Associate Programme Management Officer

Volunteering Environment Programme & Policy

Overview

Support implementation and management of chemicals related projects.

You have:

• 7 years of experience in managing, implementation, monitoring or development of environmental projects.
• Certification with a formal project management framework, such as PRINCE2 is required.
• Experience working in the UN or other international development organization is required.
• Excellent oral and written skills; excellent drafting, formulation, reporting skills.
• Accuracy and professionalism in document production and editing.
• Ability to work and adapt professionally and effectively in a challenging environment; ability to work effectively in a multicultural team of international and national personnel.
• Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision; ability to work with tight deadlines.

Contract

This is a UNV International Expert contract. This kind of contract is known as International UN Volunteer. It is normally internationally recruited only. More about UNV International Expert contracts.

The Global Environment Facility helps developing countries and those with economies in transition to meet the agreed incremental costs of measures designed to achieve global environmental benefits in six focal areas: biological diversity, climate change, international waters, ozone layer depletion, land degradation and chemicals and waste. An important component of almost all UNEP’s Global Environment Facility projects is building capacity to manage the environment in a sound manner. The Chemicals and Health Branch plays a key role in supporting countries to implement, develop and execute chemicals related Global Environment Facility projects that fit within its comparative advantage. UNEP’s comparative advantage within the Global Environment Facility has been defined as: • Scientific assessments, monitoring, early warning. • Linking science to policy (Capacity Building, Enabling Activities) at national, regional and global levels. • Innovation, technology transfer and lifting barriers. • Regional and global cooperation. • Awareness raising, advocacy, and knowledge management. As part of its duties, the Global Environment Facility, Chemicals and Waste Unit in charge of supervising a portfolio of ongoing projects, develop new projects to be submitted to the Global Environment Facility and assist countries to close finished projects. The Chemicals team also provides coaching and advice to UNEP colleagues in the branch and in other divisions. The Global Environment Facility Chemicals and Waste Unit has been successful in developing a series of projects which now require the completion of the package for Global Environment Facility CEO endorsement. Supervision of the development of these proposals has been assigned across the Global Environment Facility team but the volume of work to be undertaken requires additional inputs from a UN Volunteer Expert consultant with experience in drafting and managing Global Environment Facility proposals. The development of the submissions is time sensitive, and the workload requires the support to be available as early as possible. The supervision requires regular (monthly) calls with the executing agencies to ensure the project’s implementation is according to plans.

Under the supervision of the respective Programme Leads and Task Managers, the International UN Volunteer Expert will support the implementation and management of enabling activities across thematic programmes.

The role includes the following core responsibilities:

•Task Management and Support Project Implementation. •Oversight Lead and manage project activities Monitor progress and supervise implementation. •Track performance and prepare reports. •Ensure project quality and compliance (Project Assurance) . •Support project evaluations Engage and manage stakeholders. •Handle administrative tasks related to project delivery. •Participate in regional programme coordination efforts. •Project Closure Support the orderly and timely closure of projects, ensuring all deliverables and documentation are completed.

• Accountability • Adaptability and flexibility • Creativity • Judgement and decision-making • Planning and organizing • Professionalism • Self-management

7 years of experience in managing, implementation, monitoring or development of environmental projects. •Certification with a formal project management framework, such as PRINCE2 is required. •Experience working in the UN or other international development organization is required. •Excellent oral and written skills; excellent drafting, formulation, reporting skills. •Accuracy and professionalism in document production and editing.
•Ability to work and adapt professionally and effectively in a challenging environment; ability to work effectively in a multicultural team of international and national personnel. •Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision; ability to work with tight deadlines.

The Republic of Kenya is an equatorial nation on the coast of East Africa, neighboring Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, and the Indian Ocean. Kenya has two levels of Government; National Government and 47 sub-national Governments called Counties. Counties are further divided into sub-counties. Kenya is a multi-party state with Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches. Kenya’s population of more than 40 million is growing at an annual rate of 2.2%. The country’s GNP per capita estimated at purchasing power parity (PPP) is $975, and the GNP is growing at an average rate of 0.1% annually.

More than 26% of Kenya’s people live below the international poverty line of $1 per day. Kenya’s main food crops are “maize, wheat, pulses, roots and tubers.” (FAO). Nairobi is a modern metropolitan city where most basic goods and services, health facilities, public transport, telecommunication and banking services and educational facilities are readily available. The city is widely connected through its main airport, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and the smaller Wilson Airport. Air transport is also available to many up-country destinations. The city is home to some 3,000 UN personnel mainly attributed to the fact that it serves as the headquarters for both the UN HABITAT and UNEP.

The socio-economic and cultural background of the immediate society the UNV would be living and working in is diverse and prevailing security conditions at the place of assignment is modest. The topographic and climatic features of the assignment location is highland cool and warm tropical climate.

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