Senior Project Manager

Education Requirements

Required

• Master’s degree (or equivalent qualifications and experience) in Civil Engineering, Architecture, Project Management, or other relevant discipline is required
  

• A combination of Bachelor’s degree with an additional 2 years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of the education requirements outlined above
  

Experience Requirements

Required

• A minimum of 7 years' experience in Implementing and managing infrastructure projects, preferably bridges is required
  

• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
  

Project Delivery and Performance

• Plan the overall project activities (project implementation plan), maintain a detailed project work plan, monitor project performance, and exercise adaptive management as appropriate to ensure delivery of the project outcomes
  

• Embed sustainability dimensions including social and gender inclusion, environmental and economic aspects into project life span
  

• Manage the production of the required outputs, taking responsibility for overall progress and use of resources and initiating corrective action where necessary
  

• Ensure that quality of work packages and deliverables complies with the quality requirements defined in the Implementation Plan
  

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
  

• Ensure maintenance of the project files and lessons learned are recorded
  

Monitoring and Reporting

• Prepare and issue regular project and/or financial reports in accordance with Partner and UNOPS requirements for reporting
  

• Regularly review project status, evaluating performance criteria (scope, cost, schedule and quality)
  

• 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
  

• Contribute to the oversight of lessons learned procedures, ensuring that lessons learnt are shared in a timely and appropriate manner. Participate in the relevant Communities of Practice