Under the overall supervision and guidance of the Senior Development Economist, with technical support and guidance from the Insurance and Risk Finance Facility (IRFF) Regional Specialist, the National Project Officer’s scope of work includes:

Ensure Effective Project Management and Resource Mobilization

• In consultation with the UNDP Country Office and Global IRFF Team and supported by the Regional Specialist, elaborate/revise the work plan and budget and submit draft workplans/budgets timely for the bi-annual budget revision process (30 June and 31 December of each year.
• Lead the strategic implementation of the country workplan and relationship-building with key actors in government, private sector and broader development community.
• Supervise the work of contracted national experts and institutions to ensure outputs are delivered on time, within the set budget, and to high quality standards.
• Organise all relevant project workshops in a consultative manner, involving a wide variety of stakeholders, including the government, private sector, NGOs, donors and academia.
• Ensure the alignment and synergy of the insurance and risk finance work with the Country Office portfolio of initiatives and actively seek opportunities for resource mobilization.
• Ensure a timely identification of risks in implementation at the national level and communication to the UNDP team.
• Assess and signal any delays in national deliverables compared to the workplan, propose and implement mitigation measures.
• Develop briefing notes, case studies, press releases, web articles and other media products as required.
• Facilitate with research and write and edit sections of technical reports as required.
• Review all national level deliverables to ensure quality and consistency with the IRFF methodology.

Facilitate knowledge and capacity building, knowledge sharing and advocacy relevant to the assigned thematic area(s).

• Identify, synthesize and document best practices and lessons learned that are generated from the project and implementing partners.
• Participate in and ensure sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice on project related issues. Support establishment of knowledge platforms for the project, facilitate innovative mechanisms for dissemination of knowledge from the project, and develop knowledge resources and products to share with project partners and to support UNDP’s engagement in this area.
• Promote advocacy on development trends and opportunities to collaborate in coordination with the project partners, stakeholders, and UNDP communications staff.
• The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization

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Required Skills and Experience