Project Analyst – Civil SocietyNew

Project Analyst leads UNDP civil-society components of the Sawasya III rule-of-law programme in Palestine. The role oversees implementation, budgets, workplans, procurement, monitoring and reporting; supervises the programme team; builds partnerships with civil-society and justice actors; supports resource mobilisation; and develops knowledge and policy inputs that strengthen access to justice.

• Oversee UNDP civil-society components of Sawasya across the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip
• Manage budgetary and financial management, work planning, procurement, recruitment, monitoring, evaluation and reporting
• Supervise the Sawasya civil-society team and ensure timely delivery of programme outputs
• Prepare monthly narrative and financial progress updates, biannual reports and annual work, human-resource and procurement plans
• Develop partnerships with specialized civil-society organizations and oversee technical and financial support for legal assistance
• Maintain coordination mechanisms for national civil society and organize outreach, civic education and access-to-justice baseline activities
• Oversee requisitions, purchase orders and payment requests in Quantum and provide financial-delivery updates

• Advanced university degree in Law, Public Administration, Legal Affairs, Political Science or a directly related field, or a bachelor’s degree with two additional years of qualifying experience
• For candidates with a bachelor’s degree, at least two years of professional experience managing development projects and civil-society portfolios in Palestine
• Formal qualifications or operational experience in justice-sector reform, access to justice, legal reform or related issues
• Experience in programme planning, execution, monitoring and evaluation
• Experience working with public institutions, grassroots organizations and civil society
• Proven grant-management experience with civil-society organizations and a record of team building and staff supervision
• Fluency in Arabic and English

• Experience handling web-based management systems
• Experience overseeing and evaluating grants, calls for proposals and projects
• Experience drafting, editing and producing written results-focused reports
• Experience with UN or UNDP procedures

• Portfolio Management
• Partnership Management
• Resource Mobilization
• Budgetary Oversight
• Grant Management
• Rule of Law Programming
• Knowledge Management

• Quantum
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• Spreadsheet Packages
• Database Packages
• Web-Based Management Systems

• The position has supervisory responsibility for one UNV Field Coordinator
• Selected candidates undergo relevant checks
• UNDP may retain applications for similar positions at the same grade level