National Investment Promotion Country Coordinator at United Nations Industrial Development Organization

MAIN DUTIES

• The consultant will report to and is expected to regularly interact with the Chief Technical Advisor (CTA) of the Programme who oversees the work of the Programme Management Unit (PMU) at UNIDO HQs in Vienna, Austria. On issues of strategic importance, he/she may, under certain circumstances, also report to or work directly with the Lead Project Manager based at UNIDO HQs.
• He/she also works under the supervision of the UNIDO representative office in the country and is thus expected to seek continuous alignment of his/her work with the pertinent UNIDO work streams at the country level. Furthermore, the Consultant is expected to support the project implementation in the country including the attainment of project objectives, delivery of workstreams, activities and sub-activities and expected outputs.
• He/she is required to send weekly and monthly reports about the performed and ongoing work. Besides, the Consultant is expected to provide inputs when country-level reports must be integrated into overall project wide progress reports.

The general tasks of the “National Investment Promotion Country Coordinator” consist of the following:

•  Coordinate local counterparts and ensure that the roles and responsibilities as defined in existing work programmes, job descriptions, agreements are adhered to in a timely manner and with sufficient focus on output quality;
•  Hold frequent meetings with the implementing partners and project beneficiaries at the country level;
•  Interact frequently with EU Delegation in the country as well as with other focal points of the micro and macro-level Programme pillars and ACP country-level focal points;
•  Support the CTA in the planning and organizing of capacity building interventions, workshops and conferences;
•  Ensure constant and timely reporting to UNIDO HQs.

The specific tasks of the role will include the following:

•  Support the CTA and Lead Project Manager in the overall country planning, reporting and management of the project, including the development of the country work plan and its periodic monitoring to determine the achieved progress;
•  Facilitate all aspects of the project implementation phases, including the collection of information and relevant data about the subject matter, the undertaking of desk research on matters pertaining to investment promotion and investment mobilization activity in the country and undertaking the required direct liaising with investment promotion stakeholders in the country;
•  Support and manage investment promotion capacity building activities in the country including in areas of event preparation and implementation;
•  Linked to the follow-up of capacity building, actively support IPIs in their delivery of project service-subcontract commitments and facilitate UNIDO HQ and national counterparts linkages related to the same. Such expected support includes direct practical assistance to project counterparts in the delivery of activities foreseen in the various project workstreams, including, the FDI survey interventions (Workstream 1.1) and the compilation and uploading of investment opportunity profiles (Workstream 2);
•  Facilitate the work of other Individual Service Agreement (ISA) holders and subcontractors assigned for the activities of the project and provide technical review and inputs to reports thus ensuring the compliance with the needs of beneficiaries and the donor;
•  Contribute to the preparation of promotional material (brochures, newsletter, advertisements, press releases, presentations, etc.) as per EU’s Visibility and Communication Requirements in order to create awareness, visibility, and publicize project results; prepare/compile background materials or data from different sources (Internet, Intranet or other publications) as required for missions, meetings and preparation of reports of the Programme;

 Undertake other reporting and ad-hoc assignments, including:

•  Provision of periodic and/or ad hoc inputs to Monitoring and Evaluation framework reporting as well as technical reports and assessments undertaken on implemented investment promotion work linked to the project objectives and activities;
•  Support the CTA and the Lead Project Manager in the drafting and fine-tuning of the country level sections of progress reports and other ad hoc reporting requirements, based on the gathering of relevant data and information pertaining to ongoing and/or upcoming project activities implemented directly by UNIDO or by various project stakeholders;
•  Support the CTA, PMU members and UNIDO HQ in general, in the development of draft documents, presentations, official correspondence and press releases etc. as required during the course of the project implementation. Similarly, support the preparation of ad-hoc programme reports upon request of UNIDO, the Donor, and any other project counterpart;
•  Fulfill any other assignment requested by the CTA or Lead Project Manager dealing with other project related tasks including those linked to UNIDO Country programmatic frameworks and any other task assigned by the UNIDO Country Representatives in agreement with the Lead Project Manager;
•  Facilitate and support project technical missions to the country undertaken by the Lead Project Manager, the CTA and other UNIDO Experts;

MINIMUM ORGANIZATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Education:

• Advanced university degree in Economics, Business Management, Political Science, Engineering, International Studies or other relevant discipline, ideally with a specialization in Project Management, or Private Sector Development.

Technical and Functional Experience:

• A minimum of 5 years practical experience in the field of Project Management and/or Enterprise Creation and Development. Experience at the international level, involving technical cooperation in developing countries, would be desirable.

Languages:

• Fluency in written and spoken English is required. Working knowledge of another official UN language desirable.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

Core values:

• WE LIVE AND ACT WITH INTEGRITY: work honestly, openly and impartially.
•  WE SHOW PROFESSIONALISM: work hard and competently in a committed and responsible manner.
• WE RESPECT DIVERSITY: work together effectively, respectfully and inclusively, regardless of our differences in culture and perspective.

Core competencies:

• WE FOCUS ON PEOPLE: cooperate to fully reach our potential –and this is true for our colleagues as well as our clients. Emotional intelligence and receptiveness are vital parts of our UNIDO identity.
•  WE FOCUS ON RESULTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES: focus on planning, organizing and managing our work effectively and efficiently. We are responsible and accountable for achieving our results and meeting our performance standards. This accountability does not end with our colleagues and supervisors, but we also owe it to those we serve and who have trusted us to contribute to a better, safer and healthier world.
• WE COMMUNICATE AND EARN TRUST: communicate effectively with one another and build an environment of trust where we can all excel in our work.
• WE THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND INNOVATE: To stay relevant, we continuously improve, support innovation, share our knowledge and skills, and learn from one another.