[Offre en anglais] PNUD recrute un Project Assistant Retour vers les opportunités

Agency : UNDP

Title : Project Assistant

Job ID : 12897

Practice Area – Job Family : Management

Duty Station : Tunis, Tunisia

Education & Work Experience : C-HS Graduate or Equivalent – 6 year(s) experience

Languages : English (Required) / Arabic (Desired:)

Grade : SB3

Vacancy Type : Service Contract (SC)

Posting Type : External

Bureau : Arab States

Contract Duration : One year

Vacancy End Date : 17/11/2017 ; (Midnight New York, USA)

The post for Tunisian Nationality

Background

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN global development network. It advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. UNDP operates in 177 countries, working with nations on their own solutions to global and national development challenges.

The UNDP Libya CO response to the ongoing crises focuses on two main programme areas are concentrated in two main pillars: Transitional Governance in support of the ongoing UN action plan: political dialogue, reconciliation and transitional justice, elections.

Investment in building the institutional capacity of public institutions today to perform core functions of the state in Libya to deliver socio-economic recovery and cope during the ongoing crisis: Capacity building support in rule of law, policing, line ministries (ministry of planning), civil service reform.

Another pillar is the Stabilization and Resilience: this is focusing on quick reconstruction of cities affected by war as well as building resilience of communities: delivery of basic services, local economic recovery.

Project Assistants are required to work for different projects. The projects assistants will report to the project Manager and provide support to all aspects of the project implementation

Duties and Responsibilities

Functions:

Assist Project Administrative management, Financial management, delivery of project activities and project procurement.

Project Administrative management

• Provide support to international advisors in the implementation of their tasks for the achievement of project results (communication, contracts, agenda, visas, hotel reservations, etc).
• Maintain records on all project personnel and local consultants and their respective status
  (contracts, ToRs, sick leave, vacation, etc.) in accordance with accepted policies and procedures;
• Make pertinent logistical arrangements for the prompt and effective implementation of the programme activities;
• Draft minutes of Project Board meetings;
• Assume overall responsibility for administrative matters of a more general nature, such as registry and maintenance of project files and records;
• Arrange external and internal meetings (including the meetings of the Steering Committee, Technical Working Groups, among others);
• Draft terms of reference, concept notes and other background papers as requested by the Stabilization Project Manager.

Financial management

• Prepare requests for advance of funds and/or direct payments;
• Monitor budget expenditures and maintain a proper record of approved project budgets and their revisions;
• Prepare proposals for budget revisions;
• Prepare and submit expenditure and programme budget status reports;
• Respond to queries from the Government and UNDP with respect to financial aspects of the programme, liaise with UNDP-appointed and external auditors wherever required;
• Prepare recurring reports as scheduled and special reports as required for budget preparations and audit;
• Advise and assist international advisors and national consultants on all aspects of allowances, travel claims and other financial matters and calculate payments due for claims and services;
• Undertake other financial and administrative tasks on an ad hoc basis.

Procurement

• In accordance with the work plan arrange for procurement of equipment, supplies and services;
• Arrange for equipment maintenance and insurance as required;
• Ensure that contractual processes follow the stipulated UNDP procedures;
• Physically clear and ensure delivery of equipment and supplies procured for the various programme sites;
• Maintain an equipment and spare inventory including verification and transfer when required.