Project Manager

UNDP seeks a Project Manager in Bangui to lead a five-year payments-for-environmental-services project. The manager directs project delivery, budgets, staff, contractors and partner relationships; oversees monitoring, reporting and risk management; maintains compliance with UNDP and CAFI procedures; and advances sustainable forest management, climate-finance and community development results.

• Manage daily project-unit activities, including administrative and financial operations
• Develop detailed work plans and manage project budgets, activities, monitoring and reporting
• Prepare terms of reference and oversee consultants, contractors and project partners
• Maintain project indicators, risks and quarterly and annual reports in Quantum
• Prepare donor and UNDP progress reports and follow up on evaluation and audit recommendations
• Coordinate with CAFI, environmental authorities and other stakeholders and build strategic partnerships

• Advanced degree in natural resources management, environmental sciences or a related field
• At least seven years of project or programme management experience in sustainable development and climate change
• Experience in a national institution or international organization working on natural resources or the environment
• Leadership, project-management and project-coordination experience
• Fluency in French

• Experience supervising multiple project implementation units
• Knowledge of sustainable-development and climate-finance mechanisms
• Experience with UNDP or United Nations rules and procedures
• Experience with results-based management and project monitoring and evaluation
• Experience with payments for environmental services projects

• Project management
• Budget management
• Contract management
• Risk management
• Stakeholder engagement
• Monitoring and evaluation

• MS Office
• Quantum

• Willingness to travel within and outside the Central African Republic is required.