1. Applicants must be either a current UNOPS regular contract holder; or, a former UNOPS regular contract holder who separated during the last six (6) months.
2. The project in which they are engaged is closing in the coming 6 months or have closed within the last 6 months.
3. Applicants should be working in the project management domain and the Terms of reference against which they were originally hired should be, at least, 70% similar to the generic senior project manager terms of reference (refer to the functional responsibility in this Vacancy announcement).
4. Have a satisfactory performance rating for the past two (2) performance reviews, if applicable.
5. Should hold a contract at equivalent ICS level to the announcement or higher.

1. Les candidat·es doivent être des titulaires régulier·es du contrat de l'UNOPS; ou étaient des titulaires réguliers du contrat de l'UNOPS et séparé·es au cours des six (6) derniers mois.
2. Le projet dans lequel les candidat·es sont engagé·es se termine dans les 6 prochains mois ou s’est terminé au cours des 6 derniers mois.
3. Les candidat·es doivent travailler dans le domaine de la gestion de projet et les termes de référence sur les lesquels ils/elles ont été embauché·es s doivent être au moins similaires à 70% aux termes de référence générique du respnsables de projet senior si dessous.
4. Avoir une note de performance satisfaisante pour les deux (2) dernières évaluations de performance, le cas échéant.
5. Les candidat·es doivent détenir un niveau de ICS équivalent ou supérieur à celui de l'annonce.

1. Lo/as solicitantes deben ser titulares de contratos regulares mensuales de UNOPS actuales; o, ser ex titular de un contrato regular mensual de UNOPS que se separó durante los últimos seis (6) meses
2. El proyecto en el que están envueltos se cierra en los próximos 6 meses o se ha cerrado en los últimos 6 meses.
3. Lo/as solicitantes deben trabajar en la práctica de gestión de proyectos y los Términos de Referencia con los que fueron contratado/as originalmente deben ser, al menos, un 70% similares a los términos siguientes de referencia genéricos del rol de Gerente Senior de Proyecto.
4. Tener una evaluación de desempeño satisfactoria para las dos (2) revisiones de desempeño anteriores, si corresponde.
5. Para ser considerado/a para la lista de reasignación / re-contratación de cierre de proyecto, lo/as solicitantes deben tener un nivel de ICS equivalente o superior al del anuncio.

FRENCH AND SPANISH VERSIONS OF THE TERMS OF REFERENCES IS ATTACHED TO THE VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT.

1. Project Delivery and Performance
2. Procedures
3. Monitoring and reporting
4. Stakeholder engagement
5. Quality assurance
6. Knowledge management and innovation
7. Personnel Management

• Develop, complete and update implementation plan(s)
• Implement the approved plan (including the establishment of milestones) within tolerances set by the Project Board.
• Embed sustainability dimensions including social and gender inclusion, environmental and economic aspects into project life span.
• Manage the production of the required outputs, taking responsibility for overall progress and use of resources and initiating corrective action where necessary.
• Ensure that quality of work packages and deliverables complies with the quality requirements defined in the Implementation Plan.
• Liaise with any external suppliers or account managers
• Manage acceptance and delivery of work packages
• Monitor project progress ensuring that work packages are being executed properly
• Control project and work packages changes
• Identify, and anticipate in a timely manner, potential risks and issues and advises mitigating measures to senior management/ Project Board so that maximum benefit to partner(s) and other stakeholders is achieved
• Identify and report to the supervisor potential business opportunities for UNOPS

2- Procedures

• Comply with all organizational policy and specifically the Project Management Manual
• Prepare/adapt all relevant plans for approval by the Project Board.
• Manage the reporting obligations defined in the Legal Agreement(s) and in the Implementation Plan
• Ensure maintenance of the project files and lessons learned are recorded
• Manage budgets, cash flow and obligations to ensure that deliverables are met and payments to contractors and personnel are received on time.
• Understand and manage UNOPS overheads, allocable charges, and related corporate charges as they apply to the project
• Understand the unique structures of the UN and budget appropriately for personnel
• Manage expenditures against the budget (based on accurate financial reports)
• Where the Senior Project Manager has no delegation as a committing officer, s/he retains these responsibilities and will monitor and instruct/request others to carry out the relevant commitments and disbursements.
• For project closure purposes, provide a formal handover of the project to the closure manager
• Support project audit activities, including planning, preparation and coordination during the audits and follow up on audit observations/recommendations

3- Monitoring and reporting

• Prepare and issue regular project and/or financial reports in accordance with Partner and UNOPS requirements for reporting

• Regularly review project status, evaluating performance criteria (scope, cost, schedule and quality)

• Maintain diaries and progress reports as required by the organization’s standard procedures

• Provide routine oversight and analysis of delivery data within the dashboard system

• Ensure all project team members track and regularly update milestones and targets for the duration of projects' life span

4- Stakeholder engagement

• Develop stakeholder profiles and facilitate the formulation of stakeholder engagement strategies
• Establish solid working relationships with the Project Board (Executive, Senior Users and Senior Suppliers), client and key stakeholders
• Enable the formulation of project communications plans. Coordinate internal project communications. Monitor the effectiveness of project communications
• Coordinate stakeholder engagement and communication, ensuring effective timing and interdependency management of communications. Ensure stakeholders are aware of project activities, progress, exceptions and are in a position to accept handover outputs

5- Quality assurance

• Work with internal stakeholders to ensure projects comply with audit requirements

• Work with procurement/purchasing staff to ensure effective interface with suppliers' quality systems

• Coordinate quality reviews of project documents and deliverables

• Provide quality control for management outputs (project documents, reports, etc.)

6- Knowledge management and innovation

• Encourage routine and effective capacity building activities are conducted in order to build the long-term and sustainable capacity of staff

• Actively interact with other Project Managers and the wider PM community to share case studies, lessons learned and best practices

• Contribute to the oversight of lessons learned procedures, ensuring that lessons learnt are shared in a timely and appropriate manner.

• Participate in the relevant Communities of Practice

• Research and logging of lessons learned throughout the project life span

• Provide feedback to Practice Groups on policy, supporting guidance with an aim towards continuous improvement of UNOPS policies

• Lead and motivate the project management team
• Ensure that behavioural expectations of team members are established
• Ensure that performance reviews are conducted fairly, accurately and timely
• Select, recruit and train team as required and taking into account gender parity and diversity objectives.
• Ensure safety and security for all project personnel and comply with UNDSS standards

• Advanced University Degree in a relevant discipline (International Relations, Development Studies, Finance, Economics, Human Resources, Supply Chain, Business, Project Management
  Architecture, Civil Engineering, Water Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering, etc.).
• A combination of Bachelor’s degree with an additional 2 years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of the education requirements outlined above.

• A minimum of 7 years' experience in Implementing and managing infrastructure projects (roads, damns, bridges, irrigation, health, wind mils, solar power, ports, etc.) is required.
• Experience in contract management is an asset.
• Knowledge of FIDIC contracts is an asset.
• Technical acumen, with the ability to understand and speak to technical project plans and documents.
• Experience in planning and applying Health & Safety procedures is an asset.
• Experience in developing Procurement strategies is an asset.
• Proficient in MS Project and Schedule Analysis is an asset.

• A minimum of 7 years' experience in project management, contract management, financial supervision, HR processes, grants management, procurement projects

• A minimum of 7 years' experience on implementing complex projects/programmes.

• A minimum of 7 years' working experience in providing advisory services on (Infrastructure / Finance / HR/ Procurement /Project Management/ etc.)
• Experience in process definition and business requirements documentation is an asset.

• Experience in developing countries or post conflict environments is an asset.
• Experience in writing reports, performing data analysis, and writing technical documents is an asset.
• Knowledge of quality assurance methodologies is an asset.
• Experience in risk management is an asset.
• Experience working in multicultural teams is an asset.
• Experience in managing teams is an asset.
• Strong analytical capabilities with the ability to manage tasks associated with the development of projects.
• Strong Problem Solving Skills.

• Full working knowledge of English or French or Spanish is required.

• Knowledge of another official UNOPS language is an asset.

• Certification in Project Management (PRINCE2, PMI, etc.) is an asset.
• Complete the UNOPS PMM, UNOPS PMM Infra perspective and oneUNOPS Projects trainings within (3) months from joining UNOPS.

• For Infranstructure Senior Project Managers: Professional certification from an accredited institution ( PEng., CEng. , etc) is an asset

• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Attached are the Terms of References in French and Spanish Languages for your reference.
• Applications to this pool will be open for 2 weeks at the start of each quarter. (first 2 weeks in January, April, July and October)
• Eligible candidates will be classified according to their experience into different Project Management categories (Infrastructure, Advisory, Transactional, Implementation).
• Members of the pool can be re-assigned/re-hired using the same contract modality they are/have been holding with UNOPS.
• 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
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.