Stop TB Partnership - Programme Management Consultant

The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) has hosted the Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Partnership Secretariat since 2015, in Geneva, Switzerland.

The Stop TB Partnership is a unique and innovative global health organization that brings together partners, expertise, funding, commodities, and people-centered services in our shared mission to transform the tuberculosis (TB) space and end TB by 2030. 

Founded in 2001, the Stop TB Partnership is a UN hosted organization that takes bold and smart risks to serve and amplify the voices of the people, communities, stakeholders, and partners from countries affected by TB. 

The Stop TB Partnership is guided by three (3) strategic goals to: 

1. Advocate, catalyze, and facilitate sustained coordination and collaboration among partners; 

2. Support the development, replication, and scale-up of innovative approaches and tools; and 

3. Facilitate global, equitable access to TB diagnostics and medicines. 

The Stop TB Partnership’s comprehensive range of strategic and technical expertise and our willingness to push boundaries are crucial factors in reaching the targets agreed upon by Heads of States and the TB community-at-large to end TB by 2030.

Background - Team

The Stop TB Partnership’s External Affairs & Strategic Initiatives (EASI) team leads, manages, and coordinates the organization’s work related to:

1. External Affairs – Engagement with external stakeholders, including cultivating relationships with current and future donors and funders, identifying multi-mix resource mobilization opportunities, and developing strategic public-private partnership activities and

2. Strategic Initiatives – Implementation of the Re-imagining TB Care initiative, including the Accelerator for Impact platform (see background paper and presentation).

Under the guidance of the Stop TB Partnership’s Head of the EASI team, the incumbent will serve as a Programme Management Consultant to be responsible for, leading, managing, and coordinating the team’s workstream and activities including, but not limited to:

Programme planning, budgeting, and operations

• Responsible for developing actionable work plans and budgets that integrate applicable objectives, milestones, and deliverables across the EASI team’s various workstreams and activities.

• Responsible for tracking and reporting progress of delivery against the actionable work plans and budgets, and proactively highlighting issues, risks and areas requiring resolution, and/or re-planning while also providing corrective actions if needed.

• Responsible for the timely engagement with various UNOPS/Stop TB Partnership teams to ensure availability of funds for timely payment disbursements to selected suppliers and grantees in accordance with UNOPS/Stop TB Partnership policies and procedures.

• Responsible for ensuring the EASI team’s workstream and activities are in accordance with the UNOPS/Stop TB Partnership Operational Instruction, Standard Operating Procedures, etc. 

• Responsible for enhancing and further developing the EASI team’s planning and operations systems, processes, and tools based on best practices and latest approaches and technologies.

• Act as the Officer-in-Charge in the Head of the EASI team’s absence. 

Contract and grant making (external)

• Responsible for proactively identifying the EASI team’s contract and grant-making needs, managing and coordinating the procurement and call for proposal processes in accordance with the UNOPS/Stop TB Partnership policies and procedures, and keeping abreast of changes with the UNOPS/Stop TB Partnership policies and procedures and ensuring the EASI team is updated accordingly.

• Responsible for the timely engagement with potential suppliers and/or grantees in the development, finalization, and implementation of contracts and/or grants.

• Responsible for managing and coordinating the timely payment disbursements to selected suppliers and grantees in accordance with the UNOPS/Stop TB Partnership policies and procedures. 

• Responsible for the timely engagement with the applicable UNOPS/Stop TB Partnership teams.

Proposal development and grant and financial management (internal)

• Responsible for managing and coordinating the proposal development preparation and processes, including the development of concept notes, presentations, proposals, and budgets in collaboration with the applicable UNOPS/Stop TB Partnership teams.

• Responsible for managing and monitoring the donor agreement implementation, including the development of compliance plans and monitoring frameworks, to meet the agreed upon key performance indicators and deliverables. 

• Responsible for managing and coordinating the preparation and submission of monthly, quarterly, and/or annual donor and/or financial reports in collaboration with the applicable UNOPS/Stop TB Partnership teams.

• Lead the timely engagement with the applicable UNOPS/Stop TB Partnership teams.

Risk management, quality assurance, and knowledge management

• Responsible for developing the risk assessment and mitigation strategies in accordance with the UNOPS/Stop TB Partnerships policies and procedures. 

• Responsible for ensuring risk analysis and mitigation strategies are integrated into the EASI team’s work streams and activities.

• Responsible for ensuring the EASI team’s workstreams and activities are in accordance with the UNOPS/Stop TB Partnership audit requirements.

• Responsible for ensuring the EASI team’s documentation management is in accordance with the UNOPS/Stop TB Partnership policies and procedures.

• Lead the timely engagement with the applicable UNOPS/Stop TB Partnership teams.

The Programme Management Consultant will also be expected to represent the EASI team on applicable internal and external calls, events, and meetings, and support the Head of the EASI team on other related responsibilities as required.

Impact of Results:

• Increased resource mobilization and public-private sector partnership opportunities for the Stop TB Partnership and the TB community-at-large.

• Increased access to and provision of differentiated and integrated care for TB affected people and communities for TB and across diseases.

• Rapid roll-out of digital health solutions for TB and across diseases in TB affected countries.

• Reduced financial and human resource burden for country programmes and healthcare providers in TB affected countries.

Advanced university degree (master or equivalent) degree with five (5) years of relevant professional experience is required.

Alternatively, University degree (bachelor or equivalent) degree with seven (7) years of relevant professional experience is required.

Professional Experience requirements:

Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience in programme management, and/or planning, and/or budgeting and/or operations at either public sector organizations and/or private sector companies. 

Experience with grant management and public procurement would be considered a strong asset, especially within the context of the UN.

Prior professional experience in TB or global health and/or working in low- and middle-income countries and emerging markets, including TB affected countries, would be desirable.

Language requirements:

Fluency in English is required.

Fluency of another UN official language, particularly French, would be desirable.

• Contract type: International Individual Contractor Agreement (IICA)
• Contract level: ICS10 - IICA2 (P3 equivalent)
• Contract duration: Ongoing ICA – ‘Open-ended, subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds and satisfactory performance.’

• Qualified candidates from high TB burden countries are highly encouraged to apply.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Geneva is a family duty station. 
• Please note, this position is based in Geneva, Switzerland and therefore, the selected incumbent will have to register with the Swiss authorities and comply with local regulations, including but not limited to - Taxation and Social Security - including the employers' contribution. Additionally, the incumbent will have to purchase a Swiss based insurance (LaMal) within the first three months on contract, UNOPS will help subsidize the cost of this insurance, upon show of proof and for an amount from 382.87 USD up to 545 USD.
• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• 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.