Overview
Lead impactful projects, delivering diverse services and ensuring successful outcomes within agreed tolerances of time, cost, scope, quality, risk, and benefits.
Tasks Summary
- Develop, complete and update the project implementation plan.
- Implement the approved plan within tolerances set by the Project Board.
- Embed sustainability dimensions into the project life span.
- Manage the production of required outputs, taking responsibility for overall progress and use of resources.
- Ensure quality of work packages and deliverables comply with quality requirements.
- Liaise with external suppliers or account managers.
- Manage acceptance and delivery of work packages.
- Monitor project progress, control project variances, and manage changes.
- Identify, anticipate and advise senior management on mitigating measures against project risks.
- Advocate and promote UNOPS service offerings, identify and report potential growth opportunities.
- Comply with the organization’s policies and standards, and ensure project information is kept updated.
- Be aware of applicable local laws and regulations, and ensure adherence.
- Prepare and adapt all relevant plans for approval by the project board, and manage baselines.
- Manage the reporting obligations defined in the implementation plan and legal agreements.
- Maintain project documentation in an orderly manner.
- Understand and apply the UNOPS financial rules and regulations.
- Be accountable for the use of delegation of authority and ensure compliance with relevant policies and standards of ethics.
- Provide a formal handover of the project to the closure manager when applicable.
- Support project audit activities, including planning, preparation and coordination during audits and follow-up on audit observations/ recommendations.
- Include a results framework and M&E plan in the project implementation plan.
- Prepare and issue regular project and financial reports.
- Regularly review project status and evaluate performance criteria.
- Maintain diaries and progress reports as required.
- Provide routine oversight and analysis of delivery data within the dashboard system.
- Ensure all project team members track and regularly update milestones and targets.
- Develop stakeholder engagement strategies and plans.
- Actively engage stakeholders, take feedback, and adjust as necessary.
- Establish solid working relationships with the project board, clients, and key stakeholders.
- Enable formulation of project communication plans and monitor effectiveness.
- Coordinate stakeholder engagement and communication.
- Ensure stakeholders are aware of project activities, progress, and exceptions.
- Work with internal stakeholders to ensure projects comply with audit requirements.
- Work with procurement/ purchasing personnel to ensure effective interface with suppliers’ quality systems.
- Coordinate quality reviews of project documents and deliverables.
- Provide quality control for management outputs.
- Create a learning environment for the project team, encourage knowledge sharing and training.
- Actively interact with other project managers and the wider project management community.
- Stay abreast with latest updates and good practices of the profession.
- Ensure lessons learned are shared in a timely and appropriate manner.
- Provide feedback to corporate practice groups on policy and systems.
- Provide feedback to functional groups on policies and related guidance.
- Organise and structure the project team, ensure clearly defined roles and responsibilities.
- Provide regular guidance and direction, as needed, and support the team.
- Lead and motivate the project management team, and manage performance.
- Ensure performance reviews are conducted fairly, accurately, and on time.
- Select, recruit, and train project teams as required.
- Ensure safety and security for all project personnel.
Experience Requirements
- Relevant experience is work in the implementation of complex projects/ programmes, or related areas.
- Experience in project planning, implementation, and control, including project communication and reporting is required.
- Knowledge of quality assurance methodologies is required.
- Experience of managing project risks in a multi-stakeholder context is required.
- Experience of working in multicultural environments or UN system organizations in a developing country is desired.
- Experience in the education sector is desired.
- Experience in grants management and infrastructure projects is desired.
- Experience in development or humanitarian contexts is desired.
- Management consulting experience, involving public-sector advisory, is desired.
Qualification Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in any discipline with 9 years of relevant experience OR Master’s degree (or equivalent) in any discipline with 7 years of relevant experience is required.
- Project management certification from a globally recognized institute is desired.
- Professional certification from a reputed institute in the technical topic relevant to the job area is desired.
