Economic diversification in Equatorial Guinea is vital for long-term economic growth and job creation in the low-carbon transition, particularly for MSMEs, since they rely highly on large buyers, particularly international oil companies. To address these challenges in Equatorial Guinea, a 4 year Linkage Project from the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) funded by the Middle-Income Country Technical Assistance Fund (MICTAF) and by the Fund for African Private Sector Assistance (FAPA) in partnership with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the government of Equatorial Guinea, targeting the MSME sector will be part of an effective local content intervention to provide a range of technical assistance (TA) and advisory services (AS) to improve:
- The Business Enabling Environment (BEE) to reduce the bottlenecks of doing business and increase the FI’s offering of better MSME products.
- The capacities of supporting Business Membership Organizations (BMOs) and Business Development Service Providers (BDSPs) to revamp MSME’s third-party services provisions.
- The capabilities of the MSMEs to increase the offering of high-quality services and goods following international quality standards, not only in the oil and gas sector but also in agriculture, fisheries, transport/logistics, tourism, and ICT, including access to export market (regional and global).
- Access to finance through local commercial banks.
- The value of contracts (access to markets) through business-to-business (B2B), Access to finance (A2F), and government-to-business (G2B) initiatives, with the final aim to create jobs, particularly for the youth and women.
Duties and Responsibilities
The assignment is focused on the following functions:
- Establishment and management of an effective operating framework for the Project, including a strategy/ planning process and a robust monitoring, evaluation, and reporting system (based on UNDP /AfDB requirements).
- Plan, coordinate, and monitor the implementation of Project activities.
- Provision of leadership, technical advice, and assistance to the Project Implementation Unit (PIU), UNDP/AfDB, and other relevant government officials to ensure timely execution of planned activities toward the achievement of the project development objectives, including fulfillment of the project outputs and outcomes.
- Supervision and assessment of the Project Implementation contractors/ staff performance to ensure effective and timely implementation of the project.
Competencies
Core competencies:
Achieve Results: LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline
Think Innovatively: LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is a pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements
Learn Continuously: LEVEL 1: Open-minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback
Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible
Act with Determination: LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in the face of adversity, confident
Engage and Partner: LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships
Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination
Cross-functional & Technical competencies:
System Thinking: Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgment to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system.
Knowledge Facilitation: Ability to animate individuals and communities of contributors to participate
Project Management: Ability to plan, organize, prioritize, and control resources, procedures, and protocols to achieve specific goals
Partnerships Management: Ability to build and maintain partnerships with wide networks of stakeholders, Governments, civil society and private sector partners, experts, and others in line with UNDP strategy and policies
Monitoring: Ability to provide managers and key stakeholders with regular feedback on consistency.
Effectiveness: Project Quality Assurance
Qualifications
Min. Education requirements:
- Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in economics, Development Economics, Engineering, Business Management, Business Administration, Project Management, or relevant related field is required or
- A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration instead of the advanced university degree
Min. years of relevant work experience:
- Applicants with a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field of study are not required to have professional work experience. Applicants with a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) are required to have a minimum of two (2) years of relevant professional experience working in private sector development, on local content and small and medium enterprise development, and experience in building capacity-building projects in the region.
Required skills:
- Experience in the main sectors of the economy, such as oil and gas, agriculture, fisheries, transport/logistics, tourism and ICT.,
- At least three (3) years of experience managing development projects.
- Proven knowledge of web-based management systems such as ERP.
- Excellent writing skills, and Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, MS Teams, word, excel), SharePoint, and/or other online sharing, are required
Desired skills:
- Experience working on projects financed by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the African Development Bank (AfDB), or donor agencies will be an advantage
- Previous work experience in participatory community-based planning activities and resource mobilization.
- Prior experience working in the UN or other international development organizations.
- Work experience with an Enterprise Resource Planning software.
Required Language(s):
- Fluency in English and Spanish language is required.
- Knowledge of any local language will be an added advantage.
Important applicant information
All posts in the NPSA categories are subject to local recruitment.
Applicant information about UNDP rosters
Note: UNDP reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement. We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP at the same grade level and with similar job descriptions, experience, and educational requirements.
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