Overview
The Programme Management Officer will lead the implementation of an ongoing multi-year project focused on human settlements in collaboration with the Ministry of Municipalities and Housing. The role supports broader programme implementation, development, monitoring, and reporting for UN-Habitat in Saudi Arabia.
Key Responsibilities
- Develops, implements and evaluates assigned programmes/projects.
- Monitors and analyzes programme/project development and implementation.
- Reviews relevant documents and reports; identifies problems and issues and initiates corrective actions.
- Liaises with relevant parties and ensures follow-up actions.
- Performs consulting assignments by planning and facilitating workshops and assisting in developing action plans.
- Researches, analyzes and presents information gathered from diverse sources.
- Coordinates urban policy development, including review and analysis of issues and trends.
- Generates survey initiatives, designs data collection tools, reviews, analyzes and interprets responses.
- Organizes and prepares written outputs such as draft background papers, analysis, and sections of reports.
- Provides substantive backstopping to meetings, conferences, including proposing agenda topics and preparing documents.
- Initiates and coordinates outreach activities, conducts training workshops, and makes presentations.
- Leads and/or participates in complex field missions, providing guidance and drafting mission summaries.
- Coordinates activities related to budget funding and prepares related documents/reports.
- Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights using data visualization methods.
Required Experience
- A minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible work experience in human settlements, project or programme management and/or development is required.
- A minimum of five (5) years of experience managing multidisciplinary teams across complex development agreements, major urban planning projects, or public–private partnerships is required.
- A minimum of five (5) years of experience in a government-related environment providing expert urban planning and management advice to senior officials and decision-makers is required.
- A minimum of two (2) years of experience in urban planning and design in various relevant settings is desirable.
- A minimum of one (1) year of relevant government experience in complex and multi-stakeholder environments within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is desirable, preferably within ministries relating to UN-Habitat’s mandate.
- Experience of working in large multi-cultural settings is desirable.
- Experience in project design, management, and implementation with the United Nations or other international agencies is desirable.
- Two (2) years or more of demonstratable experience in utilizing data analytics or related fields to inform decision making is desirable.
- Five years of experience in a government-related environment providing expert urban planning and management advice to senior officials and decision-makers is desirable.
Qualifications
- Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in architecture, urban planning, public administration, geography or related field is required.
- A first-level university degree with an additional two (2) years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
- Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is desirable.
