Programme Management Specialist (PSEA and Health for All) _ Retainer

Functional Responsibilities

This role will support the mainstreaming of the cross cutting thematic areas across all grants.

Mainstreaming of the Cross Cutting Themes

• Contextualize requirements of the Cross Cutting Themes (gender, disability inclusion, accountability, conflict-sensitivity, emergency response, PSEA) to the specific environment of the Programme, ensuring to balance requirements with context, challenges and capacity.
• Provide guidance and support to internal colleagues for mainstreaming of cross cutting themes, grant making, and development of localization work across the Programme
• In close networking with partners, local civil society organizations, disabled people’s organizations, and relevant key stakeholders, ensure that supported activities are aligned with the Programme’s strategies and priorities, with conflict sensitivity principles, with approaches to civil society engagement, and with other key principles of the Fund
• Maintain a clear understanding of cross cutting themes related grant outcomes and core indicators, in particular as they relate to the strengthening of community health systems and the improved health situation of vulnerable communities in the conflict affected areas.
• Provide management oversight to ensure that (i) community engagement and (ii) conflict sensitivity (iii) gender mainstreaming and inclusion, disability inclusion, accountability and other cross cutting principles are an integral part of the approach of all partners
• Ensure that demand side is not ignored under the health for all lens when essential health services available to vulnerable people in Myanmar and increasing the number of people with access to these services
• Ensure grants contribute to the strengthening of health systems particularly community health system and ensuring cross cutting areas’ standards such as disability inclusion, community feedback mechanism, conflict sensitivity and social cohesion and gender mainstreaming
• Support the implementing of UNOPS Myanmar PSEA Minimum Requirements for all partners

Capacity Strengthening throughout Project Management Lifecycle

• Conduct capacity strengthening activities with partners to support their development throughout the project management lifecycle. Support one-to-one capacity strengthening activities where relevant and necessary.
• Ensure mainstreaming of cross cutting themes to support partners in reaching the most vulnerable populations throughout the project management lifecycle.
• Where safe and feasible, support cross-learning between partners to strengthen their cross cutting themes mainstreaming and supportive systems.

Information and knowledge management

• Ensure adequate knowledge management and information – keeping the partners abreast of important developments and capturing and sharing lessons learned
• Identify and suggest ways to expand integrated health services to vulnerable population in conflict affected areas
• Maintain confidentiality and data security at all times
• Work in close collaboration: share information, seek their advice and give due consideration to advice received to move the portfolio forward in a way that is both managerially and technically sound

Education/Experience/Language requirements

Education

• A Master’s degree in a relevant discipline (for example: international development, social science, public administration, political science) with 5 years of relevant experience.
• A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (for example: international development, social science, public administration, political science) with 7 years of relevant experience is considered as equivalent.

Work Experience

• At least 5 years of experience managing grants or projects is required
• Within the experience, at least 3 years of working in the health or humanitarian or community development sector is required
• Full competency in the usage of computers and office software packages including g-suite is highly desirable
• Experience of working sensitively and effectively in a culturally diverse setting is preferable
• Experience of working in local governance, including but not limited to formal local government structures, local and community based NGOs, traditional governance systems, and informal networks desirable

Language

• Fluency in English is required