*Background *
United Cities and Local Governments Asia Pacific (UCLG ASPAC) is the
biggest regional section of the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)
in which its Secretariat is based in Jakarta, Indonesia and hosted by the
Provincial Government of Jakarta. UCLG is a worldwide association of local
governments and the officially recognised voice of local governments by the
United Nations. UCLG ASPAC has linkages to more than 7,000 local
governments. It represents well over 3.76 billion people - more than half
of the world population - and incorporates economically fast developing
countries such as China, India, and Indonesia.
UCLG ASPAC is the key knowledge management hub on local government issues
in the Asia-Pacific region. It promotes democratic local government,
supports cooperation between cities, local governments and their
associations, and facilitates programmes, network and partnerships to
develop the capacity of local governments and the associations. Moreover,
UCLG ASPAC represents local governments politically within the
international community, and with the United Nations and its agencies. It
also promotes inclusive societies which safeguard equality, social and
economic justice, and sustainable community development. UCLG ASPAC is
engaged in all relevant thematic fields for nurturing sustainable
development comprising poverty alleviation, climate change, disaster
resiliency, culture, strategic planning, decentralisation, local finance,
gender equality, women leadership and empowerment as well as good
governance.
UCLG ASPAC as the lead implementing agency in partnership with
international development partners from Europe namely Pilot4Dev, ACR+,
ECOLISE, and University of Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, as well as All India
Institute of Local Governments from South Asia, is currently engaging in
one of current EU projects – Climate Resilience Inclusive Cities (CRIC). It
is a five (5) years project with overall objectives to propose a long
lasting and unique cooperation through a triangular cooperation between
cities and research centres in Europe, South Asia (India, Nepal,
Bangladesh), and Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines,
Thailand). The Project will also contribute to sustainable integrated urban
development, good governance, and climate adaptation/mitigation through
long lasting partnerships, and tools such as sustainable local action
plans, early warning tools, air quality and waste management in
consultation with experts’ panels.
The target groups of the Project will be local governments, cities, urban
stakeholders working on climate resilience, climate mitigation and
adaptation, and good governance of inclusive cities. With final
beneficiaries including but not limited to local community of the
cities/provinces, including women, marginalised sector, civil society, and
private sectors.
The Project has the following 3 Pillars as the targeted outcomes of the
activities:
*Pillar 1: Knowledge production and exchange *
· Improved institutional, financial and administrative capacities of
cities and LAs;
· Strengthened mechanisms for consultation, coordination and
cooperation among public, private, civil society sectors and other relevant
stakeholders in the decision making and production of urban development
policies;
· Strengthened policy dialogue on urban policies, urban challenges and
climate change.
*Pillar 2: Local action plans for climate resilient and inclusive cities*
- Strengthened cities and LA’s capacities in the design and
implementation of inclusive public policies;
- Improvement of the quality, delivery and equitable access to basic
services and infrastructure;
- Enhanced capacities of cities and LAs in managing urban waste and air
pollution, Promoted green low carbon and climate resilient urban
development and urban circular economy;
- Enhanced capacities of cities, villages and LAs in managing
(multi-hazard) disaster risks, and promoting shock responsive and
resilience infrastructure and services.
*Pillar 3: Communication and Capacity Building*
- Improved institutional, financial and administrative capacities of
cities and LAs;
- Strengthened mechanisms for consultation, coordination and cooperation
among public, private, civil society sectors and other relevant
stakeholders in the decision making and production of urban development
policies;
- Strengthened capacities of cities and LAs in using smart technologies,
- Improved public-private partnerships and schemes for local economy.
UCLG ASPAC is recruiting the Project Coordinator for a one-year (1) period
with possibility of extension, based on satisfactory performance. The post
will be supervised by the Regional Project Manager of UCLG ASPAC.
*Objective and goal:*
1. Act as focal coordinator in providing assistance to pilot cities in the
development of climate action plan and advocacy with support from partners
and experts on behalf of UCLG ASPAC;
2. Provide technical project support on climate and resilience sectors to
pilot cities that contributes to the successful delivery of the project.
This will include the adoption of tools created by CRIC partners;
3. Develop and maintain communication with external parties at all levels;
4. Support the management of strengthening capacity building through
delivery of regional trainings on climate and resilience sectors.
*Scope of Works/Duties*
*Technical** Management and Support (40%)*
- Work closely with the Regional Project Manager to deliver the
implementation of the project activities at the targeted countries in
accordance with the project objectives;
- Act as the main focal point to communicate with key stakeholders and
pilot cities within the regions;
- Be able to understand and/or identify gap analysis in all pilot
municipalities, facilitate and/or provide technical support relevant to the
gap analysis for the development climate action plan.
- Assist in strengthening country capacity by organising regional
training in the development of climate action plan;
- Be responsible on the coordination and management of capacity building
events at the focused countries with the support from the Project
Administrative and Finance Officer;
- Contribute fully to the organisation’s strategic aims and objectives,
promote the value of its planned activities;
- Perform any tasks from time to time as requested by the Regional
Project Manager and/or the Secretary General.
Coordinating, Communications, Reporting and Outreach (60%)
- Regularly liaises and coordinate communications with pilot cities,
partners and other relevant stakeholders in climate resilience sectors;
- Actively communicate with pilot cities, partners, and/or Training
Provider(s) for the development of each key sector activity;
- Prepare monthly monitoring and evaluation report for the pilot cities’
status in relevant to the development of each key sector activity;
- Gather feed backs, questions or other queries from pilot cities and
link with partners and/or Training Provider(s) to provide the appropriate
response to the queries;
- Prepare monthly reports with the Regional Project Manager to address
achievements, identity risks and challenges in project implementation and
to enhance quality of reporting.
*Qualifications:*
v Education:
University degree or preferable master degree in environment, climate
change, resilience, urban and sustainable development, or other related
fields
v Experience:
- Has at least five (5) years of experience in specific issue of climate
change and resilience sectors or environment in general;
- Experience in implementing climate change, resilience, or other
environmental development projects;
- Familiar in producing good quality project documents in English;
- Has experience in developing and maintaining networks and/or
cooperation with central and/or local governments and non-government
stakeholders;
- Has working experience in international cooperation development
projects and campaigns, in particular energy and climate change sectors;
- Has experience in the administrative arrangement for organising events
in South East and South Asian countries;
- Experienced working in an international environment, respecting
different cultures and nationalities.
v Language:
- Fluency in written and spoken English.
v Computer skills:
- Proficiency in MS Office, database system, and programming.
v Other skills and competency:
- Has basic understanding on climate action plan;
- Has basic understanding on resilience and urban development
issues;
- Trained in climate change, resilience, or other urban
development sectors;
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks and deliver
outputs within specified time frames;
- Demonstrated to work collaboratively and as part of a team;
- Demonstrated ability to liaise and negotiate outcomes with key
stakeholders;
- Demonstrated commitment to participatory and bottom-up
approaches;
- Demonstrated ability of establishing network and connectivity
with people;
- Excellent facilitation, programme/activity management,
- Creativity problem solving and ability to work under tight
deadlines;
- Has strong analytical and communication, interpersonal and
social skills;
- Demonstrate detail orientation, proactive attention to outcomes
and expectations, and the ability to understand and effectively use
information and data;
- Demonstrate good network with high-level officials in the
governments and relevant stakeholders.
- Experienced working in an international environment, respecting
different cultures and nationalities.
*Supporting team:*
The post will be supervised by the Regional Project Manager based in UCLG
ASPAC Secretariat Jakarta, and have close coordination with Project
Administrative and Finance Officer.
*How to Apply:*
Interested applicants should send current CV along with 3 referees, cover
letter and state salary expectation to the following email address:
recruitment@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, cc to regional_pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx by 25
September 2021 at the latest.
*Fill the email “Subject” Column of the email in the format: <position
applied> - <your name>*
https://uclg-aspac.org/en/project-coordinator
-climate-resilience-inclusive-cities/
*Only the qualified candidate(s) will be contacted.*
*UCLG ASPAC is an equal opportunity employer, promoting gender, equity and
diversity.*
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