Overview
Supporting project success through analytical and administrative expertise across the entire project lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide project management support during engagement development.
- Assist with project planning, including timeline establishment.
- Support project managers with setup of new projects in oneUNOPSprojects.
- Coordinate the development of various implementation plans.
- Monitor timely submission and implementation of closure plans.
- Ensure regular review of project status against key performance criteria.
- Develop standard tracking systems and tools for monitoring project progress.
- Provide periodic analysis of delivery data.
- Support with necessary project analysis reports and information.
- Monitor timely submission of client reports, exception reports and internal reports.
- Coordinate and complete internal UNOPS reporting and external UN reporting.
- Support with tracking, and reporting of country strategies.
- Support and coordinate the implementation of requests or initiatives relevant to project management.
- Complete regular quality assurance activities for assigned projects.
- Coordinate quality reviews of programme/project documents and deliverables.
- Provide quality control for management products.
- Provide routine oversight and analysis of delivery data.
- Identify, and anticipate potential risks and issues and advise mitigating measures.
- Support PMs and project teams with UNOPS tools, templates, and systems.
- Support key stakeholders to continuously identify and improve operational processes.
- Contribute to the design and delivery of capacity building initiatives.
- Organize periodic lessons learned workshops and disseminate learnings.
- Participate in, and advocate PMs' participation in, relevant Communities of Practice.
- Actively interact with PMs and the wider PM community to share case studies, lessons learned, and best practices.
- Contribute to the oversight of lessons learned procedures.
- Support the PMO in developing concise, audience-appropriate, data-driven reports and dashboards.
- Support the PMO with data collection, structuring, quality management, analysis and presentation.
- Work with Project Managers to identify data analysis and visualization needs.
- Design, conduct, document and present analyses on complex and connected data.
- Provide other related technical and analysis support as required.
Required Experience
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) with 4 years of relevant experience OR Master’s degree (or equivalent) with 2 years of relevant experience.
- Relevant experience is work in the field of Engineering, Construction, Construction Management, Project Management, Project Support, financial management, or Project Implementation Support.
- Demonstrated experience with data analysis, management or project reporting, and project management tools is required.
- Desired: Experience within a PMO environment or in roles with an oversight function of projects/programmes is an asset.
- Desired: Previous experience working in an Engineering and/or Construction Management role is an asset OR experience working in the field of Infrastructure Project Management in a developing country is an asset.
- Desired: Experience in project assurance is an advantage.
- Desired: Experience with project scheduling and/or drafting and reviewing project plans is an advantage.
- Desired: Experience using ERP systems is an asset.
- Desired: Demonstrated experience with project management tools and information management systems is an asset.
- Desired: Experience in dealing with large financial systems with budgets is an asset.
- Desired: Experience managing projects in the international development context is an asset.
- Desired: Knowledge of the UN system and familiarity with UNOPS procedures is considered an asset.
Qualifications
- Required Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Project Management, Finance, Business Administration, Architecture, Engineering, International Relations, or related field OR Master’s degree (or equivalent) in any field mentioned above.
- Desired PRINCE2® Foundations or Practitioner certification is an asset.
