Project Management Support - Senior Assistant

• Urgently design and establish resilient and effective transitional facilities which meet human rights requirements for prisoners and detainees in Sint Maarten
• Contribute to strengthening national infrastructure capacity in the  correctional sector enabling adequate, safe and humane detention,which facilitates reintegration of offenders back into society, and
• Contribute to improved capacity for correctional facilities operation and management  in line with local and international standards  

• Transitional detention facilities for urgent accommodation of all prisoners and detainees
• Long-term detention infrastructure for humane and resilient accommodation of all prisoners and detainees, and
• Improved capacity for correctional facilities operation and management based on a sound understanding of the criminal justice sector

Under the guidance and supervision of the Senior Project Manager based in Sint Maarten, and in close collaboration with the remainder of the project team, the Project Management Support - Senior Associate provides project and administrative support to the project, ensuring high quality, accuracy and consistency of work. The Project Management Support - Senior Associate promotes a client-oriented approach consistent with UNOPS rules and regulations. He/she is expected to meet and exceed the organization's performance and delivery goals. 

The following are specific duties to be carried out:

Project Management Support

• Assist the Project Manager in the preparation of project reports and documents, ensure compliance with contractual obligations and UNOPS policies, processes and procedures

• Contribute to the day-to-day project correspondence, information sharing and filing, ensuring that appropriate follow-up actions are taken

• Assist in tracking expenditure and inform the Project Manager to revise budgets when required (realignment and amendment)

• Monitor project budget and financial expenditure and all administrative procedures in line with the work-plan.

• Establish an effective network and exchange of information with internal partners 

• Secondary School Diploma or equivalent is required.
• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Public Sector, Management or Related Field is desirable and may replace some years of experience.
  
  

• Minimum of five (5) years of progressive experience in the area of Administration. A shorter period of experience may be accepted based on education level.

• Good knowledge of financial and administrative rules and regulations. Familiarity with UN rules and procedures is an asset.

• Strong IT skills, and knowledge of oneUNOPS are assets.

• Proficiency in GSuite is an asset. 

• Fluency in spoken and written English is required.

• Fluency in Dutch and/ or Papiamento is highly desirable

• Working knowledge of Spanish is desirable

Contract type: Individual Contractor Agreement 

Contract level: LICA 5

Applicant must be a resident of Sint Maarten with a right to work in the country.

Work life harmonization: UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options.

UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time. 18:00 hours Sint Maarten.
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• Work life harmonization - UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• For retainer contracts, you must complete a few Mandatory Courses (around 4 hours) in your own time, before providing services to UNOPS.
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns.
Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.

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.