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The Development Partners Group (DPG), established in 2001, currently comprises 35 multilateral and bilateral development partners that provide development assistance to Ethiopia. The DPG was established to catalyze policy dialogue and to coordinate and harmonize development partners’ support to the implementation of national development plans and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The DPG Dialogue Structure includes the DPG Heads of Agency (HoA), Executive Committee (ExCom), Sector Working Groups, High-Level Fora, and the Effective Development Cooperation Taskforce (EDCTF). The DPG Secretariat supports DPG co-chairs – which rotate every year, one representing the bilateral member agencies, and one the multilateral) in the coordination of the framework. The DPG Secretariat is hosted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Office and provides support to the Ministries of Finance (MoF) and of Planning & Development (MoPD) in fulfilling their mandates on development coordination, expansion of development financing options, and integrated development planning, monitoring & evaluation. The Secretariat follows up ongoing agendas and new initiatives launched by the DPG. It also provides technical and administrative support to organize: 1) High Level Fora and workshops, and 2) monthly DPG Executive Committee (Ex-Com) and DPG Heads of Agency meetings. In addition, it facilitates policy discussions between the government and development partners. More information on the DPG structure can be found on the DPG website: https://dpgethiopia.org/.
The DPG Pooled Fund project is jointly managed and implemented by Development Partners, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Planning and Development through the Steering Committee. The pooled fund is a mechanism to ensure donor coordination and reduce transaction costs both for the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) and donors by pooling resources to support the following three outputs: (1) Effective support to the implementation of the national development plan and the SDGs; (2) Strengthened dialogue between the DPG and the Government; and (3) Enhanced capacity of Government and development partners to achieve aid effectiveness and harmonization targets
Under the overall guidance and direct supervision of the Policy and Aid Effectiveness Specialist, the Project Associate shall provide, as member of the DPG Secretariat, programme administrative and operational (financial management, procurement and administrative) support to the Development Partners Group (DPG) facilitating the implementation of the DPG Pooled Fund project.
S/he will work in close collaboration with operations and programme staff in the UNDP Ethiopia Country Office and UNDP HQ, government and development partners as required to facilitate information exchange and ensure effective service delivery:
Ensure effective client relationship management
Ensure effective procurement of goods and services
In coordination with UNDP Country Office Procurement Unit, implement procurement of the DPG Pooled Fund project in line with UNDP rules and regulations, including:
Support administrative management of the DPG Secretariat and Pooled Fund Project
Support financial management of the DPG Pooled Fund project:
Support advocacy, monitoring, evaluation and reporting tasks in relation to the DPG Pooled Fund Project
The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.
Institutional Arrangement:
The Project Associate will be seated at the DPG Secretariat Office and will report directly to the Head of the DPG Secretariat.
Achieve Results: LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline
Think Innovatively: LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is a pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements
Learn Continuously: LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback
Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible
Act with Determination: LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident
Engage and Partner: LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships
Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination
Cross-Functional & Technical competencies
Business Management – Working with Evidence and Data: Ability to inspect, cleanse, transform and model data with the goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions, and supporting decision-making
Business Management – Digital Awareness and Literacy: Ability and inclination to rapidly adopt new technologies, either through skillfully grasping their usage or through understanding their impact and empowering others to use them as needed
Business Management – 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.
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.
Technical – Finance – Budget management: Ability to support budgetary aspects of work planning process, drawing and management of team budgets
Technical-Procurement – Procurement Management: The ability to acquire goods, services or works from an outside external source
Language:
Fluency in in English and Amharic is required.
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