Senior Programme Management Officer, Administration, P5

The Senior Programme Management Officer leads the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes and projects within the Support Partnerships Service of the Department of Operational Support. The role involves strategic support, partnership coordination, programme monitoring, and staff supervision to ensure effective operational support across the UN Secretariat.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and evaluate assigned programmes/projects; direct subordinates in programme/project development, implementation, monitoring and assessment.
• Ensure implementation of gender mainstreaming guidelines in all planned actions.
• Direct research and programme evaluation and present information gathered from diverse sources.
• Monitor strategic support issues and operational requirements in United Nations operations and participate in departmental policy development.
• Supervise preparation of various written outputs including background papers, analysis, reports, studies, publications, statements, and speeches.
• Direct substantive support to consultative and other meetings, conferences, including agenda setting, participant identification, and document preparation.
• Lead planning of field missions, providing guidance to external consultants, government officials and drafting mission summaries.
• Coordinate activities related to budget and funding including programme/project preparation, submissions, progress reports, and financial statements.
• Serve as an effective spokesperson and establish collaboration and partnerships with key officials inside and outside the organization.
• Ensure effective utilization, supervision and development of staff; guide, evaluate and mentor staff.
• Lead team efforts to collect and analyze data to identify trends for data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.
• Perform other duties as required.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in public administration, management, economics, law, political or social sciences or a related field.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of ten years of progressively responsible experience in project or programme management, administration or related area is required.
• A minimum of five years of experience working on partnership issues in an international organization or regional organization is required.
• At least two years of experience in providing programmatic support in a field operation of an international organization is required.
• At least two years of experience in contributing to the UN's, or a comparable international organization, systemwide response to crisis or emergency situations is required.
• Experience in negotiating multi-stakeholder agreements is required.
• Considerable experience in drafting and overseeing the preparation of policy briefings, analytical reports and papers, as well as high level speeches or statements is required.
• Experience in the oversight and management of small teams is desirable.
• English language proficiency at UN Level III in reading, writing, listening, and speaking is required.
• French language proficiency at UN Level II in reading, writing, listening, and speaking is desirable.

Skills

• Programme Management
• Project Management
• Partnership Management
• Programmatic Support
• Crisis Response
• Emergency Response
• Stakeholder Negotiation
• Policy Briefing Preparation
• Analytical Reporting
• Speech Writing
• Team Management
• Operational Support
• Strategic Planning
• Programme Monitoring
• International Organization Experience
• Report Drafting

Languages

English, French