Programme Management Officer
hace 7 días
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment.
UNEP's Ecosystems Division works with international and national partners, providing technical assistance and advisory services for the implementation of environmental policy, and strengthening the environmental management capacity of developing countries and countries with economies in transition
This post is located in Ecosystems Division at the Panama duty station. Under the supervision of the Head, UNEP - Global Environment Facility Biodiversity and Land Degradation Portfolio, the incumbent will perform the following functions:
**Responsibilities**:
A. Project identification and development:
- Liaises with internal and external partners to identify relevant and eligible project concepts;
- Discusses and clears such concepts with the Senior Programme Officer;
- Consults with UNEP’s Divisions and regional offices as necessary;
- Advises project proponents on how to revise concepts to respond to issues raised by the peer reviewer and other reviews;
- Monitors Global Environment Facility project milestones to avoid delays and potential project cancellation;
- Addresses Global Environment Facility Secretariat and Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel reviews and ensures that Project Review Committee recommendations are considered in further project development by the executing agency;
- Works with the Fund Management Officer to internalize the Project Preparation Grant upon approval;
- Supervises Project Preparation Grant execution in accordance with UNEP and Global Environment Facility policies and procedures;
- Supports Project Preparation Grant execution in accordance with UNEP and Global Environment Facility policies and procedures;
- Verifies that the project proposals meet Global Environment Facility quality-at-entry standards before submission to Senior Programme Officer and Global Environment Facility Coordination Office for Project Review Committee review;
- Supports the executing partners in mobilizing co-financing for the project.
B. Supervision of project implementation:
- Prepares project supervision plans under his/her portfolio for their entire duration and organizes and applies adaptive management principles to the supervision of the projects;
- Organizes and manages the project inception meeting with a view to ensure project implementation readiness;
- Provides oversight to project execution and in doing so ensures that all UNEP and Global Environment Facility criteria, rules and regulations are adhered to by project partners;
- Participates in Project Steering Committees and ensure that Project Steering Committee fulfils its function;
- Regularly monitors project progress and performance and rate progress towards meeting project objectives; project execution progress, quality of project monitoring and evaluation, and risk;
- Monitors reporting by project executing partners and provides prompt feedback on the contents of the report;
- Promptly informs management of any significant risks or project problems and takes action and follows up on decisions made;
- Prepares reports in accordance with Global Environment Facility and UNEP requirements;
- Maintains adequate project-related documentation;
- Applies adaptive management principles to the supervision of the project;
- Assists with the preparation of project revisions, ensuring that project revision documentation is complete and in accordance with UNEP requirements;
- Reviews project outputs, provides technical input and ensures quality standards are met;
- Support the project terminal evaluation;
- Takes responsibility to ensure that project is financially closed in a prompt manner after completion of project activities.
C. Ecosystems Division knowledge management and data management:
- Identifies and codifies lessons emerging from project implementation.
- Ensures accuracy and completeness of project data in the project information system for all projects under his/her supervision;
- Contributes to project data reconciliation exercises within the Division and with the Global Environment Facility Secretariat;
- Identifies media and other outreach opportunities and materials and provide project information and materials;
- Participate in events organized by Global Environment Facility and UNEP to disseminate information on project results and lessons.
D. UNEP and Global Environment Facility corporate tasks:
- Contributes to the Council document reviews as needed;
- Represents Ecosystem Division in UNEP and Global Environment Facility - related meetings;
- Participates in the UNEP Project Review Committees;
- Provides input to UNEP and Global Environment Facility policy and information documents as n
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