Programme Management Officer (Fixed-Term Limited)

The Programme Management Officer supports the implementation and coordination of the United Nations Innovation Technology Accelerator for Cities (UNITAC) operations, focusing on urban innovation, digital technologies, and sustainable urban development. The role involves programme/project management, partnership building, resource mobilization, and ensuring gender mainstreaming in all activities.

Responsibilities

• Supports the implementation of UNITAC operations, including the financial and administrative aspects and donor reporting.
• Leads the development, implementation and evaluation of UNITAC operations, including providing technical and coordination support to enhance quality and synergy.
• 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.
• 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.
• Supports the governance of UNITAC – Hamburg through the Programme Management Committee and its Thematic Advisory Groups.
• Coordinates the projects with UN-Habitat Headquarters, and ensures coherence in knowledge, experience and dissemination on digital technologies, urban knowledge, data and innovation, and sustainable urban development.
• Coordinates the collaboration with the three implementing partners, UN Habitat, OICT and HCU, including a close collaboration with the UNITAC scientific lead as the main liaison to HCU as well as to the local ecosystem and testbed in Hamburg.
• Fosters strategic partnerships and resource mobilization for the growth and scaling of UNITAC operations.
• Ensures implementation of gender mainstreaming by assessing the implications for men and women of any planned action, including legislation, policies or programmes, in all areas and at all levels.
• Researches, analyzes and evaluates programmes; 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, identify problems/issues and prepares conclusions.
• Supervises preparation of written outputs, e.g. draft background papers, analysis, sections of reports and studies, inputs to publications.
• Provides substantive support backstopping to consultative and other meetings, conferences, including proposing agenda topics, identifying participants, preparation of documents and presentations.
• Initiates and coordinates outreach activities; designs and conducts training workshops, seminars; makes presentations on assigned topics/activities.
• Leads field missions, including provision of guidance to external consultants, government officials and other parties and drafting mission summaries.
• Coordinates activities related to budget funding (programme/project preparation and submissions, progress reports, financial statements) and prepares related documents/reports (pledging, work programme, programme budget).
• Supervises UN-Habitat staff at UNITAC ensuring effective guidance, supervision, mentoring and development of staff.
• Leads team members’ efforts to collect and analyze data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.
• Establishes collaboration and partnerships with key officials at all levels inside and outside the organization.
• Ensures that everyone can discover, access, integrate and share the data they need.
• Performs other duties as required.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in business administration, management, economics or a related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two (2) additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is desirable.
• A minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in project or programme management, administration or related area is required.
• Experience in people-centred smart cities or urban innovation is required.
• Experience in establishing partnerships and resource mobilization is required.
• Experience in the application of digital technologies in cities or experience working in urban innovation is required.
• Experience in leading or delivering technical assistance for Member States is desirable.
• Experience in the design and implementation of operational projects is desirable.
• Two (2) years or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.
• English is required at UN Level II proficiency in reading, writing, listening and speaking.

Skills

• Programme Management
• Project Management
• Partnership Building
• Resource Mobilization
• Urban Innovation
• Digital Technologies
• Data Analytics
• Operational Project Design
• Technical Assistance Delivery
• Sustainable Urban Development
• People-centred Smart Cities
• Business Analytics
• Data Science
• Administration
• UN Level II English

Languages

English