Duty station — Kyiv, Ukraine

Deadline for applications: 5 January 2021

Apply here: https://bit.ly/3nLbcQT

Duties and Responsibilities:

) Ensures implementation of programme strategies within the Governance portfolio, through:

• Identification of areas for support and interventions within the field of Governance. CO business processes mapping and preparation of the content of internal Standard Operating Procedures in Results Management.
• Contribute to the communications efforts of the CO in the field of Governance.
• Prepares documentation and talking points for senior management to engage with donors and partners.

• Support and guidance for submissions to pre-LPACs and LPACs.
• Monitoring that project/programme management actions are performed consistently and in accordance to corporate standards and programme work plans (e.g. checking for timely completion of risk logs, DIM/NIM approvals, logging of donor agreements, transparency dashboard etc.)
• Facilitation of a project initiation, presentation of the project to PAC, entering project into Atlas, finalization of contribution agreement; determination of required revisions; coordination of the mandatory and budget re-phasing exercises, closure of projects through review.
  • (Programme Analyst can perform functions of Manager Level 1 in Atlas for POs and vouchers approval, participates in recruitment processes for projects.)
• Ensured quality for financial and substantive monitoring of the projects, identification of operational and financial problems, contribute to development of solutions. Participation in audit of DIM/NIM projects. Prepare relevant portfolio reports.
• Follow up on audit recommendations. All exceptions are timely reported.
• Coordinates Project Board meetings, provide Secretariat services to the Board, convene meetings, recording and monitoring of recommendations, follow-up actions, etc.

• Contribute to CO Integrated Work Planning and Reporting process (IWP&ROAR), integrated programme work planning (at least twice a year), procurement, human resources, communications and security work planning and quality assurance on all such plans.

• Identification of sources of information related to programme implementation issues. Identification and synthesis of best practices and lessons learnt from UNDP programme implementation directly linked to programme country policy goals.
• Support to development of policies and institutions that will address the country problems and needs in collaboration with the Government and other strategic partners including sister agencies, NGOs and other stakeholders in the thematic area.
• Organization of trainings for the operations/ projects staff on programme implementation issues.
• Sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice.

More information here: https://bit.ly/3nLbcQT