The Office of the Regional Director for Africa is located in Copenhagen and lead...
The Office of the Regional Director for Africa is located in Copenhagen and leads a geographically-defined portfolio of engagements, leads strategy and business development for the region, follows management of operations, and ensuring appropriate risk management.
The Africa region (AFR) currently consists of eight Offices or Multi-Country Offices located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, Ethiopia, Ghana, Tunisia, Kenya, Somalia and South-Sudan.
Within UNOPS, the objectives of the Infrastructure and Project Management Group’s (IPMG) and Shared Service Centre’ (SSC) Project Management & Infrastructure (PMI) unit are to serve the organization’s personnel and partners by broadening their infrastructure and project management capabilities, while disseminating best-practices in both of these areas. Through this work, the two groups help facilitate the successful delivery of programmes and projects around the world. The incumbent will play a meaningful role working within the Africa Region (AFR) while working closely with IPMG and SSC’s PMI unit.
The incumbent will be responsible for providing technical advice and support in infrastructure and project management to the UNOPS offices across the Africa Region in line with the Regional Strategy.
This role will support the Africa region with quality assurance, support and advice regarding the implementation of infrastructure projects, and partnerships development. The incumbent will support the partnerships development agenda in Africa through their expertise, regional contacts and ability to demonstrate a depth of experience in their field.
The Regional Infrastructure and Project Management Specialist will be a critical link between AFR and its operations in the field, as well as IPMG and SSC’s PMI unit. This position will report to the Regional Infrastructure and Project Management Advisor. The incumbent will be required to work in a collaborative manner, with colleagues at all levels across the organization.
This role will be based in Copenhagen, Denmark but should business needs change, the duty station may be re-located within the Africa Region.