UN Volunteer in technical assistance to WHO country office project management and external relations
Provide technical support in project management and external relations.
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Overview
Provide technical support in project management and external relations.
You have:
- Master degree in Public Health or Business Administration is essential.
- 3 to 5 years of experience in project management at national or international level.
- Demonstrated ability to develop written outputs such as reports, articles, and presentations.
- Fluency in French is mandatory.
- Fluency in English is mandatory.
- Experience with the United Nations system is an advantage.
- Computer skills (MS Office) are required.
Contract
This is a UNV International Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as International UN Volunteer. It is normally internationally recruited only. More about UNV International Specialist contracts.
Eligibility criteria
Minimum age: 25 years old. Nationals of the country of assignment are not eligible, except the assignments in Headquarters duty stations.
Description of task
Under the cluster coordinator, the incumbent provides technical support in the overall donor and performance reporting and external relations functions and in alignment with the Entity’s Biennial workplan. S/he is responsible for project identification and design in coordination with technical and operations clusters. S/he monitors reporting deadlines and ensure overall timely donor and office performance monitoring reporting and participates actively in external relations related activities.
The incumbent is assigned to including:
• Drafting donor proposals and other appeals documents to be used as an advocacy and fundraising tools
• Research the interest and applications requirements of main donors and other sources of funding to the country
• Provide support in developing relevant workplans and leading the coordination of the annual performance monitoring and assessment and other corporate reports; and including the preparation of reports; ensuring up-to-date information to monitor progress and performance; management of guidance and tools to monitor programme and project performance
• Maintain effective partnerships with project stakeholders to exchange critical and technical information and ensure results reporting (i.e; ensure that project managers in other clusters provide required data and information) and forge innovative working relationships with external partners
• Support the preparation of relevant written outputs for resource mobilization e.g., briefs, draft background papers, analysis, sections of reports and studies and other inputs to technical publications and provide assistance for the preparation of technical documents for Governing Bodies meetings;
• Manages the organization of cluster’s events and coordinates preparations for other events and partners' forums.
• Performs other relevant duties as requested by supervisor
Qualifications/Requirements
Required degree level:
Master degree or equivalent
Education - Additional Comments:
Essential: Master Degree in Public health or Business administration. Desirable: specialized training in project management.
Required experience:
36 Months
Experience remark:
3 to 5 Years
Demonstrated experience in project management at the national or international level. Experience with the United Nations system is an advantage, as is experience abroad. Demonstrated ability to develop written outputs such as reports, articles, news releases, minutes, web stories and presentation supports Computer skills (MS Office) Domaine d’expertise Administration and administrative assistance Mandatory Development programme management Mandatory Monitoring and evaluation Mandatory
Language skills:
- French(Mandatory), Level - Fluent
- English(Mandatory), Level - Fluent
Area of expertise:
Administration and administrative assistance, Development programme management, Monitoring and evaluation
Area of expertise details:
Management or Administration, Public Health, or Business administration
Driving license:
No
Competencies values:
Accountability, Adaptability and Flexibility, Commitment to Continuous Learning, Communication, Integrity, Knowledge Sharing, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity, Working in Teams
Application procedure:
* Not yet registered in the UNV Talent Pool?
Please first register your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/signup. Important: After creating your account, complete all sections of your profile and submit it. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink. Lastly, select the special call to which you would like to apply.
* Already registered in the UNV Talent Pool?
Please first update your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/profile. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink to select the special call to which you would like to apply.
Application deadline: 11-04-2021
Potential interview questions
| Can you provide an example of a project you managed and the outcome? | This assesses your project management experience and outcomes achieved. | Discuss the project's goals, your role, and the results. |
| Describe a difficult stakeholder relationship you had and how you managed it. | This evaluates your stakeholder engagement skills and conflict resolution abilities. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you prioritize tasks when working under tight deadlines? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What strategies do you use for effective communication in project teams? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Can you discuss a time when you had to develop a report or presentation under a tight deadline? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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