National Project Coordinator

Oversees UNDP’s Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme in Yemen, directing the country portfolio of community-based environmental grants. The coordinator manages programme staff, budgets and project selection, monitors grantee delivery and results, builds partnerships and co-financing, and supports knowledge exchange, reporting and capacity building for biodiversity, climate and natural-resource action.

• Supervise the Small Grants Programme team and implement annual workplans and budgets
• Manage grant allocations, operating budgets and compliance with programme procedures
• Oversee project concept development, selection, monitoring visits and technical support to grantees
• Coordinate National Steering Committee processes and link grants with government and partner initiatives
• Develop partnerships, co-financing and resource-mobilisation strategies
• Document results and lessons learned and facilitate knowledge exchange among grantees

• Advanced university degree in Environmental or Natural Resource Management, Economics, Public Policy, Law, Environmental Economics or Management, Business Administration or a related field, or a bachelor’s degree with two additional years of qualifying experience
• At least two years of professional experience with a master’s degree, or four years with a bachelor’s degree, managing environmental or natural-resource-management initiatives
• Experience using office software and web-based management systems
• Fluency in English and Arabic

• Progressively responsible project or programme-management experience
• Experience designing, managing or monitoring UNDP or development programmes
• Experience in Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme thematic areas
• Knowledge of UNDP strategic programmes and operational policies
• Experience liaising with NGOs, civil-society organisations and government

• Grant Management
• Environmental Programme Management
• Portfolio Management
• Project Monitoring
• Resource Mobilisation
• Partnership Management
• Capacity Building
• Knowledge Management

• Reports to the Climate Change, Water, Energy and Environment Team Leader and the SGP Regional Programme Specialist
• Supervises the SGP Programme Associate or Assistant