Project Coordinator - CARE

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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Inter-governmental
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Not specified
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 05/09/2024
  • Location: United States , New York
Disability rights Economic justice
In line with ongoing efforts led by the Deputy Secretary General to unify the UN System in defining a shared vision for expanding care and support systems, the United Nations Partnership on the Rights of persons with disability (UNPRPD) is launching an unpaid care and disability programme with UNDP, UN Women, UNFPA, UNICEF, ILO and OHCHR aimed at reducing women’s time poverty by recognizing, reducing and redistributing care, while embedding a strong disability inclusion lens. The programme’s focus countries are Colombia, Tanzania, Panama, Mozambique and Kenya.

1.Lead, manage and coordinate the day to day planning and implementation of the unpaid care and disability project.
  • Manage, coordinate, and supervise project implementation to ensure the overall project performance and relevance to related global efforts. 
  • Liaise with national and global counterparts and partners to ensure the programme results are monitored and achieved.
2.           Develop strategic partnerships.
  • Cultivate and maintain strong relationships and strategic linkages with implementing and development partners, government officials, businesses, NGOs, other national and regional stakeholders, and beneficiaries to support and ensure accurate interpretation of project objectives and promote inclusive project implementation.
  • Substantively contribute to project communications and visibility efforts ensuring Fund’s guidelines are respected. Make recommendations to the management team on activities with potential for scale-up, replicability and synergies.  
3.           Monitor and report on progress in implementing project activities and achieving the targets set.
  • Provide technical advice to the project in managing indicators for the monitoring and reporting framework.  
  • Monitor the implementation of activities and expenditure of funds by partners;  
4.           Facilitate knowledge and capacity building, knowledge sharing, and advocacy relevant to the assigned thematic areas.
  • Ensure appropriate training, project workshops and other relevant activities are organized and implemented in a consultative manner, involving technical experts and stakeholders that may include the government, private sector, NGOs, donors, and/or academia.
  • Ensure project reports capture results, lessons learned and good practices for possible wider application.

Minimum Qualifications of the Successful IPSA    
  • Advanced university degree (master's degree or equivalent) in Business Administration, Public Administration, Economics, Political Sciences, Social Sciences, or related field is required, or 
  • A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree. 
  • Minimum 5 years (with master’s degree) or 7 years (with bachelor’s degree) of progressively responsible relevant experience at the national or international level in leading and managing projects on gender and development, with a special focus on the care economy.
  • Knowledge and experience in relevant thematic areas (e.g. care economy and disability).   
  • Fluency in English (written and spoken) is required.
 

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