Programme Associate

Under the overall guidance of the Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Management Portfolio Manager and the direct supervision of the Deputy Portfolio Manager, the Programme Associate ensures effective delivery of the portfolio by entering and managing data and supporting programme implementation consistent with UNDP rules and regulations; and supports the design, planning and management of the country programme.

The Programme Associate promotes a client-oriented approach consistent with UNDP rules and regulations.

The Programme Associate works in close collaboration with the Operations, Programme and projects’ staff in the country office and UNDP HQ, and UN Agencies to exchange information and resolve complex finance-related issues.

UNDP adopts a portfolio approach to accommodate changing business needs and leverage linkages across interventions to achieve its strategic goals. Therefore, UNDP personnel are expected to work across units, functions, teams, and projects in multidisciplinary teams in order to enhance and enable horizontal collaboration.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support formulation of programme strategies and implementation of the portfolio
• Provide background information for preparation of the portfolio and its supporting projects and establishment of Baselines, Milestones and Targets (BMT).
• Provide information/evidence to guide future programming and identify implementation arrangements
• Provide effective support to management of the portfolio
• Create projects in ERP, prepare required budget revisions, revise project status, determine unutilized funds, and ensure operational and financial closure of a project.
• Provide day-to-day guidance to implementing partners on implementation of projects, and track use of financial resources. Contribute to managing digital technology solutions in portfolio implementation towards scalability and sustainability in line with UNDP’s digital standards.
• Contribute to the effective management of data in portfolio and project(s) implementation, across the data lifecycle. Follow up on programme, portfolio and project performance indicators/ success criteria, targets and milestones, preparation of reports, and implementation of corporate results-based management mechanisms and tools.
• Identify programmatic bottlenecks and propose solutions.
• Make preparations for external and internal programme/portfolio/project audits, and support implementation of audit recommendations.
• Provide administrative support to the portfolio unit by maintaining internal expenditure system and performing quality assurance review of technical reports and payments that includes following up with other units and taking timely corrective actions.
• Support implementation of the partnership and resource mobilization strategies
• Analyze information on donors and prepare donor profiles.
• contributions agreements and manage contributions in ERP.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Secondary education is required.
• A university degree (bachelor´s degree) in Business Administration, Public Administration, Economics, Political Sciences, or Social Sciences, will be given due consideration, but it is not a requirement.

Experience:

• A minimum of 6 years (with secondary education) or 3 years (with bachelor’s degree) of relevant progressively responsible administrative/management or programme experience is required at the national and/or international level.
• Experience in the use of computers, office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.), database packages, and web-based management systems such as ERP is required.
• Experience of working with UNDP or another UN agency would be an asset.
• Ability to review and edit documents, ability to produce meeting reports identifying key actions is required.
• Previous experience in supporting resource mobilization is an asset.
• Experience in climate or energy related programme or project work is desired.
• Experience in budget expenditure tracking and processing is an asset.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English and Dari or Pashto is required.

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