UNOPS recruits 01 Project Management Support Specialist (Resilience)

Project Management Support Specialist (Resilience)

Job categories: Project Management

Vacancy code: VA/2020/B5311/19805

Level: ICS-10

Department/office: AFR, Somalia Country Office (SOCO)

Duty station: Mogadishu, Somalia

Contract type: International ICA

Contract level: IICA-2

Duration: Open-ended subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds and/or to satisfactory performance

Dealine date: 26-May-2020

Applications to vacancies must be received before midnight Copenhagen time (CET) on the closing date of the announcement.

 Background Information – Job-specific

The EU Partnership Facility Project

The EU is currently funding the Resilience Programme for Somalia which is based on the objective “to revitalise and expand the Somali economy with a focus on livelihood enhancement, employment generation, and broad-based inclusive growth”, financed from the European Development Fund (EDF). Under this project UNOPS has been requested by the EU to provide support by filling in the identified gaps with flexible tools and mechanisms to implement the National Development Plan structure by establishing a Partnership Coordination Facility for Somalia. Coordinated efforts are essential in order to transform Somalia into a more resilient, and improved, economic sector with greater security, gender equity, improved human development, stronger infrastructure, and better access to basic services that are delivered by accountable governmental institutions. This transformation is hindered by slow institutions that are unable to respond quickly to emerging needs. The project will allow these needs to be identified by the Recovery and Resilience Framework (RRF) and Somalia’s 9th National Development Plan (NDP-9) Working Groups, and to be satisfied in a timely, strategic manner.

The RRF priorities and strategies have been mainstreamed into NDP 9 as policy imperatives that cut across the three working groups – Inclusive Politics, Economic Development and Social Development. To enhance the effective coordination and coherence of resilience activities, a government domiciled inter-ministerial resilience technical secretariat is to be formed to ensure effective working group operations, timely deliverables and improved alignment of financing to government resilience priorities as laid out in the RRF. The technical secretariats are mandated by the SDRF Steering Committee (SDRF SC) and designed to provide technical and administrative support to the Working Groups. There is also a need for development of the government’s capacity to monitor resilience programmes outcomes and impact on targeted beneficiaries in the short and medium term. Strengthening actors’ collaboration especially in their planning and joint implementation of resilience programs in Somalia is a critical component to achieving the Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) Nexus.

The Partnership Coordination Project requires a Project Management Support Specialist (Resilience) to provide technical support and advice towards the achievement of the EU Resilience Programme Result 3 – “Enhanced capacities for the implementation and monitoring of a national resilience strategy,” – and government stakeholders, through implementation management, monitoring and evaluation working in close collaboration with the M&E specialist.

 Functional Responsibilities

Under the overall supervision of the Senior Project Manager, the Project Managem…

 Education/Experience/Language requirements

A.  Education Master’s Degree in Public Administration, Business…

 Additional Considerations

Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time Applications …

Contract type, level and duration

Contract type:International Individual Contract Agreement (IICA) Contract le…

Competencies

Develops and implements sustainable business strategies, thinks long term and ex…

 Background Information – UNOPS

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Background information – AFR

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