Job Identification : 13727

Locations : Ankara, Türkiye

Posting Date : 10/02/2023, 06:35 AM

Apply Before : 10/10/2023, 03:59 AM

Degree Level : Advanced/Postgraduate Degree

Job Schedule : Full time

Agency : UNDP

Grade : NPSA-9

Vacancy Type : National Personnel Service Agreement

Practice Area : Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery

Bureau : Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS

Contract Duration : 1 Year with Possibility for extension

Education & Work Experience : Master’s Degree – 2 year(s) experience OR Bachelor’s Degree – 4 year(s) experience

Required Languages : Turkish and English

Vacancy Timeline

1 Week

Mobility required/no mobility

no mobility required

Job Category : Management

Job Description

Background

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are core principles at UNDP: we value diversity as an expression of the multiplicity of nations and cultures where we operate, we foster inclusion as a way of ensuring all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, and we ensure equity and fairness in all our actions. Taking a ‘leave no one behind’ approach to our diversity efforts means increasing representation of underserved populations. People who identify as belonging to marginalized or excluded populations are strongly encouraged to apply. Learn more about working at UNDP including our values and inspiring stories.

UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

According to the official data of TurkStat, Türkiye has a high rate of early school leavers and young people not in employment, education, or training (NEETs). In 2021, the NEET ratio among the youth population aged 15 to 17 was 9.2%. For the young population aged between 18 and 29, the overall NEET ratio was 37.5%, namely 50.5% among young women and 24.4% among young men. The covid-19 crisis has led to the gradual increase of the unemployment rate among the young population as statistics are indicted above and to the displacement of many young people. The pandemic also showed that e-commerce has grown two to five times faster than before the pandemic.

The overall objective (Impact) of the project is to strengthen human capital of Türkiye gender equally by building digital capacity for future professions. The IT, robotics and coding, e-transformation, digital marketing, and complementary areas such as social innovation, solution oriented and design thinking, etc. will be future skills required for youth and adolescents to create added value products to the technology market.

The specific objectives (outcomes) of the project: First specific objective (Outcome 1) is to upgrade and improve the skills of youth and adolescents to play active role in digitalization and innovations, technological and economic changes. The second specific objective (Outcome 2) is to upgrade the capacities of Municipalities/Local Administrations and CSOs in Türkiye on digital skills development and job transition.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Project Analyst (PA) shall be mainly responsible for the administrative compliance of the project activities. The PA will be in charge of managing operational issues (i.e., mobilization of short-term experts, procurement, payments, etc.) as well as managing contractual relations with the Contracting Authority.

The PA will have the following responsibilities

•  Implement operational procedures and mechanisms for carrying out respective project activities in line with the UNDP requirements, procedures and systems.
•  Ensuring proper financial management of the respective project, monitoring and analysis of the financial status and disbursements, preparation of budgets and budget revisions in consultation with the LED Projects Coordinator, preparation of cash flow forecasts, financial status reports etc.
•  Review project payment requests and process payments in accordance with the applicable procedures and contract terms.
•  Provide necessary administrative support for co-ordination of project activities with other UNDP units such as procurement, finance, human resources etc. and outside parties.
•  Contribute to synergy-building among different initiatives by UNDP and beyond.
•  Perform appropriate duties as assigned by UNDP.
•  Work in close cooperation with the UNDP Türkiye, UMT and other project partners to finalize the discussions and present the deliverables to the UNDP Project Team and LED Projects Coordinator for approval.

Competencies

Core Competencies

•  Achieve Results: LEVEL 2: Scale up solutions and simplifies processes, balances speed and accuracy in doing work.
•  Think Innovatively: LEVEL 2: Offer new ideas/open to new approaches, demonstrate systemic/integrated thinking.
•  Learn Continuously: LEVEL 2: Go outside comfort zone, learn from others, and support their learning.
•  Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 2: Adapt processes/approaches to new situations, involve others in change process.
•  Act with Determination: LEVEL 2: Able to persevere and deal with multiple sources of pressure simultaneously.
•  Engage and Partner: LEVEL 2: Is facilitator/integrator, bring people together, build/maintain coalitions/partnerships.
•  Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 2: Facilitate conversations to bridge differences, considers in decision making.

Technical Competencies

•  Contract management
  •  Knowledge of contract management concepts, principles and methods, and ability to apply this to strategic and/or practical situations.
•  Event planning and execution
  •  Ability to plan, manage and execute of public and private events to ensure that they support and amplify individual communications and advocacy initiatives, as well as UNDP’s overall brand and mandate.
•  EU Partnerships
  •  Knowledge and understanding of EU strategies, approached, processes and systems.
•  Financial reporting and analysis
  •  Understands changes in regulatory, legal, and ethical frameworks and standards for financial reporting in the public sector.
  •  Ability to extract, evaluate financial data, derive relevant findings, and present them in a meaningful and coherent manner to facilitate effective decision making and performance monitoring.
  •  Understands the benefits of integrated reporting, including non-financial resources such as human, social, and intellectual capital, and environmental and governance performance.
•  Human-centered Design
  •  Ability to develop solutions to problems b\ involving the human perspective in all steps of the problem-solving process.
•  Integration within the UN
  •  Ability to identify, and integrate capacity and assets of the UN system, and engage in joint work; knowledge of the UN System and ability to apply this knowledge to strategic and/or practical situations.
•  System Thinking
  •  Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

•  Master’s degree or equivalent in economics, business administration, international relations, and engineering advanced degrees in the same fields preferred (in any other related fields) is required.
•  Bachelor’s degree in combination with an additional 2 years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of master’s degree.

Experience:

•  Minimum 2 years (with Master’s degree) or 4 years (with Bachelor’s degree) of relevant experience within project cycle management.
•  Minimum 2 years of experience working with national/international institutions/organizations in the field of local economic development is an asset.
•  Experience in at least 1 project within the rules and contractual procedures of the EU is an asset.
•  Experience in at least 1 project within the rules and contractual procedures of UN is an asset.
•  Experience in at least 1 project in collaboration with governmental organizations is an asset.

Required Skills:

•  Driving license is required.
•  Computer knowledge in word processing, spreadsheet, outlook, etc. is required.

Languages:

•  Proficiency in Turkish and English (both written and spoken) is required.

Institutional Arrangement

The PA will be directly responsible for / reporting to / seeking approval of output from the UNDP ISG-PPI LED Projects Coordinator.

Disclaimer

Applicant information about UNDP rosters

Note: UNDP reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement. We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.

Non-discrimination

UNDP has a zero-tolerance policy towards sexual exploitation and misconduct, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

UNDP is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer that does not discriminate based on race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.

Scam warning

The United Nations does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process. Should you receive a solicitation for the payment of a fee, please disregard it. Furthermore, please note that emblems, logos, names and addresses are easily copied and reproduced. Therefore, you are advised to apply particular care when submitting personal information on the web.