Programme Management Officer

The Programme Management Officer is responsible for developing and implementing programmes and projects, including organizational change initiatives aligned with OHCHR's strategic objectives. The role involves monitoring programme effectiveness, coordinating policy development, conducting research and analysis, and supporting outreach and training activities.

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements assigned programmes/projects, including organizational change initiatives aligned with OHCHR's strategic objectives and the UN 2.0 Quintet for Change and UN80.
• Monitors and analyzes programme/project development and implementation, including measurable objectives, effectiveness, and lessons learned; reviews relevant documents and reports; identifies problems and issues to be addressed and initiates corrective actions; liaises with relevant parties; ensures follow-up actions, including organizational change workplans.
• Performs assignments in collaboration with relevant change management stakeholders and teams by planning participatory approaches and facilitating workshops and other interactive sessions; assists in developing action plans to manage the change.
• Researches, analyzes, and presents information gathered from diverse sources to support organizational change and alignment.
• Coordinates policy development, including the review and analysis of issues and trends, preparation of assessments or other research activities and studies.
• Generates survey initiatives; designs data collection tools; reviews, analyzes, and interprets responses; identifies problems/issues and prepares conclusions and recommendations to support organizational change initiatives.
• Organizes and prepares written outputs such as draft background papers, analysis, sections of reports and studies, inputs to publications.
• Provides substantive backstopping to consultative and other meetings, conferences, including proposing agenda topics, identifying participants, preparation of documents and presentations.
• Initiates and coordinates outreach activities including promoting awareness of the benefits of organizational change and supporting related communication efforts; conducts training workshops, seminars; makes presentations on assigned topics/activities.
• Leads and/or participates in large, complex field missions, including provision of guidance to external consultants, government officials and other parties and drafting mission summaries.
• Coordinates activities related to budget funding and prepares related documents/reports.
• Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation, and reporting.
• Performs other duties as required.

Requirements

• An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in business administration, management, economics or a related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying work 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.
• A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in project or programme management, administration or related area is required.
• At least 5 years of experience in project or programme management, strategic planning, or organizational change management within the United Nations Common System, or similar international organization is required.
• Experience supporting complex organizational change or transformation processes, including within the UN system or similar international organizations, is required.
• Experience in the use and application of data analytics, digital transformation, innovation, strategic foresight, and behavioral science, to programme and project management is required.
• Experience working in country or regional office settings is desirable.
• English is required at UN Level III proficiency in reading, writing, listening and speaking.
• French is desirable at UN Level I proficiency in reading, writing, listening and speaking.

Skills

• Programme Management
• Project Management
• Strategic Planning
• Organizational Change Management
• Data Analytics
• Business Analytics
• Data Science
• Digital Transformation
• Innovation Management
• Strategic Foresight
• Behavioral Science Tools Application
• Policy Development
• Research and Analysis
• Training and Support
• Programme Monitoring
• UN Common System Experience

Languages

English, French