Project Clerk

**Background**
The International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG) is a joint project of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Brazilian Government to facilitate South-South Cooperation on key development issues.
It was created with the objective of promoting the exchange of knowledge to strengthen technical and institutional capacities for the design, formulation and evaluation of development policies that contribute to inclusive growth, poverty and inequality reduction and human development.
Toward these ends, the IPC-IG not only conducts research but also organises thematic workshops, policy training seminars, advisory and programme evaluation missions for requesting countries, and hosts resident researchers.
The Centre regularly publishes Working Papers, issues of Poverty in Focus, Policy Research Briefs and One Pagers to encourage policy debate and dissemination of knowledge.
The main thematic areas of focus for the IPC-IG are: social protection and related topics such as cash transfers and social/single registries, poverty reduction, rural development, health and nutrition, amongst others.
**Duties and Responsibilities**
- Assist project management;
- Assist the monitoring of project activities (disbursements, deliverables and milestones);
- Assist the inclusion of project information and activities in the Atlas/Quantum (ERP) system;
- Assist the elaboration of project reports;
- Assist the performance of operational activities (Human Resources, Finance and Procurement);
- Interact with Project Managers at IPC-IG and other partners;
- Interact with UNDP teams to implement operational activities;
- Keep digital project documents updated.
**Institutional Arrangement**
The Project Clerk will be working under the supervision of the IPC-IG Programme and Operations Analyst.
**Competencies**
**Core**:
**Achieve Results - LEVEL 1**
- Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline
**Think Innovatively - LEVEL 1**
- Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements
**Learn Continuously - LEVEL 1**
- Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback
**Adapt with Agility - LEVEL 1**
- Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible
**Act with Determination - LEVEL 1**
- Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident
**Engage and Partner - LEVEL 1**
- Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships
**Enable Diversity and Inclusion - LEVEL 1**
- Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination
**Cross-Functional & Technical competencies
**Business Direction & Strategy - **System Thinking**
- Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system
**Business Development - Knowledge Generation
- Ability to research and turn information into useful knowledge, relevant for content, or responsive to a stated need
**Business Management - Communications**
- Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience
**Business Management - Digital Awareness and Literacy**
- Ability and inclination to rapidly adopt new technologies, either through skilfully grasping their usage or through understanding their impact and empowering others to use them as needed
**Technical Agenda**
- Prosperity - Inclusive Growth - Development Planning
**Education**:
- Complete Education at High School Level (Ensino Médio Completo) OR
- Bachelor's degree in International Relations, Social Sciences, Development Studies or Administration
**Required Experience**:
- Experience in using computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and internet).
**Desired additional skills and competencies**
- Experience with South South Cooperation projects;
- Experience in preparing documents of projects such as final reports, mid term reports, disbursement reports, among others;
- Working experience in liasing with projects teams and/or project's partners;
- Knowledge of another UN language is considered an asset ;
- Previous experience in UN Agency will be an asset.
**Required Languages**:
- Portuguese as a native language;
- Proficiency in English
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