The Project Manager is
responsible for the day-to-day operations of the project(...
The Project Manager is
responsible for the day-to-day operations of the project(s) and provides
services to the different donors, partners and beneficiaries. The Project
Manager acts on behalf of the Project Board to manage the project on an ongoing
basis during the Implementation Stage. The main responsibility of a Project
Manager is to ensure that the project outputs are delivered within the
specified project tolerances of time, cost, quality, scope, risk and benefits.
He/she is expected to meet the organization’s performance and delivery goals.
The Project Manager is
responsible to create the Implementation Plan, use the Project Initiation
Documents (PID), Legal Agreement and have a thorough understanding of the
terms, conditions, and the respective roles and responsibilities of the
partners/stakeholders to ensure the project(s) outputs are capable of meeting
the business cases for both UNOPS and the partner(s). Success of the project(s)
and hence Project Manager will be based on the defined Success Criteria.
The project
manager for infrastructure projects will be managing project(s) which ultimate
goal is to deliver infrastructure physical assets or technical outputs. Those
infrastructures are diverse and range from educational and health facilities to
roads, bridges, irrigation systems or ports. While the complexity of those may
vary, maintaining high standards in terms of quality, health, safety and
sustainability is always expected.
Depending on
the nature and configuration of the project, the Project Manager might be
executing technical studies, reviews, designs, supervision or operation and
maintenance services of one or several physical infrastructure assets, in one
or multiple sites. Depending on the implementation modality it may
involve large volumes of procurement of goods, services and HR services.
UNOPS operates in complex contexts where resources might be scarce,
local capacity low and where professional judgement and experience in these
environments are of uttermost importance.
Infrastructure Project Managers at this level are expected to manage infrastructure implementation projects that are of low to moderate complexity from a stakeholder management, financial management,risk management, governance, resource management and quality management perspectives.