The Project Coordinator will support on a short-term Joint Project in response to the food, energy and finance crises’ impacts in Lao PDR and be responsible for organising mission logistics and administration within the timeframe and budget of the programme. The overarching responsibilities include:
Planning and organising logistics for Mission 1,2 and 3;
Closely collaborate with the Technical Specialist, and Project Manager and ensuring the quality of their deliverables;
Providing planning direction and input to the management of the project;
Ensuring the effective coordination between involved parties, including by facilitating communication between IP, UN AFPs and sub-national authorities and community members.
Specific Responsibilities
The Project Coordinator will support on planning, coordination and organisational aspects of the Joint Programme, supporting the international Technical Specialist and Project Manager.
Research design and methodology
The Project Coordinator will facilitate meetings between LASES / MRI and UN counterparts on the development of the research design and methodology. It is also expected that the Project Coordinator facilitates the collection of inputs and integration of inputs from UN agencies and other stakeholders to create a single, light, integrated, and replicable questionnaire facilitating survey missions (see below). An initial workshop to present the research design and workplan is expected to take place in August 2022.
Data
The Project Coordinator will support the Project Manager to work with the international Technical Specialist and LASES / MRI as well as relevant national counterparts to pool existing relevant data sources, especially disaggregated data. This includes the datasets on inflation generated by LSB, prices bulletin of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, and World Bank household survey 2021, and monitoring of the parallel exchange rate. The Project Coordinator will be expected to undertake data cleaning to ensure up-to-date and reliable information.
The Project Coordinator will be crucial to the planning and organisation of 3 missions that are envisioned, supporting LASES / MRI to increase the frequency and reach of existing survey missions of businesses and households in key provinces, from biannually to every 2 months until the end of 2022.
Analysis
The Project Coordinator will support the coordination of the analysis of information that will be used to develop clear, concise, and policy-relevant findings including through organisational and logistical support for the development of:
Monthly bulletins;
Regular policy briefs with recommendations;
Ad-hoc short publications and communication.
The Project Coordinator will be expected to translate key documents from English to Lao.
Policy dialogues
The Project Coordinator will support LASES / MRI and other partners in the organisation and logistics for policy discussions with relevant parts of government, development partners, and CSOs.
Qualifications or Specialized Knowledge/Experience Required:
University degree in economics, public administration, project management, public policy, development policies, international relations, social sciences or related field.
At least three years of work experience in developing countries, in international organisations, public administration, NGOs, or research institutes coordinating and planning programmes or projects involving a broad range of stakeholders.
Knowledge and management experience with project management methodologies including results-based management is an asset.
Knowledge and Skills:
Strong experience in programme management and coordination of development cooperation, international relations, macroeconomic policy or related field is required;
Previous experience working in the UN system is an advantage;
Fluency in Lao and English is required.
Languages:
Good oral and written English skills and fluency of Lao required.
