Background
Duties and Responsibilities
- Management of the grants implementation unit on a daily basis to achieve the performance indicators agreed with the donor and in line with the approved Budgets and Work Plans;
- Planning activities, organising meetings with staff, following-up on critical issues, prioritizing of strategic issues and working towrds progress on institutionalization of activities;
- Works in close cooperation with Head of Business Unit and senior advisors on HIV and tuberculosis on the issues of planning, linking programmatic and operational processes and ensuring reaching of planned deliverables;
- Preparation and submission for consideration of the Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) of necessary changes and amendments, arising in the course of grants implementation in order to achieve grants results in accordance with the Project Documents and Annual Work Plans;
- Participation in recruitment processes of grant personnel and consultants (development of Terms of Reference, participation in short listing of candidates/desk review, acting as a member of the Interview Panel when appointed), providing regular guidance and advice to the grant staff, assessment and evaluation of their performance; provision of on-going feedback to personnel;
- Financial and substantive monitoring and evaluation of the grants, identification of operational and financial problems, development of solutions;
- Timely preparation and submission of progress reports and financial reports to the UNDP management, CCM and GFATM;
- Liaising with relevant national and international stakeholders
- Support of the national strategic planning processes for HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis based on evidences gained during implementation;
- Support of the National Monitoring and Evaluation System;
- Take leadership in policy formulation for meaningful engagement of civil society in the national HIV/AIDS response based on experiences and lessons learnt during project implementation;
- Liaise with the UNAIDS, UN HIV Team, UNICEF and WHO on work plan implementation, reporting, information sharing and forward planning;
- Analysis and research of information on donors, preparation of substantive briefs on possible areas of cooperation, identification of opportunities for initiation of new partnership, active contribution to the overall office effort in resource mobilization;
- Identify and share best practices in implementation and management of the HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis grants at the local and international levels.
- Development and building-up of strategic partnership and maintenance of good relations with government counterparts and key stakeholders;
- Development of the capacity of the key national authorities.
Competencies
- Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN values and ethical standards
- Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability
- Demonstrated experience in programme management, and demonstrated capacity in leading the effective implementation of complex grants, including the management of data and reporting.
- Builds strong relationships with implementing partners, focuses on impact and result for the implementing partners and responds positively to feedback;
- Has excellent negotiation, managerial and analytical skills;
- Demonstrates resourcefulness, initiative and ability to meet tight deadlines.
- Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude.
- Demonstrates resourcefulness, initiative and mature judgment
- Actively works towards continuing personal learning and development.
- Promotes a knowledge sharing and learning culture in the office through leadership and personal development.
Required Skills and Experience
- University Degree or equivalent in medicine, management or social sciences.
- Advanced University Degree and/or additional trainings and courses received in management is an asset;
- at least 5 years of managerial experience, including experience of managing teams of people
- experience with international projects is an asset;
- experience of working with HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis or other infectious diseases is an asset;
- experience of working with various stakeholders including non-governmental organisations is an asset
- excellent computer skills
- Language requirements: Fluency in English and Russian.
- Complete the form stating their interest in and qualifications for the position (in English);
- Upload completed Personal History Form (PHF) in the required resume field. The PHF form can be downloaded from: http://un.by/vacancy/undp/form/ ;