Job Vacancy For National Coordinator

• Oversee the identification, selection and supervision of national consultants and experts, in close consultation with the UNDP Country Office Programme Support Unit and the IRFF Regional Advisor;
• In consultation with the UNDP Country Office and Global IRFF Team S/he will undertake the work-planning process. Shall ensure that the workplan and a fully costed budget are prepared in accordance with POPP/PPM Guidelines and signed off by the Deputy Resident Representative and Team Leader of the IRFF;
• Supervise the work of national experts and coordinate with institutions to ensure outputs are delivered on time, within the set budget, and to high quality standards;
• Liaise with the Finance team to ensure administrative requirements and budgets are managed and executed in a timely and appropriate manner and within UNDP and donor rules and regulations;
• Organise all relevant project workshops in a consultative manner, involving a wide variety of Insurance and Risk Finance stakeholders, including the government, private sector, NGOs, donors and academia;
• Ensure a timely identification of risks in implementation at the national level and communication to the UNDP SMT and the global IRFF team;
• Organise bi-monthly meetings of with the Technical Advisors and Regional Specialist from the global IRFF team;
• Supports in resource mobilization efforts and project development.

• Timely and efficient projects administration according to plans and UNDP procedures;
• Prepares all payment requests, financial record-keeping and preparation of financial reports required in line with both the National Implementation and Direct Implementation financial rules and procedures;
• Maintains the budget and expenditure of projects within a portfolio, including formulation, revisions, and record keeping in ATLAS, monthly status reports, and reporting and liaising with the UNDP on budget matters;
• Supports updated project information in ATLAS;
• Supports project audit and facilitate access by auditors to project documentation, personnel, and institutions involved in the project;
• Supports organization of HACT assurance activities, including spot checks and programme visits;
• Regularly advises Implementing Partners or Responsible Partners on HACT related issues;
• Initiates procurement actions for ICs, goods, works and services according to procurement plans;
• Compiles supporting documents for procurement processes and ensures that supporting documents are complete;
• Creates e-requisitions in ATLAS to initiate procurement processes, ensures the accuracy of the COA of the e-req;
• Facilitates the periodic asset, inventory and supplies verification.

• Support the development of project M&E plans;
• Lead project monitoring, reporting and evaluation at national level, draft monthly and quarterly reports for review by the lead expert and submission to the global IRFF team;
• Update Country Risk Log and monitor UNDP SES Requirements;
• Prepare quarterly and Annual Progress Report.

• Arrange and facilitate stakeholder workshops and strategic engagement with key stakeholders at different levels;
• Undertake stakeholder mappings;
• Arrange and undertake interviews for CO with key stakeholders;
• Coordinate and collect information and data required from key stakeholders;
• Develop briefing notes, case studies, press releases, web articles and other media products as required;
• Assist with research and write and edit sections of technical reports as required;
• Review all national level deliverables to ensure quality and consistency with the IRFF methodology;
• Develop workshop reports for the inception workshop and all technical workshops.

• Identify resource mobilization opportunities;
• Support the drafting of concept notes and proposal;
• Identify and nurture partnerships for risk and inclusive financing solutions;
• Support detail analysis of funding landscape for risk financing and inclusive insurance.

• The National Project Coordinator will be based in the Environment and Climate Cluster and work under the direct supervision of Team Leader and Environment and climate change specialist with a secondary reporting line to the IRFF Regional Specialist.

• Biodiversity and Eco systems Management :Knowledge of conservation, sustainable use and access and benefit sharing of biodiversity, land, forests and oceans and the ability to apply to strategic and/or practical situations.
• ???Forests and development: Knowledge of forestry and development and the ability to apply to strategic and/or practical situations.
• Sustainable development :Knowledge of sustainable development concepts, principles and issues and the ability to apply to strategic and/or practical situations, covering the economic, social and environmental dimensions.
• Project management :Ability to plan, organize, and control resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals.
• Result Based Management: Ability to manage programmes and projects with a strategy aimed at improved performance and demonstrable results.
• Knowledge management :Ability to capture, develop, share and effectively use information and knowledge.
• Relationship management: Ability to engage and foster strategic partnerships with other parties, Inter-Agency Coordination and forge.

• Master's Degree or bachelor's degree in Development Finance, Actuarial Science/insurance , Economics, business administration, Development Management, Public Policy or related field, or another field combined with relevant work in Financial Services/Insurance Industry experience.

• With Master's Degree minimum of 5 years or with bachelor's degree minimum of 7 years of relevant working experience in the implementation of projects relevant to insurance and risk finance, sustainable finance, or financial inclusion;
• Prior experience with UNDP projects would be an asset;
• Experience in conducting inclusive and risk financing diagnostic reviews;
• Experience in collaborating with international and national experts and institutions;
• Experience in the area of insurance and risk financing, sustainable financing or financial inclusion.
• Experience in project cycle management (in particular project administration) in the public or private sector or international organizations.
• Work experience with an Enterprise Resource Planning software is desirable.
• Experience in UN organization is an asset.
• Sound understanding of key software packages (MS Office);

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