Project Associate -Legal, NPSA-6

Project Associate -Legal, NPSA-6


  • Job Identification
    22197
  • Posting Date
    2024-11-15, 12:18 p.m.
  • Apply Before
    2024-11-29, 12:18 p.m.
  • Job Schedule
    Full time
  • Locations





    Belgrade, Serbia





  • Agency
    UNDP
  • Grade
    NPSA-6
  • Vacancy Type
    National Personnel Service Agreement
  • Practice Area
    Governance
  • Bureau
    Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS
  • Contract Duration
    6 months
  • Education & Work Experience
    Bachelor’s Degree – 3 12 months(s) expertise OR High School certificate- 6 12 months(s) expertise
  • Required Languages
    Serbian and English language
  • Vacancy Timeline
    2 Weeks

  • Job Description

    Background

     
    Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are core ideas at UNDP:  we worth range as an expression of the multiplicity of countries and cultures the place we function, we foster inclusion as a manner of guaranteeing all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, and we guarantee fairness and equity in all our actions. Taking a ‘leave no one behind’ method to our range efforts means growing illustration of underserved populations. People who establish as belonging to marginalized or excluded populations are strongly inspired to apply. Learn extra about working at UNDP together with our values and inspiring stories.

     
    UNDP doesn’t tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any sort of harassment, together with sexual harassment, and discrimination. All chosen candidates will, due to this fact, endure rigorous reference and background checks.

    The undertaking “Advanced Capacity for Accelerated Delivery Initiative” (ACADI) is carried out in partnership with the Ministry of Public Investments (MPI) with the aim to extend MPI`s capability to implement initiatives funded by loans thus guaranteeing well timed and impactful implementation.  Up to now, ACADI undertaking has been supplied with specialised experience within the areas of undertaking administration, public procurement, finance, regulation, technical sciences, and administration to implement loans and mix loans with budgetary funds. MPI wants further capability to implement initiatives funded by loans. To guarantee well timed and impactful implementation and to indemnify the Republic of Serbia from the potential curiosity and expenses which would seem in case of gradual tempo of undertaking implementation, there’s a want to ascertain the Project Implementation Unit. 
     

     
    Duties and Responsibilities

    Specific tasks will embody:

    Legal assist:

    • Provide assist in administrative and authorized issues, help and assist to initiatives carried out inside ACADI undertaking.
    • Assisting in reviewing the legislative framework associated to undertaking actions.
    • Ensure that the legislative framework consists of clear definition of the capabilities and obligations of the accountable events.
    • Assisting in verifying all procedures associated to undertaking implementation and supply assist in proposing remediation measures as crucial.
    • Provide assist in verifying all procedures associated to property standing, in addition to procedures for registration of property and tools financed from Project funds, and beneficiary standing to resolve authorized points and supply assist in suggestions to Project Manager.

    Support information constructing, information sharing and capability constructing related to the assigned undertaking.

    • Participate in coaching and arrange briefings on inner procedures for the undertaking employees. 
    • Provide assist to different capability constructing actions, together with to the design and supply of instruments, supplies for workshops, or platforms that faucet into the collective intelligence of communities and mobilize motion.
    • Provide assist within the dissemination and sharing of related information and classes realized inside the CO and regionally. Keep pulse on rising greatest practices nationally, regionally, and internationally that relate to the work of the assigned undertaking.
    • Make sound contributions to information networks and communities of observe. 
    • Support compiling and systematizing undertaking information, merchandise and instruments in addition to their broad distribution to companions

    Project administration assist:

    • Preparing project-level standing reviews for inner and exterior distribution.
    • Prepares draft acts associated to undertaking implementation.
    • Initiates, if crucial, acquiring opinions from the competent authorities to make sure the proper software of the legislative framework.
    • Support the group of occasions.
    • Schedule conferences, put together agendas and compile and distribute minutes.
    • Provide help in coordination with exterior stakeholders, and supply help in advising staff members of related actions and plans of different authorities our bodies.
    • Draft correspondence on undertaking points, as required.

    The incumbent performs different duties inside their useful profile as deemed crucial for the environment friendly functioning of the Office and the Organization.

     

    Institutional Arrangement

     

    The Project Associate-Legal will work below the steering and direct supervision of the Project Manager within the implementation of actions.

     


     
    Competencies

     
    Core  
    Achieve Results: LEVEL 1: Plans and displays personal work, pays consideration to particulars, delivers high quality work by deadline
    Think Innovatively: LEVEL 1: Open to inventive concepts/identified dangers, is pragmatic drawback solver, makes enhancements
    Learn Continuously: LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares information, learns from errors, asks for suggestions
    Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 1: Adapts to vary, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is versatile
    Act with Determination: LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, in a position to ship calmly in face of adversity, assured
    Engage and Partner: LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding in the direction of others, kinds constructive relationships
    Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect variations, conscious of unconscious bias, confront discrimination
     
     
    Cross-Functional & Technical competencies 
     
     
    Thematic Area Name Definition
    Legal Knowledge of relevant authorized framework Understanding of the authorized norms as utilized to the United Nations on the whole, and to UNDP specifically. This consists of an understanding of the construction, functioning and operations of UNDP inside the broader UN system and the appliance of worldwide treaties, together with the UN Charter, GA resolutions, the related primary nation help settlement and UN system-wide authorized devices, in addition to an understanding of the inner authorized framework (monetary laws and guidelines, insurance policies, and procedures) of UNDP.
    Legal  Legal analysis

    The capacity to establish and retrieve data to assist authorized positions and company determination making from all related sources. In the UNDP context, this talent consists of, amongst different issues, proactive searching for of knowledge in anticipation of the totally different angles that any given subject might current.

     

    Legal

    Legal evaluation abilities

    The capacity to digest a considerable amount of data and information with a purpose to body and perceive a difficulty, apply the authorized framework to the actual set of information and current a coherent and complete evaluation of the state of affairs offered with a purpose to ship sensible and significant recommendation. This talent consists of the flexibility to offer an goal evaluation of the case, the group’s greatest arguments for continuing and a really helpful plan of action. It additionally consists of the capability to assume creatively and flexibly, inside the relevant authorized framework

    Business Direction & Strategy Business Acumen

    Ability to grasp and cope with a enterprise state of affairs in a fashion that’s more likely to result in a very good end result Ability to make good judgments and fast selections inside such frameworks Knowledge and understanding of the operational frameworks within the group

    Business Management   Partnerships Management

    Build and preserve partnerships with broad networks of stakeholders, Governments, civil society and personal sector companions, consultants and others in step with UNDP technique and insurance policies

    Communication Communication

    Communicate in a transparent, concise and unambiguous method each via written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and select communication strategies relying on the viewers. ‡Ability to handle communications internally and externally, via media, social media and different acceptable channels

    General (throughout the capabilities)

    Event planning and execution

    Ability to plan, handle and execute of private and non-private occasions to make sure that they assist and amplify particular person communications and advocacy initiatives, in addition to UNDP’s total model and mandate.

     
     
     
     
     
    Required Skills and Experience

     
    Education:
    • Secondary Education is required. 
    • University diploma (Bachelor´s diploma) in Social Science, Law and Economics, or associated subject will likely be given due consideration, however it isn’t requirement.
    Experience:
    • Minimum 6 years (with secondary training) or 3 years (with bachelor’s diploma) of progressively accountable work expertise within the authorized workplace work, authorized assist, together with contract planning, compliance documentation, and implementation
     
    Required abilities and competencies:
    • Knowledge of presidency constructions.
    • Good organizational and time administration abilities.
    • Displays cultural, gender, faith, race, nationality and age sensitivity and flexibility.
    • Demonstrates integrity by modeling moral requirements.
    • Focuses on influence and consequence for the shopper and responds positively to essential suggestions.
    • Consistently approaches work with power and a constructive, constructive perspective.
    • Builds robust relationships with shoppers and exterior actors.
    • Compliance with UNDP guidelines, laws and insurance policies of economic actions ensured.
    • Experience within the utilization of computer systems and workplace software program packages (MS Word, Excel, and so forth, information of spreadsheet and database packages, expertise in dealing with of web-based administration techniques.

     

    Desired further abilities and competencies:

    • Previous expertise in governmental, donor funded initiatives.
    • Experience in drafting legislative paperwork.
    • Experience in cooperating with state ministries and public sector, 
    • Previous expertise in governmental, worldwide, or non-governmental settings could be an asset,
    • Excellent understanding of authorized system, regulation making and laws processes in Serbia, 
    • Good understanding of Serbian public administration system
    • Knowledge of nationwide authorized guidelines and laws 
    • Knowledge of presidency constructions.

    Required Languages:

    • Fluency in written and spoken English and Serbian is required.

    The on-line software type have to be totally accomplished. Applicants are required to rigorously full their on-line software type and mirror all of their work expertise historical past within the software. 

    Only attaching a CV isn’t ample for candidates to be thought-about for positions. All candidates have to finish the Experience, Education, Language, and Nationality & Permanent Residence fields totally.

    Managers might ask (advert hoc) for another supplies related to pre-assessing the relevance of their expertise, similar to reviews, displays, publications, campaigns or different supplies.

     
     
    Disclaimer

     
    Applicant details about UNDP rosters

     
    Note: UNDP reserves the proper to pick a number of candidates from this emptiness announcement.  We might also retain functions and take into account candidates making use of to this put up for different related positions with UNDP on the similar grade stage and with related job description, expertise and academic necessities.

     
    Non-discrimination

     
    UNDP has a zero-tolerance coverage in the direction of sexual exploitation and misconduct, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. All chosen candidates will, due to this fact, endure rigorous reference and background checks, and will likely be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas.  

     
    UNDP is an equal alternative and inclusive employer that doesn’t discriminate based mostly on race, intercourse, gender identification, faith, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, incapacity, being pregnant, age, language, social origin or different standing. 

     
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