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Duties and Responsibilities
- Overall management of the ReLOaD programme:
- Provides overall coordination and takes overall management responsibility and accountability for successful implementation of activities under the programme, in line with the project document and Annual Work Plans (AWPs);
- Effectively applies Result-based Management (RBM) tools, establishes management targets (the balances scorecard – BSC) and monitors achievement of results;
- Builds, motivates, and leads a high-performing team consisting of project personnel across the WB region, expert consultants, service providers, and conducts performance assessments of team members;
- Leads the preparation and implementation of regional activities, and organizes regional practice sharing and networking conferences with government authorities and other stakeholders;
- In coordination with UNDP Country Offices across the WB region, prepares annual activity and procurement work plans, as well as budgets based on expected year-end outputs, and ensures close monitoring of activities and delivery;
- Leads analytical reviews and systematically captures lessons learnt from the programme implementation, identifies follow-up actions and submits them for consideration to the Project Board;
- Reports to the Project Board to ensure the overall direction and integrity of the programme;
- Ensures close monitoring of activities in line with the programme monitoring plan, guiding the design and regular use of adequate monitoring tools and systems, enabling evidence-based tracking of progress, achievements, and results, against the programme logical framework indicators;
- Monitors and analyses progress, using applicable monitoring & evaluation and risk management tools in Online Management System (Quantum);
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- Ensures regular communication and coordination with programme counterparts and beneficiaries, as well as develops and maintains effective mechanisms for integrating and responding to their feedback and insights;
- Presents the programme to all relevant stakeholders and acts as UNDP lead focal point for the programme;
- Secures proper and efficient use of programme budgets, as per the project document;
- Ensures full accountability, transparency, and the principle of competition in the allocation of resources, procurement of services, works and goods and selection of recipients;
- Manages financial allocations and approves expenditures according to the authority delegated and ensures timely payments following UNDP rules and regulations;
- Complies with security and safety requirements and regulations and ensure the same are respected by all programme personnel;
- Participates in high-level consultations and working meetings with the European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations (EU DG NEAR) and government counterparts from the WB IPA beneficiaries.
Supervision and effective coordination of Programme activities implementation:
- Coordinates execution of planned activities or tasks of the ReLOaD teams in the WB region;
- Coordinates ReLOaD activities to deliver intended outputs and achieve the desirable impact of the programme by applying programming tools and policies in line with the UN Results-Based Management Approach;
- Provides guidance to programme partners and ReLOaD teams across the WB in promotion and visibility activities respecting UNDP and donor requirements;
- Leads the identification of relevant in-country stakeholders and convenes regular meetings of the management bodies and other key consultations;
- Contributes to the identification and documentation of partnership opportunities with various stakeholders during the implementation of the programme activities;
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- Liaises with the local governments, relevant ministries, CSOs, and other relevant institutions to collect, analyze and disseminate information relevant to the ReLOaD programme;
- Identifies the risks on time, and suggests corrective measures;
- Provides direction and guidance to the consultants engaged and responsible parties where applicable;
- Provides guidance and technical advice to programme teams and counterparts;
- Supervises the Regional team members based in CO BiH;
- Coordinates ReLOaD3 teams placed in other COs across the Western Balkans;
- Provides inputs about the staff performance reviews following UNDP rules, regulations and procedures ensuring full understanding of all aspects of the project;
- Oversees the work of external consultants, and contracted companies;
- Maintains regular coordination, shares information, and fosters excellent relationships with the project donors;
- Participates in joint coordination meetings of the GG sector.
