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United Nations Development Programme Project Associate Tajikistan UNDP Jobs 2024

United Nations Development Programme looking for “Project Associate”. Applicants with an Advanced degree may apply on or before 24-Jul-24.

The United Nations Development Programme has published a job vacancy announcement on 10/07/2024 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of Project Associate to be based in Khujand , Tajikistan. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org

Company Name: United Nations Development Programme

Job Title: Project Associate

Duty Station: Khujand , Tajikistan

Country: Tajikistan

Application Deadline: 24-Jul-24

Responsibilities:

The overall objective of the EU funded and implemented by UNDP project “Climate Change and Resilience in Central Asia (CCRCA)” is to support stability and climate resilient development in Ferghana Valley, a trans­border area of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. It aims to (i) improve knowledge of climate-fragility risks amongst stakeholders at local, national, and regional levels; (ii) facilitate risk-informed policymaking and transboundary resource management; and (iii) support practical risk reduction interventions. The Project will target both men and women as well as other vulnerable groups (marginalized, elderly, people with disabilities). The gender responsive approach will consider the structural barriers impacting women’s, men’s and socio­economically vulnerable groups’ abilities to fully benefit from climate-resilient risk management and will integrate activities to promote gender equality and social inclusion. Further, the gender responsive approach will ensure that women and vulnerable groups have equal access to information and participate in, benefit from, and make decisions about the work of the project.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Scope of Work 

The Project Associate will be based in Khujand city, Sughd region (Tajikistan) and overall will be responsible in ensuring the effective implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and learning of project activities to achieve intended outcomes and impact of the above-mentioned project.

The Project Associate will be responsible for the planning and implementation in compliance with UNDP rules and procedures. The Project Associate is accountable to UNDP for the quality, timely documenting results of the pilot measures and formulation of “lessons learnt” to be shared with decision-makers for further replication.

The Project Associate will ensure that climate risk information and warnings are tailored to women and vulnerable groups (children, senior citizens, persons with disabilities and ethnic minorities), and take responsibility for quality preparation of local community-level participatory climate risk and climate change vulnerability assessments and adaptation plans with participation of women and vulnerable groups.

The Project Associate will coordinate the pilot projects with the other local development and climate change adaptation activities to maximize synergies and impact, with local stakeholders and may focus on enhanced sustainable use of water resources, drought management, enhanced land/pasture management, reduced vulnerability to climate-induced extreme events, enhanced and/or resilient livelihoods, ecosystem-based adaptation measures (e.g., afforestation/reforestation). All activities will be accompanied with information and awareness work, and improving climate adaptation capacities of the local communities, with explicit attention to the resilience of women, children and other vulnerable groups to empower them as agents of environmental protection and to secure an equal access to locally generated benefits (e.g., enhanced resilience of livelihoods and households). The Project Associate is accountable to UNDP for the quality, timely documenting results of the pilot measures and formulation of “lessons learnt” to be shared with decision-makers for further replication.

Based on the above the Project Associate scope of work will include the following main sections:

• Programmatic support (project planning, monitoring and implementation)
• Operational support
• Collaboration and partnership
• Any other task as assigned by the Supervisor

Programmatic support (project planning, monitoring and implementation):

• Provide programmatic support in planning, implementing, reporting and monitoring activities within the framework of all four components of the Project;
• Pro-actively contribute to day-to-day project implementation and ensure conformity to expected results and project work-plans;
• Assist with development of the annual workplan in consultation with the National Project Coordinator;
• Assist the Project Manager in preparation of the regular progress reports in line with reporting schedules, as well as any other reports requested by UNDP, donor, Government and/or other stakeholders;
• Support in collecting, compiling, and providing information for preparation of project briefs, presentations, reports;
• Assist in preparation of project official correspondence to all relevant project partners;
• Support the Project Manager in implementing project M&E plan and provide an on-going feedback and technical backstopping and regularly monitor progress towards the identified indicators, if needed;
• Oversee the implementation of M&E activities outlined in the project plan;
• Establish data management systems and procedures to organize and maintain project data;
• Assist in ensuring effective communication and visibility of project interventions and achievements;
• Continuously analyze, record and report on relevant project activities, issues, risks, etc. to ensure the quality assurance of project interventions;
• Support the organization of the meetings, project events and etc.

Operational support:

• Support the Project team with planning and implementing of operational activities in accordance to Project Document.
• Contribute to the preparation of  ToRs for consultants, experts and service providers and support in organizing selection, procurement, recruitment processes, as required according to UNDP rules and regulations.
• Assist in organization of different project related events in Dushanbe and Sughd region (e.g. workshops, seminars / training, project Steering Committee Meetings), design agenda, take notes/minutes at meetings and ensure follow up , perform translation when necessary.
• Assist with logistical arrangements for project missions and expert visits, prepare briefing kits and background materials.
• Prepare Travel Authorizations and claims for project staff and consultants.
• Ensure timely delivery of project activities and results in Sughd region.
• Make logistical arrangements for missions and expert visits, prepare briefing kits and background materials.

Collaboration and partnership:     

• Work collaboratively in a team environment with other colleagues in UNDP CO and Project team, UNDP Khujand Local implementation and innovation center, as well as project partners in Sughd region to ensure successful implementation of project activities and related M&E and communication activities.
• Support the regular communication with project partners, contractors and beneficiaries to monitor the  deadlines, commitments made, actions taken and coordinate collection and submission of partners’ reports.
• Contribute to the effective cooperation and partnership with sub-national government partners, civil society institutions, other development programmes and agencies active in the targeted areas in relation to project activities.
• When requested by supervisor take part in meetings and events organized by UNDP and/or other partners, including government.
• Assist in preparation of Note Verbal and other official correspondence to all relevant project partners.
• Provide inputs in the development and producing knowledge products, i.e. case studies, success stories, lessons learnt reports, press releases and etc.

• Achieve Results: LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline
• Think Innovatively: LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements
• Learn Continuously: LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback
• Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible
• Act with Determination: LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident
• Engage and Partner: LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination

• General (across the functions): Event planning and execution: Ability to plan, manage and execute public and private events to ensure that they support and amplify individual communications and advocacy initiatives, as well as UNDP’s overall brand and mandate
• Communications: Campaign management: Ability to produce and implement communications and advocacy campaigns which lead to impactful change
• Communications: Writing and editing: Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and unambitious manner, both through written and verbal communications; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience
• Administration & Operations: Documents and records management: Overall document (hard or electronic) management; registry and retention policy including storing and archiving
• Ethics: Ethics Advice & Guidance: Ability to quickly analyze complex fact patterns and provide comprehensive, sensitive, and confidential ethics advice and guidance
• Business direction and strategy: System thinking: Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgment to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system
• Partnership management: Emerging partnership: Ability to engage with emerging partners, develop and manage a strategy and develop approaches to developing and managing these new strategic partnerships
• Partnership management: Partnership: Knowledge and understanding of EU and RTF projects in Tajikistan, the priority areas and ensure effective collaboration
• Partnership management: CSO engagement: Knowledge and understanding of CSOs and the ability to engage with CSOs