Programme Management Officer, Yaounde, Cameroon
Organization:
UNECA - Economic Commission for Africa
Country:
Cameroon
Yaoundé
Office:
UNECA Yaoundé, Cameroon
Organizational Setting and Reporting
Formation / Diplômes
ECA's mission is to deliver ideas and actions for an empowered and transformed Africa; informed by the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063. The mission will be guided by ECA's five new strategic directions which are: Advancing ECA's position as a premier knowledge institution that builds on its unique position and privilege to bring global solutions to the continent's problems and take local solution to the continent; Developing macroeconomic and structural policy options to accelerate economic diversification and job creation; Designing and implementing innovative financing models for infrastructure, and for human, physical and social assets for a transforming Africa; Contributing solutions to regional and transboundary challenges, with a focus on peace security and social inclusion as an important development nexus; Advocating, Africa's position at the global level and developing regional responses as a contribution to global governance issues. The Subregional Office for Central Africa (SRO-CA) is located in Yaoundé (Cameroon). It is headed by a Director who reports to the Deputy Executive Secretary (Programme). Its main objective is to contribute to achieving economic diversification and structural transformation for inclusive and sustainable development in an integrated Central Africa subregion with focus on economic diversification policy and reforms. This position is located in the subregional Office for Central Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA/SRO-CA), Yaounde, Cameroon. The Programme Management Officer reports to the Director of the Office. The focus of his/her jobs is to lead the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes, knowledge management, operations and other activities in an assigned functional area.
Responsibilities
Responsabilités
Within delegated authority, the Programme Officer will be responsible for the following duties:
Develops, implements and evaluates assigned programmes/projects, etc.; monitors and analyzes programme/project development and implementation; reviews relevant documents and reports; identifies problems and issues to be addressed, develops related learning mechanisms including capture of lessons learned, good practices and institutional knowledge for systematic reuse and dissemination, and initiates corrective actions; liaises with relevant parties; ensures follow-up actions.
Performs consulting assignments, in collaboration with the client, by planning facilitating workshops, through other interactive sessions and assisting in developing the action plan the client will use to manage the change.
Researches, analyzes and presents information gathered from diverse sources organizes and classifies content using existing knowledge systems and repositories.
Coordinates policy development, including the review and analysis of issues and trends, preparation of evaluations or other research activities and studies,
Generates survey initiatives; designs data collection tools; reviews, analyzes and interprets responses, identify problems/issues and prepares conclusions.
Organizes and prepares programme/projects implementation reports, fosters dialogues with substantive Divisions and contributes to the knowledge management work of the Office.
Présentation du poste
Initiates and coordinates outreach activities; conducts training workshops, seminars, etc.; makes presentations on assigned programme management and related knowledge management topics/activities.
Leads and/or participates in large, complex field missions, including provision of guidance to external consultants, government officials and other parties and drafting mission summaries, etc., documenting lessons learned, and integrating mission outputs into knowledge repositories.
Coordinates activities related to budget funding (programme/project preparation and submissions, progress reports, financial statements, etc.) and prepares related documents/reports (pledging, work programme, programme budget, etc.).
Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting and develops analytical briefs and knowledge outputs based on findings.
Performs other duties as required.
Competencies
Professionalism: Knowledge and understanding of theories, concepts and approaches relevant to particular sector, functional area or other specialized field. Ability to identify issues, analyze and participate in the resolution of issues/problems. Ability to conduct data collection using various methods. Conceptual analytical and evaluative skills to conduct independent research and analysis, including familiarity with and experience in the use of various research sources, including electronic sources on the internet, intranet and other databases. Ability
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