Jobs at UNOPS
Publication date:
12 March 2025Workload:
100%Contract type:
Permanent position- Place of work:Kirchberg SG
Job summary
UNOPS enhances project efficiency and sustainability for partners. Join a dynamic team focused on impactful support services.
Tasks
- Oversee capacity building programs for C4ISR operations.
- Implement project management and procurement strategies effectively.
- Support logistical services for various UN missions in Somalia.
Skills
- Experience in project management, preferably in a UN context.
- Strong communication and leadership abilities required.
- Proficient in managing diverse stakeholder relationships.
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UNOPS supports partners to build a better future by providing services that increase the efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of peace building, humanitarian and development projects. Mandated as a central resource of the United Nations, UNOPS provides sustainable project management, procurement and infrastructure services to a wide range of governments, donors and United Nations organizations.
The New York Service Cluster (NYSC) supports the United Nations Secretariat, as well as other New York-based United Nations organizations, bilateral and multilateral partners in the delivery of UNOPS mandate in project management, infrastructure management, and procurement management
The Sustainable Development Cluster (SDC) supports diverse partners with their peacebuilding, humanitarian and development operations. It was formed by combining the following portfolios: Grants Management Services (GMS), UN Technology Support Services (UNTSS), Development and Special Initiatives Portfolio (DSIP) It provides Services to partners' programmes that are designed, structured, and managed with a global perspective and primarily serving partners that are headquartered in New York. The SDC has a footprint of approximately 125 countries.
The United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) is mandated to provide a broad variety of administrative and logistical support services to its clients, the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), the United Nations Transitional Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNTMIS), the Somali National Army (SNA), and a few others. Moreover, Resolution 2767 (2024) adopted by the Security Council on 27 December 2024 established the continued UNSOS provisioning of logistical and financial support and for making oversight and accountability a cornerstone of the partnership between the United Nations, the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia and the Federal Government of Somalia.
In order to ensure continued delivery of critical support services, UNSOS seeks to engage a Programme Manager who will be responsible to implement and deliver the capacity building program on Command Control Communications Computers Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (C4ISR). This is a position in UNOPS for supporting projects carried out for or in the United Nations Secretariat.
The incumbent of this position will be a staff member of UNOPS under its full responsibility.