Overview
Lead and manage an energy infrastructure project from inception to delivery, ensuring success across diverse sectors and coordinating with key stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, complete and update the project implementation plan.
- Implement the approved plan, including infrastructure designs and coordinating design reviews.
- 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 for quality and timely delivery.
- Manage acceptance and delivery of work packages.
- Monitor project progress, control project variances, and manage changes.
- Identify, anticipate and advise senior management on mitigating project risks.
- Comply with organization’s policies and standards, and ensure project information is 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 reporting obligations defined in the implementation plan and legal agreements.
- Maintain project documentation in an orderly manner.
- Understand and apply UNOPS financial rules and regulations.
- Provide a formal handover of the project to the closure manager when applicable.
- Support project audit activities.
- 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.
- Ensure all project team members track and regularly update milestones and targets.
- Develop stakeholder engagement strategies and plans.
- Establish and maintain effective communication channels with project stakeholders.
- Establish frameworks for interaction and growing key strategic relationships.
- 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.
- Actively interact with other project managers and the wider PM 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.
- Organize 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.
Required Experience
- Relevant experience is work in project management, with a focus on energy infrastructure projects or related areas.
- Proven experience in managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders, including government agencies and international organizations.
- Demonstrated experience in leading and managing multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience of working in multicultural environments or UN system organizations in a developing country is desired.
- Experience working in developing countries, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region.
- Experience in development or humanitarian contexts is desired.
- Experience with World Bank-funded projects.
Qualifications
- Required Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Engineering, Business Administration, or related fields with 9 years of relevant experience OR Master’s degree (or equivalent) in any of the above or related fields with 7 years of relevant experience is required.
- Technical/Professional License.
- Desired A globally or nationally recognized professional certificate in Professional certifications in Project Management (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2) is desired.
- Technical/Professional License with 7 years of relevant experience.
