ПРООН в Україні шукає Project Coordinator/ Parliamentary Reform Team Lead

Agency: UNDP
Title: Project Coordinator / Parliamentary Reform Team Lead
Practice Area: Democratic Governance
Vacancy End Date: (Midnight New York, USA)30.04.2019
Duty Station: Kyiv, Ukraine
Grade: SB5
Vacancy Type: Service Contract (SC)
Contract Duration: 12 months with possible extension 

Background: the EU-UNDP Parliamentary Reform Project (PRP) is aimed at strengthening the functioning of the Ukrainian Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (VRU), to become a progressively more effective, accountable and transparent institution in carrying out its constitutional responsibilities of legislation, oversight, and representation with positive influence on the overall process of EU-Ukraine Association Agreement implementation.

Duties and Responsibilities. Under the direct supervision of the Democratic Governance Portfolio Manager, Project Coordinator/ Parliamentary Reform Team Lead will be responsible for the following key tasks:

• Ensure overall operational management of the Project and delivery of results in accordance with the project document and work plans and other joint agreements between the parliamentary and governmental stakeholders, EU and UNDP;
• Ensure timely preparation, update and implementation of annual and detailed implementation work plans for the project, and other related documents for timely commencement and implementation of the project activities;
• Build capacity of and ties with the key partners and stakeholders at the national and regional levels. Establish and maintain dialogue with government officials of parliamentary and governmental bodies, both national and local (where appropriate), NGOs, partners, EU and other donors and communities to provide knowledge and understanding, ensuring an accurate interpretation of the project’s mission;
• Provide substantive input to the project activities, ultimate in-project quality assurance for achieving the overall project outputs, ensure timely implementation of project activities, including reporting on progress vis-a-vis planned activities and expected outputs;
• Coordinate and supervise the work of project team members, experts and consultants, including the preparation of the terms of reference, facilitation of recruitment, engagement of national experts and subcontractors, forward planning of project activities and budget expenditures, activity scheduling, monitoring of work/results and reporting;
• Act as a principal representative of the project during assurance review meetings, evaluations and in discussions and, hence, be responsible for preparation of review and evaluation reports such as the Mid-Term and Annual Project Report (APR) for the consideration of the UNDP management;
• Assure correct personnel management and procurement of goods/services;
• Coordinate among stakeholders as well as among various structures of parliamentary and governmental institutions on behalf of UNDP in the subject area;
• Keep close cooperation with the UNDP CO on different issues regarding project implementation process;
• Represent the project during the public events, PR and media activities, ensure the proper communication of project results through UNDP communication channels and in accordance with the EU visibility guidelines;
• Establish and maintain dialogue with government officials of parliamentary and governmental bodies, both national and local (where appropriate), NGOs, partners, EU and other donors and communities to provide knowledge and understanding, ensuring an accurate interpretation of the project’s mission;
• Ensure coordination of the project activities with other stakeholders at national level. Ensure the development of cross-programme linkages with other relevant UN and EU-funded projects and programmes and other stakeholders’ projects for mutually reinforcing impact;
• Provide technical advisory support to UNDP in engagement with the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the Government of Ukraine, line ministries and other relevant governmental institutions to support the capacity development and implementation of project initiatives. Act as the specialized focal point of UNDP assistance in the subject area;
• Ensure coordination with relevant working groups and information on the project activities are shared;
• Facilitate in collection, analysis and interpretation of data in the field of project implementation in the target regions and Ukraine in general. Ensure availability of an up-to-date information on all critical issues related to the Project;
• Prepare updates to UNDP with situation analysis (political, social, and economic) in the field of the programme implementation, when required;
• Ensure that the Atlas Project Management module is updated on a regular basis;
• Ensure compliance with UNDP project management policies and procedures;
• Perform other duties as requested.

Competencies

Corporate Competencies:

• Leadership;
• People Management;
• Communication;
• Delivery;
• Innovation;
• Demonstrating/safeguarding ethics and integrity;
• Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP;
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.

Functional Competencies: Knowledge Management and Learning; Development and Operational Effectiveness; Conflict Management; Result orientation; Teamwork; emotional intelligence; Strong analytical, coordination and facilitation skills; Global Leadership and Advocacy for UNDP’s Goals.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Master’s degree (or equivalent) in political or social sciences, international relations, development studies, law, public administration, business administration, project management or another related field;
• Minimum 10 years of proven experience in component/project/programme coordination, policy development and analysis, managing teams or project component;
• Experience in delivering capacity development, advisory and advocacy services to the Parliament and/or Government institutions in the relevant fields;
• Experience and knowledge in Development Effectiveness and cooperation would be an asset;
• Knowledge of governance reforms context in Ukraine with a particular focus on public administration reform as defined by the OECD/SIGMA principles of public administration would be an asset;
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel) and advance knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling of web-based management systems;
• Familiarity with UNDP project management procedures and experience with ATLAS is an asset;
• Fluency in English, Ukrainian and Russian is required.

Application Instruction: If you wish to apply for this or other positions, please visit UNDP website, section jobs and apply only: https://jobs.partneragencies.net/erecruitjobs.html?JobOpeningId=22235&hrs_jo_pst_seq=1&hrs_site_id=2

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: April 30, 2019 (Midnight New York, USA)