Head, Strategic Project Management Office, P4, HQ Amman, Jordan At UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

Org. Setting and Reporting The Head, Strategic Project Management Office reports to the Deputy Director of Planning and receives overall guidance from Director of Planning. Responsibilities Is responsible for the consistent implementation of Project and Portfolio methodology in managing the Agency’s Strategic Project Portfolio, which includes all Agency reform initiatives that are to be projectised, and ensures its alignment with the Agency’s Strategic vision and objectives: Ensures the Agency’s Project Governance Architecture is enhanced, maintained, and operates in accordance with relevant Organisational Directives; Manages the optimisation of project performance across all Agency projects to ensure the timely delivery of projects including the oversight of the project management lifecycle and managing the resource pool of project managers in coordination with their direct supervisors; Oversees the Agency’s Strategic Project Portfolio through the process of balancing the portfolio to meet organisational outcomes, ensuring project approval gates are observed and enforced, conducting project quality assurance assessments, advising on project and portfolio accountability practices, and managing post project reviews; Provides assessments and reports on project performance including forecast scenario development, portfolio reporting, new reform initiative and project progress reporting, project tolerance assessments, identification of constraints and risks and enforcing project escalation points; Is responsible for the continued efforts of Department of Planning (DoP) to institutionalise Project Management and improve its services Agency-wide through training development and implementation, periodic standards’ reviews, development and deployment of appropriate project management tools, development and management of a project management community of practice, research on project management best practice and actively applying lessons learnt; Interacts with stakeholders outside and inside the Agency across organizational levels including the management of HQ Departments and Fields Offices as well as the Executive Office; represents DoP in relevant meetings and committees and coordinates closely with External Relations and Communications Department and Finance Department to ensure the effective and efficient attainment of set objectives; Competencies UN Core Values of Professionalism, Integrity and Respect for Diversity and Core Competencies of Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results apply by default. Default managerial competencies may apply. – Deciding and Initiating Action – Applying Technical Expertise – Analyzing – Creating and Innovating – Planning and Organizing For guidance on how to prepare for competency-based interviews: https://careers.un. org/lbw/home.aspx?viewtype=AYI Education – An advanced university degree from an accredited educational institution in management, business administration, or project management. – PRINCE2 Practitioner. Work Experience A minimum of eight years project management experience in large international settings/organisations. Demonstrated experience in programme, portfolio, project management methodologies and practices including development of project management training materials and delivery of project management training. A minimum of 2 continuous years of relevant international experience outside UNRWA, and outside the country(s) of which the candidate is a national or holds citizenship, a passport or a national identity number. Languages Excellent command of spoken and written English Assessment Evaluation of qualified candidates may include an assessment exercise which may be followed by competency-based interview. Special Notice – This JO is re-opened to expand the pool. Candidates who originally applied need not reapply. – Type of Contract and duration: 2 years, with the possibility of further extension. – The incumbent is required to travel regularly inside and outside the Agency’s area of operations. Equivalency: -A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree. – A roster may be created from the selection exercise, and successful candidates may become eligible for appointment to the same post or a similar post. – Applicants have to complete the Personal History Profile (PHP) in inspira in order to be considered. The PHP should be completed with full relevant work experience as per the requirements in the Job Opening, in order to be considered. – UNRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions from UN member states, regional bodies, business foundations and individual contributions. The mission of UNRWA is to help Palestine refugees achieve their full potential in human development under the difficult circumstances in which they live. – For more details on UNRWA, please visit: https://www.unrwa.org/ United Nations Considerations Staff members are subject to the authority of the Commissioner-General of UNRWA and to assignment by him or her. UNRWA is committed to achieving gender parity at all levels of staffing under the current UN-wide gender agenda and strongly encourages applications from qualified applicants from under-represented groups. 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