Project Coordinator

UNIDO

Project Coordinator for A2D Facility at UNIDO overseeing climate transition projects and partnerships. Responsible for appraising proposals, managing reporting, and organizing outreach activities.

Posted 6/9/2026contractVienna • 🇦🇹 AustriaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Appraise, review and adjust project proposals to ensure consistency with national, sub-regional, regional and sectoral priorities and programmes, and with available resources; formulate and present such proposals on the basis of technical and substantive inputs in accordance with required format for final review and approval.
Ensure robust and regular internal reporting, record-keeping and external dissemination of activities, publications and results at Facility-level and project-level.
Locate and analyze specific economic, environmental and social data and distill and synthesize information relevant to supported the A2D Facility and its projects.
Organize relevant events, workshops, webinars, side events, presentations and other outreach activities at both the Facility-level and project-level to enhance the visibility of the A2D Facility’s results, opportunities and projects.
Lead the project management of new, and where applicable, existing, supported projects, including monitoring, reporting, risk management, quality management, financial and procurement management, stakeholder engagement, governance, environmental and social safeguards, and gender equality and social inclusion.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in fields that include climate, energy, environmental management and assessment, engineering, social sciences or other relevant discipline is required.
At least five (5) years of professional experience in technical cooperation project management or portfolio project management of climate-related or innovation-related projects, including some exposure at the international level, is required.
Experience in technical cooperation project management or portfolio project management in developing country contexts, and in evaluating the needs, conditions and problems in developing countries, is desirable.
Ability to research and analyse information independently and recommend solutions is required.
Ability to write in a clear and concise manner is required.
Ability to work effectively in multi-cultural teams is desirable.
Knowledge and experience in the thematic areas-of-focus of the A2D Facility, such as clean hydrogen, industrial decarbonization, smart energy or critical minerals, or related areas such as sustainable cooling and transport decarbonization, is desirable.
Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
Fluency and/or working knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish) is desirable.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
UNIDO welcomes applications from qualified persons with disabilities.
Reasonable accommodation will be provided to applicants and employees with disabilities to support full participation in the recruitment process and in the performance of their duties.

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Hard Skills & Tools

project managementtechnical cooperationportfolio project managementdata analysisreport writingrisk managementfinancial managementprocurement managementstakeholder engagementenvironmental and social safeguards

Soft Skills

independent researchanalytical skillsclear communicationteamworkcultural sensitivity

Certifications

advanced university degree