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The UNV Regional Offices (RO) provide oversight and strategic guidance to the UNV Field Units and their respective geographical assignments and are mainly accountable for the placement of UN Volunteers mobilized for UN partners focused on peace, development, and humanitarian needs.
The position of Programme Manager is fully integrated in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and provides full administrative and operational support to the serving UN Volunteers into the UN Mission’s function structure.
Reporting to the Regional Manager, and with day-to-day operational oversight of the Mission Chief, Operations and Resource Management (CORM) and in coordination with the Field Unit responsible for agency, funds and programmes, the UNV Programme Manager is responsible for the effective strategic planning, programming, advocacy and overall management of the day to day operations of UNV’s programme activity within the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
Duties and Responsibilities
- Coordination and provision of administrative, operational and programme support to UN Volunteers
- Manage and coordinate the UNMISS Unit and its personnel to ensure maximum efficiency and output of UNV involvement in UN activities in field locations, including the administrative and corporative backstopping to the UN Volunteers in UNMISS;
- Promote gender balance/gender mainstreaming; human-rights based approach and capacity development and transfer of know-how to national staff/counterparts among UN Volunteers;
- Conduct regular monitoring visits to the UN Volunteers assigned to locations outside Juba;
- Constantly monitor the security situation in the country, liaising with the UNDSS officials (PSA) and the Security Staff and efficiently oversee security / safety of UN Volunteers;
- Manage and oversee project and programme budgets for all peacekeeping related to UNV activities in the country. This includes regular financial reporting, preparation of project budget revisions and financial tracking of resources external to UNV/HQ, when applicable;
- Manage the efficient documentation of UN Volunteers’ contributions to give visibility to their results and achievements in support of the Sustainable Development Goals;
- Manage efficiently training and capacity building activities in coordination with the UN Mission’s Training Unit – and the budget provided by UNV Regional Office for the promotion of volunteerism;
- Demonstrate leadership in the implementation of the Digital Transformation process that is currently being rolled out within the organization.
- Strengthening UNV programme positioning within the UN system in the country
- Maintain regular contact and coordinate activities with the UNV Field Unit in UNDP South Sudan to ensure a coherent and coordinated programmatic positioning of the UNV programme in line with the UNV Strategic Framework, and in the context of strategic reviews and planning in UNMISS;
- Develop regular contact with numerous partners at the country and, if required, headquarters level, in order to strengthen existing collaboration and promote/identify new opportunities for UNV in the areas of peacekeeping, peacebuilding, crisis prevention and recovery activities;
- Where appropriate, develop and follow up on leads and planning exercises with key partners at the field level, with the view to support UN Volunteers’ involvement in the thematic focus areas of peace building and peace keeping. This includes regular short and long-term programme analysis, preparation of official correspondence, preparation of programming advisory notes, programme strategy papers, and project documents;
- In collaboration with the UNV Field Unit in UNDP South Sudan, contribute to the corporate identity of the UNV Programme and to the promotion of volunteerism through the UN Volunteers in UNMISS and in the UN agencies, funds, and programmes and across the country.
Support advocacy efforts and visibility of the UNV Programme and promote volunteer activities in the country
- Promote the visibility of UNV’s contributions to a wide range of audience (within UNMISS, UN Agencies, Department of Peace Operations (DPO) Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) and UNV HQ);
- Ensure volunteer participation in public events such as the international celebration days, with particular emphasis on the International Volunteer Day, and UNMISS/UN corporate events;
- Identify, pursue, and develop inputs to DPPO, UNMISS, UNV publications/websites/social media networks;
- Prepare working documents for programme development purposes. This includes the preparation of Strategic Country Profiles, UNMISS-specific case studies, best practices, briefing notes, etc., which capture UNV’s activities/contributions in peacekeeping, early recovery, and peacebuilding in the country;
- Identify, pursue, and develop news stories, case studies, and briefs for publication in DPPO, UNDP, UNV and other publications. This involves close consultation with UNV Communications team;
- Provide advisory support on UNV programme and mandate to different stakeholders in UNMISS and in the whole country, in collaboration with the UNV Field Unit in UNDP South Sudan.
Integration of UNV programme and volunteerism into corporate and country-level strategic planning and reporting documents
- Develop innovative approaches to demonstrate the added value of volunteerism in specific country focus areas, as it pertains to UNMISS’s mandate;
- Participate in UN system wide (esp. UNMISS) and UNV corporate and country level discussions and planning, including the preparation of Regional Office reports, contributions to UNV regional work plans and routine preparation of briefing and advisory notes.
Managerial functions
- Represent the UNV Programme with UN partners, including senior UN officials, with Government and with civil society and other partners;
- Manage the recruitment, performance and career management of the UNMISS Field Unit personnel to motivate and promote organizational excellence;
- Manage learning activities, including establishing Unit learning plans and ensure staff supervised meets their development needs while meeting the needs of the Mission.
Required Skills and Experience
Education
- Master’s degree in social sciences, public administration, humanitarian, international relations, or development studies
- A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Experience, Knowledge, and Skills
- Minimum 7 years (with master’s degree) or 9 years (with bachelor’s degree) of relevant work experience at the HQ and/or field level preferable with UNDP/UNV, or in the areas of humanitarian relief, electoral assistance, special operations in UN peace keeping environment and communications;
- Work experience as UN Volunteer, UNV Country Coordinator or UNV Programme Officer in a field location is an asset;
- Fluency in English;
- Working knowledge of another UN official language is an asset.
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