Associate Project Officer

The Associate Project Officer will manage and contribute to the implementation of WMO projects globally, focusing on Regional I (Africa) and RA IV (North America and the Caribbean). The role involves supporting project activities, monitoring workplans, managing budgets, and collaborating with partners to ensure project deliverables meet quality, time, and cost standards.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of project activities on a day-to-day basis, by ensuring the mobilization of expertise (partners, consultants, experts).
• Collaborate in monitoring project workplans, proactively assessing how project implementation can best achieve the expected deliverables within the specified constraints of time and cost.
• Support the development of projects budget and timelines, assess delivery issues and work with national and regional counterparts to build common understanding and coordination on projects activities.
• Assist in tracking and manage project expenditures in accordance with the project budget, as well as WMO rules and procedures, to ensure transparency, responsibility and timely fulfilment of projects’ targets and budget targets.
• Contribute to track and managing project risks, identify emerging risks, address project delays, propose and implement mitigation measures as needed.
• Maintain regular communication with the project implementing partners and key stakeholders, ensuring their active participation, involvement and support of the project’s objectives and activities.
• Contribute to the review or preparation of project reports and documents and ensure compliance with contractual obligations.
• In cooperation with relevant WMO colleagues, support the process of building synergies and complementarities with other WMO and other UN agencies projects implemented in the region.
• Maintain accurate data and information to facilitate monitoring and evaluation of projects and service activities, and to institutionalize and disseminate knowledge.
• Participation in meetings and events related to the projects.
• Lead the project management of CREWS SWIO and the Technical Assistance to Indian Ocean Commision (IOC) according to country's needs, and considering the previous duties and responsibilities.
• Carry out other relevant duties as required.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or equivalent in natural sciences, hydrometeorology, water resources management or a closely related field. A first-level university degree or equivalent in combination with two years of additional directly relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of the master’s degree.
• A minimum of two years of combined national, regional and international progressively responsible experience in project or programme management.
• Experience in the mobilization of expertise for project implementation (identification of partners, engagement, etc) coordination of capacity building and training tailored to user needs.
• Experience in project budget planning, financial monitoring, reporting, and coordination of capacity building and training tailored to user request.
• Understanding of challenges related to the development and implementation of projects particularly in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Developing Countries.
• Strong analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communicator and facilitator with a wide-range and multi-culture stakeholders including national governments, development partners, inter-governmental regional organizations and non-governmental organizations.
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment and to foster diversity, team spirit and collaboration.
• Excellent knowledge of English and French (both oral and written). Knowledge of other official languages of the Organization would be an advantage.

Skills

• Project Management
• Programme Management
• Expertise Mobilization
• Capacity Building
• Training Coordination
• Project Budget Planning
• Financial Monitoring
• Financial Reporting
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Multicultural Facilitation
• Work Plan Monitoring
• Partner Coordination
• Natural Sciences
• Applied Hydrometeorology
• Water Resources Management

Languages

English, French