Jobs at UNOPS

Horn of Africa Multi Country Office (HAMCO):

Established in 2009, Horn of Africa Multi Country Office (HAMCO) sub-region currently consists of an established Operation Centre in Addis Ababa which manages a portfolio of engagements in four (4) Horn of Africa countries namely: Ethiopia, Djibouti, Sudan and South Sudan. HAMCO focuses on Infrastructure, Procurement, Project Management, HR and Transactional Services, and Fund Management services across a wide range of sectors including Health, Education, Agriculture, Resilient infrastructure, among others.

Our goal is to support countries, help people in need and enable our partners through delivering on our mandate of infrastructure, procurement and project management in the countries in the Horn of Africa.

The primary role of HAMCO Programme Team is to provide the MCO with the structures, tools and techniques needed to ensure that it has the right programmes and projects in place, that operational and change priorities are balanced, the governance and decision making is facilitated and it has the resources and capability to deliver them consistently well.

The functions and services of the Programme Team include:

Strategic Oversight/Portfolio Support: Applying an evidence-based approach to project oversight, early warning, corrective actions, and mainstreaming lessons into business planning.

Delivery Support: Doing Projects the Right Way with specific emphasis on in-depth, full project cycle management, from starting up new projects, to substantive closure. Providing guidance to Project Managers and their teams in delivering projects according to policy and best practice.

Best Practices: Doing Projects Consistently and well through mentoring, coaching and developing the project management team’s capacity to deliver successful and impactful projects.

Through these functions and services, the Programme Team aims to ensure that project management policies, processes and methods are followed and practiced according to the organization standards, while acting as the overall project assurance capacity within the business unit on behalf of senior management. The Project Manager strongly contributes to moving the office towards achieving its mission-focused goals and objectives.

The Project Manager (Transactional) manages projects in the South Sudan Country Office Transactional Unit team. The selected candidate will work under the direct supervision of the Country Programme Manager to ensure that projects meet their intended outcomes, are implemented to the highest standard of project management practices, and meet partner satisfaction.

Key Results Expected:

• The Project Manager (Transactional) is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the project and provides services to the different donors, partners and beneficiaries. The 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 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 organisation’s performance and delivery goals.
• The Project Manager (Transactional) 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) outputs are capable of meeting the business cases for both UNOPS and the partners.
• The Project Manager (Transactional) has the authority to assign, as per the Project Plan, work packages to the Team and approve deliverables produced by them. Success of the projects and hence of the Project Manager will be based on the defined Success Criteria.

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