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.
Background
– Zimbabwe
The United Nations Office for
Project Services (UNOPS) is the 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 organizations. With over 8,000
personnel spread across 80 countries, UNOPS offers its partners the logistical,
technical and management knowledge they need, where they need it. By implementing around 1,000 projects for our
partners at any given time, UNOPS makes significant contributions to results on
the ground, often in the most challenging environments.
The Zimbabwe Hurricane Idai
Recovery Programme (ZIRP) will fall under the purview of the UNOPS KEMC (Kenya
Multi Country Office) Located in Nairobi, Kenya, the Kenya Multi Country Office
manages a growing portfolio of engagements, including associated strategic and
operational risks. The KEMC sub-region currently consists of an established
Operation Centre in Nairobi/Kenya which manages a portfolio of engagements in
multiple countries in East and Southern Africa. This includes a large portfolio
of Infrastructure, procurement and project management service projects in
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and several Island states.
Project
Following devastation caused to
life, livelihoods and property by tropical storm Idai in March 2019, the WB has
allocated up to US$ 75 million to finance a recovery project for Zimbabwe and
the African Development Bank has allocated US$ 25 million. The projects address
both early and mid-term recovery needs in multiple sectors (livelihoods,
health, education, agriculture, transport). UNOPS has been requested to manage the
WB funds and is establishing a Project Implementation Unit (PIU) and is the
Implementation Agency for the AfDB project. UNOPS will engage multiple UN
partner organisations to deliver specific components of ZIRP and private sector
companies to deliver on the infrastructure works under AfDB.
The PIU is being established as a facility to support the
World Bank fund only. As the Fund Manager/PIU UNOPS will be responsible for
multiple functions vis-a-vis the ZIRP including the design of an early
recovery/emergency response facility, fiduciary management, legal and technical
oversight Monitoring and Evaluation, reporting, quality assurance and
communications.