UNDP Paid Internship Project Manager 2024 at Tajikistan
Paid
Country: Tajikistan
City: Khujand
Details
UNDP Paid Internship Project Manager 2024 at Tajikistan
The Project Manager Internship has the overall responsibility for day-to-day management of the above-mentioned projects and ensure coordination and collaboration with other economic development and livelihood promotion and climate change projects implemented in Sughd area.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Management & Supervision:
- Facilitate the day-to-day functioning of the project teams and consultants hired by the project.
- Manage the human and financial resources for achieving project results in line with the outputs and activities outlined in the project documents and annual work plans.
- Establish performance management system, based on UNDP’s results and competency assessment system, to monitor project personnel performance.
- Be responsible for financial project management through Quantum, in line with delegated authorities and internal control framework.
- Develop the annual and quarterly work plans for the projects.
- Partnership and Resource Mobilization:
- Work collaboratively in a team environment with other projects of UNDP SED cluster and Climate Change, DRR and environment cluster to ensure integration, strategic focus and gender-responsiveness of all programme activities.
- Keep close collaboration and regular communication with the relevant staff of UNDP Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan to ensure coordinated approach for the regionally-focused activities.
- Ensure that project activities are closely coordinated with stakeholders and that a high level of collaboration and cooperation is in place at the regional and district level.
- Monitoring and evaluation:
- Manage the implementation of effective monitoring and evaluation, information and reporting systems as well as communication strategy for the assigned projects.
- Monitor national context, emergence of players/stakeholders and actualization of risks that have implications for the projects.
- Undertake missions to project locations on a quarterly basis.
- Ensure project evaluations are undertaken properly and in line with UNDP standards.
- Knowledge sharing and communication:
- Lead the process of knowledge captures of national and international know-how in the subject area and production of knowledge-based products.
- Promote the substantive quality of all knowledge products, and donor reports.
- Supports relevant, high-impact advocacy activities and campaigns with key partners.
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Required Skills and Experience of Project Manager Internship
Education:
- Master’s degree (or equivalent) in economics, development studies, environment science, environment studies, climate change, sustainability studies, social sciences, business administration or other related subjects.
- Bachelor’s degree with additional 2 years of experience maybe taken into consideration in lieu of Master’s degree.
Experience:
- Minimum 2 years (with Master’s degree) or 4 years (with Bachelor’s degree) of relevant experience in project / program management at national or international level, or experience in other related fields.
Required Skills:
- Excellent computer skills, including full command of text and spreadsheet programmes, data bases and web-based communication tools.
Desired Skills:
- Experience with management of economic and social development projects is considered an advantage.
- Experience in managing climate change related projects will be an advantage.
- Experience/Good knowledge about the strategic planning and monitoring and evaluation.
- Evidence of gender-responsiveness and gender sensitivity in the area of expertise.
- Understanding/experience of national and local development context of Tajikistan in general and Khujand in particular.
- Demonstrated experience in preparation of narrative and financial reports.
- Sound knowledge/experience of country and regional context and development challenges.
- Experience in partnering and interaction with governmental and international organizations at various levels.
- Affinity with the mandate and role of the United Nations.
Languages:
- Fluency in Tajik, Russian and English (written and spoken) languages is mandatory.
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Institutional Arrangement of Project Manager Internship
The Project Manager will perform his/her duties under direct supervision of the Team Leader of the Climate Change, DRR and Environment cluster. He/she will lead the teams of both projects and supervise the staff under the two projects, including the Administration and Finance Associate, and project associates.
Specifications
| Type of Opportunity | Internships |
|---|---|
| Deadline | 15 March,2024 |
| Country | Tajikistan |
| City | Khujand |
| Organizer | UNDP |