Associate Programme Management Officer, P2 at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Responsibilities

• Provide substantiative and administrative support to the management of the GEF Climate Change Enabling Activities Portfolio by:
• Participate in project inception meetings and Steering Committee meetings to support project implementation readiness and sound and timely project implementation.
• Supports in the regularly monitor project progress and performance and troubleshooting projects at risk. Informing management of any significant risks or project problems and taking action and following up on decisions made.
• Assist in analyzing the quality of the projects outputs and coordinating support to improve their quality when necessary.
• Provides substantive support to project execution and in doing so ensuring that all UNEP and the GEF criteria rules and regulations are adhered to by project partners.
• Coordinates reporting by project executing partners and assists in providing prompt feedback on the contents of the report and consolidate progress reports, terminal reports and participate in evaluation for projects.
• Provides administrative support in maintaining adequate project-related documentation.
• Contributes to the adaptive management of projects under implementation.
• Assists with the preparation of project revisions, ensuring that project revision documentation is complete and in accordance with the GEF requirements.
• Provides substantive support for project(s) undergoing mid-term reviews and/ or terminal evaluations in accordance with Global Environment Facility (GEF)/UNEP guidance and in coordination with the Evaluation office.
• Provides substantive support the Conceptualization and Development new Climate Change Enabling Activity project proposals: Contributes to UNEP's climate change enabling activities portfolio strategy.
• Contributes to the identification and development of new Enabling Activities concepts and project proposals based on the expressed needs of countries and relevant intergovernmental decisions.
• Contributes to discussions of new concepts with their supervisor.
• Perform other duties as required

Education

• An advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in Engineering, Management, Development, Environment, Economics, Energy or Climate Change related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in the relevant field in combination with two (2) additional years of qualifying experience maybe be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is desirable.

Work Experience

• A minimum of two (2) years of progressively responsible experience in climate change transparency project management is required. A minimum of two (2) years of experience in managing a portfolio of projects (concurrently managing four or more projects) is required.
• Experience in engaging with government institutions in Least Developed Countries and Small Islands Developing States is required.
• A minimum of two (2) years of experience working on climate change enabling activity projects in developing countries is required.
• Experience with Global Environment Facility (GEF) projects is desirable.
• 1 year or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable (none if successful YPP or P-1 with a related degree).