Project Manager: Urban Climate Resilience and Green Economy

The manager leads a complex urban climate-resilience project, overseeing nature-based flood solutions, green finance, procurement, budgets, safeguards, monitoring and partner delivery while strengthening Somali institutions and sharing evidence for adaptive urban planning.

• Manage project planning, coordination, performance and delivery across all components
• Oversee nature-based flood-resilience design and green-economy financing mechanisms
• Manage procurement, personnel, contractors and operational activities under UNDP procedures
• Control project finances, reports, audit readiness and co-financing mobilisation
• Track work plans, indicators, deviations and corrective action for adaptive management
• Maintain risk logs, environmental and social safeguards and the grievance mechanism
• Coordinate government, municipal, private-sector, donor and civil-society stakeholders
• Lead capacity building and develop knowledge platforms, lessons and advocacy products

• Master's degree in environmental science, urban planning and design, climate or environmental resilience, social science, project management, geography, natural-resource management or a related field, or bachelor's degree with two additional years of experience
• At least five years with a master's degree or seven years with a bachelor's degree managing large-scale urban planning and programme projects
• Experience leading teams and managing donor relations
• Strong analytical, communication and stakeholder-coordination capability
• Experience with UNDP and GEF procedures
• Proficiency in English
• Proficiency in Somali

• Vacancy is open to Tier 1 and Tier 2 applicants
• Role manages safeguards including confidential handling and referral of gender-based violence grievances