REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

QUALIFICATIONS

• A minimum of bachelor’s degree in public administration, finance, or related field.
• Preferably at least 1 year of professional working experience in the relevant areas.
• Experience coordinating functions and events (workshops, meetings, etc.) is required.
• Excellent knowledge and skills in Microsoft tools and applications.
• Excellent written and spoken English, Uzbek and Russian.
• Ability to prepare written reports and business correspondence.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented individual with good organizational skills.
• Experience/knowledge of green growth, climate change, and sustainable development is a plus.

FUNCTIONAL

• Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with GGGI partner institutions.
• Ability to work in an organized, systematic manner, with a degree of innovation and decision-making abilities.
• Ability to write concise and clear reports and meeting minutes and to file them effectively and develop and maintain the GGGI database accordingly.
• Ability to perform well in a fast-paced atmosphere and self-motivated to produce quality results in timely manner.
• Ability to be prompt, punctual, polite and at all times professional.
• Ability to communicate well with all stakeholders.

CORPORATE

• Understand and actively support GGGI’s mission, vision, and values.
• Outstanding stakeholder engagement, client relationship, communication, teamwork, and consensus building.
• Process and share information easily and excellent at problem solving.
• Manage emotions and stress positively, build rapport and resolve conflict easily.
• Promote creativity and innovation among staff.
• Work effectively with other teams of a high degree of cultural and professional diversity.

WORKING CONDITIONS

The Project Assistant holds the X4 national grade level. As per the GGGI Staff Regulations of July 2023, Uzbekistan’s national position graded X4 starts from $14,757. Determination of base salary is subject to candidate’s experience, academic background, and internal equity. Terms and conditions are to be reviewed in a case-by-case situation. The chosen candidate is expected to be based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

GGGI is committed to providing a work environment that is sufficiently flexible to accommodate diverse life-cycle challenges. GGGI assists staff members to achieve a better balance between work and personal/family commitments, thus ensuring high performance, long-term productivity, and the well-being of staff members.

* GGGI encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds and seeks to create an inclusive working environment.

INTRODUCTION TO GGGI

In 2021 GGGI signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the State Committee for Ecology and Environment Protection of the Republic of Uzbekistan (now Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection, and Climate Change) in support of UN resolution A/RES/70.1, Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Paris Climate Agreement. Both Parties agreed to cooperate in strengthening the national, sub-national, and local green growth planning, financing, and institutional frameworks; increasing green public and private investment flows; improving South-South Cooperation and evidence-based knowledge sharing; and advancing thought leadership for green growth in Uzbekistan.

In July 2021 GGGI Uzbekistan launched the “Green Rehabilitation Investment Project for Karakalpakstan Republic to address the impact of the Aral Sea Crisis (Aral Sea GRIP project).” Funded by Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), it has assisted in introducing climate-resilient agribusiness models to communities of most disaster-affected districts to pursue disaster-resilient sustainable livelihoods and providing policy, financing, and investment frameworks to allow these to be scaled up. In February 2023, GGGI Uzbekistan joined hands with Agence Française de Développement (AFD) to implement the “Support for the realization of a pilot Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)” to identify sectorial policy/programs to be the SEA subject and support mainstreaming of the SEA approach in policy planning for sustainable tourism development.

The GGGI Uzbekistan Country Office is hosted by the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection, and Climate Change (MEEPCC) in Tashkent, and has a field office in Nukus, embedded within the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade of the Republic of Karakalpakstan.

Child protection – GGGI is committed to child protection, irrespective of whether any specific area of work involves direct contact with children. GGGI’s Child Protection Policy is written in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child.