Infrastructure and Project Management Analyst

UNOPS in South Asia

UNOPS in Sri Lanka provides technical, operational and administrative support to 5 countries in the South Asia region: Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. UNOPS’ work in this region focuses on the construction and operation of high quality sustainable infrastructure and sustainable procurement, project management, timely provision of services, and the use of most relevant technologies. One of the main focuses on UNOPS work in South Asia is to reduce the vulnerability of population to unsafe infrastructure, maximise the impact of public investments in infrastructure, and improve the effectiveness and financial viability of the public services delivered out of key public infrastructures. Such projects provide social and economic benefits to vulnerable populations across the region, and contribute to poverty eradication. Projects target a range of sectors such as education, health, urban development, environmental services, climate change mitigation, as well as a range of “soft” support in Capacity Building, operations and maintenance of public assets, local governance, etc.

Recently, the UNOPS, UN Development Programme (UNDP) and UN Women developed the joint programme in Bangladesh which aims to sustain the resilience of human and economic development in Bangladesh through inclusive, gender responsive disaster management and risk informed environment.  This joint programme focuses on developing national capacities in the areas of:  risk-informed and render-responsive development planning, capacities to address mega disasters in gender responsive manner, improved capacities of selected public institutions to achieve resilient institutions through risk-informed, gender-responsive infrastructure systems, enhance women’s leadership disaster response and management; and finally, to strengthen community-level preparedness, response and recovery capacities.

Under the Joint Programme, UNOPS in particular is providing technical assistance to Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) and other public institutions to achieve resilience outcomes through designing and constructing risk-informed, gender responsive infrastructure systems and lay the foundations for long-term resilience actions in socially inclusive infrastructure systems in Bangladesh. In particular, UNOPS will contribute to the achievement of the over-all programme by:

• Strengthening LGED asset management system and decision making capacities for determining priorities associated with new development, maintenance and/or retrofitting of existing assets;
• Strengthening project evaluation criteria and capacities within LGED and other divisions, improve coordination and reduce duplication;
• Creating an applied understanding and capacity to introduce the concept of failure analysis to enhance build-back-better in reconstruction;
• Strengthening LGED professional capacities for Junior and mid-level engineers in the areas of design, construction and management/maintenance of resilient infrastructure;

Job Specific 

The Infrastructure and Project Management Analyst (IPMA) anchor the development of guidance documents and technical training materials for LGED as part of the technical assistance.  The IPMA will liaise with the UNOPS technical specialists and key stakeholders and leadership with the partner LGED to develop the guidance documents as well as collect, consolidate and incorporate input and feedback from relevant personnel/ partners.

Coordination and integration of all inputs from all sources and maintaining consistency is an integral part of the assignment.

Specific Tasks can include, though are not limited to, the following:

• Draft, edit and consolidate materials for the Technical Guidance documents LGED
• Prepare and facilitate in the consultation/workshop process within the partner LGED and the duly appointed committees or working groups.
• Conduct interviews and research with other government partners, academia and key stakeholders in infrastructure development in Bangladesh, as maybe appropriate
• Provide input to develop guidance documents for use by the partner LGED on project management and resilient infrastructure topics primarily related to resilient infrastructure project designs, feasibility studies, completion & evaluation reports and failure analysis
• Prepare presentations, reports, briefing papers and generic project documents to support the piloting, roll out and training activities of approved guidance and procedures
• Ensure that guidance documents and manuals produced under the NRP project applies the necessary adherence of standard qualities for UNOPS and the LGED partner’s working practices, rules and regulations
• Compile and incorporate feedback and comments from the technical review and peer reviews
• Support the Team Leader to develop workshop/training designs and programs that will be part of the roll out of capacity building activities for junior-mid level LGED engineers
• Ensure documentation and capture of training outputs, results and lessons learnt
• Produce material in a clear, unambiguous and easily digestible format
• Where appropriate, include references to and align with Gender mainstreaming aspects
• Conduct additional research where necessary for context and reference purposes
• Ensure that all documents conform to the UNOPS quality standards and LGED’s specifications
• Assistance in the production of all documentation in Bangla, where possible
• Additional tasks related to editing, writing and proofreading for clarity, as required
• Perform other duties as requested by UNOPS Team Leader and Senior Infrastructure Advisor

• University degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Development Studies, Project Management, International Relations or other relevant disciple is required
• Master’s Degree in the relevant field is an asset

• Minimum of 2-3 years of experience in application of project management knowledge to Infrastructure or development field is required. This must include at least one year of experience in the development of workshops in infrastructure planning and development, and/or drafting of technical publications and/or proposals in infrastructure and development planning is required;
• A sound knowledge of the broad spectrum of project management and infrastructure is highly desirable
• Knowledge or exposure to resilient infrastructure framework would be an advantage
• Experience working in national infrastructure planning and policy development is highly desirable
• Experience in the development and delivery of technical presentations at corporate and at government level is an asset
• Experience in the facilitation of group dynamics and participatory policy development an advantage

• Excellent English Language Skills, both written and oral
• Excellent Bangla Language Sills, both written and oral

• PRINCE 2.0 foundation/practitioner certification is an asset

Contract type:  Local Individual Contractor Agreement
Contract level: LICA 8
Contract duration: Open-ended, subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds and satisfactory performance

• This post is only open for candidates who are nationals of Bangladesh.
• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Work life harmonization - UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns.
Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development.

UNOPS areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management and human resources.

Working with us

UNOPS offers short- and long-term work opportunities in diverse and challenging environments across the globe. We are looking for creative, results-focused professionals with skills in a range of disciplines.

Diversity

With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization

UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands.