Project Manager

The Project Manager will coordinate and implement the South Sudan component of the EU Operational Support to the IGAD Platform, ensuring project activities are delivered on time and within budget. The role involves managing partnerships, monitoring and reporting, and supporting sustainable urban development and durable solutions for displacement-affected communities.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of the South Sudan component of the European Union (EU) Operational Support to the IGAD Platform, ensuring alignment and coordination with the regional, Sudan, and Ethiopia components to achieve timely delivery of overall programme objectives.
• Represent UN-Habitat in programme and partnership coordination meetings in close collaboration with the International Project Coordinator.
• Coordinate and supervise the UN-Habitat project team in South Sudan, ensuring effective project implementation through strategic and technical planning, regular workplan review, quality assurance, and timely follow-up on project activities, milestones and budget compliance.
• Report regularly to UN-Habitat Headquarters and the International Project Coordinator on project progress, key activities, challenges, lessons learned, and emerging opportunities to enhance the achievement of project outcomes and outputs.
• Liaise and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders, including representatives of the European Union Delegation, IGAD, UNHCR, IOM, government counterparts, and other partners, to strengthen coordination, donor engagement, and collaboration in support of project goals.
• Monitor project performance and provide technical guidance to ensure compliance with donor requirements, UN-Habitat standards, and programme objectives.
• Coordinate with government counterparts, UN agencies, implementing partners, consultants, and other stakeholders to support effective project implementation and partnership engagement.
• Promote and advocate for UN-Habitat’s mandate, programmes, and strategic priorities in South Sudan, representing the organization in inter-agency coordination forums, technical working groups, and partner platforms.
• Establish and maintain relationships with national and state government counterparts, fostering policy dialogue, institutional collaboration to support programme implementation and sustainable development objectives.
• Support UN-Habitat’s portfolio in South Sudan by identifying funding opportunities, donor mapping and research, monitoring calls for proposals, and contributing to resource mobilization efforts in line with organizational priorities and strategic country programme objectives.
• Draft high-quality concept notes, project proposals, and programme documents, incorporating technical evidence, stakeholder inputs, and contextual analysis to strengthen programme design and enhance fundraising opportunities.
• Coordinate and oversee field missions in Aweil and other project locations across South Sudan, ensuring effective area-based coordination with government counterparts, communities, humanitarian and development partners, while providing strategic, operational, and logistical support for the successful implementation of project activities.
• Translate, validate, and analyse field mission findings, transforming data and stakeholder feedback into actionable recommendations, technical inputs, and programme documentation to inform evidence-based planning, decision-making, and project implementation.
• Facilitate stakeholder consultations, technical workshops, capacity-building trainings, coordination meetings, and field missions, including the preparation of agendas, briefing materials, presentations, meeting minutes, and mission reports to support effective engagement and knowledge sharing.
• Support the development, review, and finalization of evidence-based reports, technical guidelines, normative products, and knowledge resources, ensuring quality assurance and alignment with UN-Habitat methodologies, standards, and programme objectives.
• Provide substantive technical support to project monitoring, evaluations, surveys, assessments, documentation of lessons learned, identification of best practices, and dissemination of knowledge products to strengthen programme effectiveness and impact.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in architecture, civil engineering, urban and regional planning, economics or physical sciences relevant to development and management of human settlements or a related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• At least five (5) years of relevant professional experience in project management or support to project management within humanitarian, development, recovery, resilience, or displacement-related programmes is required.
• Experience working with government counterparts, UN agencies, non-governmental organizations, implementing partners, and community representatives is required.
• Experience related to durable solutions, protection, housing, land and property rights, local governance, climate resilience, or community-based programming is desirable.
• Experience working in South Sudan and/or a similar humanitarian and displacement-affected context is required.
• Fluency in oral and written English is required.
• Knowledge of local South Sudanese languages is desirable.

Skills

• Project Management
• Humanitarian Programming
• Development Programs
• Recovery Programming
• Resilience Programming
• Displacement Programming
• Partnership Management
• Monitoring and Reporting
• Sustainable Urban Development
• Durable Solutions
• Housing Land Property Law
• Local Governance
• Climate Resilience
• Community-Based Programs
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Government Relations
• UN Agency Coordination
• Non-Governmental Organization Collaboration
• Budget Management
• Experience in South Sudan

Languages

English