Project Management Support Officer , Multiple positions

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.

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations helping a wide range of partners in delivering peace, security, humanitarian and development projects across the world. 

UNOPS Sri Lanka implements tailored socio-economic development projects that benefit vulnerable people and supports the Government national capacities. UNOPS has been working across Sri Lanka managing education, public health, roads, water and sanitation, fisheries, agriculture and solid waste infrastructure projects. UNOPS also provides expertise in procurement, fund management and human resources management services. 

As part of its programme implementation and advisory capacity, UNOPS will work closely with members of the Sri Lankan civil society to provide them with skills, tools and training to support their work in assisting the people and communities of Sri Lanka. As part of this initiative to strengthen technical skills and management capacities, the selected candidate will work closely with a wide range of stakeholders from the civil society to provide them with technical support and guidance to enhance their work and support to vulnerable communities. 

Under the supervision of the Programme Manager and in close coordination with other  colleagues and UNOPS field teams, the Project Management Officer in Protection will oversee the delivery of activities in protection implemented by UNOPS partners and provide technical advisory services to ensure the smooth delivery of said maybeactivities and services to the civil society as per agreed policies and standards. The Project Management Officer has a high sense of integrity, confidentiality and the ability to engage sensibly with local stakeholders including local authorities and local communities. This position is 100% field based and will support the implementation of UNOPS project objectives and activities related to protection. 

UNOPS is recruiting 2 positions one located in Mullaitivu and the other one in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka with frequent travels within the North and Eastern provinces of the island.

● Master degree in Social Sciences, law, Project Management Human rights, Psychosocial Counselling or related field is required. 

● Diploma or Bachelor degree in one of the a above fields combined with 2 years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of the Master 

● A High School diploma combined with 6 years of relevant work experience may be considered in lieu of the University degree

Contract type: Individual Contractor Agreement Contract level: Local ICA Specialist
Contract duration: Open-ended, subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds and satisfactory performance

• The position is open to Sri Lankan nationals only.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• 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.
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• 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
• For retainer contracts, you must complete a few Mandatory Courses (around 4 hours) in your own time, before providing services to UNOPS.
• 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.