Field Coordinator

2.      Office/Unit/Project Description 

UNDP is the UN's global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. 

UNDP positions itself as a development partner that brings global knowledge, through a multi-sectoral approach – the key comparative advantage of UNDP - and concentrates its work on 3 programmatic fields: i) Inclusive and Sustainable Growth, ii) Inclusive and Democratic Governance, iii) Climate Change and Environment.

CCE Portfolio focuses on three programmatic areas that complement each other: 1-Natural Resource Management contributing to sustainable environment management and conservation of natural resources in production landscapes, within the general framework of the ecosystems approach; 2- Climate Change and Disaster Resilience (including chemicals and waste) strengthening institutional capacities for analysis and risk management for resilience with a specific emphasis on climate change, and 3- Cooperation with relevant stakeholders to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy.

The Shifting to Zero Waste Against Pollution (SWAP) Initiative aims to reduce chemical pollution in the value chain and improve resource efficiency by supporting pilot cities in emerging economies and Least Developed Countries towards a zero-waste vision in line with green chemistry, circular economy, and waste hierarchy principles for sustainable production and consumption. The comprehensive approach of the Initiative will be implemented in five cities: Freetown (Sierra Leone), Kocaeli (Türkiye), Montevideo (Uruguay), Tunis (Tunisia), and Tianjin (China). The total GEF-provided activity budget for the project is USD 28,035,000. 

The Initiative foresees interventions to:

• Enable conditions and coherent policies to promote integrated planning and programming at the city level towards a long-term vision of zero waste and zero pollution.
• Explore special and diverse legal, fiscal, and financial steering instruments to promote sustainable investment and cost recovery to address the financial challenges for the transition to a zero-waste city.
• Enhance sustainable production and consumption by encouraging the private sectors to adopt BAT/BEP to eliminate harmful chemicals in products, promoting eco-design, sustainable consumption and services, building an ecosystem from upstream to downstream for the circularity of materials.
• Make information and knowledge accessible for raising awareness to every key stakeholder in the key value chains, including producers, retailers, consumers, citizens, and waste workers, through a whole-of-society approach. 
• Build global networks and partnerships on zero waste, provide policy and technical advice through its clearing house, facilitate knowledge sharing, and raise awareness across countries and regions.

The Project Field Coordinator (FC) will allocate %100 of his/her time to the Shifting to Zero Waste Against Pollution (SWAP) Initiative Project for the whole project’s duration. The FC will provide support to the senior-most representative of the Project Management Unit (PMU) who is the Project Manager assigned by the General Directorate of Environmental Management of the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change. He/she is responsible for providing technical and coordination support for the mobilization of project inputs, as requested by the Project Manager, and facilitating collaboration among the project team, responsible parties, consultants, and subcontractors, without supervisory or decision-making authority. The field coordinator supports the project manager in presenting key deliverables, progress in the field, and documents to the board for their review and approval, including progress reports, annual work plans, adjustments to tolerance levels, and risk registers.

3.      Scope of Work 

Under the technical guidance and coordination of the Project Manager, the FC provides field-level coordination for implementation of the Project. 

• Provide technical and coordination support for project components on city‑level pilots, private‑sector engagement, knowledge and learning activities.
• Provide technical inputs and administrative support to the Project Manager in the implementation of assigned activities.
• Provide inputs to planning processes and support the Project Manager by tracking progress of assigned activities against the approved workplan
• Provide process and administrative support to the Implementing Partner in areas such as procurement documentation, reporting inputs, and safeguards implementation, without any decision‑making authority or oversight of procurement processes.
• Provide time‑bound technical support for specific implementation bottlenecks.
• Maintain collaborative working relationships among key project partners and projects’ donors, through effective communication, consultation, and reporting.
• Monitor events as determined in the project monitoring plan, and update the plan as required.
• Provide support for completion of assessments required by UNDP, spot checks and audits.
• Support the Project Manager in monitoring progress, watch for plan deviations and make course corrections when needed within project board-agreed tolerances to achieve results.
• Ensure that changes are controlled and problems addressed in consultation with the Project Manager.
• Provide support to the Project Manager in facilitating coordination and communication among project stakeholders and tracking implementation of assigned activities.
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• Coordinate technical inputs and day-to-day collaboration with UNDP-contracted project support personnel (e.g. Project Associate and Project Assistant) to ensure delivery of assigned support functions.
• Align the projects and field activities with UN values and UNDP priorities.
• Contribute to achievement and progress towards the achievement of country level and portfolio level development outcomes.
• Capture lessons learned during project implementation.
• Support the Mid-term review and Terminal Evaluation process.
• Monitor together with the M&E officer implementation plans, including the gender action plan, stakeholder engagement plan, and any environmental and social management plans.

All functions of the Field Coordinator are advisory and support in nature. The role does not include overall project management, decision-making authority, or responsibility for implementation, which remain with the Implementing Partner.

4.Institutional Arrangement

The Field Coordinator will operate under the direct technical guidance and coordination of the project manager assigned by the implementing partner, the General Directorate of Environmental Management under the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change. The Field Coordinator will report to a UNDP Portfolio Manager. The Field Coordinator shall work in close coordination with the CCE Portfolio Administrator/Projects Implementation Administrator, the CCE Portfolio M&E Officer, and relevant Country Office staff within his/her scope of work.

The Field Coordinator is expected to work in the premises of the Directorate of Climate Change under the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, as requested.

5. Competencies

6.      Minimum Qualifications of the Successful NPSA