Programme Management Officer

The Programme Management Officer is responsible for developing, implementing, and evaluating programmes/projects related to the reimbursement policies and procedures for troop- and police-contributing countries in UN peacekeeping operations. The role involves policy coordination, stakeholder liaison, data analysis, and project governance within the Department of Operational Support.

Responsibilities

• Develops, implements and evaluates assigned programmes/projects, including the implementation plan, roadmap and tracking matrix for the 2026 Contingent-Owned Equipment Working Group recommendations.
• 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.
• Performs consulting assignments, in collaboration with the client, by planning 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, and the translation of approved recommendations of the Contingent-Owned Equipment Working Group into detailed implementation requirements.
• Generates survey initiatives; designs data collection tools; reviews, analyzes and interprets responses, identify problems/issues and prepares conclusions.
• Organizes and prepares written outputs, e.g. draft background papers, analysis, sections of reports and studies, field verification guidelines and standard operating procedures.
• Provides substantive backstopping to consultative and other meetings, conferences, etc., to include proposing agenda topics, identifying participants, preparation of documents and presentations, etc.
• Initiates and coordinates outreach activities; conducts training workshops, seminars, etc.; makes presentations on assigned topics/activities.
• Manages the project for implementation, including substantive support to the governance structure; coordinates activities among all stakeholders, etc.
• 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.).
• Performs other duties as required.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent degree) in business administration, public administration, programme management, or a related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Certification in Project/Programme Management methodology by an accredited body (e.g., PMP, PGMP, PRINCE2 Foundation Project Management certification or practitioner level) or equivalent is desirable.
• A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in project or programme management, administration, logistics or related area is required.
• At least two years of experience in leading or coordinating the implementation of policy or process reforms within a large, multi-stakeholder organizational environment is required.
• Experience in coordinating and liaising with diverse stakeholders, including Member States, to develop and implement recommendations for policy change is required.
• At least two years of experience in project governance, including risk management, monitoring and reporting on multi-workstream implementation programmes is required.
• Experience in the support of international military or United Nations peacekeeping operations is desirable.
• Experience in collecting, cleaning, transforming and interpreting raw data for the purposes of data analysis is desirable.

Skills

• Project Management
• Programme Management
• Policy Coordination
• Stakeholder Liaison
• Project Governance
• Risk Management
• Monitoring and Reporting
• Data Analysis
• Policy Implementation
• Process Reform Coordination
• Logistics Management
• Data Cleaning
• Data Transformation
• Data Interpretation
• Peacekeeping Operations Support
• PMP Certification
• Prince 2 Certification
• PgMP Certification

Languages

English