Project Management Support - Senior Associate

Job categories Communications, Project Management
Vacancy code VA/2024/B5109/28538
Department/office ECR, RSMCO, Serbia
Duty station Belgrade, Serbia
Contract type Local ICA Support
Contract level LICA-7
Duration Open-ended subject to organisational requirements, availability of funds and/or to satisfactory performance
Application period 15-Jul-2024 to 04-Aug-2024


Applications to vacancies must be received before midnight Copenhagen time (CET) on the closing date of the announcement.

Please note that UNOPS will at no stage of the recruitment process request candidates to make payments of any kind.

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The Joint UN Programme "PRO - Local Governance for People and Nature" contributes to improving the quality of life of citizens through the improvement of local governance, social inclusion and environmental protection in 110 cities and municipalities throughout Serbia. The Programme is jointly implemented by the United Nations Agencies in Serbia - UNOPS, UNICEF, UNFPA and UNEP, in cooperation with the Government of Serbia, and with the financial support of the Government of Switzerland, in the period from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2026. 

To achieve the Programme’s Objective, the intervention will focus on three key Pillars and Outcomes: 

  1. Pillar Good Governance, Outcome 1: Local self-governments LSGs improve capacities and apply good governance principles in practice;

  2. Pillar Social Inclusion, Outcome 2: LSGs and other relevant local actors improve capacities and develop evidence-based local social protection policies;

  3. Pillar Environmental Governance, Outcome 3: LSGs improve capacities and apply environmental governance processes in practice.

The key stakeholders at the local level are also direct users of support: local governments (cities and municipalities), including their administrations/staff, other relevant local organisations and institutions (Centres for Social Work - CSWs, Primary Health Centres - PHCs, pre-school institutions and schools), and local Civil Society Organisations (CSOs). The final users of support will be the citizens from participating LGs, especially those from left behind groups, with a focus on people with disabilities, Roma, children and families, youth and older people. The support will be provided to a certain number of informal waste pickers as well. 

All Programme activities will be undertaken in partnership with the Government of Serbia, especially the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Governments (MPALSG), the Ministry of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs (MLEVSA), the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP).

The Programme will coordinate its activities with the key line national-level institutions while observing the national strategies, laws and relevant development documents, which will contribute to sustainability, ensure national ownership and develop national capacities.


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