Working within the Infrastructure and Project Management Group, the Infrastructu...
Working within the Infrastructure and Project Management Group, the Infrastructure Project Management (IPM) Advisor (Retainer) can be expected to be responsible for providing expert technical advice and guidance for various programmes and projects globally, in all offices where UNOPS operates.
This retainer position falls under the UNOPS Corporate retainer pool, which is administered by the Implementation Practices and Standards (IPS) Portfolio Support (PS) team. IPMG is responsible for the technical supervision.
This is a home-based assignment, which may involve requests to travel to various locations, including to remote or post-conflict environments. The functions/responsibilities/key results of this job description are generic and may not always be applicable, nor be comprehensive, for all missions under this job title. The specific tasks and deliverables for each retainer assignment may vary and will be detailed in the terms of reference developed for each assignment by the requesting office/unit, which IPMG will exercise an oversight on.
All retainer assignments will be handled via the UNOPS online retainer management tool, including the request for the retainer’s services and the provision of feedback for each assignment.
All UNOPS personnel are required to share a common understanding of UNOPS’ and the UN’s mandate, policies and activities. To this end, UNOPS Personnel must complete a set of mandatory courses. As a UNOPS ICA retainer, the incumbent is required to complete three (3) online courses upon signature of your contract and prior to commencing any retainer assignment related to Ethics and Integrity, the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Security awareness while on official mission. These courses are made available on UNOPS learning platform and shall be completed within the first three months following the contract signature, at no cost for UNOPS.
The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.
Purpose and scope of the assignment
The core functions of the Infrastructure Project Management Advisor (Retainer) are to:
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Provide technical assistance and advisory services to the development of new and ongoing infrastructure projects.
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Provide technical expertise to country offices and HQ units.
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Deliver training, tools, techniques that directly and concretely improve the ability of project managers and teams to deliver infrastructure projects that have more impact with the same amount of funds.
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Enable the organization’s project and programme implementation in a transparent, accountable and efficient manner in order to execute the organization’s business strategy.
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Support country teams to identify and develop opportunities for the provision of infrastructure project management services for partners and clients, and ensure appropriate modalities for service delivery.
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Support: the strengthening of UNOPS credibility and leadership in international Project Management through development of industry knowledge and strategic partnerships; the definition of infrastructure and project management policies and processes; enabling operationalization and managerial oversight through appropriate systems and reports.
Working in close collaboration with IPMG, s/he will contribute to the Infrastructure and Project Management practices, capturing and sharing best practice, contributing to guidance material development, supporting information technology improvements and advising substantively the Infrastructure and Project Management practitioners.