Job Title: Project Management Associate
Job ID: 32304
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Practice Area – Job Family: Crisis Prevention and Recovery – DISASTER RISK REDUCATION
Grade: G6
Vacancy Type: FTA Local
Posting Type: External
Contract Duration: 1 Year with possibility for extension
Background
- One of the poorest and most environmentally degraded regions in the world, the West African Sahel region is also considered one of the world’s most vulnerable regions to climate change, with temperature increases projected to be 1.5 times higher than the rest of the world. Climate vulnerability is compounded by the region’s high dependence on rain-fed agriculture and its natural resources to support food security and livelihoods, high population growth, rapid and unplanned urbanization, environmental degradation, deepening poverty levels, governance challenges and low socio-economic development, and chronic humanitarian crises due to recurrent drought, flooding, food insecurity, epidemics and violent conflict. These factors increase the fragility of communities while recurrent disasters have been causing a continuous
Duties and Responsibilities
- Under the guidance and direct supervision of the Project Manager, the Project Administrative Associate provides project and administrative services in support of the Regional Resilience Project.
- This includes project support in financial management, planning, implementation, administrative support, reporting and information management.
- The Associate implements UNDP’s policies, rules and regulations.
- The Associate will identify and help resolve bottlenecks, clarify and interpret procedures in terms of project management practices.
- The Associate will also work in close collaboration with the operations, programme and project teams in the UNDP Nigeria country office for resolving complex project-related issues and information delivery.
Specifically, the Project Administrative Associate will be responsible for the following three key result areas:
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
- Secondary Education, preferably with specialized certification in Accounting and Finance. University Degree in Business or Public Administration, Economics, Political Sciences and Social Sciences would be desirable, but it is not a requirement.
Experience:
- Six years of progressively responsible administrative or programme experience (three years with University Degree) is required at the national or international level, in West Africa. Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and advance knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling of web-based management systems.
Language Requirements:
- Fluency in English and working knowledge of French.
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Deadline: September 5, 2020
Job Features
Deadline | 5th September, 2020. |