Project Associate

Provides administrative, financial, monitoring and communications support to UNDP projects in Palau, maintaining records and budgets, processing payments, coordinating partners and events, and helping the programme team deliver accountable, visible and timely development initiatives.

• Provide administrative, logistical and operational support for programme implementation
• Organise advocacy events, workshops, dialogues and information activities
• Maintain project, stakeholder and filing systems with complete supporting records
• Prepare project documents, financial proposals, reports, presentations and correspondence
• Track grants, operating budgets, petty cash and vendor or grantee payment requests
• Monitor activities through field visits and follow up agreed actions and deadlines
• Compile stakeholder inputs for monitoring surveys, reports and communications
• Coordinate with partners, consultants and beneficiaries and support programme visibility

• At least one year of relevant project support, administration, coordination, operations or volunteering experience
• Secondary school diploma with five years of relevant experience, with a first-level university degree and one year of experience considered an alternative asset route
• Ability to prepare, review and organise project documents, reports, presentations and correspondence
• Organisational and coordination skills supporting project planning and implementation
• English proficiency

• Academic background in business administration or environmental science
• Experience with international organisations, development projects, NGOs, government institutions or the private sector

• Project Administration
• Budget Tracking
• Payment Processing
• Records Management
• Event Coordination
• Project Monitoring
• Donor Reporting
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Knowledge Management
• Procurement Support

• Volunteer assignment via UNV for 129 days
• Local assignment based at the UNDP Palau office in Koror
• Field visits and related travel or logistical arrangements may be required