Overview
The National Project Officer is expected to provide technical expertise in overall project oversight, including project planning and coordination, monitoring and reporting.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure effective and efficient implementation of projects, through project planning, monitoring and oversight.
- Lead and advise the project team on the achievement of specific results.
- Ensure the achievement of outputs/results in line with approved work plans.
- Providing required support in helping to identify new project activities.
- Organize and lead team status meetings for projects.
- Ensure accountability for, and efficient use of, project funds.
- Participate in various fora.
- Lead the recruitment and management of experts and staff.
- Coordinate the work of all consultants and subcontractors.
- Document lessons learned from project implementation.
- Provision of analysis and research in priority thematic areas.
- Compilation, analysis and interpretation of economic and statistical data.
- Assessment of the country’s macro-economic policies.
- Provision of authoritative advice on possible areas for UNDP support.
- Production and launch of economic reports.
- Support and facilitation of dialogue on sustainable development issues.
- Provision of policy and programming advice and support for development planning and policy formulation.
- Identification and analysis of interventions that can impact multiple development goals and targets.
- Monitoring and reporting of progress related to SDGs and other national development frameworks.
- Maintain close coordination with assigned project partners.
- Contribute to the dissemination and visibility of project achievements.
- Constructive and timely advice on inclusion of communications components in programme and projects formulations.
- Coordinate project implementation with relevant Government, UN, and other development partners’.
- Contribute to the analysis of key development and sectoral policies.
- Monitor and follow up on project progress.
- Ensure timely submission of financial and activity reports by implementing partners.
- Ensure regular updating of project risk logs and lessons learned logs.
- Prepare high quality and timely donor reporting.
- Apply UNDP programming tools and policies.
- Keep abreast of UNDP programming practices.
- Brief and consult with senior management on project progress.
- Organize training, workshops, and capacity building activities.
- Identify, synthesize and document best practices and lessons learned.
- Participate in and ensure sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice.
- Promote advocacy on development trends and opportunities.
Required Experience
- A minimum of 5 years (with advanced university degree) or 7 years (with a bachelor’s degree) of experience in economics, project management, including planning, executing, and monitoring international or cross-border projects, proven experience in international affairs, government relations, or a related area.
- Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and advance knowledge of web-based management systems.
- Experience working with networks and liaising with relevant counterparts.
- Project Management Certification, such as Prince2 or PMP (desired).
- Work experience with the UN and international organizations (desired).
- Experience with UN Results-based Management, and Monitoring and Evaluation approach (desired).
Qualifications
- Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in Economics, Project Management, Business Administration, Law, Political Sciences, Urban Planning, or any discipline relevant to Sustainable International Development is required, or
- A first-level university degree (bachelor´s degree) in the areas mentioned above in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.
