National Project Manager – NDC – UNDP jobs in Liberia

To achieve this, UNDP is seeking the services of a National Project Manager to support the Government and UNDP to deliver on the relevant outcomes and outputs of this project. The Project Manager will specifically perform the following tasks:

As per the request of the Government of Liberia to the NDC Partnership, UNDP will support the NDC Manager /Facilitator contract.  Additionally, UNDP will support coordination meeting of the NCCSC and relevant stakeholders, and international partners meetings on NDCs.

Considering prior efforts to accelerate the process on the climate change commitments/obligations being constrained by partnership and coordination, and expert facilitation challenges, the need for National NDC – Manager has become imperative.   The NDC Coordinator shall have matrixed supervision working under the direct supervision of the Environmental Protection Agency and reporting duties to UNDP to coordinate and facilitate the NDC implementation processes in Liberia. This shall include the collaboration with the UNDP, MFDP, Central Bank of Liberia and the nine (9) NDC sectorial institutions. Additionally, the Manager is expected to coordinate and support implementing partners (government and other non-state actors inclusive) providing support for the implementation of Liberia’s NDC. The Manager will report both to the Executive Director of the EPA or his designated focal person on day-to-day administrative aspects. S/he will also be reporting to the NDC Partnership Support Unit and UNDP. The Manager will also engage the appropriate senior officials at the MFDP on leveraging the role of national economic planning in NDC processes and implementation. The Manager will also undertake any other activities assigned to her/him related to accelerating action toward Liberia’s NDC fulfilment.

The role of the Manager is to support Government in engaging, coordinating, facilitating and mobilizing actors and resources for the implementation of Liberia’s updated NDC. Working on behalf of Government, the Manager plays a central role in ensuring the advancement of the NDC implementation plan. The Manager will focus on mainly 2 broad components: Working with partners to mobilize technical and financial resources to Implement activities in the NDC implementation Plan and coordinate activities between the EPA, MFDP, and the Central Bank of Liberia.

Summary of key functions:

In consultation with EPA, lead periodic coordination and information exchanges among partners supporting NDC implementation and other partners supporting NDC implementation plan actions in the country:  

• Coordinate and manage the online NDC implementation Plan- updates and continuous project mapping;
• Support government in preparing request of support for NDC implementation and other related activities to the NDC Partnership;
• Support the Government to organize multi-sector/- stakeholder meetings, including with High-Level Policymakers, partners to present the NDC implementation plan and seek donors and partners supports;
• Work with government focal points to produce a blog on the NDC implementation process;
• Work with the National Fisheries & Aquaculture Authority and the University of Liberia in collaboration with the World Bank, establish a Regional.

Center of Excellence for Liberia’s fisheries Program at the University of Liberia in fulfillment of the adaptation action under the fisheries sector in the NDC implementation plan: 

• Work with all the nine (9) NDC sectors and the nine NDC Environmental Sector Working Groups (ESWG) to mobilize technical and Financial resources for the implementation of the NDC at the National and Local levels;
• Support EPA to coordinate with various government institutions to develop COP27 priorities (Including concept notes) for Liberia;
• Support EPA to periodically present NDC Implementation progress and gaps to other government entities as well as  the Donor platform – chaired by the President;
• Support the EPA to enhance coordination with the IPs/DPs coordination platform of more than 20 partners chaired by the president;
• Support the EPA to hold additional global launch of the NDC Implementation in addition to other products;
• Support the EPA to establish and rollout the NDC Taskforce Coordination Unit that will work with the Environmental Sector Working Groups (ESWG) to develop NDC tracking tools for reporting Liberia GHGs emission level and progress in collaboration with Support to the government of Liberia.

Coordinate Activities between MFDP and the Central Bank:

• The National Project Manager is responsible for submitting a monthly report and updates to Developmental Partners, reviewing Terms of Reference (TORs), contracts, and local consultant recruitments for the NDC implementation;
• The role involves working closely with the EPA and MFDP, in collaboration with the Central Bank of Liberia and the NDC Partnership Support Unit, to establish effective coordination. Additionally, the National Project Manager will provide support for the implementation and coordination through the Environmental Sector and Working Group.

The National Manager reports to the Programme Manager:

• In this role, there will be close collaboration with the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP) and the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL). The primary objectives include mobilizing technical and financial support for the establishment of climate desks at both the MFDP and CBL, along with providing support for the coordination of government institutions and partners.

Knowledge Management and Communication:

• Identify key knowledge constraints and organize learning, knowledge exchange, training, workshops, etc. to build the awareness and capacities on relevant themes (i.e. forstery , local climate risk assessments, environmental sustainability, mainstreaming, in support of women and youth employment, etc.);
• Contribute to the implementation of the Communication and Visibility Plan of the Programme, in collaboration with Programme team, partners and technical consultants;
• Identify, collect and disseminate best practices and lesson learned from the Programme in areas of specialty;
• Manage the process of convening national and regional stakeholders to share lessons learned on selected themes.

The National Project Manager works under the direct supervision of the UNDP Team Leader for Inclusive Green Growth(IGG),  and the overall supervision of the Deputy Resident Representative for Programme.

Achieve Results: LEVEL 3: Set and align challenging, achievable objectives for multiple projects, have lasting impact

Think Innovatively: LEVEL 3: Proactively mitigate potential risks, develop new ideas to solve complex problems

Learn Continuously: LEVEL 3: Create and act on opportunities to expand horizons, diversify experiences

Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 3: Proactively initiate and champion change, manage multiple competing demands

Act with Determination: LEVEL 3: Think beyond immediate task/barriers and take action to achieve greater results

Engage and Partner: LEVEL 3: Political savvy, navigate complex landscape, champion inter-agency collaboration

Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 3: Appreciate benefits of diverse workforce and champion inclusivity
Technical and cross-functional Competencies:

Communication: Advocacy strategy: Ability to create and implement advocacy strategies which lead to impactful change.

Partnership management: multi-stakeholder engagement and funding: Knowledge and ability to forge multi-stakeholder partnerships, and remove any obstacles to resource mobilization and multi-stakeholder funding platforms.

Business Direction & Strategy: System Thinking: Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system.

2030 Agenda: Planet: Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery: Climate Risk Management Disaster and Climate Risk Governance.

2030 Agenda: Planet: Nature, Climate and Energy: 

• Climate Change Policies: Climate Finance;
• Climate Change Policies: Governance / integrated planning for climate change investments in the context of urbanization;
• Climate Change Adaptation: strategies