Duties and Responsibilities
Under the direct supervision of the IFAD Country Director, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:
1. Management of Country Programme:
-Contribute to project implementation and supervision, through the preparation of, participation in and reporting on IFAD-led implementation support and supervision missions of active loan-finance projects. -This entails contributions to the development of mission terms of references (ToRs), co-leading assessment of selected project components, drafting of report sections, and discussing mission reports with IFAD internal re-viewers;
-Review country programmes AWPB & PP and provide inputs to the Country Directors (CDs);
-Contribute to monitor execution of Country Programme implementation and compliance to key performance indicators/parameters;
-Support compliance of projects and country programme's with IFAD corporate level policies, such as the ORMS, Annual reviews, COSOP Review, MTRs, etc.
-Provide tailored implementation support to projects between mission, and follow up on agreed actions from supervision missions and discuss with the project management teams how to address issues and shortcomings in a timely manner;
-Work closely with the Country Director/Country Representative on country strategic aspects, such as reporting towards the IFAD contributions to the national UN framework and its objectives, engagement in donor /sector working groups (especially in line with your specialisation), support portfolio level reflection in line with the valid IFAD country strategies;
-In line with the UNV skill-set and the portfolio, contribute to strengthen thematic partnerships with relevant donor agencies, private sector and academia, to introduce required skills/ knowledge/assistance and co-investment into the portfolio; Contribute to the daily operational work of project management, by reviewing project requests as appropriate and in line with the UNV background and experience; Contribute to the country knowledge agenda by generating technical inputs (papers/posters/blog posts) to showcase lessons from the portfolio;
-Contribute to cross-country learning within the other countries in the subregion and be-yond, through technical presentations and appropriate communication of findings from missions / project analysis;
-Support project design, as required and appropriate: this entails the contribution to the process of project design documentation, participation in design missions and follow-up with government and other stakeholders on relevant communications/documentation;
-Support and co-lead project completion, and ensure appropriate reporting on project’s achievements toward set development objectives in line with IFAD and government requirements;
-As required, work on replies to IFAD’s internal evaluation office on completion reports;
-Contribute to preparation of senior management visits to the Country and its countries and potential participate;
-Contribute to thematic events and workshops at the hub and participate and potentially co-lead sessions;
-Support the reporting on events in appropriate channels within IFAD.
2. Supervision and implementation support
With a particular focus on food security, provide support to:
-Review country programmes Annual Work Plan and Budgets (AWPBs) & Procurement Plans (PPs) and provide inputs to the Country Director and the Country Programme Officer;
-Monitor execution of Country Programme implementation and compliance to key performance indicators/parameters;
-Monitor the Country Programme Performance on their Log-frames and update the IFAD monitoring systems – Operational Results Management System (ORMS) accordingly;
-Periodically review and monitor the performance of Country Programme Monitoring & Evaluation System in line with national and IFAD monitoring and evaluation requirements;
-Contribute to country project/programme's design, and reviews including annual and midterm review;
-Contribute to Country Strategic Opportunities Programme (COSOP) preparation and review and monitor performance;
-Support compliance of projects and country programme's with IFAD corporate level policies in food security in ORMS, Annual reviews, COSOP Review, Mid Term Reviews (MTRs), etc.;
-Monitor implementation status of project/programme's supervision recommendations;
-Monitor programmes’ compliance to key deadlines, which may include meeting dead-lines to recommendations of supervision missions, submission of key reports (annual and audit reports);
-Support the documentation, packaging and dissemination of lessons learnt;
-Periodically draft portfolio score cards and country performance sheet based on COSOP indicators.
3. Country Level Policy engagement and partnership development
-The UNV will support IFAD's relationships and collaborations with in-country counterparts by engaging in the United Nations Country Teams working groups, identifying synergies and proposing coordinated strategies with multilateral/bilateral donors and civil society organizations involved in agricultural development and rural poverty reduction. She/He will establish and maintain counterpart contacts to promote programme and project collaboration and harmonization as well as identifies financing opportunities with other donors.
-The UNV will participate in relevant policy meetings and events of interest to IFAD's target groups, and which involve the government, donors, and civil society, including NGOs, to develop an enabling environment for sustainable, pro-poor development.
-Portfolio support – the UNV would support the overall country portfolio Zimbabwe. He/She would work with all active IFAD projects, engage with the project coordinators. This includes follow-up on mission agreed actions, planning of review meetings and engage around mission preparation and other key deliverables.
-Portfolio monitoring and reporting – the UNV would have a strong focus on monitoring and reporting. He/She would work closely with the projects and monitoring teams to ensure timely reporting, adequate quality of ME data, and promote the use of ME in knowledge and communication.
-Communication and Knowledge – the UNV will support the IFAD country team in aspects of communication and knowledge sharing. He/She will work with IFAD in-house COM and Knowledge teams and assist projects with compiling high-quality knowledge products.
-Mission preparation and participation – the UNV will assist the respective Team leaders in preparing IFAD missions and lead on the monitoring and Knowledge aspects, unless otherwise defined.
-Product development /Branding support – the UNV is tasked to support the MCO and IFAD supported projects on aspects of branding and product development and where appropriate. This can include webpages, advertising materials, social media presence but in close collaboration with IFAD COM where required Furthermore, UN Volunteers are required to:
-Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day);
-Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country;
-Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participation in ongoing reflection activities;
-Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.;
-Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers;
-Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.
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