National Project Manager BIOFIN

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Guided by a global steering committee representing its partners, the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) aims to develop a methodology for quantifying the biodiversity finance gap at the national level, for improving cost-effectiveness through mainstreaming of biodiversity into national development and sectoral planning, and for developing comprehensive national finance plans. BIOFIN will thus provide a framework for undertaking “bottom-up” analyses and resource mobilization strategies, embedded in a transformative process led by national stakeholders, aimed at allowing countries to implement their National Biodiversity Strategic Action Plan (NBSAPs) and achieve national biodiversity targets. BIOFIN will feed into the development of NBSAPs, while the NBSAP projects in turn will provide a platform for integration into decision-making processes.

National teams work with the global BIOFIN team on the following components: 

• Policy and Institutional Review (PIR);
• Biodiversity Expenditure Review (BER); and
• Finance needs assessment (cost and gap analysis);
• Biodiversity Finance Plan (BFP); and
• Implementation of Financial Solutions.

Based on insights gained from the results of BIOFIN assessments, it revealed significant financial needs for the achievement of national and global biodiversity imperatives. Public budgets continue to be the primary source of direct funding for biodiversity in all countries and will most likely continue to be so into the future. The significant cost of the response to, and recovery from, the global COVID-19 pandemic will create further unprecedented constraints on public budgets, reaching years into the future.

Now, more than ever, these budgets are under pressure. The pandemic results in the reallocation of funds to urgent public sector needs, including health care and economic recovery. In the first semester of 2020, there was a massive loss of revenue for protected areas around the world, as global tourism came to a standstill, and the world’s iconic national parks largely closed as the pandemic progressed. The risk of poaching increased, while deforestation and illegal mining rose. Rangers face mobility challenges due to lockdowns while needing to cover ever larger territories in the absence of tourists who used to lend additional ears and eyes. BIOFIN supports Governments through empowered to advocate for and develop strong financial solutions for their protected areas and other biodiversity priorities, and to use their limited resources as effectively as possible.

Under direct supervision of Head of Environment Unit (EU) UNDP Indonesia, as well as in close collaboration with Senior Technical Advisor of BIOFIN Global, the National Project Manager (NPM) is responsible for management of project support team. The NPM analyzes political, social and economic trends and leads formulation, management and evaluation of project activities within his/her portfolio, as well as to provide policy advice services if required.

The NPM supervises and leads project support team, and coordinates activities of the projects’ staff. The NPM works in close collaboration with the programme staff in EU-UNDP country office, UNDP senior management, and other UN Agencies, as well as with BIOFIN global team, Government officials, technical advisors and experts, multi-lateral and bi-lateral donors and civil society in ensuring successful UNDP project implementation.

Reporting directly to Team Leader of programme unit the project manager has the authority to run the project on a day-to-day basis and is responsible for making the day-to-day decisions on project implementation and ensures that the project produces the results specified in the project document to the required standards of quality and within the specified time and cost. The organigram in Annex shows the position of this function within the office and unit structure.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage and supervise the project team to ensure effective implementation and achievement of results:
• Oversees the day-to-day project implementation and ensure achievement of targets as outlined in the project work plan;
• Leads and supervises project team, builds team coherence and establishes clear roles and responsibilities among team members;
• Mobilizes goods and services and other project inputs, including preparing ToRs for expert consultants, meetings and workshops;
• Ensures that the quality of project inputs meet the expected standards and are sufficient to produce project outputs and targets;
• Takes overall responsibility for the project and performs oversight roles for project compliance against the relevant government and UNDP regulations for project management;
• Develops the project standard operating procedures in line with the government and UNDP’s regulations; seeks the board’s approval; and takes responsibility for updating and revising it as necessary;
• Manages critical issues, troubleshoots problems and develops solutions to the overall processes of project implementation;
• Consults with the project board for any issues that require their attention, including issues related to deviation from the approved work plans and its tolerance (e.g. deviation from the approved target, and/or budget); and
• Ensures effective monitoring of project performance, and the preparation of high quality and results oriented progress reports.
• Ensures gender-related economic, environmental, public research and analysis, to contribute to the formulation of policies, programme interventions, procedures, guidelines and tools.

Ensure effective planning, budgeting, and implementation of the project

• Prepares project’s annual and quarterly work plans and organizes project board meetings to obtain their approval;
• Implements project work plan and ensures that the project remains within the tolerance level of the approved work plan;
• Conducts regular monitoring to ensure achievement of targets in line with the annual work plan and that project implementation at all levels complies with the approved project SoP;
• Prepares quarterly project reports, in line with the standard template and presents it to the project assurance team on a timely manner;
• Provides additional inputs and data for external project reports as necessary and required by the project assurance team;
• Organizes quarterly project board meetings and reports to the project board the project’s quarterly progress together with any issues that may require project board decisions; and
• As required and directed by the project board, liaises with UNDP’s Quality Assurance, Reporting and Evaluation (QARE) Unit to facilitate project review, reporting and evaluation processes, and supports the conduct of such exercises under the overall management of the task manager as designated by QARE;
• To make sure implementation of gender equality accountability framework and Gender equality Results Based management at project level i.e. performance management, gender marker assignment in web based system ATLAS , reporting, etc

Create and nurture strategic partnerships and support to the implementation of resource mobilization

• Establishes and maintains good working relationships with the relevant public and development partners who are the principal counterparts for the project;
• Initiates and maintains partnerships with development partners, government institutions, private sector, civil society and other stakeholders to contribute to the achievement of project results;
• Builds project reputation for quality design, reliable delivery as well as integrity and accountability;
• Identifies and works with key partners/stakeholders to ensure synergies with other projects/initiatives and to avoid duplication of activities among actors;
• Identifies opportunities for mobilizing resources for the project, and prepares substantive briefs on possible areas of cooperation; and
• In coordination with UNDP’s Communication unit and other relevant counterpart, strengthens the communication of the project in order to communicate results, deepen stakeholder knowledge and buy-in to the project, and to facilitate resource mobilization for the project.

Facilitate knowledge building and management for and from the project implementation.

• Identifies best practices and lessons learnt from the project and from other initiatives that can be helpful to the project in achieving its goals and objectives;
• Organizes and delivers trainings for the operations/project staff on project/programme management issues;
• Conducts internal capacity building training for project staff to facilitate appropriate management and timely delivery of project outputs;
• Identifies policy issues for codification and sharing;
• Leads in generating knowledge products such as best practices and lessons learnt for knowledge sharing; and Contributes to knowledge networks and communities of practice;
• Conducts internal capacity building training for project staff to facilitate appropriate management and timely delivery of project outputs including in gender analysis and gender mainstreaming ;
• Effective contribution to learning and knowledge sharing in gender analysis and gender mainstreaming.
• The incumbent of the position should avoid any kind of discriminatory behavior including gender discrimination and ensure that Human rights and gender equality is prioritized as an ethical principle within all actions;

Activities are designed and implemented in accordance with “Social and Environmental Standards of UNDP”;

• Any kind of diversities based on ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, disability, religion, class, gender are respected within all implementations including data production;
• Differentiated needs of women and men are considered;
• Inclusive approach is reflected within all actions and implementations, in that sense an enabling and accessible setup in various senses such as disability gender language barrier is created;
• Necessary arrangements to provide gender parity within all committees, meetings, trainings etc. introduced.

Business management      

• Results  Based Management: Ability to manage programmes and projects with a strategy aimed at improved performance and demonstrable results
• Project Management: Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and control resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals
• 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
• Partnership 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. Sets overall direction for the formation and management of strategic relationships contributing to the overall positioning of UNDP

2030 agenda- people   

• Gender: Gender mainstreaming

Partnership management 

• Resource Mobilization: Ability to identify funding sources, match funding needs (programmes/projects/initiatives) with funding opportunities, and establish a plan to meet funding requirements
• Customer Satisfaction/Client Management   Ability to respond timely and appropriately with a sense of urgency, provide consistent solutions, and deliver timely and quality results and/or solutions to fulfil and understand the real customers’ needs. Provide inputs to the development of customer service strategy. Look for ways to add value beyond clients’ immediate requests. Ability to anticipate client’s upcoming needs and concerns.

Required Skills and Experience:

Education:

• Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in International Development, Development Studies, Public Policy, Public Administration, Business Management, Social Science or other relevant fields, OR
• A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• Minimum 2 years (with master’s degree) or 4 years (with bachelor’s degree) in planning, implementing, monitoring and reporting of development project(s)
• Solid networking capacity
• Excellent analytical skill
• Excellent inter-personal and team building skills.
• Solid skill in providing project advisory services, monitoring and evaluation
• Ability to work with a multidisciplinary and multicultural team
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with a wide range of stakeholders;
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively under minimal supervision;
• Good organization and management skills;
• Excellent skill in using computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc), advance knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages,
• Relevant work experience and familiarity knowledge of biodiversity/climate change and sustainable development, development finance at the national level
• Work experience and familiarity with Government and UN/UNDP procedures would be desirable
• Experience in project implementation using Government and International Organization rules and regulation
• Experience and Knowledge on various donor’s reporting requirements
• Experience in providing project advisory services, monitoring and evaluation
• Experience in handling of web based management systems would be highly desirable.

Required Languages:

• English and Bahasa Indonesia

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