Project Coordinator

PROJECT CONTEXT

“Support for small and medium-sized enterprises’ transition towards a green and circular economy” (Project ID: 230143) is a project financed by the European Commission through the Directorate General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR) under the umbrella of the “Regional package on Green and Circular Economy – Green Forward”. The project will commence its inception phase in July 2024, and will be implemented over a period of four years.

The project’s overall objective is to create green jobs along targeted value chains, including to contribute to sustainable economic growth, decarbonized and climate resilient development, decent jobs creation, and a safer, healthier, and pollution-free environment. This action will be conducted in the eight countries of the Southern Mediterranean region previously supported by the SwitchMed II Programme (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, and Tunisia) plus Libya.

The project will build on the achievements of the SwitchMed II programme and will focus on two outputs. Under Output 1, resource efficient and circular business models will be demonstrated, and capacities thereon will be built, including on access to finance, through the development of industrial pilots. Under Output 2, resource efficiency and circular economy knowledge will be disseminated at educational, Technical and Vocational Education and Training and policy levels, including regionally, to support regional cooperation and capacity building.

FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Under the supervision of the Project Manager, assists in appraising, adjusting and presenting project proposals, and monitoring programme execution, identifying problems and utilizing information as an input to corrective actions to promote effective project management, develops and administers technical cooperation projects. The incumbent shall carry out following main duties:
• Locate and analyze specific economic and social data and distilling and synthesizing information relevant to proposed projects.
• Identify, describe and justify project possibilities related to a particular project and consistent with approved technical cooperation programmes and ongoing activities.
• Appraise, review and adjust project proposals to ensure consistency with national, sub regional, regional and sectoral priorities and programmes, and with available resources; formulate and present such proposals on the basis of technical and substantive inputs in accordance with required format for final review and approval.
• Develop schedules, arrangements and methods for the management of the execution of individual project/s, in consultation with project personnel, technical, substantive and administrative service units.
• Exchange information required for project formulation and execution with government officials in planning, finance, donor input coordination and sectoral functions, as well as with representatives of multilateral and bilateral donor agencies.
• Monitor and expedite project execution systematically through discussions and correspondence with technical, substantive and project staff, field visits, analysis of periodic project progress reports, participation in tripartite reviews and mid-term project evaluations; utilize information obtained as an input to corrective decision-making and revisions.
• Organize and conduct briefings and debriefings on projects with special regard for the country, sub regional and regional aspects, resources and development characteristics, with a view to maximizing project performance levels.

MINIMUM ORGANIZATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Education:

• Advanced university degree (mater’s or equivalent) in engineering, sciences, economics, business administration, international relations or other relevant discipline with specialization in project management, is required.

Technical and Functional Experience:

• At least five (5) years of professional experience in technical cooperation project management or portfolio project management including some exposure at the international level, is required.
• Ability to research and analyse information independently and recommend solutions is required.
• Ability to write in a clear and concise manner is required.
• Experience tracking progress against logical framework indicators and reporting indicator values according to donor requirements, is required.
• Ability to work effectively in multi-cultural teams is desirable.
• Experience in evaluating the needs, conditions and problems in developing countries, is desirable.
• Basic understanding of the UNIDO Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies (TEST) Methodology and circular economy is desirable.

Languages:

• Fluency in written and spoken English is required. Fluency and/or working knowledge of another official UN language, particularly Arabic or French, is desirable.

Source: https://careers.unido.org/job/Vienna-Project-Coordinator/986312155/