UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations helping a wide range of partne...
UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations helping a wide range of partners in delivering peace, security, humanitarian and development projects across the world.
UNOPS Sri Lanka implements tailored socio-economic development projects that benefit vulnerable people and supports the Government national capacities. UNOPS has been working in Sri Lanka since 1997 managing education, public health, roads, water and sanitation, fisheries, agriculture and solid waste infrastructure projects. UNOPS also provides expertise in programme management, procurement, fund management and human resources management services.
As part of its programme implementation and advisory capacity, UNOPS will work closely with members of the Government of Sri Lanka and its representatives, the United Nations in Sri Lanka, the donor and diplomatic missions covering Sri Lanka and the Sri Lankan civil society to deliver agreed sets of projects and activities.
The Programme Support Officer will support the execution of programmatic tasks and activities under the UNOPS Peacebuilding programme. The Programme Support Officer will be supporting the implementation of said activities working closely with other team members in Protection, Project Management, Financial Management and Grants Management for civil society partners. More specifically, the Programme Support Officer will be responsible to provide support for the day to day programmatic activities and provision of services to the civil society partners working closely with women groups and promoting gender empowerment.
Under the supervision of the Programme Manager and in close coordination with other members of the project team, the Programme Support Officer will provide programmatic support for the delivery of all activities as per UNOPS agreed policies, processes and standards.
He/She will have a high sense of integrity, confidentiality and the ability to engage sensibly with local stakeholders including local authorities and local communities. This position is based in Colombo with limited travel/presence to UNOPS project and partners areas of work.