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.
Organisational Context:
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.
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 organisations. With over 6,000 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.
Project Manager/Senior Project Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operations
of the project(s) and provides services to the different donors, partners and
beneficiaries. Project Manager/Senior Project Manager acts on behalf of the
Project Board to manage the project on an ongoing basis during the
Implementation Stage. The main responsibility of a Project Manager/Senior
Project Manager is to ensure that the
project outputs are delivered within the specified project tolerances of time,
cost, quality, scope, risk and benefits. He/she is expected to meet the
organization’s performance and delivery goals.
Project Manager/Senior Project Manager has the authority to assign, as per the
Project Plan, work packages to Team Managers and approve deliverables produced
by them.
Project Manager/Senior Project Manager
is responsible for creating the Implementation Plan, using the Project
Initiation Document (PID), Legal Agreement and having a thorough understanding
of the terms, conditions, and the respective roles and responsibilities of the
partners/stakeholders, to ensure the project(s) outputs are capable of meeting
the business cases for both UNOPS and the partner(s). Success of the project(s)
and hence of the Project Manager/Senior Project Manager will be based on the defined Success
Criteria.