Project Management Specialist

Manages UN Women's women's-economic-empowerment interventions in Sudan, delivering a joint agribusiness project with government, UN and civil-society partners. The role directs planning, budgets, monitoring, reporting, coordination and advocacy to improve women's economic opportunities and resilience.

• Finalise annual workplans and project budgets and manage implementation
• Prepare project documents and proposals with relevant thematic teams
• Lead recruitment of implementing partners and oversee technical delivery
• Monitor activities and finances using results-based-management tools
• Develop monitoring tools and oversee partner and beneficiary field monitoring
• Prepare quarterly and donor reports and assure their quality
• Lead coordination with UN agencies, INGOs, government and project partners
• Manage advocacy, knowledge products and capacity development for partners

• Master's degree or equivalent in rural extension, business management, social sciences, human rights, gender or women's studies, international development or a related field
• First-level university degree with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced degree
• At least 5 years of progressively responsible international experience in development-project design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
• Technical experience in women's economic empowerment
• Fluency in English

• Project or programme management certification such as PMP, PRINCE2 or MSP
• Experience coordinating with government agencies, CSOs, UN agencies, INGOs or donors
• Experience working in the UN system
• Experience leading or managing a team

• Project Management
• Results-Based Management
• Budget Management
• Programme Monitoring
• Donor Reporting
• Women's Economic Empowerment
• Partner Coordination
• Capacity Building
• Advocacy
• Knowledge Management
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Team Leadership

• PMP
• PRINCE2
• MSP

• Supervises two Project Analysts and a Programme Associate and Monitoring and Reporting Analyst