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VACANCY NOTICE
UNDP

Position: Programme Manager
- Job Identification: 23198
- Job Schedule: Full time
- Locations: Nepal
- Agency: UNDP
- Grade: P4
- Vacancy Type: Fixed Term
- Practice Area: Governance
- Bureau: Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific
- Contract Duration: 1 Year with Possibility for extension
- Required Languages: Fluency in written and oral English is required.
- Vacancy Timeline: 2 Weeks
- Mobility required/no mobility: mobility required
- Apply Before: 01/28/2025, 10:44 AM

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN’s global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. We are on the ground in 170 countries and territories, working with governments and people on their own solutions to global and national development challenges to help empower lives and build resilient nations.

As a trusted, long-term partner of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria (Global Fund, GF), UNDP’s value proposition lies in providing an integrated package of development solutions to strengthen institutions to deliver health services. Through its contributions as interim Principal Recipient and provider of technical assistance in over 53 countries since 2003, UNDP’s provision of integrated policy, implementation and capacity development support to countries has yielded significant health and development results in challenging operating environments. Proactive risk management and investing in sustainability are the cornerstones of UNDP’s portfolio management approach and providing technical assistance to national counterparts during all phases of implementation, strengthening legislation, policies and regulatory frameworks, and building capacities across key functional areas, including financial management, health information systems, procurement and supply chain management. The Global Fund - Health Implementation Support Team (GF/HIST) is a dedicated team providing support to UNDP Country Offices implementing health and development programmes.

In Nepal, UNDP is the co-Principal Recipient (PR) of the Global Fund Grant Cycle 7 (GC7) grant for three diseases. For effective implementation of the GF resources, UNDP Nepal has established a Program Management Unit (PMU), which is responsiblefor theday-to-day overall programme management, risk management, policy guidance, financial accountability, procurement of goods, including health products and services, strengthening of the national pharmaceutical and laboratory supply chain systems. The GF resources are implemented in accordance with UNDP rules, policies and procedures, the grant confirmation, corporate agreements with the GF and in close coordination with the national partners, including Ministry of Health and Population, disease entities, other relevant line ministries/departments, Non-Government Organizations (NGO)s, Civil Society Organizations (CSO)s, communities, technical partners and UN entities and the GF (Local Fund Agent) and Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM).

Position Purpose
The Programme Manager will report to the UNDP Deputy Resident Representative (DRR), with a secondary reporting line to the Resident Representative (RR) and will be responsible for the overall management of the GF grant. S/he will be responsible for providing overall leadership of the Project activities, ensuring that they are consistent with the signed Project Document and approved Annual Work Plans. The Programme Manager will lead the Project Team through planning, implementation and management of the delivery of activities approved in the Project document and annual work plans to assure: i) the achievement of planned targets and ii) the effective and transparent execution of the financial resources of the project.

The Programme Manager provides technical leadership to the implementation of the grant, in collaboration with Government, UN Agencies, donors and other partners, to ensure that the implemented project contributes to the broader national strategy. The Programme Manager will initiate, nurture and cultivate relationships with key project partners. S/he will work closely with the Strategic Engagement Advisors (particularly with Governance), Portfolio Manager, Communication, Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) and Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Analyst. S/he will provide leadership for overall coordination for effective programme implementation in collaboration with the National Centre for AIDS and STD Control (NCASC), Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD), National TB Control Center (NTCC), Sub-Recipients (SRs) and other stakeholders.

UNDP adopts a portfolio approach to accommodate changing business needs and leverage linkages across interventions to achieve its strategic goals. This is a recognition of interconnected nature of development risks & crises that the world is facing and that call for assembling of multidisciplinary teams for an integrated & systemic response. Therefore, UNDP personnel are expected to work across issues, units, functions, teams and projects in multidisciplinary teams in order to enhance and enable horizontal collaboration.

Application Deadline: 28 Jan 2025

HOW TO APPLY
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