Project Management Support Senior Officer

The Project Management Support  Senior Officer will be a member of the UNOPS Project Management Team (PMT) and she/he will be responsible for the following functions:
1.  Project Implementation

• Coordinate and supervise the work of community mobilization teams in all the project field locations, including the preparation of the terms of reference, facilitation of recruitment and monitoring of work/results;

• Analyze collected information from the target locations and prepare summaries, briefing notes, implementation plans and roadmaps;

• Prepare and implement a coordinated response to the needs of the communities;

• Design and plan out processes and systems to improve and expand SSSNP support;

• In collaboration with other teams (e.g. Quality Engineer, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, Health, Safety, Social and Environmental Analyst, cash and communication) implement mobilization strategy guided by the project documents and strategy;

• Ensure the integration of community mobilization activities into communication and advocacy campaigns and initiatives;

• Provide mentorship to the community mobilization field staff and to communities when it is needed;

• Ensure close and effective collaboration with all key stakeholders and ensure their active participation in all project activities and committees;

• Ensure community participation includes the most vulnerable and marginalized groups;

• Leads needs assessments in target areas to inform program development and implementation utilizing tools developed by the other project sections;

• Supervise the preparation of training plans for field teams, stakeholders or focal points;

• Promote the Project by providing substantive input for stories, articles and other PR activities in consultation with the Communication Specialist;

• Perform other duties as required.

• Lead the work to expand cooperation between communities and the local authorities for the implementation of the project and to ensure local needs, priorities and initiatives are integrated into the planning of the local authorities;

• Ensure close coordination with the activities of other UN agencies, with special focus on those by WFP, UN Women, UNFPA and UNICEF;

• Ensure awareness about project priorities, strategies and approaches;

• Analyze ongoing experience for lessons learned, best practices, and shares with project management for use in knowledge sharing and planning future strategies;

• Proactively contribute to knowledge networks and communities of practice.

  3.  Provide support to the Project management and implementation:

• Ensure that all the plans and indicators of the community mobilization team are realistically set and oversight their achievement;

• Contribute effectively to the regular programme reports to the donors.

• Monthly/quarterly/annual/ad hoc reports, risks assessments are prepared and updated;

• Programme activities implemented in keeping with personal work plan;

• Community workshops, focus group Discussions and other meetings organized and supported;

• All programme activities implemented in keeping with project Mobilization and Communications Strategies and using the community based methodology;

• All assignments performed in a quality and timely manner.

• Bachelor's Degree in Public Administration or Political Science or Social Science or Law or International Relations or Business Administration or relevant field with additional 2 years relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of the Master’s degree.