• Liaise with the Project Board and partners or its appointed Project Assurance roles to ensure the overall direction and integrity of the project.
• Lead the strategic planning, formulation and monitoring of programmatic issue.
• Lead on the development of workplans for each Country under the Umbrella programme.
• Promote gender equality and women’s participation in the dialogues.
• Implementation of programme results.
• Implementation of reporting, monitoring and evaluation policies and strategies.
• Liaise partner and coordinate with external and internal partners.
• Ensure knowledge building and management.

• Provide direction and guidance to project team(s)/ responsible party (ies).
• Manage the realization of project outputs through activities.
• Manage the Projects’ finances according to the budgets.
• Mobilize goods and services to initiate activities, including drafting TORs and work specifications.
• Monitor events as determined in the Visibility & Communication Plans, and update the plan as required.
• Ensure effective information flow and coordination between the UNDP Project and the UNDP Country Office.
• Organize Project Board Meetings, project review and/or evaluation meetings.
• Follow-up on the implementation of Project Board decisions and recommendations.
• Manage the activities of the project team, as well as local and international experts.
• In close consultation with the Project Board, ensure the efficient functioning of the project management assurance.
• Manage the transfer of project deliverables, documents, files, equipment and materials to national beneficiaries.
• Perform other duties as required.

• Promotes knowledge management and a learning environment in the office through leadership and personal example: Excellent knowledge of capacity building theory and the application of methodology: good understanding of capacity assessment methodologies.
• Display understanding of the relevant contemporary ICT tools and continuously act towards personal capacity building.
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral): Sensitivity to and responsiveness to all partners, Respectful and helpful relations with all UN staff.

• Advocates for UNDP’s work and represent UNDP with national authorities, the donor community, and international financial institutions, where requested.
• Engage with government officials at the national, regional and local levels where requested.
• Supports programming work and participates effectively in coordination forums and frameworks.

• The Multi-country Project Coordinator will report to Head of the Sustainable Solutions, Energy and Climate Change Cluster and will oversee the coordination of the national Project Coordinators.

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Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in Environment or natural resource Management, Environmental Economics, Development, Business Administration, Coastal/Ocean Engineering, Project Management or similar field is required, or
• A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in Environment or natural resource Management, Environmental Economics, Development, Business Administration, Coastal/Ocean Engineering, Project Management or similar field in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• Minimum 2 years (with Master’s degree) or minimum 4 years (with Bachelor’s degree) of relevant experience in environment, climate change and/or development work, /project management.

Required skills and competencies:

• Experience in the use of computers, office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and web-based management systems, and advanced knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages.

Desired Criteria:

• Experience in research, training, environmental assessments and/or  monitoring of environmental projects and activities.
• Experience in project administration/management would be an asset.
• Experience working with large teams, providing technical/coordination support.
• Previous experienced within the UN common system or International Developmental Organizations is desirable.
• Experience and knowledge of the countries’s institutional framework and policies of climate change is an asset.

Languages:

• Excellent written and spoken English.