Senior Programme Manager

The Senior Programme Manager will provide strategic, technical and managerial leadership for UN-Habitat’s components of the Syria National Housing Support Programme. The role involves overseeing programme planning, implementation, financial management, procurement, monitoring, risk management and donor reporting, ensuring effective coordination with partners and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership and management of the National Housing Support Programme, ensuring effective planning, implementation and delivery.
• Manage programme resources, including budgets, staffing, procurement, contracts, monitoring and risk management.
• Lead and supervise the programme team, consultants and technical partners.
• Serve as the primary focal point for donors, government counterparts, UN partners and other stakeholders.
• Ensure effective programme coordination, quality assurance, compliance, reporting and accountability.
• Support strategic programme development, resource mobilization and the design of future phases of the National Housing Programme.
• Ensure programme experience informs national housing policy, institutional strengthening and broader housing recovery efforts in Syria.
• Ensure compliance with UN rules, donor requirements, environmental and social safeguards, conflict sensitivity, gender equality and do-no-harm principles.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Requirements

• An advanced university degree in architecture, urban planning, housing, engineering, public policy, international development, project or programme management or a related field with at least 7 years of progressively responsible experience.
• OR a first-level university degree with at least 9 years of progressively responsible experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced degree.
• Progressively responsible experience in programme or project management, housing, urban recovery, urban development or a related field.
• Experience managing large, complex and multi-year donor-funded programmes.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary teams, substantial budgets, procurement processes, consultants and infrastructure contracts (desired).
• Experience working with government ministries, municipalities, development banks and bilateral donors (desired).
• Experience in housing recovery, urban development, municipal systems, HLP or area-based recovery (desired).
• Experience working with KfW, BMZ, the United Nations system, or coordinating joint programmes is highly desirable.
• Experience in fragile or post-conflict contexts, including the application of environmental and social safeguards and risk management (desired).
• Fluent English required.
• Basic Arabic desirable.
• Basic German desirable.

Skills

• Programme Management
• Project Management
• Housing Recovery
• Urban Development
• Urban Planning
• Donor-Funded Programme Management
• Budget Management
• Procurement Procedures
• Infrastructure Contract Management
• Team Management
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Finance Management
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Risk Management
• Donor Reporting
• Environmental and Social Safeguards
• Post Conflict Recovery
• Work with Ministries
• Collaboration with Development Banks
• Knowledge of Bilateral and Multilateral Donors

Languages

English, Arabic, German