Project Analyst (Open to Tier 1 & 2 Applicants)

Overview

The Project Analyst will support the effective planning, coordination, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and operational management of the SESEHA Project, while also leading gender mainstreaming initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate project planning and implementation, including Annual Work Plans (AWPs), procurement plans, and implementation schedules.
• Monitor implementation progress against approved work plans, budgets, and project results framework.
• Ensure project implementation complies with UNDP POPP, Quantum procedures, and donor requirements.
• Support the Project Manager in identifying implementation bottlenecks and recommending corrective actions.
• Monitor project budget utilization, delivery rates, and expenditure trends.
• Coordinate budget revisions and work planning exercises.
• Coordinate procurement planning and monitor implementation of procurement activities.
• Liaise with Country Office Operations units on finance, procurement, human resources, travel, and logistics.
• Monitor contracts of project personnel, consultants, and service providers.
• Maintain accurate project documentation and ensure compliance with internal control procedures.
• Lead implementation of the SESEHA Gender Action Plan and ensure gender commitments are integrated throughout project implementation.
• Provide technical guidance to project staff, contractors, and partners on gender-responsive programming.
• Coordinate collection, analysis, and reporting of sex-disaggregated data and gender indicators.
• Develop gender-responsive tools, guidance notes, and capacity-building materials.
• Organize awareness sessions, consultations, and capacity-building activities on gender equality, women's empowerment, and social inclusion.
• Ensure gender considerations are reflected in procurement, monitoring, reporting, and knowledge products.
• Prepare analytical reports on gender results, challenges, and recommendations for management and donors.
• Coordinate closely with the UNDP Gender Team and relevant stakeholders to promote good practices and ensure compliance with UNDP gender standards.
• Monitor and report on progress in implementing project activities and achieving targets.
• Contribute to monthly, quarterly, annual, and donor reporting processes.
• Monitor project risks and support implementation of mitigation measures.
• Support audits, evaluations, and donor review missions.
• Maintain project information in Quantum and other corporate systems.
• Coordinate with counterparts, implementing partners, UN agencies, donors, and other stakeholders.
• Provide inputs into briefing notes, presentations, and management reports.
• Document lessons learned, best practices, and success stories.
• Support preparation of communication and visibility materials.
• Organize meetings, workshops, and stakeholder consultations.
• Support development of project concept notes and resource mobilization initiatives.

Required Experience

• Applicants with a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) are required to have a minimum of two (2) years of relevant professional experience in project management, programme implementation, operations, monitoring and reporting, or development programming.
• Experience working with UNDP or other UN agencies is desired.
• Experience in the preparation, implementation and monitoring of Annual Work Plans (AWPs), procurement plans and implementation schedules is desired.
• Experience supporting donor-funded development projects, especially reporting, audits, and evaluations is desired.
• Experience and good networking abilities and partnership development is desired.

Qualifications

• Advanced university degree (master's degree or equivalent) in Business Administration, Public Administration, Development Studies, Gender Studies, Social Sciences, or Project Management is required.
• Or a first-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in the areas mentioned above, an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.

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