Project Manager

Project Manager

Gaza, Palestine, State of

Job Info

Job Identification 37425

Posting Date 10/13/2026, 09:40 AM

Apply Before 10/27/2026, 11:59 PM

Job Schedule Full time

Locations

Gaza, Palestine, State of

Agency UNDP

Grade NPSA-8

Vacancy Type National Personnel Service Agreement

Practice Area Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery

Bureau Regional Bureau for Arab States

Contract Duration 1 Year

Education & Work Experience Master's Degree

Other Criteria A first-level university degree (B.A degree)in the areas stated above in combination with an additional two years

Required Languages Fluency in both English and Arabic

Desired Languages Project management certification will be an asset

Vacancy Timeline 2 Weeks

Job Description

Tiered Approach

In line with the commitment to safeguard capacity and support personnel already in the Organization, a majority of UNDP UNCDF/UNV vacancies are advertised using a tiered application process whereby: Tier 0: UNDP/UNCDF/UNV IP staff holding permanent (PA) and fixed-term (FTA) appointments, whose posts will be abolished, or contracts will be terminated or not renewed during 2026. Tier 1: Other UNDP/UNCDF/UNV staff holding permanent (PA) and fixed-term (FTA) appointments Tier 2: UNDP/UNCDF/UNV staff holding temporary appointments (TA), personnel on regular PSA contracts, and Expert and Specialist UN Volunteers Tier 3 or no tier indicated: All other contract types from UNDP/UNCDF/UNV and other agencies, and other external candidates

Please make note of the Tier(s) indicated in the vacancy title, if any, and ensure that you satisfy the eligibility to apply.

Background

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the UN’s lead development agency, works in more than 170 countries and territories to support poverty eradication, reduce inequalities, and advance the Sustainable Development Goals. UNDP’s Strategic Plan refers to six signature solutions: poverty & inequality, governance, resilience; environment, energy, and gender equality.

UNDP’s Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People (PAPP) derives its mandate from United Nations General Assembly Resolution 33/147 of 20 December 1978. Called upon by United Nations Member States in that year, UNDP was requested “to improve the economic and social conditions of the Palestinian people by identifying their social and economic needs and by establishing concrete projects to that end”.

UNDP/PAPP’s programming focuses on democratic governance, the rule of law, public service delivery, environmental sustainability, inclusive economic growth, and gender equality across East Jerusalem, Gaza, and Area C. This work is implemented through strategic partnerships with the Palestinian Authority, donor governments, UN agencies, civil society, the private sector, international organizations, academia, and foundations.

The destruction resulting from the 2023 war has severely impacted Gaza’s water and wastewater systems, leading to widespread service collapse, heightened public health risks, and acute humanitarian needs. In response, UNDP has scaled up emergency and recovery interventions across the WASH sector. These include water trucking operations; restoration of water supply systems; rehabilitation of groundwater wells; deployment of small-scale mobile desalination units; the deployment of innovative technologies such as floating desalination plant, and solar-powered atmospheric water generation to reach highly vulnerable displaced populations, recovery of storm water and wastewater networks, pumping and treatment facilities.

UNDP’s planned interventions aim to restore and expand access to safe water for people, particularly internally displaced persons, through a combination of emergency and sustainable solutions. Simultaneously,

critical wastewater systems will be rehabilitated, with priority attention to the Khan Younis Wastewater Treatment Plant, essential for protecting the health and wellbeing of residents and displaced communities.

Strengthening the institutional and operational capacities of the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) and the Coastal Municipalities Water Utility (CMWU) is also a core objective, ensuring efficient, resilient, and sustainable service delivery.

Collectively, these efforts will contribute to safeguarding public health, improving environmental conditions, and enhancing the resilience of more than one million Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, with special focus on the most vulnerable groups, including women, children, and persons with disabilities. Within this context, the water and wastewater sector constitutes a central pillar of Gaza’s recovery and long-term resilience. Effective transition from emergency and recovery responses to sustainable reconstruction requires strong leadership, rigorous technical oversight, and coordinated implementation.

Duties and Responsibilities

The incumbent will undertake the following key functions:

1. Ensure Project Planning and Project Management

• In close cooperation with the Programme Specialist, develop project plans, concept notes, and proposals, including budgets and timelines, to support scale-up interventions and resource mobilization.
• Provide day-to-day management of water and wastewater project activities, ensuring effective coordination with implementing partners, national counterparts, and key stakeholders.
• Lead project initiation processes, including site assessments, needs identification, damage and feasibility assessments, and prioritization of interventions based on technical, operational, and humanitarian considerations.
• Prepare comprehensive project implementation plans, resource schedules, annual work plans, procurement plans, and detailed activity timelines to ensure coherent and timely delivery.
• Ensure all project interventions adhere to UNDP strategic frameworks and plans, national strategies, technical standards, and regulatory frameworks of PWA and CMWU, as well as international best practices.
• Contribute, in close cooperation with the Programme Specialist, to supervise and coordinate project staff, consultants, experts, contractors, and sub-grantees, providing guidance and ensuring alignment with project objectives.
• Contribute to overseeing performance management of project staff, experts, and consultants, ensuring efficient functioning of the project team.

2. Provision of Technical Management, Engineering Oversight, and Quality Assurance

• Review or develop tender documents and engineering designs, technical specifications, BOQs, drawings, and cost estimates, material lists for access coordination for all water and wastewater projects.
• Conduct regular field visits to verify implementation progress, assess quality of works, and ensure compliance with designs, safety protocols, environmental and social safeguards, and Q/A and Q/C standards.
• Review contractors’ work plans, method statements, shop drawings, and material submissions to ensure technical accuracy and compliance.
• Identify operational challenges and issue timely site instructions; document deviations and ensure corrective measures are effectively implemented.
• Verify and certify work completion, quantities, variation orders, interim payment certificates, and contractor claims, ensuring fairness and value for money.
• Oversee adherence to environmental, social, and occupational health and safety requirements across all project sites.

3. Financial, Procurement, and Administrative Oversight

• Ensure effective financial management, including monitoring expenditures, commitments, cash flow, and budget utilization in accordance with UNDP rules and donor requirements.
• Provide first-level services for all project transactions under the Internal Control Framework, ensuring compliance with financial, administrative, and procurement procedures.
• Carry out market survey to establish cost estimates and projects budgets and verifying variation orders.
• Verify and certify interim payment certificates, ensuring financial accuracy, variation orders, and contractor claims, ensuring fairness and value for money.
• Oversee procurement processes including preparation of TORs, RFPs, RFQs, specifications, review of procurement packages, and participation in evaluation processes.
• Coordinate timely mobilization of goods, equipment, services, and technical assistance required for successful project implementation.
• Ensure integrity and transparency in procurement, contracting, and financial reporting processes.

4. Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting, and Risk Management

• Monitor project performance against approved plans, key performance indicates, milestones, and results frameworks, ensuring timely identification and resolution of delays or bottlenecks.
• Prepare high-quality analytical progress reports, briefs, and ad hoc updates that include progress,