2.      Office/Unit/Project Description 

The UNDP Turkey Country Office positions itself as a development partner that brings global knowledge, through a multi-sectoral approach – the key comparative advantage of UNDP – and concentrates its work on 3 programmatic fields: i) Inclusive and Sustainable Growth, ii) Inclusive and Democratic Governance, iii) Climate Change and Environment. In addition, UNDP also plays a key role in supporting the Government of Turkey with the refugee response through its Syrian Crisis Response and Resilience Programme- relying on its experience in these three major areas (i.e. livelihoods and facilitation of job creation, municipal service delivery, youth empowerment and protection/ social cohesion).

On 6 February 2023, two devastating earthquakes, measuring 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude on the Richter Scale, struck Pazarcık and Elbistan in Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye. The earthquakes and aftershocks have caused catastrophic devastation, with at least 9.1 million people in the 11 hardest-hit provinces likely to have been directly impacted. The severity of crisis is so massive as acknowledged at the UN level through declaration of Crisis Level 3 for Turkiye, which is regarded as a full-blown corporate emergency requiring the attention of the entire organization.

In line with the global mandate of UNDP and its position as a development partner in above mentioned areas, Türkiye Country Office made a flash appeal for its post-earthquake activities to provide timely principled life-saving multisectoral assistance to people affected by the earthquakes, with an emphasis on assisting communities to survive the winter, in support of the Government-led relief effort and support the rapid delivery and resumption of essential services in earthquake-affected areas.

3.      Scope of Work 

Under the supervision of Resident Representative, the Field Coordinator provides field level coordination for implementation of Today’s Youth Future Jobs  Project.

• Field Coordinator will be responsible for the day to day project monitoring, administration and reporting and serves as first focal point for local level government counterparts and other local partners in the respective locations.
• Maintaining collaborative working relationships among key project partners and projects’ donors, through effective communication, consultation, and reporting
• The Field Coordinator will be responsible for coordination of LED related Project activities and Project team members in the region, coordination of project resources and monitoring of Project activities.
• Aligning the projects and field activities with UN values and UNDP priorities
• Contributes to achievement and progress towards achievement of country level and portfolio level development outcomes.
• Assure quality of the assigned activity outputs in accordance with the specific terms of reference of the assignments and the provisions of the project documents.
• Participate in projects consultation meetings and provide the representatives of the concerned institutions with technical inputs regarding the assigned projects activities.
• Provide timely and substantive inputs for the regular project reports.,
• Contribute to synergy-building among different initiatives by UNDP and beyond.
• Perform appropriate duties as assigned by UNDP.

4.Institutional Arrangement

The Field Coordinator reports to LED Projects Coordinator.     

5. Competencies

6.      Minimum Qualifications of the Successful NPSA