Reporting Specialist

UNDP has been providing development assistance to the people of Myanmar since the 1950s. UNDP operated under a restricted mandate from 1993 until 2012 implementing the Human Development Initiative programme which provided assistance directly to communities and individuals for improving their lives and livelihoods. In 2013, UNDP began working through two country programmes, and between 2018 and 2020 the focus shifted to direct support to the Myanmar Government. Following the military takeover in 2021, UNDP Myanmar pivoted to directly target the extremely vulnerable by meeting their basic needs and supporting community recovery, through the Community First Programme: 2021-2025. We have and extensive presence with 4 field offices covering 11 states and regions, with offices in Mon State - covering Mon and the southeastern regions including Bago – and Kachin and Shan states. UNDP also has a field office in Rakhine State and a sub-office in northern Rakhine.

UNDP Myanmar works with an extensive network of local CSO, CBO, grassroots partners and community leaders established by UNDP under the Human Development Initiative which started in 1993. These networks remain operational, and UNDP has been able to quickly connect and deliver support through them despite rapid changes in Myanmar’s political and social landscape.

The UNDP is recruiting a Reporting Specialist, who will be responsible for preparing earthquake response project reporting and other written inputs and products to remotely support the requirements of the Project Management Unit based in Mandalay. The incumbent will need to take into account the context of the project, including a dynamic operating context, connectivity challenges, language barriers, and the need for both routine and ad hoc reporting.
The incumbent will promote UNDP’s mandate as a gender-responsive organisation with zero tolerance to any kind of discriminatory and abusive behaviour, including sexual harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse. The incumbent will also integrate gender and youth analysis and programmatic design considerations into all aspects of the work and deliverables, ensuring a programmatic focus on empowerment of women and youth.

Under the direct supervision of the Earthquake Project Manager, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:
• Compile, in consultation with the Project Management and Country Office, a calendar and timeline of reporting requirements across the project life cycle, for use within UNDP.
• Prepare and develop tools and templates to regularize and streamline preparation and updating of reporting and project information products.
• Provide drafting, editing, and formatting support to project team in project reporting and other written inputs as needed.
• Coach and strengthen capacity of project management unit personnel in reporting and preparation of written inputs.
• Using experience from initial months of 2026, prepare an assessment of ways to simplify and streamline workload and timelines while meeting project reporting requirements, with a list of recommended measures.