Programme Management Specialist

• Ensure quality assurance and effective programme management to the implementation of the Peace Support Facility, in line with UNDP policies and procedures;
• Provide technical advice on the development of systems, processes and mechanisms to support programme planning and implementation;
• Manage partnerships arrangements and contracting with participating implementing partners for programme implementation;
• Liaise with external counterparts and implementing partners as well as UNDP field-based colleagues to ensure effective and efficient project management, implementation and monitoring;
• Ensure that the Peace Support Facility complies to project management requirements and standards, including project initiation and Atlas setup;
• Ensure effective budget management and expenditure control as well as resource planning;
• Oversees programme support personnel to ensure timely and effective provision of operational and logistical support to the Facility team.

• In collaboration with the RCO Risk Management Unit, contribute to developing and implementing the policies and strategies related to comprehensive risk and compliance management;
• Develop and implement a comprehensive risk management framework for the Facility applying UNDP´s Enterprise Risk Management (ERM approach), tailored to the specificities of the programmes in Yemen;
• Supports management decision making processes, through offering advice on risk management and contingency planning;
• Ensure the integration of cross-cutting issues (e.g. gender equality, youth empowerment) into the design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of all programme activities;
• Ensure the consistent and effective application of a human-rights based approach to programme implementation.

• Ensure effective application of RBM tools and oversee the monitoring results, in collaboration with the M&E and Reporting Specialist;
• Provide strategic oversight of planning, budgeting, implementing and monitoring of the programme, tracking use of financial resources in accordance with UNDP rules and regulations;
• Oversee the preparation for evaluation and audit missions, and follow up on audit recommendations;
• Oversee and quality assure partner reporting and coordinate spot-checking processes;
• Ensure that reports are timely prepared and disseminated as appropriate on activities, outputs and outcomes, and provide inputs to donor reports on progress and achievements of the Peace Support Facility;
• Oversee the preparation of results-based reports to partners and donors, as well as ensure that corporate reporting requirements are met;
• Monitor and analyze financial situation on the portfolios and programmes to ensure adherence to delivery rates and utilization of resources to meet agreed upon targets and results;
• Provide regular financial monitoring, identify operational and financial bottlenecks to delivery and recommend solutions.

• In collaboration with the Strategic Planning Specialist, engage and coordinate with other relevant projects implemented by UNDP, as well as UN organizations, NGOs and other agencies, to ensure complementarity, minimize overlaps and/or duplication, and identify synergies and areas of complementarity or cooperation.
• Contribute to the design and formulation of the Facility programme, translating priorities and objectives into local interventions;
• Coordinate programme implementation with the executing agencies;
• Coordinate the implementation of the Facility partnerships and resources mobilization strategies to achieve programme outcomes;
• Identify and propose programmatic areas of cooperation, based on strategic objectives of UNDP Yemen, peace process outcomes, country needs and donors’ priorities.

• Lead activities to build capacity and create awareness around programme and risk management within the Peace Support Facility Team;
• Identifies and synthetizes lessons learnt and best practices emerging from the work of the Facility;
• Actively promotes a knowledge sharing and learning culture within the Facility team;
• Sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice in areas pertaining to the work of the Facility;
• Develop a sound knowledge management system to track lesson learned and best practice across the Facility and facilitate access to knowledge to Facility members, UNDP Yemen team and the broader UNDP and partners’ networks.

•  human rights and gender equality is prioritized as an ethical principle within all actions;
• activities are designed and implemented in accordance with “Social and Environmental Standards of UNDP”;
• any kind of diversities based on ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, disability, religion, class, gender are respected within all implementations including data production;
• differentiated needs of women and men are considered;
• inclusive approach is reflected within all actions and implementations, in that sense an enabling and accessible setup in various senses such as disability gender language barrier is create;
• necessary arrangements to provide gender parity within all committees, meetings, trainings etc. introduced.

Education: 

• Master’s Degree or equivalent in Economics, Political Sciences, Business Administration, Public Administration, Law, Development Sciences, Social Sciences or related field.

Experience: 

• Minimum 7 years of relevant experience at the national or international level in design, implementation, operations, monitoring and evaluation of development/cooperation projects;
• Experience in designing, coordinating and monitoring implementation of conflict prevention, stabilization and/or related peace-building programmes and projects in a post-conflict settings is mandatory;
• Experience in strategic partnership building with stakeholders, government partners, and stakeholder collaboration is an asset.

Language Requirements: 

• Fluency in English (written and spoken).

Other: 

• Demonstrated ability to programme and coordinate in difficult post-conflict environments;
• Ability to establish, develop and maintain relations with and between diverse array of stakeholders;
• Demonstrated ability to mobilize resources in challenging environments;
• Facilitation skills and ability to manage diversity of views in a different cultural context;
• Remains calm, in control and good humored even under pressure.
   

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