Project Assistant, Gender Mainstreaming

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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 0-5 years
  • Organisation type: Inter-governmental
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Nationals-only contract
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 25/12/2025
  • Location: Montenegro 
Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI)
Job Description Background
The Western Balkans continue to face deeply entrenched gender-based inequalities that significantly undermine the economic potential of women and girls, restrict their access to resources and opportunities, and impede the regions broader social and economic development. Despite formal commitments to gender equality and alignment with the European Union (EU) accession agenda, structural barriersrooted in patriarchal norms, limited political commitment, and underinvestment in targeted interventionscontinue to perpetuate wide gender pay gaps, low female labour market participation, and womens underrepresentation in leadership, entrepreneurship, and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) sectors.

Under direct supervision of the Project Analyst for Economic Empowerment of Women and overall supervision of the Team Leader of the Gender Equality Portfolio, the incumbent will carry out the following main tasks:

  • Provide support to implementation of day-to-day project activities
  • Provide relevant administrative and logistical assistance in implementation of the project activities
  • Perform regular financial tasks necessary for the successful and timely implementation of project activities
I. Provide support to implementation of day-to-day project activities
  • Draft routine correspondence and reports from oral instructions, previous correspondence or other available information sources, in accordance with the standard office procedures, and ensure appropriate follow-up; write minutes from the meetings; provide translation/interpretation services into English and vice versa, when needed
  • Ensure all project documentation (progress reports, consulting and other technical reports, minutes of meetings, etc.) are properly maintained in hard and electronic copies in an efficient and readily accessible filing system, for when required by the Project Boards, Technical Advisory Committee, UNDP, project consultants

II. Provide relevant administrative and logistical assistance in implementation of the project activities
  • Provide logistical support to the Gender Equality portfolio of projects and ensure provision of adequate secretarial and interpretation facilities (organization of projects events, meetings and study tours, travel arrangements, arrangement of shipments, conference facilities arrangements, visits of experts, timely processed daily subsistence allowances, etc.)
  • Maintain day-to-day communication with the Operations Unit regarding the project related administration matters: procurement, human resources, travel and finance matters;
  • Provide administrative support regarding recruitment of experts and procurement of goods and services under the project;

III. Perform regular financial duties necessary for the successful and timely implementation of project activities
  • Ensure daily transactions are processed in the Quantum system (suppliers, invoices, requisitions, etc.)

The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.

Required Skills and Experience Education:
  • Secondary education is required. OR
  • A University Degree (Bachelors degree) in Social Sciences, Economics, Management or related field will be given due consideration, but is not a requirement.
  • Minimum 5 years (with Secondary education) or 2 years (with Bachelors degree) of progressively responsible administrative, financial administration experience is required.
  • Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc) and advance knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages.
  • Fluency in English and Montenegrin is required.

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