UNDP: Project Clerk-Jakarta

  • Location:
  • Salary:
    negotiable / YEAR
  • Job type:
    FULL_TIME
  • Posted:
    10 hours ago
  • Category:
    Administration, Conference and Meeting Services, Programme and Project Management
  • Deadline:
    11/12/2024

JOB DESCRIPTION

Background

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.

UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

UNDP is the leading United Nations organization fighting to end the injustice of poverty, inequality, and climate change. Working with our broad network of experts and partners in 170 countries, we help nations to build integrated, lasting solutions for people and planet. Learn more at undp.org or follow at @UNDP.

The unsustainable management of globally traded commodity crops (cacao, coffee and oil palm), and their expansion into forest areas, are leading to major impacts on globally important biodiversity, the degradation of soil and waterresources, the loss of carbon stocks, and the degradation of watersheds that are vital for maintaining water flows torice production areas. Rice production is itself a source of globally significant environmental impacts, in the form ofthe contamination of soil and globally- important aquatic ecosystems due to excessive and inappropriate use of agricultural chemicals, and the generation of methane (a potent greenhouse gas) from flooded paddy systems.

A narrow focus on the production of globally-traded cash crops by farmers is environmentally and socially unsustainable – even in the case of perennial crops such as coffee and cacao that have the potential to yield environmental benefits if appropriately managed – because of the volatility of global markets for these crops and their vulnerability to the effects of global climate change. A large number of major global value chain actors have committed to sustainable sourcing of the products that they trade, in order to comply with corporate social and environmental responsibility goals and to satisfy consumer requirements for sustainable production. This presents farmers with a major potential source of market-based incentives for sustainable production, but at present their ability to take advantage of this opportunity is constrained by their disconnection from these “green” value chains and their limited technical capacities to satisfy their requirements in terms of environmental standards, product quality and reliability of supply.

Despite significant policy commitments to sustainability by the Government of Indonesia, capacities, knowledge, tools, regulatory instruments and incentives for putting these into practice are still inadequately developed, and the agricultural and environmental sectors continue to be highly compartmentalized, lacking the integrated vision that is required if social and economic development and landscape management are to be sustainable.

With the funding support from the Global Environmental Faculty (GEF), the Government of Indonesia, led by the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs and with technical support from UNDP and FAO is preparing the full-sizeproject implementation entitled “Strengthening sustainability in commodity and food systems, land restoration andland use governance through integrated landscape management for multiple benefits in Indonesia (FOLUR)”. The project aimed to ensure sustainable value chains of palm oil, coffee and cocoa via application of a comprehensive land use approach linking biodiversity conservation, restoration and production at scale. The project will assist the country to address above-mentioned development challenges through four areas of interventions as follow:

  1. Development of integrated landscape management systems
  2. Promotion of sustainable food production practices and responsible value chains
  3. Conservation and restoration of natural habitats
  4. Management, Coordination, Collaboration, and M&E

The project will be implemented in 5 provinces (jurisdictions) and 5 districts (pilot landscapes): Aceh (Central Aceh),North Sumatra (Mandailing Natal), West Kalimantan (Sanggau), South Sulawesi (Luwu) and West Papua (Sorong). The project will be commenced for full implementation in February 2022 for 72 months.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Provide clerical support to the project team to ensure effective project event and workshop arrangement and implementation focusing on achievement of the following results:

  • Providing support in the process to identify, evaluate, and book suitable vendors for the event;
  • Providing administrative support in vendor negotiation and secure best pricing;
  • Provide support in coordinating with the venue on logistical details such as setup and teardown times;
  • Provide support in overseeing vendor contracts and manage all logistics to ensure seamless execution.

2. Support to the effective reporting on progress of project implementation:

  • Provide clerical support to the preparation of project event administration, as well as a list of potential vendors, a room list, accommodation details, and others preparation documents for the event;
  • Provide clerical support to the preparation of the attendee’s list and the confirmation of the event participant’s attendance.

3. The incumbent of the position should avoid any kind of discriminatory behavior including gender discrimination and ensure that:

  • Human rights and gender equality is prioritized as an ethical principle within all actions;
  • Activities are designed and implemented in accordance with “Social and Environmental Standards of UNDP”;
  • Any kind of diversities based on ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, disability, religion, class, gender are respected within all implementations including data production;
  • Differentiated needs of women and men are considered;
  • Inclusive approach is reflected within all actions and implementations, in that sense an enabling and accessible setup in various senses such as disability gender language barrier is created;
  • Necessary arrangements to provide gender parity within all committees, meetings, trainings etc. introduced.

Under the overall guidance of the National Project Manager, the Project Clerk provides project support services, ensuring every stage of the event, from planning to execution and wrap-up, is accounted for and managed efficiently. The organigram in Annex shows the position of this function within the office and unit structure.

Competencies

CORE COMPETENCIES

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

CROSS-FUNCTIONAL AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

Thematic Area Name Definition
management Digital Data literacy Knowledge of data science, skills to develop data management tools, organize and maintain databases and operate data visualization technologies

Understand the potential as well as the limitations of using data driven innovation. Ability to use a mix of data sources (quantitative, qualitative or real-time techniques) to develop understanding, identify patterns to inform decision making or identify opportunities for further exploration.

digital Data strategy and management Knowledge to draft or execute a data strategy or a data management framework
Communications Writing and editing Ability to create and/or edit written content in different UN languages.
2030 agenda-people Gender Gender and Environment
Finance Budget management Ability to support budgetary aspects of work planning process, drawing and management of team budgets
Admin and operation Events management (including retreats, trainings and meetings) Ability to manage events, including venue
Data Data collection Being skilled in Data Sorting, Data Cleaning, Survey Administration, Presentation and Reporting including collection of Real-Time Data (e.g. mobile data, satellite data, sensor data).

Required Skills and Experience

Academic Education:

  • Secondary Education is required.
  • University degree (Bachelor’s Degree) in Economics/Business Administration/Public Administration/Management or other relevant fields will be given due consideration, but is not a requirement.

Experience:

  • Minimum 2 years of relevant project/administrative experience preferably in the field of development and/or environment for candidate with high school degree
  • No experience is required for candidate with bachelor degree

Required Skills:

  • Good inter-personal and communications skills.
  • Ability to work in a team
  • Up-to-date computer skills required, knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages

Additional Skills and Competencies:

  • Familiar with Government and UN/UNDP procedures would be desirable
  • Experience in project implementation using Government and International Organization rules and regulation
  • Experience in collecting, analyzing, and summarizing administration report
  • Experience in event management, workshop arrangement, vendor management would be desirable

Languages:

  • English and Bahasa Indonesia in both writing and speaking

APPLICANT MUST COMPLETE P11 FORM AND SUBMIT AS PART OF THEIR APPLICATION.

Click here to download the form: https://bit.ly/P11-DOWNLOAD

UN is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.

UN Indonesia reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement. We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UN Indonesia at the same grade level and with similar job description, experiences and education requirements

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements