Project Associate

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The Justice 4.0 program is expanding; this is your opportunity to be a part of it!

Justice 4.0 is one of the world's largest digital transformation programs for the Judiciary. Launched in 2020, the result of a cooperation agreement signed between the National Council of Justice (CNJ) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP/UN), the project aims to develop and improve technological solutions to make the services offered by the Brazilian Justice system more efficient, effective and accessible to the population, in addition to optimizing procedural management for judges, civil servants, lawyers and other actors in the Justice system. The initiative also aligns with the Sustainable Development Goals and the UN 2030 Agenda.

For more information about the program, visit the Justiça 4.0 website.

Duties and responsibilities

The Project Associate will be responsible for distributing functions to the project team, managing activities at different stages and monitoring the technical quality of products developed within the context of the Justice 4.0 Program. The professional will work closely with the CNJ and UNDP teams and the following indicative activities are planned:

• Monitor and record the actions planned within the scope of the project, based on the definition of the established goals and priority deliveries, as well as the management strategies and monitoring tools defined by UNDP and CNJ;
• Identify, document, manage and solve problems that may arise during the execution of the project;
• Monitor the planning and implementation of project actions, contributing to compliance with the project schedule and ensuring the quality of the deliveries to be made;
• Carry out administrative procedures related to the development of project systems, in coordination with the designated supervisor;
• Provide technical support for the implementation of project initiatives, organizing external and internal strategies to solve demands, in coordination with the designated supervisor;
• Carry out missions, meetings and other activities to execute the action plan and technical monitoring and qualitative monitoring of products and goals; and
• The incumbent performs other functions within his/her functional profile that he/she considers necessary for the proper functioning of the project. 

Institutional Arrangement

The person hired will be supervised by Project Management and Technical Project Coordination.

Skills

Achieve Results:
LEVEL 2: Scale solutions, simplify processes, balance time and accuracy in getting work done

Innovative Thinking:
LEVEL 2: Offer new ideas/open to new approaches, demonstrate systemic/integrated thinking

Continuous Learning:
LEVEL 2: Offers new ideas, learns from others and supports their learning

Adapt with Agility:
LEVEL 2: Adapt to new processes, involving other people in the change process

Act with determination:
LEVEL 2: Able to persevere and deal with multiple sources of pressure simultaneously

Engage and Partner:
LEVEL 2: Facilitates/integrates, brings people together, builds/maintains coalitions/partnerships

Promoting Diversity and Inclusion:
LEVEL 2: Facilitates conversations to overcome differences and consider decision-making

Multifunctional and technical skills

Business Direction and Strategy - Strategic Thinking:
• Develop effective strategies and priority plans aligned with UNDP's mission and objectives, based on a systemic analysis of challenges, opportunities and potential risks; connect the big picture with local reality to create concrete and targeted solutions; learn from diverse sources to anticipate and respond effectively to current and future trends; demonstrate strategic vision.

Business Direction and Strategy - Systems Thinking:
• Ability to use objective analysis and problem judgment to understand how interrelated elements coexist within the whole of a process or system, and to consider how changing one element might impact other parts of the system.

Business Development - Human-Centered Design:
• Ability to develop solutions to problems involving the human perspective at all stages of the problem-solving process.

Business Management - Project Management:
• Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and control resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific objectives.

Business Management - Working with evidence and data:
• Ability to inspect, clean, transform and model data with the aim of discovering useful information, informing conclusions and supporting decision making.

Agenda 2030: Peace - Rule of Law, Security and Human Rights:
• Effective Justice Sector Institutions.

Agenda 2030: Peace - Rule of Law, Security and Human Rights:
• Access to Justice. 

Skills and Experience Required

Minimum education requirements:

High School Diploma is required; or
University Degree (Bachelor's Degree) in the areas of Administration, Law, Public Management, Information Technology, International Relations, IT Governance or related fields will be given due consideration, but is not a requirement.

Minimum years of relevant professional experience:

Minimum of 7 years (with completed high school) or 4 years (with university degree) of professional or academic experience in the area of project management. 

Required skills:

Oral and written communication skills;
Ability to use information technology; and
Knowledge of the office package.

Desired skills, in addition to the skills covered in the Skills section:

• Experience in project management in the area of Information Technology;
• Experience in project management;
• Professional experience in IT management and governance;
• Experience in agile methodologies;
• Experience in the development and implementation of systems; and
• Experience in projects or activities linked to the public sector or the Judiciary.

Required languages:

Fluency in Portuguese.
Intermediate knowledge of English will be considered an advantage.

Desirable Professional Certificates

• N/A

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