Project Coordinator - Digital [Open to internal and external candidates]

Overview

The Project Coordinator will ensure project management and supervision of project teams, provide policy advice and technical guidance, and oversee project monitoring, reporting, and quality assurance.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensures Project management and supervision of the project teams
• Coordinates and manages project activities
• Manages and ensures achievement of the overall project objectives
• Applies programming tools and policies in line with the UN Result-Based Management Approach
• Builds, motivates, and leads a high-performing team
• Reports to the Steering Committee(s)
• Ensures full accountability, transparency, and the principle of competition in the allocation of resources
• Secures proper and efficient use of projects budget
• Ensures that all UNDP project management quality standards are observed and applied
• Complies with security and safety requirements and regulations
• Provides policy advice and technical guidance
• Identifies and analyses sources of information related to policy-driven issues
• Provides strategic leadership and steer policy formulation processes
• Guides the design and implementation of technical assistance
• Coordinates the development of policies, methodologies, strategic frameworks, operational procedures, and reform measures
• Provides technical advice on digital solutions, interoperability, administrative data exchange, integrated case management, and e-services
• Participates in project-level committees, policy and capacity-development working groups, and relevant events
• Ensures strategic synergies and coordination with other relevant interventions, partners, and stakeholders
• Provides technical support to the Sector Leader and contributes to project development, resource mobilization, reporting, communication, and knowledge management activities
• Reviews on a regular basis schedules, deliverables and budget as articulated in the Annual Work Plan - AWP
• Ensures close monitoring of activities in line with the monitoring plans
• Monitors budgets, verifies the availability of funds, obtains necessary approvals and updates budget-related information
• Ensures that all projects-related issues and risks are identified and reported in a timely manner
• Ensures timely submission of narrative progress and financial reports, and other reports
• Carries regular, announced and unannounced performance monitoring of the team, as well as conducts field visits and quality checks
• Ensures data and information inputs, as necessary, to the regular Country Office programme monitoring and reporting processes
• Ensures the existence of successful quality assurance for financial, procurement and administrative processes
• Promotes gender mainstreaming throughout the project activities, work plans, budgets, reports, research, analyses and, where specifically relevant, analyse it in detail
• Supports continuous learning by the team and contributes to the UNDP in-house thematic knowledge and practitioners’ networks
• Prepares analytical reviews and systematically captures lessons learnt from the implementation
• Establishes connections of exchange and learning with national and regional local development networks and resource persons
• Ensures all project products and heritage are duly stored and made available to the broader programme
• Establishes partnership and undertakes advocacy
• Establishes and maintains good working relations with relevant government institution, social protection actors
• Arranges, prepares and follows up on meetings with direct stakeholders
• Promotes inclusive participation and meaningful engagement of stakeholders throughout programme implementation
• Builds and nurtures effective working relationships with institutional counterparts and partners
• Ensures wide dissemination and visibility of achievements
• The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the functioning of the Project and the Organization.

Required Experience

• Minimum two years (with Master´s degree) or four years (with Bachelor´s degree) of proven project management experience.
• Experience in designing, managing, and coordinating programmes and projects focused on social protection, local governance, and public sector reform.
• Extensive experience in supporting institutional strengthening, capacity development, and modernization of public sector institutions, particularly in the area of social protection, service delivery systems and public administration.
• Proven experience in digital transformation and e-governance initiatives, including interoperability solutions, digital service delivery, and the implementation of information management systems in the public sector.
• Experience identifying funding opportunities, preparing donor reports, and supporting donor engagement.
• Proven experience engaging with government institutions, civil society organizations, and international partners, supported by strong communication, coordination, and facilitation skills.
• Experience integrating gender equality, inclusion, and diversity principles into project design and implementation.
• Demonstrated experience working with UNDP or other United Nations entities.

Qualifications

Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Economics or any other related field is required, OR A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in the areas mentioned above, in combination with an additional two years of qualifying work experience, will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.

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