Background
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) supported Full Size Project “Enabling transboundary cooperation and integrated water resources management in the extended Drin River Basin” aims at fostering the joint management of the shared water resources of the Drin River Basin (shared by Albania, FYR Macedonia, Greece, Kosovo and Montenegro) including coordination mechanisms among the various sub-basin commissions and committees (Lakes Prespa, Ohrid and Skadar). Albania, FYR Macedonia and Montenegro are the Project beneficiaries. The same goal will be fostered by the GEF supported Medium Size Project “Enabling transboundary cooperation and integrated water resources management in the White Drin and the extended Drin Basin”. Kosovo is the beneficiary of that Project.
The duration of the two Projects is four years.
The Projects share the same set of activities constituting the means to achieve the goal mentioned above, through: (i) building consensus among countries on key transboundary concerns and drivers of change, including climate variability and change, reached through joint fact finding; (ii) facilitating the agreement on a shared vision and on a program of priority actions deemed necessary to achieve the vision; (iii) strengthening technical and institutional capacities.
The Projects are implemented by UNDP and executed by the Global Water Partnership (GWP) through GWP-Mediterranean (GWP-Med); the latter is responsible for the realization of the Project, including hiring of Project staff. The Projects will be managed by a Project Coordination Unit (PCU), based in Tirana, Albania; staff will be stationed also in Podgorica, Montenegro; Ohrid, FYR Macedonia; Pristina, Kosovo; and Athens, Greece. Given that the two Projects will be jointly implemented, hereon they are referred to as ‘the Project’.
Responsibilities
- Support the preparations of project work-plans and operational and financial planning processes.
- Contribute to the preparation of progress reports.
- Assist in procurement and recruitment processes.
- Prepare agendas and arrange field visits, appointments and meetings both internal and external related to the project activities and write minutes from the meetings.
- Assist in logistical organization of meetings, training and workshops; ensure the proper day-to-day functioning of the PCU office that is based at, by advertising national and
international procurement related to the Project, with support of the financial officer in GWP-Med; supervising the provision and acquisition of all necessary supplies and
services including maintenance contracts, office supplies and communications; arranging for customs clearance if required. She/he shall be responsible for the proper running
and upkeep of the PCU hardware including the computers, copiers, etc. Maintain records over project equipment inventory.
Requirements
- Graduate degree in environmental management or a directly related field e.g. hydrology / hydrogeology, biology, limnology, geography, natural resources management. Post
graduate university degree will be an asset.
- At least three years of working experience on the issues mentioned above preferably at one of the sub-basins of the Drin Basin (Lakes Prespa, Ohrid, Skadar/Shkoder, and
Black Drin, White Drin, Drin and Buna/Bojana Rivers).
- English is the working language for this assignment, therefore excellent oral and written communication skills in English are required.
Deadline: 06 December 2015