Dual reporting lines: the incumbent of this position
will report to UNMAS Chief ...
Dual reporting lines: the incumbent of this position
will report to UNMAS Chief of Programme Planning and Management Section, and
ultimately to UNMAS Director on designing and implementing field programmes in
accordance with UNMAS mandate and strategy, and will report to Director, PSC on
operational management, efficient/effective use of resources and
compliance against the UN and UNOPS rules and regulations.
The incumbent of this position will be entrusted
with the following duties:
Stakeholder Coordination and
Relationship Building
- Liaise, negotiate and coordinate with national authorities with respect
to capacity-development programme/projects;
- Participates in international, regional or national meetings and
provides programmatic/substantive expertise on an issue, or hold
programmatic/substantive and organizational discussions with representatives of
other institutions;
- Identify and build relationships with
national institutions, respective governmental authorities, donors, and
international partners, including UN agencies, engaged in addressing the issue
of mine action and its impact on local communities. The PM will also advocate and provide advice
to relevant stakeholders on all mine action issues, and do so in accordance
with recognized international standards, and in acknowledgement of the relevant
international treaties;
Expected result: All stakeholders are regularly informed
of the status of the programme in the respective country on a timely basis.
Strategic Policy, Advice, and
Advocacy
- Provide policy guidance to the Chief of Programme Planning and
Management Section on conceptual strategy development and management of the
implementation of overall strategies and mandates;
- Provide substantive input in the preparation of position papers and
reports for presentation to intergovernmental bodies such as the Advisory
Committee on Administrative and Budget Questions, Committee for Programme
Coordination, the General Assembly, the Security Council and other policy-making
organs, as appropriate;
- Identify broad UNMAS strategies required for the development and
implementation of the mission’s work programme;
- Develop
and maintain a mine action concept of operations and a mine action plan under
the guidance of the Director of UNMAS and the Special Representative of the
Secretary-General (SRSG) or the Deputy Special Representative of the
Secretary-General (DSRSG) and in cooperation with peacekeeping and political
missions, UN agencies, local authorities and other relevant partners;
- Provide
technical advice and guidance to other UN agencies and partners when requested.
Expected result: The strategic activities
of the local government and international stakeholders are in accordance with
UN objectives and, aligned, where applicable, to the relevant international
mine action treaties, and achievement of obligations made under these treaties.
Project Management, Delivery, Administration and Performance
of UNMAS funded activities
- Coordinate and ensure the necessary strategic and managerial, support required for the
fulfilment of the UNMAS mandate are carried out in a responsible and timely
fashion and are in line with UN quality standards and institutional values.
This support includes areas such as planning, budgeting, project and financial
reporting, recruitment and human resources management, logistics,
communications, staff training, and monitoring and evaluation and programmatic
and substantive reviews.
- Provide programmatic and substantive reviews of drafts prepared by others;
- Responsible
for establishing and maintaining a database of landmine and ERW-related
information, and a master map of mine-affected areas. Actively seeks the
information necessary to update and refine this database. He/she will act as
the point of contact for, UN agencies, nongovernmental organizations and other
organizations seeking information on the mine/ERW situation;
- Capacity
Development: actively empower and support key local stakeholders to develop and
implement a plan for transition, in order to transfer mine action responsibilities
to national authorities;
- Approve
draft Statements of Work (SOW) for inclusion in Requests for Proposals (RFP)
issued by UNOPS for proposed mine action and ERW activities in the projects
target country;
- Promote
and support compliance with technical, safety and quality international standards
and guidelines;
- This
position may also entail safety and security responsibilities within the geographical
area of responsibilities of operation to include the protection of all
personnel, assets, property and information belonging to UNMAS/UNOPS established
offices and programmes;
- Depending
on the role this position will be assigned to within the project administration
setup in a specific country/programme (i.e. office structure, DOAs, ATLAS
functions, segregation of duties, etc.), the incumbent will have
responsibilities determined by UNOPS rules and regulations embodied in its
regulatory framework - Organizational Directives, Administrative Instructions
and other documents as periodically issued and updated by UNOPS. Reporting
lines with regards to compliance with UNOPS rules and regulations are
ultimately to UNOPS Director PSC through Portfolio Manager. In addition,
division of responsibilities when it comes to administrative processes in
support of the programme objectives will be as determined for each country
office and confirmed in writing by UNOPS Director PSC.
Expected result: UNMAS budget(s) are delivered within
spending deadlines and in accordance with UN/UNOPS Rules and Regulations.
Resource Mobilization and Management
- Contributes to the reporting to donors and intergovernmental bodies on
budget/programme performance or on programmatic/ substantive issues, as appropriate;
- Actively
participate in the development and implementation of a resource mobilization
strategy targeting in-country funding opportunities: a strategy that includes
timely and appropriate acknowledgement at both national and international
levels of current and past donors contributions and their impact;
- Provide
input to the Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP) and the annual Portfolio of
Mine Action Projects;
Expected result: Timely
and accurate financial reporting. Funding opportunities within the programme
country are optimized through an active strategy to pursue opportunities,
supported by a timely recognition of current and past donor contributions.