Project Manager
United Nations Development Programme
- Ankara
- Sürekli
- Tam zamanlı
Office/Unit/ProjectUNDP Türkiye COClimate Change and Environment PortfolioSupporting Capacity of CSOs in the field of Climate Change and Biodiversity
Title Project Manager
Level NPSA-9
Duty station (City and Country) Ankara, Türkiye
Type (Regular or Short term) Regular
Office- or Home-based Office based.
Expected starting date May 2024
Expected Duration 12 months, possibility of renewal based on the satisfactory performance and availability of funding.
Position Number 211432
- Office/Unit/Project Description
- Overall coordination, supervision and provision of technical assistance to develop the project implementation plans and to monitor its implementation in Türkiye.
- Coordinate the implementation of project activities defined in the project document.
- Preparing Annual Work Plans (AWP), budgets and procurement plans accordingly.
- Taking necessary actions to comply with the approved AWP's and procurement plans.
- Ensure the identification and the creation of necessary links with stakeholders to implement the project.
- Drafting the ToRs with regards to procurement of goods and services under the guidance of Implementing Partner and with support from UNDP to assure timely mobilization of local and international experts as well as supplying of services and goods.
- Managing and monitoring the contracts signed with third parties in order to ensure the receipt of high-quality services on time.
- Monitors progress towards overall project results through supporting regular review of activities and results at the country level, and through encouraging regular collection of data as indicated in the monitoring and results framework.
- Ensuring otherwise successful completion of the project in accordance with the stated outcomes and performance indicators summarized in the project's log-frame matrix and within the planned schedule and budget.
- Identify gaps in project outputs and make the necessary adjustments.
- Production of financial and managerial information such as project financial reports, including analysis of expenditure; monitors and updates financial data relating to the project on a timely basis.
- Ensure the effective usage of funds for the implementation arrangements.
- Supervise the performance of the project team members including experts to ensure that all tasks are executed in order to meet the objectives of the project.
- Ensures procurement including supervision of contracts and staffing requirements of the project to meet and comply with rules and regulations.
- Preparation and presentation of project status reports to the Project Steering Committee, EUD and UNDP.
- Supervise the preparation, review and submission of reports - financial and narrative reports to donors, partners, Project Steering Committee as well as to UNDP.
- Coordinate communication among project partners, UN Agencies, other international organizations, Private Sector, NGOs, Academia and Government in Türkiye and worldwide.
- Provide implementing partner and Project partners with periodical information about the implementation of Project activities. Provide the UNDP CCE Portfolio Manager with technical support in order to negotiate further fundraising for the Project.
- Plan and implement the dissemination of tools, publications and products of the project.
- Participate in events, meetings, seminars, conferences and consultation meetings planned as part of the project.
- Represent the project at national and international levels.
- Undertake periodic project reviews and visits to support strategic planning, monitoring progress of the activities and results, promote knowledge-sharing and enhance advocacy work.
- Coordinate and supervise studies and research taken under the project framework.
- Establish systems for documenting and analyzing the conditions enabling notable impact of the project initiatives.
- Ensure information flow on lessons learned, promising approaches, less promising approaches between project partners and UNDP.
- Support institutional learning, promote the systematization of lessons learned, results and knowledge finding as a result of the impact of the project.
- Attend Project meetings within executive agency, UNDP and project partners, and other forums for coordinating planning and quality Project implementation, as relevant; provide further support to the Project team as necessary, including support in drafting Project related terms of references, organizing Project workshops etc.
- Promote the dissemination of knowledge and lessons learned in the project at national and international events.
- Institutional Arrangement
- Competencies
Achieve Results: LEVEL 2: Scale up solutions and simplifies processes, balances speed and accuracy in doing work
Think Innovatively: LEVEL 2: Offer new ideas/open to new approaches, demonstrate systemic/integrated thinking
Learn Continuously: LEVEL 2: Go outside comfort zone, learn from others and support their learning
Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 2: Adapt processes/approaches to new situations, involve others in change process
Act with Determination: LEVEL 2: Able to persevere and deal with multiple sources of pressure simultaneously
Engage and Partner: LEVEL 2: Is facilitator/integrator, bring people together, build/maintain coalitions/partnerships
Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 2: Facilitate conversations to bridge differences, considers in decision makingPeople ManagementUNDP People Management Competencies can be found in the dedicated .Cross-Functional & Technical competencies Thematic Area Name Definition
Business Direction & StrategySystem Thinking
- Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement 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
- Ability to animate individuals and communities of contributors to participate and share, particularly externally
- Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and control resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals
- Ability to build and maintain partnerships with wide networks of stakeholders, Governments, civil society and private sector partners, experts and others in line with UNDP strategy and policies
- Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience
- Ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social media and other appropriate channels
- Ability to provide managers and key stakeholders with regular feedback on the consistency or discrepancy between planned and actual activities and programme performance and results
- Minimum Qualifications of the Successful NPSA
- Advanced university degree (master's degree or equivalent) in Business Administration, Public Administration, Economics, Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Engineering, or related field is required, or
- A first-level university degree (bachelor's degree) in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.
- Minimum 2 years (with master's degree) or 4 years (with bachelor's degree) of relevant professional experience at the national or international level in providing management advisory services, and/or hands-on experience in project management, design, monitoring and evaluation of environmental projects.
- Minimum 2 years of experience working with national/international institutions/organizations in the field of climate change/biodiversity.
- Excellent command of office software, such as word processors, spreadsheets, databases.
- Experience in team management and project cycle management.
- Experience in 2 EU funded projects.
- Additional relevant professional experience in capacity building projects int technical assistance projects related to environmental sciences or climate change or biodiversity.
- • Additional years of professional experience in environmental management projects will be an asset.
- • Additional years of relevant professional experience working with international institutions/organizations in the Technical Assitance projects will be an asset.
- Additional professional experience related to grant management projects will be an asset.
- Experience in at least one UNDP project will be an asset.
- Experience in working with CSOs will be an asset.
- Experience in budget planning and monitoring.
- Experience in technical reporting.
- Full proficiency in English and Turkish