Empleos en el PNUD

• Assist the Project Coordinator to coordinate project activities with the support of stakeholders, Steering Committees, project staff and District Secretaries (GAs);
• Support the Project Coordinator and Project Management Unit (PMU) in preparing and revising work plans for the project duration, based on advice and support from the Project Board/Steering Committee and APC;
• Help monitor the progress of work plans with information accessed from the districts; prepare comprehensive evaluation/progress reports and share these with the UNDP, and District Advisory Committee (DAC);
• Assist planning and coordination of project review meetings which includes stakeholders, DACs, UNDP and other interested parties;
• Provide technical feedback to the Project Coordinator and UNDP on capacity requirement of the civil society organizations;
• Coordinate with the District level actors to provide technical support in capacity development for civil society organizations;
• Guide the partners in identifying training needs, formulating and designing training programmes;
• Ensure capacity development of staff, local partners and civil society organizations in relation to project planning, implementation and monitoring;
• Ensure information flows are maintained at the community level as well as to and from the centre (PMU) and facilitate decisions making process at the district level;
• Carry out financial, accounting and administrative activities of the PSU and districts;
• Provide technical advice (financial and administrative) to the District Support Officers;
• Assist the Project Coordinator in carrying out project related financial, accounting and administrative activities and ensure that project authorities are carried out within the financial limitations of the budget;
• Assist in preparing periodic progress reports and the final project report;
• Other project-related tasks as may be required and assigned by the UNDP.

• Good know-how on the proposed geographical area of coverage is essential;
• Strong networking and partnership building skills;
• Excellent report writing skills, analytical and research skills;
• Ability to work in a team, while being an active and interactive team leader;
• Proven ability to handle information in a concise and cohesive manner;
• Ability to interact effectively with senior officials of government, the international community, civil society organizations and other stakeholders;
• Training or mentoring skills and experience in training small groups;
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural/multi-disciplinary team;
• Computer literacy.
  
  

Education:

• Secondary education in Social Science, Agriculture or related field with minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience.

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years previous experience in project management of donor funded projects;
• Previous experience in working with Local Authorities and managing civil society capacity development projects at the community level would be an added advantage;
• Exposure to CBOs/ small organizations at the grassroots level, awareness of local capacities, linkages with civil society groups at the grassroots level and extensive experience communicating the needs of such organizations;
• Excellent report writing skills including extensive experience with analysis and providing progress reports to stakeholders;
• Experience in report preparation and field monitoring;
• Financial/administrative managerial experience.

Language requirements:

• Good written and oral communication skills in English;
• Fluency in Tamil and Sinhala essential.