Project Associate

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Description

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The Project Associate (PA) provides support to deliver Country Office programme and projects of the Climate Change and Environment Unit. Under overall guidance and reports directly to the Head of the Climate Change and Environment Unit/Associate to the Resident Representative, the PA works directly and agree daily tasks with UNDP’s Programme Analysts/Officers (POs) in charge of programs/projects, and collaborates with UNDP programme and operations staff, relevant government and project staff, staff in the country office and UNDP HQs/Regional levels, relevant staff of development partners

Responsibilities

• Provide effective support to management and implementation of CO projects
• Supports formulation of new projects and resource mobilization
• Provides financial and administrative support to the Climate change and Environment Unit wide activities 
• Support to effective Procurement and Recruitment and contract management process as appropriate 
• Support programme officers in periodic review of project work-plans and advise programme officers and implementing partners on the progress and work-plan’s conformity to agreed results and outputs for finalization.
• Quarterly reviews of National implementation (NIM) Project Advance and Financial Reports (FACE) forms with the approved annual workplan and quarterly workpland and corresponding Activities and Expenditure accounts.
• Supporting the organization of overseas study tours and monitoring visits, including daily substiance allowance entitlement calculation and transportation.
• Taking timely corrective actions and unposted vouchers, including vouchers with budget check errors, match exceptions and unapproved vouchers.
• Supporting timely operational and financial closure of project, determination of unutilized funds and processing operational/financial closure of projects in Quantum;
• Support the direct implementation of country office projects, including recruitment of international and national consultants, organizing technical workshops, training activities, consultations, travel arrangements and procurement of goods and services.
• Providing inputs to the auditing of NIM projects, supporting programme officers and implementing partners in follows-up on timely implementation of audit recommendation;
• Supporting assessments of technical and financial management capacity (micro assessment) of implementing partners;
• Supporting spot-checks on implementing partners, supporting the coordination of NIM audits and ensuring effective client liaison 
• Supporting project mid-term reviews and final evaluation including recruitment or consultants, arrangement of working missions/interviews, collecting information and relevant documents, liaising with concerned parties.

Education:

• Secondary Education is required.
• University degree (Bachelors’ degree) in accounting, business or public administration, economics, social sciences, or related fields will be given due consideration, but is not a requirement.

Work Experience:

• Minimum seven (7) years (with secondary education) or four (4) years (with Bachelors’ degree) of progressively responsible finance and administrative or programme/project implementation support experience is required
• Experience in usage of Excel and accounting spreadsheets/ software/systems/ handling of web-based management systems;
• Experience in budget planning, financial management and reporting, and procurement
• Demonstrated working experience in organizing and successfully delivering high-level political events

Languages:

Fluency in English and Vietnamese is required.

Source: https://estm.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/26415

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