Job title: Water Management Analyst

Job Identification: 16533

Locations: Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan

Posting Date: 02/22/2024, 12:40 PM

Apply Before: 03/08/2024, 07:59 AM

Degree Level: Advanced/Postgraduate Degree

Agency: UNDP

Grade: NPSA-8

Vacancy Type: National Personnel Service Agreement

Practice Area: Nature, Climate and Energy

Bureau: Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS

Contract Duration: 1 Year with Possibility for extension

Duties and Responsibilities

Serve as the Project’s key technical person on sustainable water management, use and efficiency, including Integrated Water Resource Management approaches:

• Maintain close coordination among various stakeholders (Water Committee, International Fund for Saving Aral Sea) and other national partners in the water sector on the national and regional/ municipal levels to guide the development of the Sustainable Water Management Plans (or Plans for Increased Water Efficiency) in pilot regions; when applicable, engage local NGOs, private sector and local communities;
• Review ongoing state and development projects in the water management sector to come up with proposals for possible synergies;
• Provide technical guidance to the team, and ensure quality of work on various stages of project implementation, preparation of knowledge products/ PR materials related to water management;
• Supervise the technical content of all the  knowledge products related to water management (guidelines, concepts, manuals, templates, brochures, reports, workshop proceedings, minutes);
• Provide technical information and presentations for various  awareness and training  events;
• Prepare relevant sections of Annual Work Plan and regular progress reports (including annual APR/Project Implementation Reviews and quarterly progress reports) on project results and outcomes related to his/her assigned Outputs and thematic area;

Provide technical assessment of the water consumption in irrigated areas, including monitoring systems and indicators for soil and water use improvement aligned with Land Degradation Neutrality:

• Review policy reforms and institutional changes on the regular basis for the timely adjustment of project design;
• Provide technical inputs for development of recommendations for inclusion of economic incentives for water savings in the current policy/regulatory frameworks and into the development of amendments to the Water Code;
• Liaise with the relevant authorities for the official approval of the Manuals and Guidelines, for the institutionalisation of developed documents;
• Participate in the organization of innovation challenge;
• Support the review of innovation proposals;

Support development of Social and Environmental Standards Assessment and ensure implementation of Environmental and Social Management Framework and Environmental and Social Management Plan related to risk management measures, concerning risks from the water use planning and demonstration of efficient measures at project sites:

• Ensure the mainstreaming of gender aspects and SES requirements into the water management planning, work with the Gender expert, advocate for women inclusion and participation.

Ensure effective implementation of activities on water management and land reclamation directions in project regions in close coordination with the other technical experts, local field coordinators and local specialists on water management:

• Technical support on the assessment of pasture management infrastructure and lead/guide the necessary steps for the construction of water wells for pasture management and for wildlife, rainwater harvesting facilities;
• Guide the work of other short-term experts and lead the assessment of the minimum ecological flow required for the maintenance of the ecological integrity of water based on Key Biodiversity Areas in the project area.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Master’s degree in Water Resource Management, Hydrology, Hydraulics, Irrigation or another related field is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in the above fields in combination with additional 2 years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the Master's degree.

Experience:

• Up to 2 years (with Master’s degree) or minimum 2 years (with Bachelor’s degree) of relevant professional experience in the area of sustainable water resources management.
• Previous working or consulting experience related to the institutional processes and organizations involved with water management and irrigated agriculture in Turkmenistan.
• Experience in the design and implementation of efficient irrigation systems, reduction of losses from canals, efficient operation of water delivery systems and climate adaptation at the national or international level.

Languages:

• Fluency in Russian and Turkmen is required.
• Working Knowledge of English is a strong asset.

Required Skills:

• Strong ICT skills, including the application of digital tools in day-to-day work.
• Knowledge and experience of working with relevant UN Framework Convention on Climate Climate, Conference of Parties -decisions, and national commitments.
• Experience in coordination of diverse groups of consultants/ other stakeholders.

Desired Skills:

• Experience in the design and implementation of institutional processes and organizations involved climate change and national commitments under various International Conventions.
• Experience in similar assignments preferably implemented by UNDP or other development cooperation agency.

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