Background

The ‘Social Inclusion and Empowerment’ project is designed to support the Government of Mauritius and Non-State Actors in exploring more effective ways of addressing poverty and the exclusion of vulnerable groups from the socio-economic benefits that the majority of the population has enjoyed over the past few decades. It will facilitate capacity development processes to enhance the effectiveness of public and private sector institutions, NGOs and CSOs in working together under interventions intended to directly combat poverty and exclusion. In so doing, efforts will contribute towards the empowerment of citizens, improved public participation and transparency in the delivery of services (MDG1); an increased share of women working in the mainstream economy and the political empowerment of women (MDG3); and the promotion of IT literacy amongst vulnerable sections of society.

The project takes a holistic, multi-sectoral, multi-agency, integrated approach. Emphasis is placed on learning from evidence-based best practices, the principles of which will then be replicated, scaled-up and used to inform policy level dialogue on issues relating to the delivery of projects and services intended to address poverty and exclusion. 

The overall Social Inclusion and Empowerment project will be provided with a Deputy Project Coordinator (based in Rodrigues within the Economic Planning and Monitoring Unit of the Chief Commissioner’s Office), jointly funded by UNDP and RRA.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Assist the Project Manager in the overall project coordination;
  • Assist in managing the realisation of project outputs through activities;
  • Accompany the community facilitators in implementing project activities;
  • Liaise with the RRA, national institutions, NGOs, CSOs, village committees, community leaders and private stakeholders, based in Rodrigues, to ensure their active participation in project activities;
  • Support in coordination at field level in collaboration of UN system programmes;
  • Accompany and support volunteers in their involvement in the pilot areas and receive feedback from them on field work in progress for relevant corrective measures; 
  • In liaison with the Project Manager in Mauritius, assure the overall direction and integrity of the project;
  • Assist in identifying and obtain any support and advice required for the management, planning and control of the project;
  • Assist UN project administration in Rodrigues;
  • Liaise with local stakeholders;
  • Facilitate and supervise activities in Rodrigues, especially concerning the participatory formulation and implementation of the Local Integrated Development Plan in the island’s pilot area;
  • Fulfill any other duties as decided by the Project Manager in the implementation of the project.

Competencies

Functional Competencies:
  • Very good communication and inter-personal skills
  • Committed and result- oriented
  • Respectful of other’s cultures
  • Positive approach and attention to details.

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
  • Treats all people fairly without favoritism;
  • Fulfills all obligations to gender sensitivity and zero tolerance for sexual harassment.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:
  • At least a Bachelors degree in sociology, economics, project management, management social science, public administration or similar field;
Experience:
  • Experience in volunteerism and NGO work, preferably also in poverty alleviation activities and in community mobilisation;
  • At least three years of professional experience in coordination, project formulation and implementation with public administrations and civil society organisations;
  • Strong facilitation and participatory planning skills;
  • Sound management capabilities, and capacity of synthesis to produce good quality documents for official purposes and for media dissemination;
  • Good IT skills (word processing, presentation, spread sheets, internet, email)
Language Requirements:
  • Fluency in English essential, fluency in French and good communication skills in the Creole language will constitute a strong advantage.
Mode of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should apply on-line through UNDP jobs website: http://jobs.undp.org.

Please ensure that you upload a Personal History Form – P11 (available at http://un.intnet.mu) and your CV as one attachment in the relevant field of the on-line application.

You are required to provide the exact titles of your degrees/qualifications (as per certificates) in the Personal History Form and CV.  Incomplete applications or applications received after the closing date will not be given consideration.

Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted. 

Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.
 
Attention to all applicants

As part of the application submission process, candidates should submit and upload the Personal History Form – P11 (available at http://un.intnet.mu) and a CV as one attachment in the relevant field of the on-line application.

UNDP reserves the right not to make any appointment following this advertisement.

FC:  30000 (50%), 04000 (50%)