Project Officer (NPSA8)

Building on over 15 years of partnership with and assistance to the justice sector of Timor-Leste, UNDP’s new justice project, ‘Access to Justice portfolio project (the A2J Project),’ will strengthen its support to the justice and security sectors with a heightened focus on gender justice - increasing access to justice of the disadvantaged groups, prominently represented by women and girls and GBV survivors. The A2J Project is comprised of three constituent projects, namely, 1) Together for Equality: Preventing and Responding to GBV in Timor-Leste (UN Joint Program), 2) Accelerating Access to Justice for All in Timor-Leste (AAJAT), and 3) Human Rights Oriented Prison Enhancement for Gender Equality (HOPE for GE). The areas of work i) enhancing access to justice of women GBV survivors (strengthened access to legal information and quality of the legal aid service), ii) strengthening gender-responsiveness in the sector (survivor-centered and responsive criminal justice processes, increase of women’s representation in the legal profession), and iii) correctional facilities in line with the human rights standards and female inmates’ special needs. The funding is supported by KOICA and UNDP Headquarters and complements the EU-UN Joint Program on intimate partner violence (Spotlight Initiative). The Project Officer will play a critical role in operating the three constituent projects and the overall A2J Project to achieve its objectives most effectively and strategically.

• Assist the Project Coordinator/Manager and the Project Team to monitor the progress of the project activities in the districts, evaluate the results, and prepare project reports (annual/quarterly/monthly reports, donor reports, M&E reports, etc.);

• Provide contextual background on any updates and incidents taking place in the rule of law area for policy advisory papers and briefing notes including research and analysis of data to Project Coordinator/Manager;

• Support the Project Team in organizing workshops, seminars, conferences, dialogues, and other interactions, including facilitation, preparing materials, logistical arrangements, collection, and dissemination of relevant information, taking minutes, etc.; and

• Tetun and English translation/interpretation.

• Assist the Project Coordinator/Manager to coordinate and liaise with the rule of law institutions and other UN agencies and support the development of networks among stakeholders

• Assist the Project Coordinator/Manager to build/expand the network with Timorese experts in the rule of law area

• Assisting the Project Coordinator/Manager in providing the necessary support to short-term consultants and other UN Volunteers to ensure their delivery as per their contracts; and

• Support the coordination and implementation of activities by implementing partners (Civil Society Organizations, law firms, etc.).

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

Functional Competencies:

Knowledge Management and Learning

• Promotes knowledge management in UNDP and a learning environment in the office through leadership and personal example
• Actively works towards continuing personal learning and development in one or more Practice Areas, acts on learning plan and applies newly acquired skills

Development and Operational Effectiveness

• Ability to lead strategic planning, results-based management and reporting
• Ability to lead formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development programmes and projects
• Ability to formulate and manage budgets, manage contributions and investments, manage transactions, conduct financial analysis, reporting and cost-recovery
• Ability to implement new systems and affect staff behavioral/attitudinal change
• Strong IT skills, knowledge of ATLAS system desirable
• Excellent knowledge of financial rules and regulations, accounting
• Excellent knowledge of Results Management Guide and Toolkit

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 good oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities

Min. Academic Education:

• Master’s/bachelor’s degree in Law, Development Studies, Public Policy, Gender Studies, Political Science, or related field

Min. years of relevant Work experience:

• Minimum of zero (0) years of experience for Master’s degree and two (2) years for bachelor degree
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships at all levels and with project counterparts;
• Good understanding of the rule of law issues and government structures/mechanisms in Timor-Leste;
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and in a team;
• Knowledge building and dissemination capacity using modern sources and channels;
• Good understanding of gender issue and gender mainstreaming in development projects;
• Good knowledge and self-discipline to adhere to UNDP rules and regulations, Code of Conduct, and Ethics

Required Language(s) (at working level):

• Proficiency in spoken and written English and Tetun
• Portuguese is an asset.

Important applicant information

All posts in the SC categories are subject to local recruitment.

Applicant information about UNDP rosters

Note: UNDP reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement.  We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.

Scam warning

The United Nations does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process. Should you receive a solicitation for the payment of a fee, please disregard it. Furthermore, please note that emblems, logos, names and addresses are easily copied and reproduced. Therefore, you are advised to apply particular care when submitting personal information on the web.