Project Manager

Project Delivery and Performance 

• Ensure that product specifications are signed and finalized by MoH.

• Develop and update implementation plans and project timelines including networking and software roll out.

• Assist in the onboarding of the International Technical Assistant. 

• Ensure that project deliverables are planned and executed together with the works carried out by MoH to ensure a streamlined project delivery.

• Embed sustainability dimensions including training on operability and maintenance to MoH, 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 within UNOPS standards and technical specifications. 

• Liaise with any external suppliers or account managers ensuring compliance and performance standards.

• Monitor project progress ensuring that work packages are being executed properly and report to Project Director (MoH) and Project Steering Committee. 

• Ensure that MoH deliverable are in accordance to approved standards for server rooms and custom clearances are prepared to avoid delays at port.

• Lead contract management duties including supplier performance evaluation, particularly for networking and software related deliveries.

• Identify, and anticipate in a timely manner, potential risks and issues and advises mitigating measures to Project Director (MoH)/ Project Steering Committee so that maximum benefit to partner(s) and other stakeholders is achieved.

• Identify and report to the supervisor potential business opportunities for UNOPS.

Procedures

• Comply with all organizational policy and specifically the Project Management Manual.

• Prepare/adapt all relevant plans for approval by the Project Steering Committee and the PIU at MoH.

• Manage the reporting obligations defined in the Legal Agreement(s) and in the Implementation Plan.

• Draft the requirements definitions for procurement processes. Approving requisitions and requests for non-purchase order payments; Evaluating submissions received, if appointed to the evaluation team. 

• Ensure maintenance of the project files and lessons learned are recorded.

• Ensure the development and implementation of project financial management guidelines and control mechanisms, in conformity with UNOPS rules and regulations. 

• 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 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.

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.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Develop stakeholder profiles and facilitate the formulation of stakeholder engagement strategies.

• Establish solid working relationships with the PIU and Project Steering Committees as well as other government and external partners.

• 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.

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.).

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.

• Build and strengthen UNOPS capacity to deliver IT, digitization projects by developing case studies and capacity statements on best practices based on this project. 

• 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.

Personnel Management 

• Lead and motivate the project management team.

• Ensure that behavioral expectations of team members are established. 

• Ensure that performance reviews are conducted fairly, accurately and timely.

• Select, recruit and train a team as required and take into account gender parity and diversity objectives.

• Ensure safety and security for all project personnel and comply with UNDSS standards.

• Create, foster and role model a culture of respect and zero tolerance for discrimination, abuse of authority, harassment, sexual harassment and sexual exploitation and abuse. Ensure accountability for actions and perform duties in accordance with protection mechanisms and action plans, as expected by UNOPS policies, standards and commitments.

• Full working knowledge of English is required.

• Knowledge of the local language is an asset.