Overview
The Project Analyst will combine analytical and policy-advisory tasks with project management, partner coordination, and reporting to support the timely and high-quality delivery of a project in Uzbekistan.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate the daily implementation of the project across all three components, ensuring activities are delivered on time, within budget, and to the expected quality standards.
- Maintain and update the project work plan, activity schedule, and procurement plan.
- Track progress against project indicators and milestones, identify implementation risks and bottlenecks, and propose mitigation measures.
- Coordinate the work of international and national consultants.
- Liaise with the UNDP Uzbekistan Operations Unit on procurement, finance, human resources, and other operational matters.
- Maintain a complete and well-organized project documentation archive.
- Contribute substantively to the analytical work of the project, including drafting concept notes, technical briefs, policy briefs, and presentations.
- Support the design and review of the AI-based prototype tool for financial scenario simulation.
- Support the design and review of the AI-assisted modular dashboards for social protection monitoring.
- Conduct and supervise desk research on Uzbekistan's INFF, Green INFF, SDG and Climate Budget Tagging work, NDC implementation, green bond and green sukuk market developments, and social protection digitalization trends.
- Synthesize findings from consultant deliverables into practical, high-quality policy products.
- Provide quality assurance review of all consultant deliverables.
- Maintain effective working relationships with government counterparts.
- Coordinate multi-stakeholder dialogues, workshops, technical working group meetings, and validation events.
- Support coordination with international financial institutions and development partners.
- Coordinate with the Istanbul Regional Hub (IRH) on the DSFP regional dimension of the project.
- Support UNDP Uzbekistan's senior leadership representation at relevant national and international events.
- Establish and maintain the project's monitoring and evaluation system.
- Ensure timely and accurate data collection against project indicators.
- Prepare and submit periodic project progress reports.
- Document lessons learned, good practices, and case studies.
- Prepare communication materials about the project's results.
Required Experience
Applicants with a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) are required to have a minimum of two (2) years of relevant professional experience at the national or international level in development project coordination, policy advisory work, or programme management in the areas of inclusive growth, public finance, social protection, climate finance, or sustainable development is required.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in Economics, Public Policy, Development Studies, International Relations, Public Finance, International Development, Social Policy or related fields is required. Or A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in the above fields in combination with an additional two (2) years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of advanced university degree.
