TOR Project Manager
Protect human health and the environment from unintentional releases of POPs originating from incineration and open burning of health care- and electronic waste Project
Project Background
The project objective is to prevent and reduce health and environmental risks related to POPs and harmful chemicals through their release reduction achieved by provision of an integrated institutional and regulatory framework covering environmentally sound Health Care Waste and E-waste management. The project will reduce emissions of UPOPs as well as other hazardous releases (e.g. mercury, lead, etc.) resulting from the unsound management, disposal and recycling of a) Health-Care Waste (HCW), in particular due to substandard incineration practice and open burning of HCW; and, b) Electronic Waste, in particular due to the practice of unsound collection and recycling activities and open burning of electronic waste. The project will achieve this by i) determining the baseline for releases of UPOPs and other hazardous substances (e.g. mercury, lead) resulting from unsound HCW and E-waste practices; ii) conducting facility assessments; iii) building capacity among key stakeholders; iv) implementing BEP at selected model hospitals, health-care facilities (HCFs) and a central treatment facility (CTF); v) introducing BAT and BEP to formal and informal E-waste processors; vi) preparing health care facilities for the use/maintenance of non-mercury devices followed by introduction of mercury-free devices; vii) evaluating facilities to ensure that they have successfully implemented BEP; viii) installing and evaluating BAT technology(ies) at one Central Treatment Facility based on a defined evaluation criteria; and, xi) enhancing national HCWM training opportunities to reach out to additional hospitals/HCFs.
Duties and responsibilities:
Under the full supervision of the Implementing Partner and oversight of UNDP, the Project Manager will be responsible for operational project management in accordance with the project document and the UNDP guidelines and procedures for nationally executed projects, including:
• General coordination, management and supervision of day to day project implementation;
• Managing procurement to ensure timely involvement of local and international experts, organisation of training and public outreach, purchase of required equipment etc. in accordance with UNDP rules and procedures;
• Preparing final ToR for all work activities with the respective work group leaders; all senior staff assignment and consulting agreements, both national and international, and to execute work agreements and contracts for all national project professional and administrative personnel;
• Supervising and coordinating the contracts of the experts working for the project;
• Consult with the project advisors, individually or as a group on technical matters;
• Convene the Project Board meetings and consultation and results dissemination workshops
• Monitor all expenditures and ensure that the project proceeds in compliance with UNDP, GEF, GoE
budget and accounting guidelines;
• Submission of annual Project Implementation Reviews and other required progress reports (such QPRs) to the Project Board, Implementing Partner and the UNDP in accordance with the section “Monitoring and Evaluation” of the project document;
• Ensuring effective dissemination of and access to information on project activities and results, (including a regularly updated project website);
• As applicable, communicating with project’s international partners and attracting additional financing
in order to fulfil the project objectives; and
• Ensuring otherwise successful completion of the project in accordance with the stated outcomes and performance indicators summarized in the project’s logframe matrix and within the planned schedule and budget.
Expected Qualifications:
• Advanced university degree in chemical engineering, chemistry, economics, environment or related discipline
• At least 10 years of professional experience in the area of chemicals management and in particular hazardous waste management.
• Broad technical and management experience in executing waste management strategies and mobilizing collaborative efforts that involve hazardous waste stakeholders;
• Experience in managing projects of similar complexity and nature, including demonstrated capacity to actively explore new, innovative implementation and financing mechanisms to achieve the project objective;
• Demonstrated experience and success in the engagement of and working with the private sector and
NGOs, creating partnerships and leveraging financing for activities of common interest;
• Good analytical and problem solving skills and the related ability to adaptive management with prompt action on the conclusion and recommendations coming out from the project’s regular monitoring and self-assessment activities as well as from periodical external evaluations;
• Ability and demonstrated success to work in a multi-disciplinary teams of engineers, economics, scientists, technicians, and educators or communications specialists, to effectively organize and lead it and to motivate its members and other project counterparts to effectively work towards the project’s objective and expected outcomes;.
• Good communication skills and competence in handling project’s external relations at all levels; and
• Fluency in English and Arabic languages
• Familiarity and prior experience with UNDP and GEF requirements and procedures are considered as an asset
Please forward the above to the following specifying the title of the post:
Ms. Heba Helmy
Heba.helmy@undp.org
Vacancy Notice issued on: November 4, 2015
Deadline for application is: November 11, 2015
