Project Associate

**Background**
In light of the above and inspired by the principle of 'leaving no one behind', the UNDP 2024-2027 vision is to leverage sustainable development action by collaborating for structural changes in Brazil to make the society more inclusive, productive and resilient. UNDP will focus on reducing multidimensional vulnerabilities by accelerating human development capacities and capabilities. UNDP also acknowledges that strengthening women's economic empowerment and leadership is pivotal to shifting social norms for gender equality—and it is an intersectional pursuit that involves addressing racial and gender prejudices that Afro-Brazilian women face. CPD defines 4 main results areas: i) economic transformation for sustainable development; ii) social inclusion for sustainable development, iii) environment and climate change for sustainable development; iv) governance and institutional capacities for sustainable development. These results areas generated through an organizational structure that includes 3 thematic clusters:
- Socially Inclusive Development (People & Prosperity: poverty reduction, social policies, livelihoods, public-private partnerships, etc).
- Environmentally Sustainable Development (Planet: environment, climate change, DRR, Montreal Protocol).
- Governance and Justice for Development (Peace: prevention of violence, justice, transparency, anti-corruption, human rights, local capacity development).
Given the imperative to support the country in the implementation of the SDGs and improve human development in the most excluded and vulnerable populations, UNDP Brazil has adopted a strategy to enhance CO presence at territorial level through establishment of an organizational unit dedicated to strengthening partnerships with Brazilian states and municipalities through 3 state level offices as well as other sub-national partnerships and initiatives.
Decentralized Cooperation and Territorial Development transversal support area aims at contributing to advance on inclusive governance and human development to achieve sustainable development -social, economic and environmental
- in Brazilian States and Municipalities. The main objective is to leave no one behind at the sub-national level through the implementation of the SDGs at territorial level in line with national policies and plans and the UNDP Integrated Framework to Support Local Governance and Local Development (LGLD) as well as MAPS framework.
The Decentralized Cooperation and Territorial Development area promotes the coordination of integrated development initiatives within a given territory, taking into consideration the local political, social, cultural, geographic, economic, historic, and environmental complexities as well as opportunities to implement SDGs and accelerate their achievement. This will allow a more coherent cooperation at subnational level to be framed under a broader and integrated strategy aligned to the national level through a territorial approach for development. A UNDP Brazil strategy for decentralized cooperation will further guide this function and its priorities (geographical and thematic).
To enable the implementation of projects under the Decentralized Cooperation and Territorial Development portfolio, the Project Associate will provide - under the supervision of the Project Coordinator of the Local UNDP Office in Salvador/Bahia, and general guidance of the Territorial Development and Decentralized Cooperation Advisor - technical, managerial and administrative support to formulation and implementation of DIM and NIM projects in the state of Bahia and other states, as assigned to him/her.
**Duties and Responsibilities**
Under the direct supervision of the Project Coordinator of the Bahia State Project Office, and general guidance of the Territorial Development and Decentralized Cooperation Advisor, the Project Associate will be responsible to support activities related to the implementation of the territorial development portfolio, especially the project portfolio of Bahia State office, in the modalities of direct execution and support to national execution, in particular (but not limited to) to the following activities:
- Monitor and record the actions planned within the scope of the projects, based on the definition of the established goals and priority deliveries, as well as the management strategies and monitoring tools defined by UNDP and partners;
- Identify, document, manage and solve problems that may arise during the execution of the projects; monitor the planning and implementation of the project actions, contributing to compliance with the project schedule and ensuring the quality of the deliveries to be made;
- Provide technical support for the implementation of the project initiatives, organizing external and internal strategies to solve demands, in coordination with the designated supervisor;
- Elaborate project work and procurement plans; elaboration of projects related Terms of Re

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