National Project Associate

The National Project Associate will support the implementation of the project "Supporting the green structural transformation of industries in the Philippines and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic through policy advice and capacity development." The role involves assisting in project coordination, administration, reporting, and capacity building activities to strengthen policy frameworks and institutional capacities for sustainable industrial development.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the overall implementation of the project in a timely manner.
• Assist to prepare annual work plans and coordinate the day-to-day operations of the project, including administration, accounting, and reporting.
• Consult regularly with project execution partners of all Outputs listed in the project document.
• Support the preparation of Project Steering Committee Meetings for project, including organizing meetings/briefings, preparing draft agenda, background documents/information.
• Act as secretary for the project implementation by convening regular meetings to report and review project implementation progress.
• Document and record minutes and results of all project meetings.
• In close consultation with project execution partners, assist to prepare detailed annual working plans with human resource and budget requirements.
• Monitor project activities execution against the working plan’s milestones and outputs and take prompt corrective actions whenever needed.
• Assist in the preparation of subcontractors’ terms of reference; identification of national bidders and preparation of cost estimates and time schedules for providing services as required by the project.
• Coordinate activities of project execution partners, consultants and subcontractors including contract management, supervision of field operations, logistical support, review of technical outputs/ reports, assessment of project achievements and cost control.
• Coordinate and collaborate with other national project coordinator for other partner countries within the project, under the direction of the PM, as required.
• Attend and evaluate capacity building programme and training organized by contractors.
• Coordinate and assist in the organization and delivery of training and workshops as mentioned in the project frameworks.
• Assist in organizing meetings in duty station and missions to carious project-related sites.
• Provide technical and commercial input to project in the country and countries in the region as and when required.
• Assist in activities to publicize the project and its activities.
• Contribute to the timely preparation of project reports and related documentation.
• Monitor continuously project activities’ execution, performance and track progress towards milestones as indicated in the M&E plan of the Project Document and provide information on monitoring as required by the PM.
• Submit 1 page evaluation for experts/contractors recruited and service providers working for the project in consultation with the PM.
• Time and quality reporting of project progress and performance vis-à-vis planned activities, outputs and set outcomes and indicators.
• Carry out ad-hoc activities that might become needed during project implementation.
• Carry out other activities related to the project as desired by the Regional Office and the PM.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (master’s or equivalent) in economics, public administration, business administration, political science, international relations, engineering, or other relevant field, with a specialization in industrial policy is required.
• A Master’s Level Degree in industrial economics or related field is desirable.
• Alternatively, a first level university degree or an advanced technical college diploma may be acceptable provided it is combined with additional 1 year of professional hand-on experience that is directly relevant to the expertise required by the specific assignment.
• At least one (1) year of experience in the field of industrial structure diagnostics; industrial policy formulation and advisory services; industrial process improvement; and value chain development, preferably with some years in the field of international development technical cooperation is required.
• Demonstrated understanding of, or experience in, environmental and climate policies is considered an asset.
• Experience in project management; working with international partners and public, private sectors is required.
• Good analytical writing, communication skills is required.
• Good working knowledge of MS Office, e-mail and Internet is required.
• Fluency in written and spoken English and local language are required.
• Fluency and/or working knowledge of another official UN language is desirable.

Skills

• Industrial Policy Formulation
• Industrial Structure Diagnostics
• Value Chain Analysis
• Industrial Process Improvement
• Project Management
• International Development Cooperation
• Policy Advisory
• Environmental Policy Knowledge
• Climate Policy Knowledge
• Analytical Writing
• Communications Skills
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Email Communication
• Internet Research

Languages

English