UNDP Jobs - 57395- National Project Coordinator (Disaster Risk Reduct

National Project Coordinator (Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Change Adaptation)

Location :

Yangon, Only for Myanmar National, MYANMAR

Type of Contract :

FTA Local

Starting Date :

05-Oct-2015

Application Deadline :

06-Jul-15 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

NO-A

Duration of Initial Contract :

One year

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

UNDP Myanmar has developed a new programme for 2013-2015 with the aim to promoting local governance, growth and sustainable development with the emphasis on rights-based, gender sensitive, inclusive and equity. This goal will be pursued through three complementary pillars; Pillar I - Local Governance, Pillar II - Environmental Governance and Disaster Resilience, and Pillar 3- Democratic Governance.

Pillar II focuses on strengthening capacities at local, regional and national level to manage and utilize natural resources in a sustainable way, and to enhance resilience and adaptive capacity to long-term climate change including variability impacts and to reduce the associated risk of natural disasters. One of the components of the pillar II is “capacities to adapt to climate change and reduce disaster risk at the local, regional and national level”. UNDP Disaster Risk Reduction Project aims to build disaster resilient communities by enhancing the country’s disaster risk management institutions, systems and networks. The project sets out to build preparedness, mitigation, recovery capacities of communities, the civil society and local and national institutions to manage the impact of disasters, as well as the capacity to incorporate DRR into development planning.

UNDP facilitates the Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group (DRR WG), comprising of over 60 agencies including the UN, international NGOs, local NGOs and professional organizations working for DRR.

UNDP is recruiting a National Project Coordinator (Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation) to support effective implementation of the Disaster Risk Reduction Project and to strengthen the inter-agency coordination in Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation to contribute to building disaster and climate change resilience in Myanmar.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the direct supervision of the Programme Analyst (Disaster Risk Reduction), the National Project Coordinator (Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation) will undertake the following key functions on a daily basis;

Summary of Key Functions:

Coordinate with the government agencies and related development organizations for effective delivery of the Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Project(s) and for functioning of DRR Working Group;
Support the implementation of the Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Project(s) of UNDP and the DRR Working Group Strategic Framework;
Facilitate knowledge building and management.

Coordinate with the government agencies and related development organizations for effective delivery of the Disaster Risk Reduction Project and Climate Change Adaptation (s) and for functioning of DRR Working Group:

Liaise with the relevant ministries, national and international research institutes, UN agencies, NGOs and CBOs and other relevant institutions in order to gather and disseminate information relevant to the projects;
Foster effective communication by conducting regular meetings, documenting meeting minutes, dissemination of information.

Support the implementation of the Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Project(s) of UNDP and the DRR Working Group Strategic Framework:

Collect information and data relating to the projects, and DRR Working Group;
Prepare, review, translate and edit the project related documents;
Provide inputs and facilitate the process of risk assessments conducted by UNDP;
organize conferences, seminars, workshops, training sessions and meetings; and
Secure all important administrative and logistical arrangements for the events are fully in place.

Facilitate knowledge building and management:

Facilitate consultations, knowledge sharing, collecting and documenting good practice on disaster risk reduction;
Keep systematic compilation of knowledge products and ensure informing all the updated information to all relevant stakeholders;
Support in drafting of media materials together with the UNDP communications team.

Impact of Results

The key results have an impact on the success of the Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Project(s) of UNDP and the smooth functioning of DRR Working Group. In particular, the key results have an impact on the UNDP Country Programme Action Plan (CPAP) and programming of activities and creation of strategic partnerships.

Competencies

Corporate Competencies:

Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Acts as a team player and facilitating team work;
Facilitate and encourage open communication in the team, communicating effectively and
Treats all people fairly without favoritism;

Functional Competencies:

Knowledge Management and Learning

Contributes to UNDP Practice Areas and actively works towards continuing personal learning and development, building and sharing knowledge in at least one practice area;
Ability to provide top quality policy advice services on related issues;
In-depth practical knowledge of inter-disciplinary development issues;

Client Orientation

Researches potential solutions to internal and external client needs and reports back in;
a timely, succinct and appropriate fashion;
Organizes and prioritizes work schedule to meet client needs and deadlines;
Anticipates client needs and addresses them promptly.

Building Strategic Partnerships

Maintains an established network of contacts for general information sharing and to remain up-to-date on partnership related issues; and
Analyzes and selects materials for strengthening strategic alliances with partners and stakeholders.

Management and Leadership

Focuses on impact and result for the client and responds positively to critical feedback;
Encourages risk-taking in the pursuit of creativity and innovation;
Leads teams effectively and shows conflict resolution skills;
Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills with diverse culture and traditions;
Builds strong relationships with clients and external actors.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Bachelor or Master’s Degree in social science, development studies, international relations, disaster management and other development related fields.

Experience:

2 years of experience with Bachelor degree, or relevant experience with Master degree in the development field of work;
Working experience in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation field of work in Myanmar is considered as an advantage;
Experience in working with government, UN agencies and International Organizations. Specific experience in capacity building, policy advocacy and coordination is considered as an advantage;
Proficient in using the prevalent computer applications (word processing, presentations, email, etc.);
Good communication and interpersonal skills, team oriented work style.

Language Requirements:

Excellent oral and written command of English and Myanmar language.

Note:

Candidates must apply on-line through UNDP job website together with duly filled and signed UN-P11 form, academic qualification certificates. Applications without these document will not be considered. P11 form can be downloaded here:

http://sas.undp.org/documents/P11_Personal_history_form.docx”.

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