The project team is made up of approximately 10 people: Officer project manager for institutional component, officer project manager for academic component, officers project managers for infrastructure component, infrastructure supervisor, project assistants, infrastructure associate, administrative assistants. Besides, a roster of specialists such as: architects, HSSE specialist, GD&I specialist, structural engineer, geotechnical engineer, electromechanical engineers, etc.
The interested parties are: INADEH, the Ministry of Labor and the Development Bank of Latin America.
Functional Responsibilities:
Project Delivery and Performance:
Develop, complete and update implementation plans
Implement the approved plan (including the establishment of milestones) within tolerances set by the Project Board.
Embed sustainability dimensions including social and gender inclusion, environmental and economic aspects into project life span.
Procedures :
Comply with all organizational policy and specifically the Project Management Manual
Prepare/adapt all relevant plans for approval by the Project Board.
Manage the reporting obligations defined in the Legal Agreement(s) and in the Implementation Plan
Monitoring and reporting:
Prepare and issue regular project and/or financial reports in accordance with Partner and UNOPS requirements for reporting.
Maintain diaries and progress reports as required by the organization’s standard procedures
Stakeholder engagement:
Develop stakeholder profiles and facilitate the formulation of stakeholder engagement strategies
Establish solid working relationships with the Project Board (Executive, Senior Users and Senior Suppliers), client and key stakeholders
Enable the formulation of project communications plans. Coordinate internal project communications. Monitor the effectiveness of project communications
Quality assurance:
Work with internal stakeholders to ensure projects comply with audit requirements
Work with procurement/purchasing staff to ensure effective interface with suppliers' quality systems
Coordinate quality reviews of project documents and deliverables
Knowledge management and innovation:
Encourage routine and effective capacity building activities are conducted in order to build the long-term and sustainable capacity of staff.
Actively interact with other Project Managers and the wider PM community to share case studies, lessons learned and best practices
Personnel Management
Lead and motivate the project management team
Ensure that behavioral expectations of team members are established
Ensure that performance reviews are conducted fairly, accurately and timely
To access the full list of roles and responsibilities, please download the terms of references attached to the announcement.
Education/Experience/Language requirements:
Education:
Higher University Degree (Master's degree) preferably in Project Management, Architecture or Civil Engineering, is mandatory.
Second University degree (equivalent to a Bachelor's degree) will be accepted preferably in one of the aforementioned areas as long as it accredits a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience.
Experience:
A minimum of seven (7) years of experience (or less based on academic merits) in the area of architecture or engineering in the implementation and management of infrastructure projects, (institutional/educational, logistics or similar buildings) is mandatory.
(4) years of previous experience working with UNOPS in the management of similar infrastructure projects is desirable.
Significant experience in contract management is desirable.
Experience in report writing, data analysis and writing technical documents is desirable
Knowledge of quality assurance methodologies is desirable.
Experience in leading planning and in applying Health and Safety procedures at project level is desirable.
Experience in the development of Acquisitions strategies is desirable.
Proficient in MS Project and Programming Analysis is desirable.
Experience in risk management for infrastructure implementation projects is desirable.
Experience in team management is desirable.
Experience in working with multicultural teams is desirable.
Language:
Full knowledge of English and Spanish is required.
