Duties and Responsibilities:
UNDP proposes to engage a PMU State coordinator to support the PMU at SC & ST Department, Government of Odisha to Lead and provide strategic guidance to the PMU team in effective Planning, monitoring, and implementation of the Tribal development Programmes in the state of Odisha.

The PMU State coordinator will be part of the Project Management Unit and will work under the overall guidance and supervision of Programme Lead, Tribal Development, UNDP with functional support from State head of Office, UNDP Odisha and project team members and day to day supervision on the implementation issues with the Government of Odisha. S/He will ensure engagement of all direct stakeholders and delivery of project objectives, in coordination with the Government of Odisha.

Provide technical support in strategic planning process for the project and ensure its implementation in accordance with the signed project document.
Lead and provide strategic guidance to the PMU team ineffective planning, monitoring and implementation of the Tribal Welfare Programmes in the state of Odisha.
Lead and strategize the advocacy work, identify research areas and develop capacity building programmes for implementing officers and practitioners on the ground. Undertake coordination with the Tribal Welfare Department’s knowledge partners for initiating partnerships etc.
Prepare the Quarterly/ Annual Project Reports (progress against planned activities, update the
Project Assurance team, Annual Work Plans (AWP), Annual Plans of Activities and Procurement Plans for the project’s implementation period.
Monitor implementation of project components, analyse problems that hamper their implementation and take appropriate measures to ensure timely delivery of project’s resources (inputs) for the achievement of programmatic results.
Organize workshops, seminars and round tables to share project outputs with stakeholders involved.
Render support to related UNDP thematic activities such as publications, knowledge sharing and group discussions.
Ensure that the project produces the results specified in the project document to the required standard of quality and within the specified constraints of time and cost.
Maintain the production of project outputs through activities.
Ensure that project contributes to the promotion of gender equality by reaching, involving and benefiting both women and men in its activities (gender mainstreaming)
The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.
Competencies:
Core competencies:
Achieve Results: LEVEL 2: Scale up solutions and simplifies processes, balances speed and accuracy in doing work
Think Innovatively: LEVEL 2: Offer new ideas/open to new approaches, demonstrate systemic/integrated thinking.
Learn Continuously: LEVEL 2: Go outside comfort zone, learn from others and support their learning.
Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 2: Adapt processes/approaches to new situations, involve others in change process.
Act with Determination: LEVEL 2: Able to persevere and deal with multiple sources of pressure simultaneously.
Engage and Partner: LEVEL 2: Is facilitator/integrator, bring people together, build/maintain coalitions/partnerships.
Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 2: Facilitate conversations to bridge differences, considers in decision making.
People Management competencies:

UNDP People Management Competencies can be found in the dedicated site.
Cross-Functional & Technical competencies

Business Direction and Strategy :

Strategic Thinking:

Ability to develop effective strategies and prioritized plans in line with UNDP’s objectives, based on the systemic analysis of challenges, potential risks and opportunities, linking the vision to reality on the ground, and creating tangible solutions;
Ability to leverage learning from a variety of sources to anticipate and respond to future trends; to demonstrate foresight in order to model what future developments and possible ways forward look like for UNDP
Business Management :
Project Management: Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and control resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals
Monitoring: Ability to provide managers and key stakeholders with regular feedback on the consistency or discrepancy between planned and actual activities and programme performance and results
Partnerships management: Ability to build and maintain partnerships with wide networks of stakeholders, Governments, civil society and private sector partners, experts and other in-line with UNDP strategy and policies
Partnership Management:
Multi- stakeholder engagement and funding: Knowledge and ability to forge multi-stakeholder partnerships and remove any obstacles to resource mobilization and multi- stakeholder funding platforms.
Relationship management: Ability to engage with a wide range of public and private partners, build, sustain and/or strengthen working relations, trust and mutual understanding.
Digital & Innovation
Story telling: Ability to empathize with people’s perceptions, motivations, feelings and mental models and craft narratives to build an emotive argument for change accordingly. Ability to present data, insights or information in compelling ways to mobilize resources, talent or action. Ability to choose media and channels that is fit for purpose; to reach specific target audiences.

Required Skills and Experience:

Education:

Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in Social Sciences, Rural Development,
Development Management, Social Work, Public Policy or related field is required.
A first level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Experience:
Upto 2 years (with master’s degree) or minimum 2 years (with bachelor’s degree) of experience in rural and tribal development sector.
Prior experience and domain knowledge in areas like governance, convergence, tribal affairs, social justice, and social inclusion
High-level of IT/computing skills in using Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Demonstrated experience of addressing challenges pertaining to Tribal development.
Experience in project management in the fields of Tribal development, laws and policies, innovations in governmental or non-governmental organizations.
Good knowledge and experience with Tribal development related schemes and legislations
Prior experience in research and analysis of policy and programmes related to Tribal development.
At least one year of experience of working in government/international agency funded projects.
Knowledge of and experience in gender mainstreaming.
Required Languages:

English and Hindi
Working knowledge of Odia is desirable
Remuneration:

Remuneration starting at INR 19,95,954.6 (Annual) / INR 1,66,329.55 (Monthly) as per the scale depending on qualifications and experience. The remuneration is excluding 8.33% pension amount paid over and above the salary.
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