Program Associate - SDG Finance and Investment Portfolio

About the role

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is recruiting a Program Associate for its SDG Finance and Investment Portfolio in Dar es Salaam. The Portfolio strengthens Tanzania's financing ecosystem by mobilizing diversified finance to accelerate the SDGs, working across public finance, investment promotion, insurance and risk finance. The Program Associate provides coordination, administration, procurement, stakeholder engagement, monitoring, reporting, communications, event management and knowledge management support. The incumbent reports directly to the National Program Coordinator for functional supervision and works under the Head of the Portfolio's strategic guidance.

Key responsibilities

• Support program and project planning, implementation and coordination: workplans, activity schedules, results frameworks, project trackers and deliverable schedules; follow up on projects and flag emerging issues; coordinate meetings and events, including invitations, agendas, minutes and action trackers.
• Support administrative, procurement and event support: project budgets, procurement plans and administrative trackers; e-requisitions, procurement, contracting, consultant, vendor, travel and payment processes; event logistics and service providers; maintain organized, audit-ready records.
• Support stakeholder engagement with government, UN entities, development partners, investors, civil society and others; prepare briefs, partner profiles, speeches and meeting materials; maintain engagement calendars and databases.
• Support monitoring, reporting and knowledge management: collect and synthesize implementation updates, maintain trackers for activities, outputs, indicators and risks, and contribute to project, donor, corporate and annual reports.
• Support communications and advocacy: draft and edit briefs, speeches, press releases, articles, newsletters, infographics and multimedia content; coordinate publication across websites, social media, email and print; monitor digital analytics and media coverage.