To ensure the successful execution of Pakistan’s Biennial Transparency Report (BTR) project, the Ministry of Climate Change seeks to hire a coordinator with extensive experience in similar projects. The coordinator will play a critical role in executing the BTR project, including coordinating with donors and implementing partners. The ideal candidate will possess deep familiarity with relevant processes, institutional knowledge, and a strong understanding of IPCC and UNFCCC guidelines, particularly the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) under the Paris Agreement.
The Project Management Officer oversees the preparation and submission of the Biennial Transparency Report, ensuring accurate data collection, analysis, and compliance with international agreements like the Paris Agreement. Their role is pivotal in informing policy decisions, assessing climate change initiatives, and fostering collaboration among stakeholders to address climate challenges effectively.
The Project Management Officer in consultation with the BTR steering committee will be responsible for the day-to-day management, coordination, and supervision of the implementation of the project. The coordinator's duties will include among others;
- Lead the coordination of project activities with technical expert groups and various international institutions, including UNEP, CBIT-GSP, UNFCCC secretariat, GEF, and national relevant ministries, to facilitate the effective implementation of the project's objectives under the enhanced transparency framework of the Paris Agreement and UNFCCC convention, ensuring alignment with global objectives on climate action.
- Develop comprehensive project work plans and articulate detailed terms of reference for project consultants, outlining clear objectives, methodologies, and timelines to guide project implementation, thereby enhancing project efficiency and accountability in meeting international transparency requirements.
- Foster collaboration with relevant ministries, national research institutes, NGOs, and other stakeholders, leveraging their expertise and resources to enhance project impact and ensure the integration of diverse perspectives into project activities.
- Prepare and deliver high-quality periodic progress reports on project implementation, facilitating transparent communication and accountability contributing to the collective effort to address climate change issues.
- Effectively manage project expenditures in adherence to GEF budgetary standards and guidelines ensuring prudent financial stewardship and maximizing the impact of available resources.
- Conduct thorough reviews of all project-generated materials, ensuring alignment with best practices and standards for transparency and reporting, thereby enhancing the credibility and reliability of project outputs in the global climate governance landscape.
- Provide substantive support and leadership in organizing national project workshops and training sessions, fostering knowledge exchange and capacity building among stakeholders nationwide, thereby enhancing national readiness and capabilities for effective climate governance.
- Oversee and ensure the rigorous accountability of project funds through annual audits, meeting the standards and guidelines of UNEP & GEF.
- Meticulously track and manage payments, invoices, and receipts, ensuring accurate and transparent financial management obligations, thereby upholding the highest standards of financial integrity and accountability of the national climate change projects.
- Contribute to the overarching success of initiatives supporting enhanced transparency under the Paris Agreement and UNFCCC convention, thus advancing global efforts towards a sustainable and resilient future.
Competencies
Core
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.
Cross-Functional & Technical competencies
Business Direction & Strategy
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
Business Development
Knowledge Facilitation: Ability to animate individuals and communities of contributors to participate and share, particularly externally.
Business Management
Project Management: Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and control resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals.
Business Management
Partnerships Management: Ability to build and maintain partnerships with wide networks of stakeholders, Governments, civil society and private sector partners, experts and others in line with UNDP strategy and policies.
Business Management
Communication: Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience. Ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social media and other appropriate channels.
Business Management
Monitoring: Ability to provide managers and key stakeholders with regular feedback on the consistency or discrepancy between planned and actual activities and programme performance and results.
Ethics
UN policy knowledge - ethics: Knowledge and understanding of the UN Staff. Regulations and Rules and other policies relating to ethics and integrity
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in social sciences, including, Finance/Management/Climate change, or related field.
Alternately, bachelor’s degree in the areas mentioned is acceptable with additional two years of relevant work experience.
Experience:
- Applicants with a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field of study are required to have two (02) years of relevant professional experience working with UN Agencies, government, development organizations or Ministries.
- Alternately, applicants with a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) are required to have a minimum of four (04) years of relevant professional experience in the field above.
- Proficiency in standard software applications Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc. is required.
- Proven analytical and writing skills are required.
- Proven experience in sustainable development policy and programming, particularly in managing projects related to climate change reporting and transparency.
- Proven experience in effectively managing climate change projects with national counterparts, development partners, and civil society is required
- Proven experience with project management and project implementation is required.
- Excellent coordination and partnership-building skills with national counterparts, development partners, and civil society to ensure effective collaboration and project execution.
- Previous involvement in climate change-related initiatives, such as National Communication on Climate and Biennial Update Reports, and familiarity with the Enhanced Transparency Framework under the Paris Agreement will be an asset.
Required Languages
Fluency in English and Urdu is required.
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.
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