Programme Management Officer

The Programme Management Officer will carry out his/her tasks within Operations Support Division (OSD) of Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT) in New York.

Under the overall supervision of UNOPS Senior Programme Manager, the incumbent works under the guidance of the Strategic Partnerships & Technology Solutions Officer, assists the Military Signals Training Project Manager with all aspects of training for the Signals Academy.

This is a position in UNOPS for supporting projects carried out for or in the United Nations Secretariat. The incumbent of this position will be a staff member of UNOPS under its full responsibility.

Within delegated authority, the Programme Management Officer reports to Strategic Partnerships & Technology Solutions Officer. S/he is responsible for the following duties:

• Assists the Military Signals Training Project Manager with all aspects of training for the Signals Academy, including the coordination, delivery and assessments of trainees undertaking relevant training courses.
• Communicates the mission and vision of the UN Signals Academy and Training Centre to all stakeholders.
• Monitors all projects and ensures relationships are maintained to sustain and develop the provided training.
• Coordinates creation, implementation and updating of training agenda; ensures evaluation, reporting and follow up, following UN standards and regulations.
• Prepares regular and accurate reports and other project management documentation for the various stakeholders, in coordination with the Signals Academy Head in Entebbe, as necessary.
• Facilitates open communication among stakeholders, using feedback to assess and promote understanding or need for future changes in services, products or systems.
• Identifies, assesses and manages risks to the success of the project, and present findings to management
• Ensures that realistic project and quality plans are prepared and maintained.
• Ensures that project deliverables are completed within planned cost, timescale and resource budgets.
• Provides effective support to project team leadership as required, and takes appropriate actions where team performance deviates from agreed upon metrics.
• Prioritizes areas for quality and/or environmental improvement in line with strategy, objects, and results of internal and external audits.
• Performs other related duties as required.

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in communications, business administration, project management or a related field.
•  A first-level university degree in combination of two (2) years qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Required:

• A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in relevant profession including project management, training programs, development of relevant outcome reporting, metric, and documents at the operational and strategic levels;
• Two (2) years of experience in dealing with military training programme coordination;

Desirable:

• Skills to conduct independent research and analysis, including familiarity with and experience in the use of various research sources, including electronic sources on the internet, intranet and other databases.
• Experience in multinational working environment;

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this post, fluency in English (both oral and written) is required.
• Frequent interaction with the Government of Japan will be required. Therefore, fluency in Japanese is desirable.
• Knowledge of another language is an advantage

Contract type: STAFF Contract level: P3
Contract duration: One year initially, renewable subject to satisfactory performance and funding availability'

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Work life harmonization - UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns. Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development.

UNOPS areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management and human resources.

Working with us

UNOPS offers short- and long-term work opportunities in diverse and challenging environments across the globe. We are looking for creative, results-focused professionals with skills in a range of disciplines.

Diversity

With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization

UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands.

Background Information: Sustainable Development Cluster(SDC)

Based in New York, the Sustainable Development Cluster (SDC) supports diverse partners with their peacebuilding, humanitarian and development operations.

The SDC’s services include grants management, development and special initiatives support, and technology support to the UN and UN agencies.

The SDC is part of the New York Service Cluster that supports the United Nations Secretariat, as well as a broadening community of other New York-based United Nations organizations, bilateral and multilateral partners in the delivery of UNOPS mandate in project management, infrastructure management, and procurement management.