Project Coordination Officer

Office/Unit/Project Description 

The Minamata Convention on Mercury was adopted and signed by 92 nations on the Plenipotentiary Conference held on October 10 and 11, 2013, in Kumamoto, Japan, coming into pressure on 16 August 2017, 90 days after the deposit of the fiftieth instrument of ratification.

As of 17 July 2023, it has 144 Parties, together with Pakistan. Pakistan deposited its ratification on 16 December 2020. The ASGM sector is taken into account as one of the crucial related sources of mercury emissions and releases into the setting, receiving particular consideration within the Minamata Convention. ASGM sector is the largest supply of anthropogenic mercury emissions to air of mercury.

Recognizing that ASGM in its territory is greater than insignificant, Pakistan submitted its notification to the Secretariat of the Minamata Convention on 06 October 2021. With this notification, as a celebration to the Minamata Convention, Pakistan meets the eligibility standards for entry to and utilization of economic assets for ASGM National Action Plan (NAP).

 

The notification derives from the Minamata Initial Assessment (MIA), concluded not too long ago by the Government of Pakistan underneath GEF Enabling Activity ID – 5863. The MIA highlighted the importance of the ASGM sector, along with gaps inside key facets and areas(e.g., authorized framework, native capability, strategic imaginative and prescient, expertise integration, and many others.). Various ministries are in the end required to work collectively, and lots of the gaps have to be bridged by means of consolidated efforts and joint work underneath a coordination mechanism and inline with the final framework of NAP enabling exercise.

The mission, “Development of National Action Plan for ASGM in Pakistan” (NAP Pakistan), funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and being carried out by UNEP was developed to help Pakistan to find out a method for the discount, and the place possible, elimination of using mercury and mercury compounds in, and the emissions and releases to the setting of mercury from ASGM actions within the nation.

The mission will embrace actions to 1) increase nationwide consciousness on using mercury in ASGM, 2) conduct desk and discipline research to realize newest information about ASGM sector in Pakistan, 3) based mostly on the collected info set efficient and reasonable methods to remodel the sector and 4) construct nationwide capability for the implementation of the National Action Plan for the ASGM sector and the Minamata Convention. The National Action Plan will likely be developed in accordance with Annex C of the Minamata Convention and Pakistan plans to endorse and submit its Plan to the Secretariat of the Minamata Convention by the top of 2024.

Component 1: Global Technical Support for NAP Development

1.1         Initial coaching and steerage offered to related stakeholders in Pakistan to develop and implement a NAP as per Annex C of the Minamata Convention (administered by the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership).

Component 2: National Action Plan Development

2.1 National Action Plan developed as per Annex C of the Minamata Convention.

Component 3: Monitoring and Evaluation

3.1 Status of mission implementation and probity of use of funds accessed on a

common foundation and communicated to the GEF;

3.2    Independent terminal evaluation developed and made publicly obtainable.

 

Scope of Work 

Under the steerage of National Project Coordinator, the Project Coordination Analyst will administer and manage actions underneath the NAP Pakistan Project, together with easy to extra complicated duties. The tasks of the incumbent will embrace working carefully with National Project Coordinator, Project Focal Point and National Focal Point of Minamata Convention within the Ministry of Climate Change & Environmental Coordination, in addition to UNEP Global Mercury Partnership, to arrange complete motion plans, together with assets, timeframes and budgets for tasks. The incumbent performs a pivotal function in well timed completion of NAP Pakistan mission inside the allotted price range as per the top quality requirements set.

The duties and tasks of the Project Coordination Officer consists of under;

1. Develop TORs and oversee the hiring and work of the  nationwide consultants/consultants to undertake desk and discipline analysis with an purpose to develop a nationwide overview of the ASGM sector, together with baselines estimates of mercury use and practices developed as a part of the mercury stock exercise (e.g., ASGM Expert, Health Expert, , Legal & Institutional Capacity Expert, , Public Health Strategy Expert and Socio financial and/or gender professional);
2. Organize ASGM coaching for the nationwide crew consultants and replace, on an annual foundation, an in depth workplan, procurement plan, forecast, related price range and detailed monitoring and analysis plan with key stakeholders;
3. Develop a National Coordination Mechanism that may information the NAP growth by means of all its phases and guarantee that there’s efficient mission planning and administration all through the method;
4. Based on the knowledge on ASGM obtained by means of desk and discipline research (collected, analyzed, and summarized in type of discipline report by the contracted consultants) formulate implementation methods, in addition to aims and discount targets with particular actions for every of the NAP parts as described in Annex C of the Minamata Convention;
5. Facilitate the event of draft NAP by organizing nationwide consultations and trainings to finalize the NAP, increase consciousness, construct capability for early implementation and agree on a roadmap for NAP endorsement and submission to the Minamata Convention’s Secretariat; 
6. Organizing nationwide mission workshops;
7. Prepare and submit detailed quarterly progress and monetary expenditure experiences on the mission (utilizing templates offered by UNEP) and drafts of the National Action Plan report, as deemed obligatory;
8. Prepare and submit remaining mission report upon operational completion;
9. Coordinate and collaborate with the federal government officers from related Ministries and key stakeholders for session throughout growth of NAP;
10. Monitor mission progress and develop contingency methods to ddress any challenges that will come up;
11. Create and keep complete mission documentation, plans and experiences.

Institutional Arrangement

Under the general steerage and direct supervision of the National Project Coordinator the Project Coordination Analyst will carry out the assigned duties and tasks guaranteeing excessive requirements of labor.

The Project Coordination Analyst will supervise the crew of Health, Socio Economic, Legal and Inventory Expert.

 

Competencies

Core
Achieve Results:	LEVEL 2: Scale up options and simplifies processes, balances velocity and accuracy in doing work
Think Innovatively:	LEVEL 2: Offer new concepts/open to new approaches, show systemic/built-in considering
Learn Continuously:	LEVEL 2: Go outdoors consolation zone, study from others and assist their studying
Adapt with Agility:	LEVEL 2: Adapt processes/approaches to new conditions, contain others in change course of
Act with Determination:	LEVEL 2: Able to persevere and take care of a number of sources of stress concurrently
Engage and Partner:	LEVEL 2: Is facilitator/integrator, convey folks collectively, construct/keep coalitions/partnerships
Enable Diversity and Inclusion:	LEVEL 2: Facilitate conversations to bridge variations, considers in determination making

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies 

 

Thematic Area	Name	Definition
Business Direction & Strategy	System Thinking	Ability to make use of goal downside evaluation and judgement to know how interrelated parts coexist inside an general course of or system, and to think about how altering one factor can impression on different components of the system
Business Development	Knowledge Facilitation	Ability to animate people and communities of contributors to take part and share, significantly externally
Business Management	Project Management	Ability to plan, manage, prioritize and management assets, procedures and protocols to realize particular targets
Business Management	Partnerships Management	Ability to construct and keep partnerships with extensive networks of stakeholders, Governments, civil society and personal sector companions, consultants and others consistent with UNDP technique and insurance policies
Business Management	Communication	Ability to speak in a transparent, concise and unambiguous method each by means of written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and select communication strategies relying on the viewers.  Ability to handle communications internally and externally, by means of media, social media and different acceptable channels
Business Management	Monitoring	Ability to supply managers and key stakeholders with common suggestions on the consistency or discrepancy between deliberate and precise actions and programme efficiency and outcomes
Ethics	UN coverage information – ethics	Knowledge and understanding of the UN Staff  Regulations and Rules and different insurance policies regarding  ethics and integrity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minimum Qualifications of the Successful NPSA

 

Min. Education necessities	Advanced college diploma (Master’s diploma or equal) Environmental Science/Management, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Mining Engineering, or associated discipline;  OR  A bachelor’s diploma within the areas talked about is suitable with further two years of related work expertise.
Min. years of related work expertise	Applicants with a Master’s diploma (or equal) in a related discipline of examine should not required to have skilled work expertise. Applicants with a Bachelor’s diploma (or equal) are required to have a minimal of two (2) years of related skilled expertise within the discipline of chemical compounds and dangerous waste and essentially understanding of the ASGM sector and its varied parts (mining, processing, economics, environmental and well being impacts, and many others.) with authorities organizations, UN Agencies, growth sector or personal organizations,
Required  expertise	Skills in information acquisition and administration, and primary information of the scientific methodology. Team administration expertise is the requirement for this place.
Desired expertise along with the competencies coated within the Competencies part	Experience in working with distant rural communities and labour associations (ideally miners’ associations) is desired. Past consulting expertise in associated matter is desired. Knowledge of nationwide, regional and worldwide legislations together with on Multilateral Environmental Agreements is desired.
Required Language(s)	Fluency in English and Urdu is required.
Professional Certificates	Not required