Regional Programme Associate

Regional Programme Associate


  • Job Identification
    22288
  • Posting Date
    2024-11-20, 09:12 a.m.
  • Apply Before
    2024-12-05, 07:59 a.m.
  • Job Schedule
    Full time
  • Locations





    Bangkok, Thailand





  • Agency
    UNDP
  • Grade
    NPSA-7
  • Vacancy Type
    National Personnel Service Agreement
  • Practice Area
    SDG Finance
  • Bureau
    Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific
  • Contract Duration
    1 Year with Possibility for extension
  • Education & Work Experience
    Bachelor’s Degree – 4 12 months(s) expertise OR High School certificate- 7 12 months(s) expertise
  • Required Languages
    English and Thai
  • Vacancy Timeline
    2 Weeks

  • Job Description

    Background
     
    Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are core rules at UNDP:  we worth variety as an expression of the multiplicity of countries and cultures the place we function, we foster inclusion as a manner of making certain 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 variety efforts means growing illustration of underserved populations. People who determine 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, subsequently, bear rigorous reference and background checks.

    UNDP is the UN’s international growth community, a company advocating for change and connecting international locations to data, expertise and sources to assist individuals construct a greater life. UNDP is on the bottom in about 170 international locations and territories, working with nationwide counterparts on options to international and nationwide growth challenges. 

    To reply to the rising calls for and imperatives, UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub (BRH) has been offering help to international locations in Asia Pacific on sustainable finance. There has been a key give attention to local weather change financing, enhancing the mobilisation of personal and revolutionary finance and bettering the effectivity of public sector investments in local weather change.  

    UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Asia Pacific with the help of Government of Sweden (Sida) has been implementing Governance of Climate Change Finance (GCCF Phase I and II) from 2017-2022.   With the continued help of Sida, Strengthening the Governance of Climate Finance to Promote Inclusive Climate Resilience in Asia Pacific has been put in place. This is a UNDP-UNCDF joint mission (2023-2028) and shall be carried out in partnership with UNCDF in 5 international locations, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Nepal, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu. As it builds on the achievement and classes learnt within the subsequent two phases, the main focus shall be on the sector ministries and the sub nationwide governments to help in gender inclusive local weather built-in budgeting, making certain accountable local weather finance and help in mobilizing alternate sources of finance.  

    In addition, UNDP Regional bureau for Asia Pacific’s Climate Finance Network (CFN) mission (2022-2028) can also be housed within the Bangkok Regional Hub (BRH). The mission goals to speed up implementation of local weather change agenda, a Climate Finance Network mission has been put in place by UNDP Asia Pacific area. The mission goals to help governments and different actors within the ecosystem to determine and scale up local weather finance improvements and of their efforts to mobilize and use each private and non-private climate-responsive sources extra successfully. The CFN is a part of a much bigger UK Government programme ‘Climate Action for Resilient Asia (CARA)’ introduced on the COP 26 on the eighth of November 2021, which goals to strengthen the resilience of susceptible communities, economies, and the setting towards the impacts of local weather change and promote low carbon development throughout the Indo-Pacific. The Climate Finance Network will cowl 17 international locations in Asia Pacific. 

    Duties and Responsibilities

    Regional Programme Associate will work underneath direct supervision of the Regional Public Climate Finance Advisor, who’s Programme Manager Climate Finance Network (CFN) Project with matrix reporting to the Programme Officer.

    Support the staff’s donors administration, workplan growth and implementation, useful resource administration in addition to help the staff’s advisory service to Asia-Pacific international locations specializing in the achievement of the next outcomes; 
    • Smooth growth of the Climate Finance Network (CFN) Project and GCCF3 Project’s workplan in all ranges of actions in shut collaboration with staff members in addition to with UNDP Country workplaces, Asia-Pacific governments, CSOs and different growth companions. This consists of actions and funds planning at each nation and regional ranges in addition to projection of programme supply;
    • Ensure Climate Finance Network (CFN) Project and GCCF3 Project’s environment friendly workplan implementation by making certain the effectivity of programme’s funds utilisation, expenditures monitoring and monitoring, funds revisions, expenditures correction, and different such mandatory features requiring common use of Quantum/UNALL ERP platforms with shut collaboration with BRH Management Support Service staff;
    • Efficient preparation and facilitation of large-scale regional South-South trade workshops by supporting the staff in agenda growth, identification of contributors and main the staff in logistics administration, together with supervising workshop assistants, in collaboration with UNDP Country workplaces and governments in Asia-Pacific;
    • Effective implementation and monitoring of the Climate Finance Network (CFN) Project and GCCF3 Project’s workplan particularly at key milestone of actions and guarantee environment friendly manufacturing of progress stories and monetary report based mostly on the uncooked knowledge from UNDP’s Quantum system. This consists of preparations help of nationwide, regional and multi-donor workshops in full compliance to UNDP’s observe, guidelines and rules.
    • Efficient and clean collaboration and efficient communications with UNDP COs and BRH colleagues throughout all observe groups particularly E&E and DRR, UNDP HQ in addition to different growth companions and Asia-Pacific member international locations so as to safe good observe in sources administration and mobilization;

    Ensure the staff’s clean operations administration by offering efficient and environment friendly help in administration and monetary administration, procurement course of, Human Resource administration, protocol course of, journey preparations, registry and IT help specializing in the achievement of the next outcomes; 

    • Ensure that every one actions are undertaken in full compliance with UNDP guidelines, rules and insurance policies. Build and preserve good inside relationship with all UNDP nation workplaces and BRH’s observe groups particularly with the Operation Support Team to make sure the sleek coordination and correct operational course of;
    • Smooth administrative course of for staff members’ official obligations in official monetary funds, official journey preparations, good and repair procurements together with consultants’ contracts course of, funds for consultants and venders, official HR-related actions, workplace workspace and tools, UNLP, working visa and keep allow in shut collaboration with UNDP BRH Management Support Services groups particularly Finance, HR, Procurement, IT, Administrative Unit utilizing Quantum/UNALL ERP platforms and different associated on-line functions;
    • Well-Updated Procurement plan of Climate Finance Network (CFN) Project and GCCF3 Project’s;
    • Other related duties as requested by the CFN  staff.
       
    Competencies
     
    Core competencies:
    • 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 data, 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 direction of others, varieties optimistic relationships
    • Enable Diversity and Inclusion: Level 1: Appreciate/respect variations, conscious of unconscious bias, confront discrimination

    Cross-Functional & Technical competencies:

    Business Management    

    • Project Management. Ability to plan, set up, prioritize and management sources, procedures and protocols to realize particular targets
    • Customer Satisfaction/ Client Management. Ability to reply well timed and appropriately with a way of urgency, present constant options, and ship well timed and high quality outcomes and/or options to satisfy and perceive the actual prospects ’wants. Provide inputs to the event of customer support technique. Look for tactics so as to add worth past purchasers’ quick requests. Ability to anticipate consumer’s upcoming wants and issues. 
    • 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. 

    Finance    

    • Budget Management. Ability to help budgetary facets of labor planning course of, drawing and administration of staff budgets.
    • Financial reporting and evaluation. Understands adjustments in regulatory, authorized and moral frameworks and requirements for monetary reporting within the public sector. Ability to extract, consider monetary knowledge, derive related findings and current them in a significant and coherent method to facilitate efficient choice making and efficiency monitoring. Understands the advantages of built-in reporting, together with non-financial sources equivalent to human, social and mental capital, and environmental and governance efficiency

    Administration & Operations

    • Travel coverage and procedures. Knowledge of journey coverage and procedures; potential to interpret journey coverage, the Staff Rules, administrative 
    • Events administration (together with retreats, trainings and conferences). Ability to handle occasions, together with venue identification, lodging, logistics, catering, transportation, and money disbursements, and so forth.
    Required Skills and Experience
     
    Education:
    • Secondary Education is required or  
    • Bachelor’s diploma in growth research, Social Science, Public Administration or different associated fields shall be given due consideration
    Experience:
    • Minimum 7 years (with Secondary schooling) or 4 years (with Bachelor’s diploma) of progressively accountable expertise in regional/worldwide programme and programme administration, administration and monetary administration or associated subject is required;
    • Extensive data of UNDP’s insurance policies, procedures and observe together with familiarity of Quantum/UNALL ERP platforms or different ERP is an asset;
    • Experience  in Climate Change Finance, Development Effectiveness, Governance, and associated points is an asset;
    • Full pc literacy in web looking out and Microsoft Office programmes i.e. MS-Word, MS-Excel and MS-Power Point. 
    • Ability to work as part of a staff, sharing data and coordinating efforts throughout the staff;
    • Ability to take lead and/or course of the duties with least supervision;
    • Website administration expertise is an asset.

    Required languages:

    • Proficiency in English and Thai with superior command of talking and writing. 
    • Working data of different UN official language is an asset.
       
    Disclaimer

     

     
    Under US immigration legislation, acceptance of a employees place with UNDP, a global group, might have important implications for US Permanent Residents. UNDP advises candidates for all skilled degree posts that they need to relinquish their US Permanent Resident standing and settle for a G-4 visa, or have submitted a sound utility for US citizenship previous to graduation of employment. 

     
    UNDP isn’t ready to supply recommendation or help on making use of for US citizenship and subsequently candidates are suggested to hunt the recommendation of competent immigration legal professionals concerning any functions.

     
    Applicant details about UNDP rosters

     
    Note: UNDP reserves the correct to pick out a number of candidates from this emptiness announcement.  We may additionally retain functions and contemplate candidates making use of to this submit for different related positions with UNDP on the identical grade degree and with related job description, expertise and academic necessities.

     
    Non-discrimination

     
    UNDP has a zero-tolerance coverage in direction of sexual exploitation and misconduct, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. All chosen candidates will, subsequently, bear rigorous reference and background checks, and shall be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules.  

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

     
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