Deadline of this Job: 16 December 2022
JOB DETAILS:Task description
• Under the direct supervision of the Team Leader, Environment Resilience Unit, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:
• Provide technical support to UNDP Country Office, National and County Governments in the development, planning and implementation of climate change, environment and resilience initiatives.
• Support the Environment and Resilience Unit (ERU) team through providing programme support to the implementation of the portfolio projects ensuring compliance with the organizations rules and regulations as detailed under POPP.
• Support the unit to ensure alignment of programming with UNSDCF, UNDP Country Pro-gramme Document, Strategic Plan and National priorities including the Ending Drought Emergencies Framework, Nation DRM Strategy, National Climate Change Action Plan and other relevant policies and frameworks.
• Provide support to the Implementing partners for capacity building on environment, resilience, climate change and disaster risk management working in close collaboration with other identified partners as necessary.
• Provide technical support to county governments on issues related to environmental governance, risk reduction and resilience.
• Provide administrative support to the ERU portfolio in through development of relevant briefs, research, organization of events, meetings and workshops etc.
• Support the project managers in coordination of implementation in the in close collaboration with the other responsible parties including NEMA, CoG, NDOC, NDMA and other implementing partners.
• Provide day to day support to implementing partners to ensure smooth implementation of activities including administrative and procurement aspects at UNDP.
• In close collaboration with NDMA at National and County levels ensure that procurement and other administrative issues at the county level are in line with UNDP rules and regulations.
• Support liaison between the ERU and other CO units including GIG, PSMU and Operations units.
Furthermore, UN Volunteers are required to:
• Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day).
• Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country.
• Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participation in ongoing reflection activities.
• Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.
• Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly arrived UN Volunteers.
• Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible
Deadline of this Job: 16 December 2022
JOB DETAILS:Key Duties And Responsibilities
The FSR Team Lead is responsible for:
• Management, oversight, and reporting of the overall performance by ATI in meeting the objectives of the Ukraine Supplemental funding that is committed to ATI by Missions and Washington Bureaus, Offices as well as by Prosper Africa.
• Close daily coordination with ATI COP, DCOP, CFO, and the Senior Technical Directors, to ensure a fully integrated response that leverages ATIs trade, investment, and private sector expertise.
• Put in place and manage a rapid activation process that urgently deploys funding in an approach that is integrated with ATI existing processes for design, procurement of grant activities, sub-contracts and consultants to ensure the quality and compliance of the activities to be implemented.
• Direct supervision of all FSR activity management staff responsible for overseeing the ensuring appropriate grant design, ensuring that procedures are fully compliant with all USAID rules and regulations including grant design, procurement and management.
• Making key decisions and solving problems in short time frames while ensuring operational and program integrity. Overall program direction is provided by ATI COP and DCOP, in close consultation with the Senior Technical Leadership of ATI.
• Serving as part of the ATI Leadership Team, and ensuring activities under this portfolio are integrated into the rest of the project
• In conjunction with ATI Senior Leadership, establish effective partnerships with other U.S. Government agencies, African local entities partners, nongovernmental organizations, and a wide variety of other stakeholders.
• Financial and program management, oversight, and reporting of progress and quality of performance in meeting the activity undertakings in this program.
• Working closely with the CFO on the management of the overall Ukraine Supplemental budget and each individual buy-in.
• Contributing to the design and implementation of the M&E system at the activity and program levels and for ensuring that all programming is properly monitored and evaluated.
• Develop familiarity with and maintain daily usage of the ATI systems for financial management, partner management, dashboards, databases, and filing systems and ultimately responsible for ensuring that the relevant staff use, maintain, and upload in a timely manner all data required while ensuring its consistency and completeness.
• Supervise and mentor the Food Security and Resilience Team.
• Be a representative for the Ukraine Supplemental work and capture learning and successes as well as opportunities and effectively communicate those in large public settings, as well as with senior government officials while working closely with the FSR Coordinator based in Washington, D.C.
• Ensure that all managerial, administrative, and financial procedures comply with USAID policies and procedures.
REPORTING:
• The FSR Team Lead will report to ATI Deputy Chief of Party.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Required Qualifications:
• Graduate degree in economics, agricultural economics, or related field, and 15+ years of relevant work experience in food security and resilience and private sector engagement.
• In-depth understanding of the agrifood systems in Africa
• Familiarity with USAID’s food security priorities, initiatives and approaches
• Able and willing to work in a rapid pace/extremely demanding environment, and able to multitask.
• Experience engaging the private sector, corporations, and other strategic business stakeholders.
• Experience with grant and subcontract management. budgeting; financial management (tracking, reporting, and accounting); and procurement.
• Experience with activity design, development, and implementation.
• Complete fluency in written and oral English.
• Excellent writing and presentation skills.