Finance & Administrative Assistant - Climate Resilient Agriculture for Integrated Landscape Management - Grenada
St. George's
- Organization: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
- Location: St. George's
- Grade: Consultancy - SB-3 (SC6/SC7), Service Contract, Local Contractors Agreement
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Occupational Groups:
- Operations and Administrations
- Administrative support
- Banking and Finance
- Environment
- Meteorology, Geology and Geography
- Humanitarian Aid and Coordination
- Agriculture and Forestry
- Urban Development, planning and design
- Resilience and Climate Change
- Climate Change
- Closing Date: Closed
Background
Grenada’s biodiversity is being threatened by unsafe agricultural practices and encroachment from human settlements, resulting in habitat loss and fragmentation, overexploitation of biological resources, and pollution. The presence of invasive alien species and climate change are also drivers of biodiversity loss in the country. Land degradation has affected approximately 50% of land resources in Grenada; deforestation and fragmentation of forests in the form of forest clearance to allow for residential and commercial development, non-sustainable agriculture, forest fires, and coastal tourism development are the main forces behind land degradation in Grenada. Integrated agroecosystem management, which incorporates sustainable land management (SLM) and biodiversity conservation into production landscapes, may provide a solution to biodiversity loss and land degradation in the country. SLM and biodiversity conservation objectives need to be mainstreamed into national land use planning, sectoral policies, and legal frameworks. Incorporated into SLM are climate smart agriculture (CSA) practices that can contribute to ensuring the long-term sustainability of agricultural production at the community and producer levels.
Duties and Responsibilities
Competencies
Core Competencies
Leadership
Ability to persuade others to follow
Level 2: Proactively identifies new opportunities and challenges
Communication
Ability to listen, adapt, persuade and transform
Level 3: Expresses information and views with adaptive reasoning and appreciation for complexity and variation
Innovation
Ability to make new and useful ideas work
Level 3: Adapts deliverables to meet client needs
People Management
Ability to improve performance and satisfaction Level 2: Takes ownership of responsibilities
Delivery
Ability to get things done while exercising good judgement
Level 4: Meets goals and quality criteria for delivery of products or services
Technical/Functional
Financial management
Knowledge of financial management concepts, frameworks, risk management, and principles and ability to apply to strategic and/or practical situations
Level 4: Apply & Adapt: Contributes skills and knowledge with demonstrated ability to advance innovation and continuous improvement, in professional area of expertise
Monitoring and compliance
Knowledge of monitoring and results management concepts, accountability frameworks, risk management, and principles and ability to apply to strategic and/or practical situations
Level 4: Apply & Adapt: Contributes skills and knowledge with demonstrated ability to advance innovation and continuous improvement, in professional area of expertise
Change Management
Ability to apply a systematic approach to adapt, control and effect change
Level 3: Implement & Manage: Exercises skills and knowledge independently, demonstrating ability to manage self and team responsibilities, in area of work
Stakeholders Management
Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and balance often contradictory expectations, building and maintaining relationships
Level 4: Apply & Adapt: Contributes skills and knowledge with demonstrated ability to advance innovation and continuous improvement, in professional area of expertise
Team Building
Ability to work effectively with diverse groups of professionals towards common goals
Level 3: Implement & Manage: Exercises skills and knowledge independently, demonstrating ability to manage self and team responsibilities, in area of work
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
Specialized education preferably with specialized certification in business administration, management, economics, accounting or related field.
Experience:
At least 3 years of professional experience in project or business administration, including budget planning and monitoring, logistics coordination/event planning and procurement
Experience working in a sustainable development context is a distinct asset
Professional work experience with a UN Agency is desired, especially UNDP/GEF, preferably with knowledge of Atlas
Excellent report writing skills and strong interpersonal communication skills
Data processing skills would be an asset
Demonstrable computer proficiency with Microsoft Office suite
Language:
Fluency in written and spoken English
Legal status to work in Grenada e.g. CARICOM Graduate/Skilled National Certificate
Disclaimer
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