Programme Management Officer

The Programme Management Officer is responsible for developing, implementing, and evaluating programmes and projects related to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The role involves providing advice to UN bodies, coordinating policy development, organizing meetings, and supporting intergovernmental processes within the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

Responsibilities

• Develops, implements and evaluates assigned programmes/projects; monitors and analyzes programme/project development and implementation; reviews relevant documents and reports; identifies problems and issues to be addressed and initiates corrective actions; liaises with relevant parties; ensures follow-up actions.
• Provides advice to the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly on recommendations on system-wide policy coordination in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and in the integrated and coordinated implementation and follow-up of major UN conferences and summits.
• Performs consulting assignments, in collaboration with the client, by planning and facilitating workshops, through other interactive sessions and assisting in developing the action plan the client will use to manage the change.
• Researches, analyzes and presents information gathered from diverse sources.
• Coordinates policy development, including the review and analysis of issues and trends, preparation of evaluations or other research activities and studies.
• Generates survey initiatives; designs data collection tools; reviews, analyzes and interprets responses, identifies problems/issues and prepares conclusions.
• Organizes and prepares written outputs, e.g. speeches and inputs for presentation by senior staff, draft background papers, analysis, sections of reports and studies, inputs to publications, etc.
• Provides substantive backstopping to consultative and other meetings, conferences, etc., including proposing agenda topics, identifying participants, preparation of documents and presentations.
• Plans interagency meetings and provides the necessary substantive servicing of these meetings; liaises with entities of the UN system to ensure inputs for various background notes and parliamentary documents; represents the Office in interagency meetings in specific thematic areas.
• Initiates and coordinates outreach activities; conducts training workshops, seminars, etc.; makes presentations on assigned topics/activities.
• Coordinates activities related to budget funding (programme/project preparation and submissions, progress reports, financial statements, etc.) and prepares related documents/reports (pledging, work programme, programme budget, etc.).
• Supports the Office in ensuring gender mainstreaming in intergovernmental processes and in the work of the Office.
• Performs other duties as required.

Requirements

• An advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in business administration, management, economics, international relations or a related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of seven years of experience in programme management, with at least five years at the international level is required.
• Experience in the work of the United Nations development system or other international development organizations at the international, regional, or national levels is required.
• Experience in partnering with member states, United Nations entities, international organizations, government institutions, or other relevant stakeholders, and supporting intergovernmental, inter-agency or multi-stakeholder meetings and related bodies, is desirable.
• English is required at UN Level III for reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

Skills

• Programme Management
• International Development
• Policy Coordination
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Intergovernmental Process Support
• Project Implementation
• Programme Evaluation
• Meeting Organization
• United Nations System Knowledge
• Socio-Economic Development
• Sustainable Development Goals
• Inter-agency Coordination
• Partnering with Member States
• Advisory Services
• English Language Proficiency

Languages

English