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Programme Management Officer

Position:Professional | NO-DDeadline:22 Sep 2026 (7 days left)Job ID:281879Posted on:7 Sep 2026 (8 days ago)
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Job Description

Leads programmes for UNECA’s Subregional Office for Central Africa in Yaounde. The officer develops and evaluates projects, analyses evidence, coordinates stakeholder consultations and outreach, prepares budget reports, facilitates workshops and missions, and uses surveys, data visualizations and analytical briefs to inform development priorities, monitoring and organizational learning.

Key Details

Department

Subregional Office for Central Africa

Position Details

Experience level

Mid / Senior

Minimum experience

7 years

Arrangement

Onsite

Minimum education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Language Requirements

Required

English, French

Preferred

Another official language

Summary of Responsibilities

  • Develop, implement and evaluate assigned programmes and projects
  • Monitor programme implementation, identify issues and initiate corrective actions
  • Research, analyse and present information from diverse sources and knowledge repositories
  • Coordinate policy development, evaluations, research activities and studies
  • Design data-collection tools and analyse survey responses
  • Prepare implementation reports and foster dialogue with substantive divisions
  • Coordinate outreach, training workshops, seminars and programme presentations
  • Lead or participate in field missions and document lessons learned
  • Prepare programme budgets, funding documents, progress reports and financial statements
  • Analyse data and develop visualizations, analytical briefs and knowledge outputs

Role Requirements

  • Advanced university degree in business administration, management, knowledge management or a related field
  • At least seven years of progressively responsible programme management, administration or knowledge-management experience
  • Either English or French is required
  • Cameroon national recruitment

Desired Criteria

  • Completion of degree or non-degree programmes in data analytics, business analytics or data science
  • Experience developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating programmes or projects
  • Experience coordinating stakeholders, facilitating consultations and training activities

Skills

Source & verification

IGO Jobs sourced this vacancy from UNECA Careers, on 7 Sep 2026.