Job Title: Programme Support Specialist
Organization: United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Host entity: UNDP
Assignment country: Türkiye
Expected start date: 15/10/2023
Sustainable Development Goal: 13. Climate action
Volunteer category: International UN Volunteer Specialist
Type: Onsite
Duration: 12 months (with possibility of extension)
Number of assignments: 1
Duty stations: Istanbul
Details
Mission and objectives
As the United Nations lead agency on international
development, UNDP works in 170 countries and territories to eradicate poverty
and reduce inequality. We help countries to develop policies, leadership
skills, partnering abilities, institutional capabilities, and to build
resilience to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Our work is
concentrated in three focus areas; sustainable development, democratic
governance and peace building, and climate and disaster resilience.
Context
Further, under UNDP’s Climate Hub, the “Climate Promise”
initiative is the world’s largest offer of support to countries on NDC
enhancement and has contributed to an increase of climate mitigation and
adaptation ambition. One of the most critical challenges to countries in
designing and delivering their NDC targets is an effective data and
transparency system. The ability to track, monitor and report on progress
directly informs an understanding and ability to advance ambition in subsequent
NDC revisions. As such, data and transparency have become critical workstreams
within the Climate Promise. Under the Climate Promise, the Government of
Belgium has approved a contribution of 1.2 million euros to provide capacity
building support on data and transparency to lusophone and francophone
countries and foster south/ south exchanges. The project, “Enhancing climate
transparency in developing countries – a contribution to the Climate Promise”,
has as a primary objective to provide targeted countries with effective governance
and enabling environment over time, to accelerate and scale NDC implementation,
by providing streamlined support and capacity building on data and
transparency. This will be delivered at the country and regional level with a
focus on francophone and lusophone countries.
Task description
The Programme Support Specialist will support the Programme
Analyst in delivering the project’s expected activities while following UNDP
financial and administrative rules and procedures. The primary objective of the
Project Support Specialist is to provide support in various administrative and
operational tasks to facilitate the smooth execution of project activities,
including providing UNEP GSP team with data and information requested for the
CBIT platform and reporting purposes. The specialist will contribute to the
achievement of project goals and outcomes by ensuring high quality
administrative and operational support to the coordination of travel
arrangements, procurement processes, budget/financial monitoring, and event
organization. The incumbent will report to the Project Manager and will work in
close collaboration with other project staff and consultants. Support to the
delivery of Climate Transparency related activities under the Climate Policy
and Strategies Team, as part of the Climate Hub is also anticipated. Duties and
Responsibilities (a)Proactively assist in the planning, organization and
delivery of ECT project activities as defined in the ECT workplan and as
dictated by the management team (b)Oversee the day-to-day operations of the ECT
project; including procurement processes, travel and logistics, financial and
administrative tasks, as requested (c)Prepare, develop and institute processes
to ensure proper preparation, clearance and archiving of all procurement,
payments and travel documents, results and other deliverables and results for
evaluation, audit and reporting purposes (d)Coordinating reporting processes
with the Programme Analyst to ensure on-time and complete donor reporting as
dictated by the project oversight plan (e)Assist in data collection and
processing for communications, knowledge sharing and outreach purposes;
including providing UNEP GSP team with data and information requested for the
CBIT platform and reporting purposes (f)Support the preparation of the
projects’ recruitment and procurement plans; coordinate the selection process
of technical experts to be hired by the Project according to the rules and
procedures established by UNDP (g)Tracking, monitoring and reporting on the use
of project and other allocated resources; providing financial authorizations;
creation of requisitions; receipts; and communication with UNDP-HQ and COs on
financial matters as required.
Eligibility criteria
Age
27 - 80
Nationality
Candidate must be a national of a country other than the
country of assignment.
Requirements
Required experience
3 years of experience in project support, preferably in a
humanitarian, development, peace, and/or climate change related field. In lieu
of a Master’s degree a Bachelor’s degree in the aforementioned categories in
addition to 2 years relevant professional experience will be considered.
•Demonstrated experience in organization and tracking of regional and global
events, preferably for international organizations; experience with climate
related events will be considered an asset. •Experience in partnerships and/or
inter-agency cooperation is essential; •Demonstrated competency in using online
platforms such as Teams, Sharepoint, etc. •Experience working with international
institutions, including UN agencies and partners. •Ability to operate corporate
and commercial software applications such as Microsoft Office, Outlook, and
Excel. •Excellent coordination, organizational and interpersonal skills.
•Ability to meet deadlines, prioritise and maintain high-qualityof output
working under pressure. •Highly motivated, enthusiastic, pro-active and
positive can-do attitude. •Exceptional attention to detail. •Ability to work in
an independent manner and across time-zones •Knowledge of French and/or
Portuguese will be considered an asset.
Area(s) of expertise
Communication, Development programmes, Business management
Driving license
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Languages
English, Level: Fluent, Required
Required education level
Master degree or equivalent in project management,
public/business administration or related fields
Competencies and values
☒ Accountability ☒
Commitment and Motivation ☒ Communication ☒
Ethics and Values ☒ Integrity ☒
Knowledge Sharing ☒ Planning and Organizing ☒
Professionalism ☒ Working in Teams
Other information
Living conditions and remarks
The UN Volunteer will be based in Istanbul, the largest city
in Turkey where everything is available including education, health services,
accommodation and entertainment. There is a lively and large group of
international community. Istanbul airport has direct connections with all
European and global cities. Istanbul is a Security level 2 (Low) duty station.
Living Conditions for Istanbul: Turkey is an upper middle-income country, with
highly-urbanized cities and well developed infrastructure systems. Most of
Turkey is assessed to be at security level 1-Minimal. Security level 2 Low
applies to Ankara and Istanbul. Seismic activity remains one of the primary
hazards in Turkey. Turkey’s population of nearly 81 million is almost entirely
Muslim. Turkish is the official language. English predominates as the second
language. The post will be located in Istanbul, which has a population of
around 15M people, and straddles the European and Asian continents. Istanbul is
a UN Hub for the Europe and Central Asia Regional Offices of several UN
agencies, including UNDP, UNFPA, UN Women among others. There is a lively and
large group of international community. Istanbul International Airport and
Sabiha Gokcen Airport have direct connections with all European, Central Asian
and global cities. Istanbul provides modern services and entertainment
opportunities and an elaborate medical services system. Healthcare is
exceptionally good with various public and private hospitals with experienced
doctors and medical staff, some of whom speak English. No specific vaccination
is required to enter Turkey. Considering the rapidly changing pandemic
situation in Istanbul, travelers should consult the receiving entity or the
partner UN Agency, or UNDSS about the latest travel requirements/restrictions.
Inclusivity statement
United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme
that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to
achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part
of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to
combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights
and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender
identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability,
pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.
Note on Covid-19 vaccination requirements
Selected candidates for certain occupational groups may be
subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2
(Covid-19) in line with the applicable host entity policy
