and are expected to adhere to the respective standards and principles.ย
Right to select multiple candidates
UNDP reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement.ย We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.
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