Programme Management Office (PRMO) Senior Advisor – Retainer, Multiple positions

Functional Responsibilities

Stakeholder Management

• Working closely with the Fund Board/governance bodies, representing UNOPS towards the relevant stakeholders (including UN Agencies) to promote excellence, good practice and policy dialogue.
• Supporting the funds/programms in future platforms to coordinate external investment
• Advising the Fund Board/Programme board/Fund Manager on architecture and processes to strengthen UNOPS’s policy engagement at all levels
• Advising in issues such as project selection and financial operations such as budgets, cash flow and expenditure

Fund design

• Participate in donor negotiations for designing new funds when requested by country offices
• Develop concept notes/project proposals/budgets for designing financing mechanisms
• Develop fund-related documentation such as operational guidelines, governance architecture, safeguards policies and strategy
• Support offices in designing programme/ fund’s organogram and terms of reference
• Conceptualize innovative financing approaches to meet donor requirements

Fund Management/Programme Management

• Provide surge capacity to offices in senior fund or programme leadership roles at start up stage or during time of leadership change such as acting Fund Director.
• Provide diagnostic assessment of ongoing funds/programmes and provide advice on turnaround, especially with regards to strategy, governance, grants model, risk management etc.
• Provide on-going assurance/peer review on active funds/programmes to country office or regional office
• Propose strategies to attract further funding for ongoing funds
• Coordinate quality reviews of programme documents and deliverables
• Provide quality control for management outputs (documents, reports, etc.)
• Prepare reports in accordance with the funding partner and as required by the organization’s standard procedures
• Lead and design grant making strategy for a fund and advise/assure on grant management process as needed
• Identify and manage risks so that maximum benefit to clients and stakeholders is achieved
• Ensure programme performance, work planning and resource mobilization, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), and programmatic operations.
• Any other related tasks on programme management cycle as needed

Knowledge Management

• Understand and manage UNOPS pricing policy and related corporate charges as they apply to the Fund
• Contribute to CFM’s publications and knowledge management initiatives by documenting best practices
• Support UNOPS Myanmar’s efforts in becoming a center of excellence for Fund management
• Actively interact with other stakeholders to share case studies, lessons learned and best practice on UNOPS Communities

Education/Experience/Language requirements

Education

• An advanced university degree (e.g. Masters) in law, human rights, social science, international development, political / security/development studies, business administration, public administration, international relations or related areas is required. A first-level university degree (e.g. Bachelor) in combination with 2 additional years of progressively relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
• A project management certification such as PRINCE2® or MSP® or PMP® is an asset.

Work Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible programme implementation/fund management is required.
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in design or management or turnaround of single or multi-donor fund is required.
• Solid practical experience in working with the UN, donors, non-governmental organizations, public sector and/or civil society is required.
• Solid experience of managing, or having worked in a senior position with a large multi-donor fund or programme is desirable.
• Experience in strategic and development planning and implementation in governance, institutional capacity building, stakeholder and partners management experience will be considered as asset.
• Solid experience managing programmes at a strategic level with financial oversight is desirable.
• Proven track record of humanitarian programming and/or context analysis in a fragile state(s) and complex/protracted crisis is desirable.
• Working experience and knowledge in Myanmar conflict-affected areas is a strong asset. Previous experience in South and/or South-East Asia is also an asset.
• Knowledge of aid architecture is essential with previous experience working in Grants Management is desirable.

Language Requirement

• Fluency in English(both oral and written) is required.
• Working knowledge of another UN official language is an asset.