UNOPS in the Cameroon provides services from its main office in Yaoundé
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UNOPS in the Cameroon provides services from its main office in Yaoundé
(and presently mainly from the Hub office in Kinshasa) and will be opening
offices located in several regions of the country. The organization responds to
the needs of the Cameroon Government through funding from bilateral donors such
as JICA and KOICA, international financial institutions such as the World Bank
and African Development Bank and United Nations agencies such as UNESCO, FIDA,
and UNDP. UNOPS in Cameroon provides a wide range of procurement, contract
management and human resources services and aims to expand into project
management, basic service provisions and other related services, specifically
in economic and social infrastructure (construction and rehabilitation) and
financial management in sectors such as WASH,
Agriculture, Health, Environment
& Climate Change Mitigation.
Under
the direct supervision of the CDOH Director, seconded by the Head of Programme,
the Programme Manager is responsible to read all project initiation
documents (PID), Legal and Financial Agreements and have a thorough
understanding of the terms, conditions, and the respective roles and
responsibilities of the partners/stakeholders to ensure the projects products
are capable of meeting the business cases for both UNOPS and the client.
Success of the project(s) and hence of the Programme Manager will be based on
the Success Criteria of UNOPS engagements which are linked to the below
responsibilities.
The Programme Manager oversees the programme/project
portfolio of the country of Cameroon and is expected to manage one or more
highly complex or risky multidisciplinary project(s) delivering against an
aggressive timeline. Project(s) of this
caliber are highly strategic and visible for UNOPS. The Programme Manager is
responsible for all aspects of the project life cycle which he/she manages.
S/he must be able to apply, at a mastery level, the below duties and
responsibilities of the programme and projects’ success criteria:
Special call for Application
Cameroonians (1) Who are residing outside of Cameroon at the time of application (2) Who have been living there five years or more (3) Who are fulfilling the requirements stated on this job advert are strongly encouraged to apply.