Project Management Officer

• Country: Brazzaville, Congo
• No of vacancies: N/A
  
• Salary: USD 64,121
• Organization: WHO 
• Gender: Both
• Deadline: 2024-01-25

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

The Management Office at the Cluster level has been established in the organizational structure to provide support for Managers and staff to fully assume their responsibilities and to ensure compliance with organizational policies, procedures, rules and regulations on all administrative and financial matters and transactions.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

The GMC/ Project Management Office (PMO) responsibilities include mainly the following: Develop Project management capacity amongst the GMC unit staff members. Put in place a mechanism that will allow the units to successfully manage projects using the WHO Project Management Framework (initiate, implement and close the project).Production of the GMC project monthly updateProvide PM training/Webinar and consulting sessionLead and take the minutes of the GMC project Steering Committee and follow up on the action points.- Publish/update the GMC KPI dashboard through collaboration with the ITM team. Support the GMC Units to maintain/migrate their respective intranet pages in the new platform. WHO Intranet is migrated from WHO-specific solution to Sharepoint.Design and support Applications/tools which allow the GMC units to effectively collect data from the Country office and to perform their work. These tools are developed on the Caspio framework. Support the GMC in taking weekly meeting minutes with OSS and CPS and the GMC-Unit heads semi-monthly meetings.Manage GMC director specific projects(GMC Newsletter, OO meeting)Lead the PMO team (3 people), coordinate the PMO team members’ activities, and ensure the PMO services ‘continuity. Lead, guide and, train the PMO team members in all areas of activitiesTo coordinate and update the PMO workplan at least every monthAssess team member performanceInteract with the GMC team leads and identify the processes where the PMO could provide added value (Consulting, new app design).Ensure that the WHO PM framework is applied in all projects the PMO team manages.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: First university degree in Information System (Application design).
Desirable: Project management certification.

Experience

Essential: At least 5 years’experience in project management and 3 years’ experience as a SystemAnalyst.
Desirable: At least 3 years’experience in administration or 2 years’ experience in Text/Edition of review/newsletter. Progressive managerial responsibility at the international level will be an asset.

Skills

Proven skills in the areas of Project Management, planning and organizing. Ability to adapt and manage deliverables and resources in a climate of change and to think and act quickly, sometimes under pressure, yet remain effective. Ability to promote best practices, advise on improvements, independently perform research, and apply information from abroad range of sources. Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to influence, negotiate, advocate, motivate, resolve conflict, and adapt relevant leadership styles to a variety of situations. Excellent communication (both oral andwritten).

WHO Competencies

Teamwork
Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
Communication
Producing results

Use of Language Skills

Essential: Intermediate knowledge of English. Expert knowledge of French.
Desirable:
The above language requirements are interchangeable.

REMUNERATION

WHO salaries for staff in the Professional category are calculated in US dollars. The remuneration for the above position comprises an annual base salary starting at USD 64,121 (subject to mandatory deductions for pension contributions and health insurance, as applicable), a variable post adjustment, which reflects the cost of living in a particular duty station, and currently amounts to USD 2768 per month for the duty station indicated above. Other benefits include 30 days of annual leave, allowances for dependent family members, home leave, and an education grant for dependent children.

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