Field Coordinator

2.      Office/Unit/Project Description 

The UNDP Turkey Country Office positions itself as a development partner that brings global knowledge, through a multi-sectoral approach – the key comparative advantage of UNDP - and concentrates its work on 3 programmatic fields: i) Inclusive and Sustainable Growth, ii) Inclusive and Democratic Governance, iii) Climate Change and Environment. In addition, UNDP also plays a key role in supporting the Government of Turkey with the refugee response through its Syrian Crisis Response and Resilience Programme- relying on its experience in these three major areas (i.e. livelihoods and facilitation of job creation, municipal service delivery, youth empowerment and protection/ social cohesion).

On 6 February 2023, two devastating earthquakes, measuring 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude on the Richter Scale, struck Pazarcık and Elbistan in Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye. The earthquakes and aftershocks have caused catastrophic devastation, with at least 9.1 million people in the 11 hardest-hit provinces likely to have been directly impacted. The severity of crisis is so massive as acknowledged at the UN level through declaration of Crisis Level 3 for Turkiye, which is regarded as a full-blown corporate emergency requiring the attention of the entire organization.

In line with the global mandate of UNDP and its position as a development partner in above mentioned areas, Türkiye Country Office made a flash appeal for its post-earthquake activities to provide timely principled life-saving multisectoral assistance to people affected by the earthquakes, with an emphasis on assisting communities to survive the winter, in support of the Government-led relief effort and support the rapid delivery and resumption of essential services in earthquake-affected areas.

3.      Scope of Work 

Under the supervision of Resident Representative, the Field Coordinator provides field level coordination for implementation of Today’s Youth Future Jobs  Project. 

• Field Coordinator will be responsible for the day to day project monitoring, administration and reporting and serves as first focal point for local level government counterparts and other local partners in the respective locations.
• Maintaining collaborative working relationships among key project partners and projects’ donors, through effective communication, consultation, and reporting
• The Field Coordinator will be responsible for coordination of LED related Project activities and Project team members in the region, coordination of project resources and monitoring of Project activities. 
• Aligning the projects and field activities with UN values and UNDP priorities
• Contributes to achievement and progress towards achievement of country level and portfolio level development outcomes.
• Assure quality of the assigned activity outputs in accordance with the specific terms of reference of the assignments and the provisions of the project documents.
• Participate in projects consultation meetings and provide the representatives of the concerned institutions with technical inputs regarding the assigned projects activities.
• Provide timely and substantive inputs for the regular project reports., 
• Contribute to synergy-building among different initiatives by UNDP and beyond.
• Perform appropriate duties as assigned by UNDP.

4.Institutional Arrangement

The Field Coordinator reports to LED Projects Coordinator. 

5. Competencies

People Management (Insert below standard sentence if the position has direct reports.)

UNDP People Management Competencies can be found in the dedicated site. 

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies (insert up to 7 competencies) 

• 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

• Ability to animate individuals and communities of contributors to participate and share, particularly externally

• Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and control resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals

• 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

• 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

• 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

6.      Minimum Qualifications of the Successful NPSA

Master’s Degree in City and Regional Planning, Sociology, Economics, Political Science, Business Administration, International Relations, Engineering or any other relevant field of social sciences. 

A Bachelor’s Degree the related with an additional 2 years of relevant working experience will be given due consideration

• Experience in taking part multi-stakeholder projects
• Experience in coordination role working for or in collaboration with government institutions/ministries, municipalities, private sector and/or CSOs
• Microsoft Office, Windows-based applications, integrated web-based management systems, spreadsheets and databases

• Experience in working crisis setting is an asset. 
• Being certified (internationally recognized/accredited) on economic development and/or programme/project management is an asset.