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UN Volunteer Jobs – Project Management Specialist – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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Posted date: 2025-Mar-01
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Job Title:Â Project Management Specialist Organisation:Â United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Placement Organization: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Duty Station:Â Kampala, Uganda About US: The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme contributes to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide. We work with partners to integrate qualified, highly motivated and well-supported UN Volunteers into development programming and promote the value and global recognition of volunteerism. UNV is administered by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and reports to the UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS Executive Board. About UNDP: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the United Nations’ global development network. UNDP works in about 170 countries and territories, helping to achieve the eradication of poverty, and the reduction of inequalities and exclusion. We help countries to develop policies, leadership skills, partnering abilities, institutional capabilities and build resilience to sustain development results. Key Duties and Responsibilities: Â Â Under the direct supervision of the Team Leader, Nature, Climate, Energy and Resilience, the UN Volunteer will support programme activities and perform tasks below; - Support the country office in reviewing Engineering designs and supervising Engineering related projects.
- Support the Team Leader in the coordination of the Result Group 3 meetings on environment and natural resources which is chaired by UNDP, prepare minutes, follow up with other UN agencies for their input to UN INFO and follow up on joint planning and reporting processes.
- Support the reporting processes at Country office level under the NCER portfolio including the Result Oriented Annual Reporting (ROAR), annual and quarterly reports.
- Support project steering committee engagements with partners and support preparation and prepare reports with key outcomes of these meetings.
- Assist in programme related activities, where required. These may include planning for meetings, local and national consultations, trips, and other programme related activities.
- Maintain records of meetings, decisions, actions among others
- Support technical analysis work that may be required to generate project reports to partners at both national and international levels.
- Support preparation of workshop reports for all technical workshops
- Support preparation of and develop briefing notes, case studies, press releases, talking points, web articles and other media products as required.
- Assist with research and write and edit sections of technical reports as required.
- Conduct any other task that may be assigned.
- Support organization of all relevant programme workshops in a consultative manner, involving a wide variety of stakeholders, including the government, private sector, NGOs, donors, and academia.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
Eligibility criteria Required experience Nationality - Candidate must be a national or legal resident of the country of assignment.
- Assignment requirements
Relevant experience - 3 years
- Languages
- English, Level: Fluent, Required
Required education level - Bachelor degree or equivalent in Civil engineering
Competencies and values Functional competencies - Ability and demonstrable experience in reviewing Engineering designs and supervision of water and sanitation infrastructure works.
- Ability to coordinate, convene stakeholders and report in a timely manner.
- Excellent organizational skill, service-mind, punctual, self-motivated, proactive, reliable, and demonstrated ability to work in harmony with government, private sector, and staff members of different national backgrounds.
- Respect for the principles of the United Nations.
- Excellent report writing skills; and Strong communication skills including and presentation skills.
- Proven capability to meet deadlines and work under pressure.
- Good knowledge and experience in handling of web-based management systems.
Compliance with UN Core Values: - Demonstrates integrity by modelling the UN’s values and ethical standards.
- Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP.
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
- Treats all people fairly without favoritism.
- Fulfils all obligations to gender sensitivity and zero tolerance for sexual harassment.
Skills and experience - Experience in Environment and natural resource management focusing on water infrastructure development, civil works, project management, or undertaking analytics and reporting work.
- Advance writing and reporting skills.
- Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages
- Knowledge and experience in Monitoring and evaluation is an advantage.
Area(s) of expertise - Engineering and construction , Energy and environment
Driving license How to Apply: All candidates for the aforementioned United Nations Volunteers (UNV) job should apply online at the link below. Click Here  Deadline: 14th March 2025 For more of the latest jobs, please visit https://www.ugashare.com or find us on our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Ugashare Job Title: Consultant – IP Planning. Technology Organisation: MTN Uganda… Job Title:  Human Resource Officer  Organisation: Joint Clinical Research… Job Title:  Administration and Compliance Officer Organisation: Danish Refugee Council (DRC)… Consultancy Title:  Individual Consultants to provide Graphics Design Services Organisation:… Job Title:  Finance and Administration Assistant (NGO Jobs)  Organisation: HEKS/EPER… Job Title:  Project Officer – Livelihood and Agroecology (3 positions)…
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