Project Associate

Overview

The Project Associate will support the Project Manager in the day-to-day implementation of project activities, drafting progress reports, and liaising with stakeholders. The role focuses on enhancing local climate action and guiding the nation towards a climate-resilient and low-carbon future.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the preparation of AWPs, annual budgets, and procurement plans.
• Provide general administrative and logistic support for project activities.
• Support the control of budget expenditures and review financial reports.
• Keep regular contact with project experts and consultants.
• Provide English translation as required.
• Manage visa support, transportation, and accommodation for foreign experts.
• File and archive project correspondence and documents.
• Plan and organize implementation of project activities.
• Coordinate implementation with project partners.
• Organize Project Steering Committee meetings, project meetings, reviews, site visits, and events.
• Monitor timetable and performance of contractors.
• Prepare inputs to APR and compile project reports.
• Draft correspondence, notes, briefs, and other materials.
• Prepare inputs to procurement-related documents.
• Assist in evaluation of bids and offers.
• Assist in selection of project experts and consultants.
• Prepare documents related to HACT framework.
• Provide assistance in formulation of expectations, duties, and deliverables of experts and companies.
• Support in reviewing and providing feedback on technical reports submitted by contractors.
• Assist in ensuring deliverables submitted by contractors align with defined deliverables in ToRs.

Required Experience

• A minimum of 7 years (with high school diploma) or 4 years (with bachelor’s degree) of progressively responsible administrative experience is required.
• Proven 1 year of technical experience in climate change adaptation/local climate action planning/vulnerability risk assessment.
• Experience in project cycle management.

Qualifications

Secondary education is required, or Bachelor’s degree in business administration/economics, engineering, political/social sciences, city and regional planning, climate change, environmental sciences, or related fields will be given due consideration, but it is not a requirement.

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