UNON Programme Management Officer Jobs 2024 – Kenya NGO Jobs

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UNON Programme Management Officer Jobs 2024 – Kenya NGO Jobs.

UNON Kenya looking for “Programme Management Officer”.

Applicants with a University Degree may apply on or before 19th June, 2024.

The United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) is one of four major United Nations office sites[a] where numerous different UN agencies have a joint presence. Established in 1996, it is the UN’s official headquarters in Africa. The United Nations Office at Nairobi also hosts the global headquarters for two programmes: the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).

The UNON has published a job vacancy announcement on 07th May, 2024 for qualified Kenya’s to fill in the vacant post of Programme Management Officer to be based in Nairobi, Kenya.

UNON Job Vacancy 2024

Responsibilities:

Participates in the development, implementation and evaluation of assigned programmes/projects; monitors and analyzes programme/project development and implementation; reviews relevant documents and reports; identifies problems and issues to be addressed and proposes corrective actions; liaises with relevant parties; identifies and tracks follow-up actions.
Participate in providing guidance for the development and roll-out of locally tailored crosscutting ICT strategic initiatives in close coordination with clients.
Collaborate with internal teams and stakeholders to define KPIs that align with business objectives and client requirements. Develop and implement SLA’s and KPIs to measure the performance of ICTS services, working closely with clients to understand their needs and expectations and incorporate their feedback during regular reviews of KPI’s and SLAs as part of Continuous Service improvement.
Monitor and analyze KPI data to identify trends, areas for improvement, and opportunities for optimization. Generate reports and presentations to communicate KPI results and insights to stakeholders. Stay up-to-date with industry best practices and emerging trends in KPI and SLA management.
Researches, analyzes and presents information gathered from diverse sources.
Performs consulting assignments, in collaboration with the client, by planning facilitating workshops, through other interactive sessions and assisting in developing the action plan the client will use to manage the change.
Assists in guidance development, including the review and analysis of issues and trends, preparation of evaluations or other research activities and studies.
Undertakes survey initiatives; designs data collection tools; reviews, analyzes and interprets responses, identifies problems/issues and prepares conclusions.
Prepares various written outputs, including client engagement business analytics reports. e.g. draft background papers, analysis, sections of reports and studies, inputs to publications.
Provides substantive support to consultative and other meetings, conferences to include proposing agenda topics, identifying participants, preparation of documents and presentations.
Undertakes ICT client and new business activities; conducts training workshops, seminars, makes presentations on assigned topics/activities.
Coordinates activities related to budget and funding (programme/project preparation and submissions, progress reports, financial statements) and prepares related documents/reports (pledging, work programme, programme budget). Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.
Performs other related duties as required.

Position in Organization:

Position Title: Programme Management Officer
Job Opening ID: 232624
Job Network: Economic, Social and Development
Job Family: Programme Management
Category and Level: Professional and Higher Categories, P-3
Duty Station: NAIROBI
Department/Office: United Nations Office at Nairobi
Date Posted: May 6, 2024
Deadline: Jun 19, 2024

Minimum Requirement:

Education:

Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in business administration, management, economics or a related field is required.
A first level university degree with two additional years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is desirable.

Experience:

A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in project or programme management, administration or related area is required.
Experience with United Nations system or similar international organizations is required.
Experience in PRINCE2 or project management methodologies is required.
Work experience in business relationship management, preferably leading ICT programmes/projects and providing solutions to clients is required.
Experience in implementing cross-cutting projects at the national or regional levels is desirable.

Languages:

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in oral and written English is required. Knowledge of another United Nations language is desirable. NOTE: “fluency equals a rating of “fluent” in all four areas (read, write, speak, understand) and “Knowledge of” equals a rating of “confident” in two of the four areas.