Project Manager Job Vacancy in Nairobi Kenya | UNDP

Closing date is on 21st October 2023 | Project Manager Job Vacancy in Nairobi Kenya | UNDP

• Date of expiration: Saturday, October 21, 2023
• 
  Job Reference Number: 14092
• Specifically, Nairobi, Kenya
• Date Posted: 10/13/2023, 01:49
• Application deadline: October 21st, 3:59 AM
• Position: Full-time
• Company: UNDP
• Notes: NOC
• Type of Vacancy: Fixed Term
• Practice Area: Responsive Institutions, Peacebuilding, and Conflict Prevention
• Office: Regional Office for Africa
• Two years with the possibility of an extension
• Master’s degree with five years of related experience OR a bachelor’s degree with seven years of related experience
• Languages needed are Swahili and English.
• Timeline of Vacancies
• 1 Week
• Mobility needed/not needed
• No movement is necessary
• Project Manager Job Vacancy in Nairobi Kenya | UNDP

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Position Objectives

• The Project Manager will be in charge of the project’s substantive and programmatic duties while working directly with the Senior Governance Advisor, UNDP, and under the general direction of the Peace and Development Advisor. Leading the project’s work planning, identifying new project areas and innovative solutions to new challenges and opportunities, and keeping an eye on project implementation to guarantee compliance with project priorities and the UNSDCF 2022–2026 are just a few of the tasks that will be involved. To ensure that the project is implemented successfully, the Project Manager leads and oversees the project management team and collaborates closely with the Operations team in the CO, program staff from other UN Agencies that are partners—OHCHR and WFP—UN agency staff in HQs and County Level offices, external specialists, government officials and partners, donors, and civil society.
• In order to accommodate changing business demands and capitalize on links between interventions, UNDP utilizes a portfolio approach. In order to improve and facilitate horizontal collaboration, UNDP staff are required to cooperate across units, functions, teams, and projects in multidisciplinary teams.

Important Tasks and Accountabilities

1. As a member of the country office management team, make sure that pertinent UN agency program plans and policies are developed and implemented in one or more theme areas. Develop a thorough analysis of the political, social, and economic conditions in the targeted Northeastern counties; collaborate on the development of/revision of the Country Programme Document (CPD), Integrated Work Plan (IWP), and other strategic documents; and provide input to the UN Common Country Assessment and Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNCCA and UNSDCF). Make sure that societal digital technology risks, possibilities, and other future signals are taken into account when developing the project strategy. Implement UNSDCF/CPD in the project areas in cooperation with the key partners and other UN Agencies. Establish pertinent Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the program to guarantee the efficiency of the project’s business operations. Ensure cross-team collaboration and oversee workflows in the project management unit. Examine and approve proposals at the project level. Examine, present, and put into practice UN/UNDP guidelines in the project area.
2. Successfully oversee the project team and manage the project with an emphasis on quality control and risk management across the entire cycle of programming, from conception to execution. Create a CO program, develop it, and convert UN/UNDP priorities into local activities. With the implementing partners, supervise the project’s implementation. Ensure that the project’s planning, budgeting, implementation, and monitoring are strategically overseen. You should also keep track of how financial resources are used in accordance with UNDP rules and regulations and UN Peacebuilding Fund laws. Ensure efficient monitoring, evaluation, and learning about the effects of the project by making appropriate use of data throughout the data lifecycle. Continue to keep an eye on patterns in order to inform and anticipate programming in the future. You should also keep an eye on how well results-based management techniques are being used to achieve your strategic goals. Verify that management’s responses have been implemented by following up on the audit’s recommendations. Make sure aggregate reports on activities, outputs, and outcomes are generated on a regular basis. This includes creating donor and corporate reports. Create a cost-recovery structure in close coordination with UNDP Operations for the services the CO provides to projects.
3. Form and sustain strategic alliances, and assist resource mobilization efforts to meet project objectives. Establish collaborations for projects and use effective resource mobilization techniques. In the designated project/thematic areas, continue to collaborate with the pertinent UN agencies, the Northeast Advisory Group, the Northeast Development Initiative, the Office of the Deputy President, pertinent county governments, funders, the corporate sector (if appropriate), and civil society. Analyze and investigate donor data, create in-depth summaries of potential areas of cooperation, and ensure proper cost recovery. Lead the creation of the project area’s (Northeast region) pipeline and portfolio, which entails creating proposals, concept notes, programme/project documentation, and cross-sector cooperation to attract resources to the project.

4.) Ensure that top-notch advising services are offered, and that knowledge creation and management are facilitated.

• Finding and combining best practices and lessons learned that are directly related to the program country policy goals will help you discover difficulties that are driven by policy.
• Create/intensify networks for advocacy on a national and worldwide level. Advocacy with significant impact should be implemented with important partners.
• Work with the government and other strategic partners to coordinate and ensure integrated support for the development of capability and policies to meet the problems and needs of the project’s areas.
• Support policy advice services that take into account the opportunities and threats of digital technology as well as future signals to promote inclusive social digital transformation.
• Make insightful contributions to communities of practice, digital knowledge platforms, and knowledge networks.
• Plan and provide project-related training for the operational and project staff.
• The employee performs additional tasks within their functional profile as judged required for the joint project and the Organization to operate effectively.
• Competencies to be Demonstrated as Expected

Core Capabilities

• Achieve Results: LEVEL 3: Set and align difficult, attainable goals for numerous projects with long-lasting effects.
• Think Creatively: LEVEL 3: Anticipate dangers, provide fresh concepts to address challenging issues
• Continuous Learning LEVEL 3: Identify and seize opportunities to broaden perspectives and experience diversity
• Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 3: Actively champion change and start it while juggling several competing demands.
• Level 3 action: Think beyond current challenges and take decisive action to reach better achievements
• Engage and Partner: LEVEL 3: Political acumen, mastery of a challenging environment, and promotion of inter-agency cooperation
• Promote inclusion and diversity LEVEL 3: Recognize the advantages of a diverse workforce and promote inclusiveness
• People management skills:
• On the specialized website, you may find the UNDP People Management Competencies.

Functioning Capabilities

• Understanding how interrelated elements coexist within a larger process or system and taking into account how changing one element may have an influence on other system components are both examples of system thinking.
• Strategic Engagement: Capability to draw in and maintain the interest of powerful decision-makers at the highest levels of government and business, as well as their support for high-level goals.
• Ability to encourage people and contributor communities to participate and exchange knowledge, especially externally
• Client satisfaction/management: The capacity to react quickly and correctly with a sense of urgency, to offer consistent solutions, to deliver outcomes that are on time and of high quality, and/or to find solutions that will satisfy and comprehend the true demands of consumers. Contribute to the creation of the customer service strategy. Beyond the urgent needs of the clients, consider opportunities to add value. the capacity to foresee future demands and problems of clients.
• Ability to manage projects and programs with an emphasis on increased performance and measurable results.
• Ability to coordinate resources, set priorities, and manage protocols to accomplish particular goals through project management
• Ability to choose, rank, and manage the organization’s programs and projects in accordance with its strategic goals and resources; ability to strike a balance between implementing change initiatives and maintaining business as usual while maximizing return on investment

required knowledge and expertise

Education

• It is necessary to have a graduate-level education (master’s degree or its equivalent) in business administration, public administration, economics, political science, social sciences, or a similar discipline.
• In lieu of the advanced university degree, consideration will be given to a first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree), along with an additional two years of qualifying experience.

Skills, Knowledge, and Experience

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience (with a master’s degree) or 7 years of experience (with a bachelor’s degree) in project management, with practical knowledge of the creation, supervision, and evaluation of development portfolios and projects in pertinent thematic areas.
• knowledge of the main development stakeholders in Kenya and/or the Northeastern region, as well as the local peace, security, and development frameworks, processes, and dynamics, is essential.
• experience in project management with the UN Peacebuilding Fund.
• English language proficiency in writing, speaking, and analysis
• Managing complex relationships, particularly those that are national and international, requires a minimum of two years of expertise.
• a minimum of three years’ experience in leading teams from various disciplines.

Languages

• It is necessary to speak Swahili and English fluently.

NOTE IMPORTANT:

• Candidates chosen in response to this vacancy may be placed on probation upon assignment under UNDP policy.

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