Overview
The Programme Management Senior Officer will support the UNOPS Global Portfolios Office in delivering impact worldwide by assisting partners in implementing peacebuilding, humanitarian, and development projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide inputs for Programme Strategy development and reviews.
- Support budgeting and resourcing of work plans.
- Assist in translating strategy into implementation work plans and monitoring mechanisms.
- Coordinate with stakeholders for aligned planning and implementation.
- Monitor trends and needs to identify intervention areas.
- Assist in preparing programme documents, concept notes, proposals, and budgets.
- Support drafting and reviewing funding agreements.
- Analyze funding agreements and provide input for compliance plans.
- Draft monitoring mechanisms to measure delivery against targets.
- Review scopes of work for procurement and implementing partner reports.
- Track programme results and alert management of deviations.
- Coordinate information flow between implementation teams and headquarters.
- Draft and edit summary and analytical reports.
- Draft written summaries of meetings and ensure follow-up actions.
- Research and prepare analytical documents.
- Coordinate communications between Country Programme office and headquarters.
- Maintain working-level coordination with stakeholders.
- Participate in relevant meetings and provide technical inputs.
- Provide technical and administrative support for UN common planning processes.
- Support the application of policies and procedures for the Humanitarian Programme Cycle.
- Support communication materials and strategies linked to resource mobilization.
- Support design, coordination, and dissemination of public information products.
- Maintain records of programme files and necessary documents.
- Implement standards, tools, and templates for programme management.
- Identify, contribute to, record, and share best practices and lessons learned.
- Contribute to the management of risk and issue management logs.
Required Experience
Progressive experience in programme/project development or management support, in either public or private sector organizations.
Qualifications
- Advanced University Degree (master's degree or equivalent) with two years of relevant experience
- University degree (bachelor’s degree or equivalent) with four years of relevant experience
