Director - Multi Country Office

The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners' peace-building, humanitarian and development projects around the world.  Mandated as a central resource of the United Nations, UNOPS provides sustainable project management, procurement and infrastructure services to a wide range of governments, donors and United Nations organisations.  

Europe and Central Asia Region (ECR) is one of five Regions in UNOPS. ECR strategy is to:

• Strengthen UNOPS role in Operationalizing the Sustainable Development Goals with particular emphasis on health, environment and economic development
• Position UNOPS in Balkan sub region,  Eastern Europe, Caucuses and Central Asia
• Strengthen means of implementation of ECR Global and Regional programmes  with revitalised partnerships in Infrastructure, Procurement and Project Management

The Regional Director provides general direction and guidance and establishes the geographical scope of the Multi Country Office. Reporting to and working closely with the Regional Director of ECR, the Director (Multi Country Office) represents UNOPS on behalf of the Regional Director in the countries/offices in geographical scope for the office: Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia Moldova, Pristina, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. The Director – Multi Country Office leads and manages all operations under the Multi Country Office. That includes liaison and engagement development activities as well as the delivery of timely and cost effective services for sustainable results by partners and stakeholders. The initial focus of this role is anticipated to be largely on alliance building, networking and advocacy for business development.

Summary of functions:

1. Multi Country Office leadership
2. Alliance building, networking and advocacy for business development
3. Service delivery and quality assurance
4. Representation and inter-agency coordination
5. Knowledge management and innovation 

A minimum of 10 years of experience that combines strategic and managerial leadership in international development, business development, operations and/or program management in a large international and/or corporate organisation.   

At least 5 years of senior leadership experience including supervising teams and managing budgets

Experience working in developing countries is desirable

Full working knowledge of English and Russian is essential

Contract type: Fixed Term Appointment

• 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.

The location of the position in Europe is to be determined based on a number of business factors and what is optimal for the best execution of the role, whilst taking into consideration the preferences of the selected candidate.

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.