Apply for Vacancy for Project Management at United Nations Office for Project Services in Afghanistan. The deadline for this job is 21st May 2021.

About:

With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Duties:

• Provide support to the overall aspects of project operations related to reporting, human resources, procurement, contract management, logistics, and administration, among others
• Also, in consultation with the Team Lead, provide support on all matters relating to the administration in compliance with established policies, procedures, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and the UNOPS Financial Regulations and Rules (FRR)
• Provide effective support to the TL on all issues relating to project operations and implementation
• Ensure accuracy, consistency, filing and record-keeping of all project documents in an efficient manner
• Likewise, provide efficient support in contract management, goods contract management and all matters relating to successful supervision and management of contracts and purchase orders.
• Similarly, basic transactional support to the PM in work plan development, update, and monitoring
• Monitor all critical project financial indicators and alert TL in case of deviations
• Provide input for the narrative progress reports and other reporting/outreach products as requested by the TL
• Furthermore, ensure smooth operational closure of the project, settlement of any pending contractual and financial commitments, full receipt of donor/client contributions, assets disposition, personnel separation, among others
• Similarly, coordinate process of the preparation of the project due reports, in line with the setup deadlines and ensure quality and timely submission of the report.

Education

• 6 years of relevant work experience in the field of project management with focus on monitoring, recording, reporting, and coordination.
• Also, experience and demonstrated knowledge of UN rules and procedures in Project Management, Procurement, Finance;  HR Management and administrative rules and regulations will be an advantage.
• Knowledge of G Suit Package and handling of web-based management systems is an asset.
• Likewise, knowledge of UNOPS/UN rules and regulations preferred
• Excellent knowledge of both written and oral English

Application Procedure:

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Also, the organization will not accept application after the closing date .
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Likewise, the organization strongly encourage  female candidates to apply.
• Work life harmonization – UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• Likewise, tor staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• Furthermore, the incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions; plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.

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