Overview
The Programme Manager will contribute to strategic leadership, programme oversight, technical coordination, stakeholder engagement, and operational management for the implementation of Spotlight Initiative 2.0 in Liberia. The incumbent will ensure effective planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting, knowledge management, partnership development, resource mobilization, and performance management.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute to the strategic direction of project operations aligned with Country Office (CO) and corporate Operations policies.
- Contribute to strategic communication, building partnerships for successful project implementation as well as resource mobilization efforts.
- Ensure implementation of sourcing and effective results communication/visibility strategies.
- Ensure facilitation of knowledge building and knowledge sharing in the CO.
- Gather and disseminate information on best practice in accountability and results-based management systems.
- Convene stakeholders, including the Technical and Steering Committee, prepares timely inputs to reports, management of issues and risks, and ensures financial management and compliance are adhered to.
- Contribute to programme initiation, project document formulation, programme implementation resources mobilization, reporting, and overall management and coordination of project activities, and team building and supervision as may be required.
- Manage the day-to-day functioning of the project.
- Prepare relevant project documents including quarterly, annual, and project closure reports.
- Organize technical project progress reviews with Responsible Parties (RPs), including Board meeting.
- Coordinate and strengthen partnership with development and national partners.
- Document and follow up on identified bottlenecks/challenges/catalogue lessons learnt during the project implementation.
- Lead Annual Work Plan formulation processes and ensure inclusiveness, through meaningful participation of all the agencies involved, including CSOs consistent with project document.
- Lead and organize capacity building efforts for CSOs and community members.
- Ensure effective and accurate financial resources management and oversight, focusing on achievement of the following result: Management of all financial resources through planning, guiding, monitoring, and controlling of the resources in accordance with UNDP rules and regulations.
- Preparation and monitoring of projects’ budgets in Quantum.
- Regular analysis and reporting on the project budget and the delivery situation of management projects.
- Coordination with Ministries, Agencies and Commissions (MACs), UN agencies, INGOs and CSOs on implementation strategy.
- Organize and coordinate training mentoring support for National partners.
- Review and adapt on UNDP’ Business processes to the local context and develop best practice approaches for and effective and efficient delivery.
- Coordinate with PMSU to familiarize MACs and CSOs on UNDP’ Business processes.
- Identify from time to time in consultation with other partners challenges and find appropriate solutions.
- Plan and coordinate activities of the project in close consultation with stakeholders.
- Coordinate reporting per PBF timeline and requirements.
Required Experience
- Minimum of 2 years of experience (with a Master’s Degree) or 4 years of experience (with Bachelor’s degree) of relevant work experience, preferably in implementing/coordinating development projects in the fields of climate change and/or environmental sustainability and decentralization issues is required.
- Strong networking capabilities, experience and ability to associate him/herself with a range of actors (inter alia central and subnational governments; CSOs, NGOs, policy makers; national statistics office and donors, and local communities) with a view to building relations and facilitating links is required.
- Demonstrated experience managing donor-funded programmes or projects, including budget management and financial oversight is required.
- Proven experience coordinating with multiple stakeholders, including government institutions, UN agencies, development partners, civil society organizations, or NGOs is required.
- Demonstrated experience preparing technical and donor reports, including annual work plans, progress reports, and results-based reporting is required.
- Experience supervising project personnel and/or managing implementing partners in the delivery of programme activities is required.
Qualifications
Advanced University degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in environmental science and management, climate science, geographic studies, international development, economics, statistics, or a related field is required. OR A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in the above fields in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.
