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Programme Management Officer
Main Duties
Under the guidance of the Head of the EASI team, the incumbent will serve as a Programme Management Officer to be responsible for coordinating and supporting the team’s workstream and activities including, but not limited to:
Programme planning
- Developing actionable work plans and budgets that integrate applicable objectives, milestones, and deliverables across the EASI team’s various workstreams and activities.
- 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.
- Ensuring the EASI team’s workstream and activities are in accordance with the UNOPS/Stop TB Partnership Operational Instruction, Standard Operating Procedures, etc.
- Enhancing and further developing the EASI team’s planning and operations systems, processes, and tools based on best practices and latest approaches and technologies.
- Proactively and systematically engaging with the applicable UNOPS/Stop TB Partnership teams.
Budget planning and financial management
- Supporting the development of the EASI team’s annual budget, including the team’s quarterly commitments and expenditures forecasts.
- Developing and implementing effective budget management controls, including the monitoring of any financial anomalies, unusual transactions, etc.
- Coordinating and ensuring the timely payment disbursements to selected suppliers and sub grantees in accordance with the UNOPS/Stop TB Partnership policies and procedures.
- Proactively and systematically engaging with the applicable UNOPS/Stop TB Partnership teams.
Contract and subgrant-making and management (external)
- Coordinating the EASI team’s contract and subgrant-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 these policies and procedures and ensuring the EASI team is updated accordingly.
- Engaging with potential suppliers and/or subgrantees in the development, finalization, and implementation of contracts and/or subgrants.
- Coordinating and monitoring contract and subgrant reporting deadlines and deliverables, including the submission of monthly, quarterly, and/or annual programmatic and/or financial reports in collaboration with the applicable UNOPS/Stop TB Partnership teams.
- Participating in supplier and subgrantee related calls/meetings.
- Proactively and systematically engaging with the applicable UNOPS/Stop TB Partnership teams.
- Donor grant and financial management (internal)
- Coordinating and monitoring donor agreement reporting deadlines and processes, including 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.
Impact of results
- Increased resource mobilization and public-private sector partnership opportunities for the Stop TB Partnership, the organization’s TB innovations work, particularly the RTC initiative, and the TB community-at-large.
- Improved understanding of various user group’s needs, wants, and preferences to introduce localized, integrated, and people-centered TB services and product innovations in TB affected countries.
- Accelerated roll-out of localized, integrated, and people-centered TB services and product innovations in TB affected countries.
- Optimal integration of localized, integrated, and people-centered TB services and product innovations into a TB affected countries’ core health management information system.
- Improved awareness, understanding, and credibility for the organization’s TB innovations work, particularly the RTC initiative.
Requirements
Education:
- Advanced university degree (master or equivalent) degree in Business Administration, Finance, Project Management or other relevant discipline is required.
- University degree (bachelor or equivalent) degree with two (2) years of relevant professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
Experience:
- Minimum two (2) years of relevant professional experience in project management, including in budgeting/financial management and operations/logistics, at either public sector organizations and/or private sector companies, is required.
- Prior professional experience in programme and project management, including in budgeting/financial management and operations/logistics, within the context of the UN, would be desirable.
- Prior professional experience in TB or global health would be desirable.
Language Requirements:
- Fluency in English is required.
- Fluency of another UN official language, particularly French, would be desirable.
United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. UNOPS mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development.
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