General
Description of assignment title: Project Management Specialist
Assignment country: Uganda
Expected start date: 08/01/2024
Sustainable Development Goal: 13. Climate action
Volunteer category: National UN Volunteer Specialist
Host entity: UNDP
Type: Onsite
Duration: 12 months (with possibility of extension)
Number of assignments: 1
Duty stations: Kampala
Details
Mission and objectives
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the United Nations’ global development network. UNDP works in about 170 countries and territories, helping to achieve the eradication of poverty, and the reduction of inequalities and exclusion. We help countries to develop policies, leadership skills, partnering abilities, institutional capabilities and build resilience to sustain development results.
Context
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’s Nature Climate Energy and Resilience (NCER) portfolio is one of the flagship Programmes of UNDP Uganda. The intervention in the portfolio aims to ensure that Uganda achieves healthy ecosystems, productive landscapes, increased access to affordable clean energy, and resilience to climate change and disaster risk that spur economic growth, transformed livelihoods and resilient development.
The goal of the NCER component of UNDP’s work in Uganda is that by 2025, Uganda’s natural resources and environment are sustainably managed, protected, and the people, especially the vulnerable and marginalized, have the capacity to mitigate and adapt to climate change and disaster risk. UNDP’s engagement aims to be people and community focused by working to overcome the widespread land and ecosystem degradation, widespread vulnerability to climate and disaster risk, in order transform on the lives and livelihoods of the poor.
The programme aims to achieve the following outputs;
i) Improve the health and resilience of ecosystems to deliver quality ecosystems and services, build resilience to climate and disaster risk, and mitigate GHG emissions.
ii) Improve the productivity of landscapes for increased agricultural production, livelihood diversification/improvement and most especially for most vulnerable people, groups and communities (e.g., agricultural productivity, improved value chains, aquaculture, eco-tourism etc.).
iii) Increase equitable access to affordable clean and renewable energy in underserved rural and urban communities (e.g., off-grid solar, biogas, wind, LPG etc.) to reduce dependence on wood fuel and charcoal that cause deforestation, and.
iv) Reduce human and economic losses to disaster and enable people and communities to cope and recover from disasters.
Task description
- Support the Team Leader in the coordination of the UN Country Team’s Result Group 3 meetings on environment and natural resources which is chaired by UNDP, prepare minutes, follow up with other UN agencies for their input to the common UN data and information sharing platform (UN INFO) and follow up on joint planning and reporting processes.
- Support the reporting processes at Country office level under the NCER portfolio including the Result Oriented Annual Reporting (ROAR), annual and quarterly reports.
- Support the organization of project steering committee meetings with partners and preparation of reports from the meetings.
- Assist in programme related activities, where required. These may include planning for meetings, local and national consultations, missions, preparation of reports from such activities as well as and other programme related activities.
- Prepare records of meetings, decisions, actions among others.
- Support technical and analytical work that may be required to support project implementation, and funding-raising proposals.
- Support preparation of briefing notes, case studies, press releases, talking points, web articles and other media products as required.
- Assist with research and write and edit sections of technical reports as required.
- Conduct any other task that may be assigned.
Eligibility criteria
Age: 27 – 80
Nationality: Candidate must be a national or legal resident of the country of assignment.
Requirements
Required experience
3 years of experience in the environment and natural resource management field, project strong project management and analytical skills and competencies
- Advance writing and reporting skills.
- Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages
- Knowledge and experience in Monitoring and evaluation is an advantage.
Area(s) of expertise: Development programmes, Energy and environment
Driving license: .
Languages
English, Level: Fluent, Required
Required education level
Bachelor degree or equivalent in Environmental economics, Natural resource economics, Bio-Statistics or any other relevant field. A degree in business statistics with adequate knowledge on environment/natural resource management will also be considered.
Competencies and values
Functional competencies
- Ability to coordinate, convene stakeholders and report in a timely manner;
- Excellent organizational skill, service-mind, punctual, self-motivated, proactive, reliable, and demonstrated ability to work in harmony with government, private sector, and staff members of different national backgrounds;
- Respect for the principles of the United Nations;
- Excellent report writing skills; and Strong communication skills including oral and presentation skills.
- Proven capability to meet deadlines, work under pressure and with minimum supervision.
- Good knowledge and experience in handling of web-based management systems.
- Good inter-personal skills and ability to work in teams.
Compliance with UN Core Values:
i. Demonstrates integrity by modelling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
ii. Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP;
iii. Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
iv. Treats all people fairly without favouritism; and
v. Fulfils all obligations to gender sensitivity and zero tolerance for sexual harassment.
Other information
Living conditions and remarks
Kampala is the capital city of Uganda with accessibility to all social amenities.
Inclusivity statement
United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.
Note on Covid-19 vaccination requirements
Selected candidates for certain occupational groups may be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) in line with the applicable host entity policy
