Country Programme Support Officer
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- Expire le: 07-03-2019
UNOPS
Kampala, Uganda
Country Programme Support Officer
Hosted Entities: Cities Alliance
Job categories: Project Management, Urban Planning/Design, Programme Management
Vacancy code: VA/2019/B5117/17424
Department/office: ECR, GVA, WASH
Duty station: Kampala, Uganda
Contract type: Local ICA Specialist
Contract level: LICA Specialist-9
Duration: Open-ended
Dealine date: 07-Mar-2019
Applications to vacancies must be received before midnight Copenhagen time (CET) on the closing date of the announcement.
Background Information - Job-specific
Background information- Cities Alliance
Cities Alliance, which is hosted by UNOPS, is the global partnership promoting the role of cities in poverty reduction and sustainable development. Headquartered in Brussels and supported by a Secretariat, it is a unique partnership with a diverse membership which has come together to strengthen both impacts and coherence in urban development. Cities Alliance is a global leader, with a strong track record in grant-making to support strategic citywide planning, slum upgrading strategies and national policies designed to make cities more inclusive and sustainable. Through UNOPS, the Cities Alliance operates a Multi-Donor Fund supported by an efficient, flexible grant-making mechanism with global reach.
Background information - Job-specific
At the programmatic level, Cities Alliance is now implementing its 2018-2021 Strategic Plan, with a recalibrated business model combining global programmes for normative work and country/city programmes for operations across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the MENA region.
Country Programmes are longer-term programmes tailored to the country’s context and government’s needs, delivered by financing a series of key urban sustainability initiatives in a coherent, sustained manner to achieve impact at scale. Country Programmes are implemented in partnership with national and sub-national government and operationalised through Cities Alliance members and partner organisations active in the country. The Secretariat is generally responsible for ensuring the convening of members and partners that characterises Cities Alliance in-country activities, as well as technical coordination, financial support and fiduciary control and, when appropriate, technical execution.
The Cities Alliance has over the last decade designed and supported a number of urban operations within Uganda in collaboration with several institutions, development agencies and civil society organisation in the country. These operations and engagements have been firstly developed through the Land, Services and Citizenship (LSC) and Future Cities Africa (FCA) initiatives. They have more recently been maintained by the Equitable Economic Growth Joint Work Programme (EEG). Currently, two more initiatives are being launched, these are the Kampala Jinja Expressway safeguards and the Joint Work Programme on Cities and Migration.
Cities Alliance is seeking a highly motivated and dynamic Programme Support Officer to strengthen the Cities Alliance presence in the country and the quality of programming undertaken both by the Cities Alliance directly and by partner organisations.
The Programme Support Officer will be a key member of a small in-country office under the guidance and supervision of the Country Programmes Coordinator/Africa Regional Manager. The Programme Support Officer will work closely with the different Cities Alliance Project and Programme Managers in charge of activities in Uganda providing support as required. This support will extend to research, analytics and donor reporting, M&E at project and portfolio level and organisation/facilitation of events, workshops and other communications activities.
Functional Responsibilities
Support the design and development of Uganda country programme, through anal...
Education/Experience/Language requirements
Education An advanced university degree (Masters' or equivalent) in Urban Plann...
Competencies
Treats all individuals with respect; responds sensitively to differences and enc...
Contract type, level and duration
This is a local position and therefore it is open to only Nationals of Uga...
Additional Considerations
Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time Applications ...
Background Information - UNOPS
UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful imp...