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Job Opportunity : NationaI Project Manager, Cairo, Egypt

  • Job Identification : 22657
  • Posting Date : 12/09/2024, 01:06 PM
  • Apply Before : 12/24/2024, 04:59 AM
  • Job Schedule : Full time
  • Locations : Cairo, Egypt
  • Agency : UNDP
  • Grade : NPSA-9
  • Vacancy Type : National Personnel Service Agreement
  • Practice Area : Nature, Climate and Energy
  • Bureau : Regional Bureau for Arab States
  • Contract Duration : 1 Year
  • Education & Work Experience : Master’s Degree – 2 year(s) experience OR Bachelor’s Degree – 4 year(s) experience
  • Other Criteria : Project Management Certificate will be an asset
  • Required Languages : Fluency in English and Arabic is required
  • Vacancy Timeline : 2 Weeks
Background
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are core principles at UNDP:  we value diversity as an expression of the multiplicity of nations and cultures where we operate, we foster inclusion as a way of ensuring all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, and we ensure equity and fairness in all our actions. Taking a ‘leave no one behind’ approach to our diversity efforts means increasing representation of underserved populations. People who identify as belonging to marginalized or excluded populations are strongly encouraged to apply. Learn more about working at UNDP including our values and inspiring stories.
UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

The Egyptian Red Sea Initiative (ERSI) is an important new programme that aims to reduce drivers of coral reef degradation while simultaneously developing new finance sources and mechanisms for reefpositive business and livelihoods. To ensure that the Egyptian Red Sea region’s coral reefs continue to provide vital ecological and socio-economic services, the programme will also advance science on coral reef resilience, identify and protect climate refugia[1], and implement sustainable financing mechanisms for Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) that harbour critical coral reef ecosystems.

Through the establishment and operationalization of a new Egyptian Fund for Coral Reefs (EFCR), which will leverage finance for reef-positive businesses that support conservation, economic development, community livelihoods, and enhanced community resilience to climate change, the programme will accelerate the development of reef-positive business models, especially in the ecotourism, sustainable fisheries, and waste management sectors.

With additional finance for conservation and investment from the private sector, the programme is expected to leverage at least an additional USD 45 million in grants through the Egyptian Fund for Coral Reefs (EFCR) to support coral reef conservation in the Egyptian Red Sea.

[1] Clarifying the concept of climate change refugia for coral reefs. Javid Kavousi, Gunnar Keppel. ICES Journal of Marine Science,

Volume 75, Issue 1, January/February 2018, Pages 43–49, https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsx124 

Duties and Responsibilities
The National Project Manager will be responsible for the overall management of the programme’s incountry activities, ensuring a proper workplan and budget is in place and implemented within set timelines, with an effective national team and strong partnerships. The Project manager will work closely with EEAA, UNDP and USAID to ensure implementation mechanisms such as a National Steering Committee and technical working groups are established and meet regularly, that all planned workshops, technical studies and other activities are organised in a timely manner, and that they meet expected quality standards. Key duties and responsibilities include:

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