The incumbent will manage project finances, supervise personnel—including staff and consultants—and ensure effective coordination with UNDP internal units, government counterparts, development partners, and other relevant stakeholders. A key focus will be on building inclusive partnerships, facilitating policy dialogue and advocacy, strengthening national capacities, and supporting resource mobilization efforts.
Responsibilities:
Ensure the principles of no one left behind in all project activities.
Ensure that gender equality is pursued in all project activities and reflected in work plans, budgets, reports, research, analyses and, where specifically relevant, analyzed in detail.
Ensure that accessibility for persons with disabilities is reflected in all project activities.
Consult regularly with other UNDP projects and programs on related activities where synergies are possible.
Communicate project goals and activities clearly to both stakeholders and the wider public.
Maintaining strong relationships with the implementing partners and other relevant partners.
Maintaining regular coordination and quality assurance of expert inputs and products as well as among project partners to ensure coherence and complementarity of project activities.
Identifying opportunities for deepening the cooperation and recommending adequate approaches to dealing with different stakeholders based on information on all relevant stakeholders gathered during projects’ implementation.
Maintaining regular communication on relevant project issues with the local and international counterparties, consultants and experts and ensuring quality and timely delivery of all agreed outputs.
Maintaining effective linkages with current and potential development Partners.
Submitting reports to UNDP, programme partners and development partners in a quality and timely manner.
Oversee the operations of the project.
Ensuring adherence of project activities to the existing financial, procurement and administrative processes that are in line with prevailing UNDP rules and regulations and, at the same time, observing the project timelines.
Preparing project progress reports (progress against planned activities, update on risks issues, expenditures…) and ensuring timely submission of the reports to the relevant instances, such as the project boards and relevant Development Partners.
Managing project tracking in Quantum in accordance with UNDP procedures.
Developing comprehensive/detailed project work-plans that include all project activities and roles and responsibilities of the project teams and setting-out corresponding milestones.
Monitoring the progress of implementation of project activities and financial delivery.
Organize, facilitate, participate in and follow-up with meeting related to Project Management, and keep track the progress of recommendations and agreements.
Organize, facilitate, participate in and follow-up with meeting related to the Project Board, and keep track the progress of recommendations and agreements.
Managing and monitoring project risks initially identified, submitting information on the new risks and possible mitigating measures to the Project Board for consideration and updating the status of these risks by maintaining a Project Risk Log.
Assuming responsibilities in line with the office Internal Control Framework and act as a `first authority` for Project transactions.
Manage project finances, supervise staff and consultants, and coordinate closely with UNDP units, government counterparts, development partners, and other stakeholders.
Education:
Advanced university degree (Master´s Degree or equivalent) in Law/Public Administration/Development Studie/Governance/Public Policy or any relevant related field is required.
A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree) in the areas mentioned above, in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Work Experience:
Minimum 2 years (with Master´s degree) or 4 years (with Bachelor´s degree) of relevant experience in Law/Public Administration/Development Studie/Governance/ Public Policy or any relevant discipline is required.
Skills:
Substantive expertise in e-governance project management is required.
Demonstrated ability in managing resources and budgets, and financial reporting required.
Languages:
Fluency in written and spoken English and Bengali is required.
