Background
In the last ten years, UNDP has successfully implemented various initiatives in the Prespa lake region aimed at building sustainable capacities for overcoming the region’s environmental challenges. Building upon the achieved results of the previous interventions, in June 2012 UNDP launched a new project financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), aimed at introducing a set of comprehensive measures to significantly improve the Lake’s overall health, strengthen its resilience, and ensure, in the long-run, control of the eutrophication processes. The project is providing critical support to the authorities in implementing the first ever Prespa Lake Watershed Management Plan (prepared in accordance to the EU Water Framework Directive principles), developed within the UNDP/GEF Prespa project.
The project is founded on the integrated ecosystem management and integrated watershed management approaches, and it presents a particularly complex, multilayer project whose implementation would require specific knowledge in the related fields of expertise and extensive understanding of the local setting. Moreover, the successful project implementation is subject to using and further upgrading the existing networks and communication channels established over the past years by UNDP through its locally based project office in Prespa. Building partnerships and ensuring synergies with the multitude of stakeholders and similar initiatives, by applying the principles of inclusiveness and participation, with sensitivity over the water management related issues would be the key to the project success.
Given the size, diversity and complexity of project activities, the project intends to hire a Monitoring Officer who would provide high-quality support to their effective implementation. Based on the specific requirements of the project the Monitoring Officer would be primarily expected to cover some of the programmatic areas (e.g., biodegradable waste management, communal infrastructure projects, forestry, capacity development support to local institutions), but also provide assistance in certain administrative procedures.
Responsibilities
- Assessment of technical, social, economic, maintenance and operation, and institutional feasibility of assigned project components
- Monitor and evaluate the implementation of project activities
- Project implementation support
Requirements
- University degree in a development related discipline (economics, social or natural sciences, environment, engineering). M.Sc. is a strong
asset
- 3 years (two years for the candidates with M.Sc.) of relevant professional experience in design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
of development projects. Experience in implementation of larger budgets for projects of international organizations shall be a strong asset
- Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills in Macedonian and in English; Knowledge of other local languages shall
be an asset.
Deadline: 25 June 2014