Deadline: 31 October, 2022
Location: Antananarivo, Madagascar
The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is seeking to fill the role of Programme Management Senior Assistant.
UNOPS is a UN agency dedicated to implementing infrastructure and procurement projects for the UN system, international financial institutions, governments and other partners around the world.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to day-to-day support to programme/project implementation and ensure conformity to expected results, outputs, objectives and work plans
- Assist the national coordinator in prescreening project concepts and project proposals, and evaluate the financial part of the project proposals
- Assist the national coordinator in the development and revision of grant application forms and other management tools, requirements of the programme and other SGP documents
- Advise potential grantees on project preparation processes and guidelines, and report to the national coordinator and NSC on project development activities, as required
- Provide day-to-day support and guidance to new and ongoing projects and their grantees, as required
- Assist the national coordinator in project implementation, monitoring and evaluation, including participation in field visits
- Provide support on organisation and preparation of minutes of NSC meetings and other SGP events
- Maintain contacts and professional working relationships with NGOs, governmental institutions, donors, and other SGP stakeholders
- Assist national coordinator in reporting regularly to the central programme management team (CPMT)
- Draft memos and other operational documents on behalf of national coordinator, and respond to queries on SGP programme matters
- Regularly update and maintain the SGP project database as well as the stakeholders’ database
Requirements
- High school diploma
- University degree, preferably in Business Administration or Environmental Science (desirable)
- Five years, minimum, of relevant experience in office management, including financial reporting
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, database and Internet use
- Experience with a UN agency is an asset
- Excellent verbal and written communication in English
- Fluency in the official national language
- Knowledge of other UN languages is considered an asset
- Open to national or naturalised citizen of the country
To apply and for more information, click here.
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