Operations and Programme Associate

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Office/Unit/Project Description   On October 21, 1974, the United Nations Development Programme and the Government of Barbados entered into an agreement to “support and supplement the national efforts of developing countries at solving the most important problems of their economic development and to promote social progress and better standards of life.”   Subsequently, similar agreements were entered with Governments of the ten countries and territories that the UNDP Multi-Country Office (MCO) for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean serves: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, the British Virgin Islands (BVI), the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.   UNDP Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Multi-Country Office (MCO) aims to create an enabling environment where our national governments have the capacities for inclusive and sustainable human development; meet their regional commitments, and internationally agreed objectives including the SDGs. The MCO focuses on policy and knowledge advisory services that facilitate poverty reduction, improved democratic governance, economic recovery, climate resilience, disaster risk reduction, social inclusion, and human rights. UNDP partners with governments and people at all levels of society to help build nations that can withstand crisis, and drive and sustain the kind of growth that improves the quality of life of everyone. We are on the ground in around 170 countries, to help empower lives and build resilient nations. UNDP’s work in the region continues to evolve and includes three clusters: Nature, Climate and Energy (NCE), Prevention, Recovery and Resilience (PRR), Poverty and Governance (P&G) and an Accelerator Lab. The MCO hub is in Barbados, with Project Offices in Dominica and Antigua and Barbuda.   As part of UNDP Barbados MCO support to the Commonwealth of Dominica, a Project Office was established in 2017 to assist the government with immediate response, recovery, and reconstruction post Hurricane Maria. This included strengthening national recovery frameworks, disaster preparedness and climate and community resilience, as well as empowering women to take a more proactive role in emergencies. Since 2017, the Dominica Project Office has evolved its portfolio to include climate resilience, economic recovery, and sustainable development initiatives.

 

Scope of Work

Under the overall guidance and supervision of the Head of Project Office, the Operations & Programme Associate will be responsible for the day-to-day administration of the physical project office (which is currently a joint UN office which UNDP manages the day-to-day logistics of) and providing overall guidance to project associates on implementation of ongoing projects within the Dominica Project Office, performing a variety of standard administrative and operational services within the framework of ensuring high quality and accuracy of work following the highest standards in line with UNDP guidelines and procedures. The Operations & Programme Associate will work closely with UNDP Project Coordinators and the UNDP Barbados and Eastern Caribbean MCO to coordinate activities and seek synergies, and support proposal development.

Summary of Key Functions: 

(a) Ensures implementation of operational strategies.

(b) Ensures effective administrative and logistical support.

(c) Support knowledge building and knowledge sharing in the CO

 

1.Ensures implementation of operational strategies, focusing on the achievement of the following results;

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