Project Manager for Modernizing Public Institutions and Systems

Leads delivery of a public-institutions modernisation project in Yemen, providing strategic, technical and operational direction across governance reforms, institutional strengthening and systems development. The manager oversees teams, budgets, risks, partnerships and results in a complex, fragile operating environment.

• Set strategic direction, priorities and implementation milestones for the MPISY project
• Manage daily delivery of outputs, workplans, budgets, procurement and operational processes
• Supervise project staff, consultants and technical experts and assure delivery quality
• Monitor expenditures, results and operational, fiduciary and contextual risks
• Build partnerships with government, donors, implementing partners and development actors
• Represent the project and support policy dialogue on governance and systems reform
• Document lessons, knowledge products and technical outputs for institutional learning
• Integrate resilience, gender equality and inclusive participation across project delivery

• Master’s degree in economics, public administration, public finance, development studies or a related field, or bachelor’s degree with two additional years of qualifying experience
• Seven years of progressively responsible project-management experience with a master’s degree, or nine years with a bachelor’s degree
• At least two years overseeing complex multi-stakeholder initiatives
• Experience managing complex multi-component development projects, preferably in fragile or conflict-affected settings
• Experience in public financial management, statistical or data systems, human-resource systems, or public-sector modernisation and institutional reform
• Fluency in English

• Fixed-term international appointment
• Role supervises a Project Coordinator, Operations Officer and Procurement Specialist