Overview
Lead impactful projects, delivering diverse services and ensuring successful outcomes within agreed tolerances of time, cost, scope, quality, risk, and benefits. Responsible for planning, organizing, and leading projects from initiation to closure.
Key Responsibilities
- 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 for quality and timely delivery.
- Manage acceptance and delivery of work packages.
- Monitor project progress, control variances, and manage changes.
- Identify, anticipate and advise on mitigating measures against project risks.
- Advocate and promote UNOPS service offerings and identify growth opportunities.
- Comply with organization’s policies and standards, and ensure project information is updated.
- Be aware of and ensure adherence to applicable local laws and regulations.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- Organise and structure the project team, ensure clearly defined roles and responsibilities.
- Provide regular guidance and direction, 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.
Required Experience
- 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 development or humanitarian contexts is desired.
- Management consulting experience, involving public-sector advisory, is desired.
Qualifications
- Required 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.
- Desired Project management certification from a globally recognized institute is desired.
- Desired Professional certification from a reputed institute in the technical topic relevant to the job area is desired.
