PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT OFFICER, P3
Overview
The Programme Management Officer will support the coordination of the resident coordinator system, focusing on crisis management, security liaison, and strategic engagement with organizational resilience mechanisms.
Key Responsibilities
- Participates in the development, implementation and evaluation of assigned programmes/projects.
- Monitors and analyzes programme/project development and implementation.
- Reviews relevant documents and reports.
- Identifies problems and issues to be addressed and proposes corrective actions.
- Liaises with relevant parties.
- Identifies and tracks follow-up actions.
- Performs consulting assignments, in collaboration with the client, by planning facilitating workshops, through other interactive sessions and assisting in developing the action plan the client will use to manage the change.
- Researches, analyzes and presents information gathered from diverse sources.
- Assists in policy development.
- Coordinates RC system-wide crisis preparedness, response, and recovery efforts.
- Serve as the DCO focal point for security coordination and represent the RC system within the Inter-Agency Security Management Network (IASMN) and related security mechanisms.
- Coordinate with UNDSS and other UN Secretariat security focal points.
- Support the development, alignment, and implementation of RC system contingency planning processes, tools, and guidance.
- Facilitate strategic engagement between the RC system and UN Secretariat Organizational Resilience Management System (ORMS) mechanisms.
- Monitor emerging crisis and security-related risks, prepare analytical briefs and recommendations, and support senior management decision-making and inter-agency coordination.
- Undertakes survey initiatives; designs data collection tools; reviews, analyzes and interprets responses, identifies problems/issues and prepares conclusions.
- Prepares various written outputs, e.g. draft background papers, analysis, sections of reports and studies, inputs to publications, etc.
- Provides substantive support to consultative and other meetings, conferences, etc.
- Undertakes outreach activities; conducts training workshops, seminars, etc.; makes presentations on assigned topics/activities.
- Participates in or lead field missions, including provision of guidance to external consultants, government officials and other parties and drafting mission summaries, etc.
- Coordinates activities related to budget and funding (programme/project preparation and submissions, progress reports, financial statements, etc.) and prepares related documents/reports (pledging, work programme, programme budget, etc.).
- Collects and analyzes data on surge deployments data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods.
- Performs other duties as required.
Required Experience
A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in programme management, administration or related area is required. Experience with inter-agency or inter-organizational collaboration in the development sector is required. A minimum of three (3) years or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable. Experience in the United Nations system or a comparable international organization is desirable. Field experience in development cooperation is desirable. Experience in knowledge management for development cooperation at the country, regional or global levels, is desirable.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in business administration, political sciences, development studies, management, economics or a related field. A first-level university degree in combination with 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 an advantage.