Project Assistant

**Job Identification**
- 21902

**Locations**
- Brasilia, Brazil**Posting Date**
- 11/06/2024, 05:31 AM
- 11/20/2024, 10:59 PM

**Job Schedule**
- Full time

**Agency**
- UNDP

**Grade**
- NPSA-4

**Vacancy Type**
- National Personnel Service Agreement

**Practice Area**
- Management

**Bureau**
- Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean

**Contract Duration**
- 6 months

**Education & Work Experience**
- Bachelor's Degree - 1 year(s) experience OR High School certificate
- 4 year(s) experience

**Required Languages**
- Portuguese, English and Spanish

**Desired Languages**
- French

**Vacancy Timeline**
- 2 Weeks

**Background**

**Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are core principles at UNDP: we value diversity as an expression of the multiplicity of nations and cultures where we operate, we foster inclusion as a way of ensuring all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, and we ensure equity and fairness in all our actions. Taking a ‘leave no one behind’ approach to our diversity efforts means increasing representation of underserved populations. People who identify as belonging to marginalized or excluded populations are strongly encouraged to apply. Learn more about working at UNDP including our values and **inspiring stories.**

The Brazilian government, through South-South cooperation, seeks to contribute to improving sustainable development indicators in countries on the American, African and Asian continents. To this end, it has signed cooperation agreements that allow the transfer of technology and knowledge, the sharing of experiences and good practices in public policies with a view to developing individual and institutional capabilities in partner countries.

The Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC) is the sector responsible within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for planning, negotiation, preparation, implementation, execution, monitoring and evaluation of South-South technical cooperation initiatives undertaken by the Brazilian Government. To fulfill its duties, and due to the intensification of its activities, ABC counts on the technical support of professionals qualified in project management developed in various areas, such as agriculture, health, social development, labor, public administration, culture, economy, transport, among others, as well as professionals with an administrative, financial and managerial profile.

It is worth noting that Brazilian South-South cooperation (CSS) actions seek alignment with the country's national development policies, as well as aiming to achieve sustainable development objectives - United Nations 2030 Agenda. In this context, the Brazilian CSS is focused on actions in the areas of education, health and agriculture and others, such as public financial and banking administration, medicine production, urban development, professional training. The multidimensionality of the action is sought, within the demands of the partners. The Brazilian experience is a reference for cooperating countries. The diversity of realities that Brazil presents facilitates the establishment of a dialogue close to the realities of different African countries.

Project BRA/18/026 “Improving the effectiveness and transparency of pesticide registration systems in Latin American and Caribbean countries” aims to contribute to increasing the productivity and competitiveness of the cotton sector in Latin American and Caribbean cotton-producing countries. commodity, by strengthening the technical and organizational capabilities of relevant government institutions, based on Brazil's experiences in relation to pesticide registration.

In addition to the UNDP, the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC), Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency), Ibama (Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Natural and Renewable Resources), MAPA (Ministry of Agriculture, Supply and Livestock) and the Brazilian Cotton Institute (IBA), responsible for financing the actions resulting from the Project.

**Duties and Responsibilities**

Provides administrative support to the SSC projectsfocusing on achievement ofthe following results:

- Provides administrative support to the SSC projects focusing on achievement of results such as ensuring proper support to learning activities and performance management. Support the preparation and update of project work plans, budgets and briefs and other documents as necessary.
- Support projects monitoring activities; Perform administrative tasks related to projects implementation; Provide logístical support for Project Board meetings, workshops, and other meetings as tasked by the project manager, including the preparation of meeting minutes; Maintain up-to-date files and records of project documentation.
- Support the timely preparation and submission of progress reports, project reviews, financial reports, audit reports, programme evaluations, and any other required project reports; Assist in projects financial resources management, human