Overview
Support the implementation of the Mayors’ Challenge in Fez, Morocco, focusing on the "Smart Management of the Cleanliness Sector, Integration of Waste Pickers into Cooperatives, and Promotion of the Circular Economy" project.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate project activities with focal point and city team.
- Lead strategic planning, decision-making, execution, and review to achieve project targets.
- Prepare terms of reference for procurement processes.
- Facilitate the development and implementation of contracting and procurement strategies.
- Supervise the work of service providers and conduct performance evaluations.
- Certify satisfactory delivery of procured services.
- Facilitate analysis of information for procurement planning and monitor implementation.
- Coordinate project staff, assess team performance, and provide guidance.
- Organize meetings and maintain agendas.
- Develop an activity schedule with deadlines.
- Develop proposals to improve project efficiency and impact.
- Identify sustainability alternatives and prepare an exit strategy.
- Monitor project operations, including administrative tasks and staff management.
- Maintain budget information and accounting records.
- Prepare a monitoring framework for project status, results, and milestones.
- Monitor project results and identify data related to SDG targets and indicators.
- Prepare operational reports on project activities and their impact.
- Liaise with the global SDG Local Action team to update the project webpage.
- Ensure effective communication on project activities with UNDP, the municipality, beneficiaries, and communities.
- Document the methodology and technologies used during project implementation.
- Develop knowledge products on project contributions to SDGs.
- Develop policy briefs and transferable knowledge materials on lessons learned.
- Participate in global exchanges among local governments.
Required Experience
- Candidates with a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) must have at least two (2) years of relevant professional experience in environmental project management, with strong knowledge of the Moroccan regulatory context.
- Desired skills: Experience working with local governments and associations; Expertise in waste management and valorization; Professional experience in waste management, circular economy, sustainable development, recycling technologies, as well as communication and mediation.
Qualifications
A Master’s degree (or equivalent) in environment, circular economy, waste management and recycling, or sustainable development is required. A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s) in the above fields, combined with two additional years of relevant experience, will be considered in lieu of an advanced degree.
