Programme Management Officer, Human Settlements (Fixed-Term Limited)

The Programme Management Officer will lead the implementation of the Habitat Country Programme Document (HCPD) for South Africa, coordinating sustainable urbanization initiatives and partnerships to promote inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable cities. The role involves programme development, stakeholder coordination, resource mobilization, and representation within the UN Country Team framework.

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.
• 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.
• Coordinates policy development, including the review and analysis of issues and trends, preparation of evaluations or other research activities and studies.
• Supports the country programme in resource mobilization and establishes resource mobilization strategy and donors’ coordination.
• Establishes stakeholders’ coordination mechanisms to allow concerted actions for the implementation of the country program including relevant ministries, SALGA, civil society, academics and others.
• Provides technical support and serves as an interface with relevant ministries dealing with urbanization in South Africa including DHS, CoGTA, National Treasury, and others.
• Represents to the United Nations Country Team and for the implementation of the United Nations Cooperation Framework, assuring participation to relevant working groups.
• Leads and/or participates in large, complex 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, etc.) and prepares related documents/reports (pledging, work programme, programme budget, etc.).
• Follows up regional trends on urbanization and human settlements and provides support to SADC secretariat to elevate the urban agenda.
• Collects and analyzes 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.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in architecture, civil engineering, urban and regional planning, climate change, local government, land management, municipal finance, economics or physical and political sciences relevant to development and management of human settlements 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 human settlement, project or programme management, or related field is required.
• Experience leading and coordinating complex, cross-functional teams, driving collaboration, accountability, and successful delivery of strategic objectives is required.
• Experience working with government agencies/departments is desirable.
• Experience or knowledge of the Southern Africa context is desirable.
• Two (2) years or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.
• English language proficiency at UN Level II for reading, writing, listening and speaking is required.

Skills

• Programme Management
• Project Management
• Human Settlements Projects
• Urban and Regional Planning
• Civil Engineering
• Architecture
• Climate Change Adaptation
• Local Government
• Land Management
• Municipal Finance
• Economics
• Data Analytics
• Business Analytics
• Data Science
• Cross-Functional Team Management
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Resource Mobilization
• Government Relations
• Sustainable Urbanisation
• UN Country Team Coordination

Languages

English