The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is an operational arm of ...
The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners' peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. UNOPS supports partners to build a better future by providing services that increase the efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of peace building, humanitarian and development projects. 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.
Based in
Copenhagen, Denmark, the UNOPS Integrated Practice Advice and Support (IPAS) serves all the regions and headquarters, primarily with advice and solutions
to everyday implementation challenges. IPAS consists of a diverse team
of subject matter experts in the seven practice areas of HR, Administration,
Legal, Finance, Procurement, Surge, Project Management and Infrastructure. IPAS has
three main roles:
Support to operations in the field
offices: IPAS provides
timely advice and supports actively finding of solutions to everyday
implementation challenges, based on policy and best practices. It also provides
operational support in specific areas.
Business
efficiency: IPAS recommends
changes to policies, processes and operating standards based on the feedback
and experience of the field offices. IPAS also ensures transparent and
efficient project implementation, in line with policy and business needs.
Body of knowledge: IPAS contributes to research and
coordination within the policy
groups and project
practitioners. It
provides structured
knowledge and subject matter expertise which is used across practice
areas to provide coherent and tailored advice to the requesting offices.