Project Analyst - NOA FT

UNDP in Cuba is one of the main partners that accompanies the government in this national priority at the macro and micro program level and in the management of transformational changes, innovation and public/private articulation with the various existing and emerging economic actors such as Cooperatives and MSMEs. A special partnership has been built up since 2009 in the productive transformation of the sectors that contribute to food security, one of the highly prioritized by the Cuban government and which has also been strongly reflected in the CPD. The work area will be developed in the Human Development and Local Economic Development folder of the Office, which has been growing in relevant projects and for which it has a work team to coordinate the theme of productive transformation.

1.Ensure the proper functioning of the projects, ensuring compliance with the planned results, the intervention logic, the schedule and financial execution and the application of transversal approaches:

• Offer technical and methodological support for the design and monitoring of projects, results and activities
• Ensure proper financial management
• Ensure adequate communication and visibility of the results
• Support the integration of the gender approach and environmental and energy sustainability
• Promote circular economy and green economy approaches
• Lead the project implementation team formed in UNDP
• Carry out adequate risk management and implement mitigation measures
• Support the formulation of projects and mobilization of funds on the subject of productive transformation
   

• Establish alliances with key national institutions for the implementation of projects
• Identify and strengthen alliances with international institutions that can provide knowledge, expertise and know-how, favoring the application of innovation
• Promote interagency work based on the results of the projects, contributing to the positioning of UNDP and the establishment of complementary relationships with other UNS agencies.
   

• Keep programmatic monitoring records updated in the Atlas system.
• In collaboration with the ONPs, coordinate the preparation of quarterly and annual reports, according to UNDP and donor standards.
• Ensure adequate monitoring of projects, at the national and local levels.
• Follow-up of the audit processes that are carried out.
• Coordination of the evaluation processes agreed upon and follow-up on the implementation of the recommendations derived from them.
• Coordinate monitoring visits that are requested by donors.
• Preparation of reports to donors and contribute to the preparation of the ROAR.
• Produce systematizations and ensure the dissemination of results and good practices with effective communication modalities.

• Monitoring initiatives at the local level within the framework of the projects.
• Promote the inclusion of the various economic actors and the obtaining of benefits to strengthen their productive capacities
• Coordination with the technical groups formed within the local structures of the projects.

• Provide systematic information on project implementation
• Promote the construction of synergies with other projects in the area

Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities:

Lead and supervise the designated team at UNDP to support the implementation of productive transformation projects

UNDP People Management Competencies can be found in the dedicated site.

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies 
 

I. Business Direction & Strategy -   Strategic Thinking:   

• Ability to develop effective strategies and prioritized plans in line with UNDP¶s objectives, based on the systemic analysis of challenges, potential risks and opportunities; linking the vision to reality on the ground, and creating tangible solutions.
• Ability to leverage learning from a variety\ of sources to anticipate and respond to future trends; to demonstrate foresight in order to model what future developments and possible ways forward look like for UNDP.

II. Business Development-Collective Intelligence Design:

• Ability to bringing together diverse groups of people, data, information or ideas, and technology to design services or solutions.

III. Business Management-Project Management:

• Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and control resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals.
   

IV. Partnership management - Relationship management:

• Ability to engage with a wide range of public and private partners, build, sustain and/or strengthen working relations, trust and mutual understanding.
   

V. Digital & Innovation- Agile’ methodologies and practices:

• Ability to manage projects and processes through continuous, learning and improvement. 
• Ability to manage self-organizing cross-functional teams, foster a team culture of curiosity and learning. Being nimble and being able to improvise and quickly adjust unforeseen events or changes in conditions or context.
   

VI. Ethics - Un Policy knowledge -ethics:

• Knowledge and understanding of the UN Staff Regulations and Rules and other policies relating ethics and integrity.
   

VII. Finance-Financial planning and budgeting:   

• Ability to create and manage processes to achieve UNDP’s long and short-term financial goals, including through planning, budgeting, forecasting, analyzing and reporting.
   

Keywords:  

Team building - Methodological and technical support - Project design and implementation - Monitoring and reporting

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