Programme Management Officer

The officer drives innovation and digital transformation across UN peacekeeping by designing solution programmes, managing partnerships and evidence, supporting field teams, and translating operational challenges into prototypes, guidance and scalable resources.

Department: Digital Transformation Team

• Identify field innovation opportunities and develop strategies suited to peacekeeping operations
• Build partnerships with field personnel, academia, government and private-sector actors
• Design and deliver hackathons, accelerators, incubators and bootcamps that produce prototype solutions
• Monitor innovation programmes, analyse progress and propose corrective action
• Facilitate workshops and consulting assignments that develop viable innovation projects
• Research and analyse evidence and produce papers, studies, presentations and publications
• Develop toolkits, playbooks, templates and case studies for field and headquarters personnel
• Coordinate programme budgets, funding submissions, progress reports and financial documentation

• Advanced university degree in business administration, international relations, change management, social sciences or a related field, or a first university degree with additional qualifying experience
• At least five years of progressively responsible programme, project, administration or strategic innovation experience
• At least three years of digital transformation or innovation experience
• At least 12 months managing hackathons, accelerators or incubators for peacekeeping operations
• Experience building multi-stakeholder partnerships to co-develop digital solutions
• Experience integrating innovation into policies and programmes and facilitating innovation learning
• Experience working on peacekeeping mandates
• English at UN Level III in reading, writing, listening and speaking

• Temporary appointment is expected from 1 November 2026 to 28 February 2027 with possible extension
• Eligibility may be limited to candidates based at the duty station or qualifying internal candidates
• Selection may include an assessment exercise followed by a competency-based interview