Background:
The Rural Heat and Hot Water Supply Modernization Project is an innovative partnership between the Government of Ukraine, UNDP and the private sector to address the poor heating and hot water infrastructure in many parts of rural Ukraine. The project will demonstrate the technical, social and financial feasibility of modernizing the gas supply system to end users in multi-user apartment and public buildings in selected smaller towns. It is one of the largest projects of UNDP in Ukraine with a budget exceeding US$ 30 million over 4 years.
The project is directly implemented by UNDP, in close consultation with the selected municipalities, the Ministry of Regional Development and Construction, the Ministry of Environment, regional authorities and gas service providers.
Under the guidance and supervision of the Deputy Country Director, the Project Manager (PM) shall be responsible for the overall management, strategic leadership and implementation of the project. The project manager leads and guides a project management unit and technical experts (approximately 7 staff) based in Kyiv with frequent travel within Ukraine.
The project manager works in close collaboration with programme and operations teams of UNDP Ukraine, and Government Officials.
Competencies
Corporate Competencies:
- Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards
- Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability
- Treats all people fairly without favoritism
Functional Competencies:
Knowledge Management and Learning
- Promotes knowledge management in UNDP and a learning environment in the office through leadership and personal example
- In-depth practical knowledge of inter-disciplinary development issues
- Actively works towards continuing personal learning and development in one or more Practice Areas, acts on learning plan and applies
newly acquired skills
- Seeks and applies knowledge, information, and best practices from within and outside of UNDP
- Development of effective liaison and relationship building with key stakeholders in the sector related to the project.
Development and Operational Effectiveness
- Ability to lead strategic planning, change processes, results-based management and reporting
- Ability to lead formulation, oversight of implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development projects
- Ability to apply development theory to the specific country context to identify creative, practical approaches to overcome challenging
situations
- Ability to work with a wide cross-section of partners: Government, NGO’s, communities, media and international donors;
Management and Leadership
- Builds strong relationships with clients, focuses on impact and result for the client and responds positively to feedback
- Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude
- Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities
- Ability to lead effectively, mentoring as well as conflict resolution skills
- Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills
- Remains calm, in control and good humored even under pressure
- Proven networking, team-building, organizational and communication skills
- Mature judgment combined with a proactive, energetic approach to problem solving
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong organizational and time management skills
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, Finance or equivalent disciplines
Experience:
- 7 years of relevant experience in project management in engineering in a development setting, including 3 or more years of senior-level
management responsibilities of similar size and complexity;
- Strong skills in project management and knowledge of project management procedures.
- Experience in planning and managing international technical assistance projects, including direct responsibilities for administering of
project budget;
- Experience in communal energy supply sector in Ukraine or Western CIS is an asset.
Language Requirements:
Fluency in English. Working knowledge of Russian or Ukrainian is strongly desired.
Deadline: 8 May 2012
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