Overview
Lead and manage impactful infrastructure projects from inception to delivery, ensuring success across diverse sectors. Responsible for the effective delivery and day-to-day management of infrastructure projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, complete and update the project implementation plan.
- Implement the approved plan, including the development of infrastructure designs and coordinating design reviews.
- Embed sustainability dimensions into the project life span.
- Manage the production of required outputs, taking responsibility for overall progress and use of resources.
- Ensure that quality of work packages and deliverables comply with quality requirements.
- Liaise with external suppliers or account managers to ensure quality and timely delivery of outputs.
- 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.
- Identify and report potential opportunities for UNOPS.
- 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 in accordance with partner and UNOPS requirements.
- Regularly review project status and evaluate performance criteria.
- Maintain diaries and progress reports as required by UNOPS standard operating procedures.
- 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 of project communications.
- 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 project management community, share case studies, lessons learned and best practices.
- Stay abreast with latest updates and good practices of the profession, participate in training and learning activities for self.
- 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 in effectively performing their tasks.
- 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 in compliance with the UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) standards.
Required Experience
Relevant experience is work in implementing and managing infrastructure projects (e.g. roads, dams, bridges, irrigation, health, windmills, solar power, ports, etc.), all or some in developing countries, post-conflict environments, or emergency contexts. Experience in defining technical and design requirements is required. Knowledge of infrastructure quality assurance methodologies and tools is required. Experience in managing infrastructure 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. Experience in contract management is desired. Experience in supporting the development of procurement strategies is desired. Knowledge of FIDIC contracts is desired. Experience of planning and applying health and safety procedures is desired.
Qualifications
Required Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in civil, water, electrical, mechanical, structural or other applicable engineering disciplines with 9 years of relevant experience OR Master’s degree (or equivalent) in any of the above with 7 years of relevant experience is required. Desired Project management certification (e.g. PRINCE2, PMI, PEng, CEng, etc) is desired.
