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Job Title: Senior Programme Management Specialist  

Organisation: United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

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The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) makes public and private finance work for the poor in the world’s 47 least developed countries (LDCs). With its capital mandate and instruments, UNCDF offers “last mile” finance models that unlock public and private resources, especially at the domestic level, to reduce poverty and support local economic development. This last mile is where available resources for development are scarcest; where market failures are most pronounced; and where benefits from national growth tend to leave people excluded.

Job Summary:  Within this programme context, UNCDF is seeking a  Programme Management Specialist, P-4 to lead on the effective delivery of the Programme’s activities in Uganda and support the expansion of LoCAL in eastern and southern Africa (Lesotho, Malawi, Tanzania, Sudan, Somalia, and more in line with country demands), reporting to the Global Manager, P-5, based in Kampala, Uganda and in close collaboration with the LoCAL global Facility and LDFPA colleagues across the region. This position (rotational) will be based in Kampala, Uganda, with the possibility to relocate to another duty station based on programmatic developments.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

The Programme Management Specialist’s key focus areas will be:

Programme management (30%)

• Provide effective programme supervision, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, reporting and completion activities, in close collaboration with the LoCAL Global Manager and the LoCAL Facility (global) and the UNCDF Country Team in Uganda;
• Build effective and efficient partnerships at the programmatic and operational levels with national counterparts and development partners to coordinate and ensure successful implementation of in-country activities;
• Manage and monitor the implementation of the programme, including through the effective use of ATLAS/ERP, and manage the risk log of the project;
• Lead the preparation and timely submission of comprehensive technical and financial reports in line with contractual agreements and provide inputs for semi-annual reporting;
• Coordinate the implementation of audits, mid-term and final evaluations of the programme.

Team management (20%)

• Coordinate and plan HR needs to ensure highest technical advice to Programme’s stakeholders in all relevant components;
• Provide effective strategic and technical direction to and empowerment of supervisees, including through coaching and mentoring;
• Role-modelling of UN values and encouraging supervisees to act ethically both in their relationships with each other and in the business decisions and actions they take;
• Ensure effective performance management of supervisees (incl. annual individual performance plans of supervisees completed on time; regular meetings with supervisees organized during the year to monitor progress towards agreed goals, provide feedback and support; annual reviews (mid-term and annual) held on time; facilitating learning and development);
• Support to supervisees in implementing various arrangements in place to ensure their safety and security and in maintaining their health and well-being.

Policy, regulatory and technical advice to government counterparts and key stakeholders (30%)

• Provide policy, regulatory and technical advice to government counterparts at central and local levels (e.g. Related to NDC, NAP, LTS);
• Lead the technical dialogue and provision of policy and technical advisory services to national and local government counterparts in relation to decentralization and climate change, climate finance and (direct) access to international climate finance and (e.g. through accreditation to the Green Climate Fund and Adaptation Fund and subsequent direct access).

Knowledge management and communication (10%)

• Identify key knowledge constraints and organize learning, knowledge exchange, training, workshops, etc. to build the awareness and capacities in relevant themes (i.e. climate finance, climate change, decentralization, etc.);
• Support the preparation of various written outputs and knowledge products, e.g. draft background papers, analyses, sections of reports and studies, inputs to publications, etc;
• Oversee the implementation of the Communication and Visibility Plan of the programme, in collaboration with project team, partners and technical consultants;
• Identify, collect, and disseminate best practices and lesson learned from the programme;
• Manage the process of convening national and regional stakeholders to share lessons learned.

Networking and partnership building (10%)

• Serve as the UNCDF focal point (co-chair) in working groups and steering committees on the issue of environment and climate change and provide inputs for conducive policy and regulatory environment (e.g. NDCs, NAP process, national climate change strategy);
• Contribute to UNCDF/LoCAL and government resource mobilization and articulate and enable pathways for mobilizing resources and fostering external partnerships supporting LoCAL and UNCDF more widely;
• Participate in UN country teams, senior management teams, and coordinate the participation of UNCDF in UN and development partners’ coordination groups;
• Support partnership building efforts for effective UNCDF/LoCAL positioning in the UN System and with development partners networks;
• Ensure close collaboration with UN system, as well as to identify opportunities for collaboration and joint programming with other UN agencies and partners to maintain and/or strengthen UNCDF/LoCAL strategic positioning and presence in the country.

Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities:

• The Programme Management Specialist, P4 is responsible for the overall management, coordination, execution and monitoring as well as for providing technical and policy support for the effective deployment of activities and is expected to contribute actively to LoCAL’s resource mobilization efforts and outreach activities on an ongoing basis.
• The Programme Management Specialist will also play a strategic role in programme delivery and overseeing the success of the team including ensuring the Programmatic and operational tasks are done properly and on time
• The Programme Management Specialist is also responsible to manage the LoCAL country teams, including managing tasks and responsibilities of the team members ensuring effective programme delivery, providing guidance to the team members, reporting programme progress and any programmatic and operational issues to LoCAL Global Programme Manager, evaluating performance and providing feedback of the team members.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal applicant must hold a Master’s Degree or equivalent Advanced Degree preferably in Climate Change, Environment, Business Administration, International Relations, Development or related field.
• At least seven (7) years’ experience in progressively more responsible positions in project management in the environment/climate change area with result-oriented objectives; out of the seven, a minimum of five (5) years’ experience must be on policy, regulatory and technical advisory services with national and local counterparts, preferably in Africa.
• Work experience with environmental sustainability and climate change and with addressing gender equality as project objective and/or cross-cutting issue in developing countries;
• Proven experience in project management and supervision of country programmes and teams; with focus on managing for results ;
• Relevant experience with international climate finance, UNFCCC and UNFCCC financial mechanisms in particular GCF and AF with a focus on direct access;
• Previous relevant work experience, working in Africa and/or Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is highly preferable.
• Relevant technical experience with policy and regulatory bodies and central and local governments in developing countries;
• Understanding of key concepts related to decentralization and local economic development;
• Strong networking capabilities and ability to associate him/herself with a range of actors (inter alia central and local governments; policy makers; regulators, donors, local communities, women and youth) with a view to building relations and facilitating links;
• Proven cross-cultural communication, able to function effectively in an international, multicultural environment and manage a team consisting of multiple nationalities;
• Excellent analytical skills;
• Strong general IT skills, including ability to work with MS Office Suite;
• Experience with a UN organization/agency is desirable;
• Experience with ATLAS and UNDP Procurement Processes is desired, but not a requirement.
• Full fluency in written and spoken English is required and knowledge of other UN languages is an asset

Competencies

Core:

• Achieve Results: LEVEL 3: Set and align challenging, achievable objectives for multiple projects, have lasting impact
• Think Innovatively: LEVEL 3: Proactively mitigate potential risks, develop new ideas to solve complex problems
• Learn Continuously LEVEL 3: Create and act on opportunities to expand horizons, diversify experiences
• Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 2: Adapt processes/approaches to new situations, involve others in change process
• Act with Determination: LEVEL 3: Think beyond immediate task/barriers and take action to achieve greater results.
• Engage and Partner: LEVEL 2: Is facilitator/integrator, bring people together, build/maintain coalitions/partnerships.
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 3: Appreciate benefits of diverse workforce and champion inclusivity.

How to Apply:

All applicants who wish to join the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline:  11^th April 2022

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