Project Manager

Under the supervision of the Head of Democratic Governance and In close coor-dination, guidance and oversight provided by the Democratic Governance Programme Analyst the Project Manager will be responsible for the following:

• Ensuring effective project management of the assigned project by maintaining the deliveiy of appropriate technical, operational, financial and administrative outputs, while tracking the project progress by mon-itoring, evaluation and reporting;
• Maintaining collaborative working relationships among key project partners and donors, through effective communication, consultation and reporting;
• Ensuring gender and vulnerability mainstreaming within the projects.

Required education: University Degree In Public or Business Administration, Law, Economy, Social Sciences or other relevant field. Master degree Is a strong asset

Required professional experience: A minimum of 5 years (3 for candidates with Master’s degree) of relevant professional experience In local governance devel-opment projects; Experience in project management, programme/project coordi-nation and monitoring and/or provision of advisory services or similar; Experience on projects with a focus on decentralization processes, fiscal decentralization and similar capacity development Issues; Reasonable knowledge of the policies and Institutional frameworks relevant to the local/regional development and decen-tralization processes, service deliveiy, Inter-munlclpal cooperation and compara¬tive experiences/models, as well as capacity development at local level; Demonstrated experience in liaising and co-operating with government officials, municipal authorities, academic Institutions, NGOs and the private sector; Excellent communications, report writing and analytical skills.

Language Requirements: Language proficiency In both wrftten and oral English and Macedonian. Knowledge of Albanian language and/or languages of other communities shall be considered an asset

Duty station: Skopje

Interested candidates should submit their applications on-line, through the UNDP Website www.undp.org.mk . The deadline for submission of applications Is 26 February 2017. For further requirements, detailed Terms of Reference please visit UNDP Website www.undp.org.mk Applications received after the closing deadline will not be considered. No telephone calls please. Only short listed can¬didates will be contacted.

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