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The anticipated socio-economic impacts of the nexus of sea-level rise, coastal erosion and regular coastal flooding are largely negative and potentially disastrous for coastal communities. These factors are likely to have most impacts in the most densely populated areas such as the coastal areas of the County Montserrado (hosting the capital city Monrovia), with large numbers of poor people. They are likely to destroy properties, rural infrastructures (markets, roads, centres, clinics), land and livelihood equipment (boats, mobile market stands, stoves, etc). Quite simply, the poor people have nowhere to go and no way to protect their personal and community belongings.
In this light, UNDP has received a grant from the Global Environment Facility to complement Government’s effort in addressing the impact of coastal erosion in the New Kru Town coastline especially the D-Tweh area.
Under the overall guidance and supervision of the Program Manager, the engineer will substantially contribute to the programmatic development and implementation of the Montserrado
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Duties and Responsibilities
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- In consultation with the Project Manager, manage the implementation and monitoring of the Montserrado county coastal project,
- Provide top-quality expertise in the field of engineering, including assessment and evaluation of project to the UNDP, County Office and Government,
- Ensures timely and effective coordination of all engineering activities of the project with other relevant departments of UNDP, relevant UN Agencies, donors, Government and concerned international and national organizations.
- Support the Country Office and Government in establishing synergies and partnerships with others actors (national and international) on integrated coastal management issues at the strategic, technical and operational levels;
- Provide technical proposals, quality of construction materials Compile, analyze and disseminate lessons-learned and experience gained from on-going construction activities;
- Perform quality control function of construction projects of the Montserrado county coastal project, including assessing impact and effectiveness, tracking outputs and results, and ensure timely and efficient delivery of project outputs through a client-satisfaction approach;
- Assess the impact and effectiveness of the projects through regular monitoring with national and international counterparts and stakeholders through regular field visits,
- Contribute to the preparation of reports (quarterly, annual and donor) project documents and submissions by providing information, preparing tables and drafting relatively routine sections. Prepare background information for use in discussions with partners and other organizations
- Participate in the CO’s Pillar meetings, providing regular updates and feedback on progress of Projects and;
- Do environmental impact assessment and advise accordingly;
Perform any additional tasks as requested by the Supervisor
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Competencies
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Corporate Competencies:
- Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards.
- Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP.
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
- Treats all people fairly without favoritism.
Functional Competencies:
- Good knowledge of the Liberia coastal management system, including the political environment and legal statutes as they pertain to coastal management.
- Ability to work and act under pressure.
- Sound civil engineering judgment, impartiality, diplomacy and discretion.
- Proven ability to establish priorities and to plan, organize, coordinate and monitor own work plan and provide advice and guidance to others; in-depth understanding of pillar's strategic direction; resourcefulness, sound judgment and decision-making skills.
- Demonstrated sound judgment in resolving issues/problems; ability to proactively seek and recommend sound technical/engineering initiatives.
- Ability to actively seek to improve programmes/services, offer new and different options to solve problems/meet client needs.
- Excellent and effective communication (verbal and written) skills, including ability to prepare reports and conduct presentations by clearly formulating positions on issues, articulating options concisely conveying maximum necessary information, making and defending recommendations; diplomacy and tact; ability to convey difficult issues and positions to senior officials;
- Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with people in a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity.
- Effective negotiating skills and ability to work with others to reach mutually benefiting and lasting understandings.
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Required Skills and Experience
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Education:
Master’s degree (or its equivalent) preferably in civil engineering or the equivalent combination of bachelor’s degree with 7 years’ experience in a related area.
Experince:
- At least 5 years’ work experience in Liberia or related post-conflict setting with substantial direct experience on coastal construction projects.
- Detailed knowledge familiarity of reconstruction process in Liberia ;
- Experience working on a coastal project or in coastal communities;
- Experience in development work, partnerships building and resource mobilization.
- Experience in design, monitoring and evaluation of coastal construction projects.
- Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages, experience in handling of web-based management systems and advanced programmes for data analysis.
- Experience in donor report writing an asset;
Prior experience within the United Nations, in particular UNDP, is desirable but not a requirement.
Language Requirements :
Strong written and spoken English skills. Knowledge of additional UN languages is desirable.
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