United Nations Office for Project Services
Experience: 3 to 5 Years
Skill Required: Project and Program Management
Apply By: 15-02-2023
General Background of Projects
The ongoing conflict in Yemen has caused significant disruptions to the supply chain and to the overall availability of services. In light of the reduced or even absent provision of public services, communities have adopted various coping strategies, including using alternate water and energy sources, relying on alternate service providers and community-based service delivery initiatives to address the shortfall.
Physical damage to infrastructure and the lack of functionality in one sector often spills over into other sectors with significant consequences on both the access to, and quality of services, that are often interrelated. For example, in some cities, the lack of functionality in the water sector is tied most directly to the lack of electricity rather than to physical damage to water infrastructure. As a result, wastewater continues to overflow into streets, which in turn has significant implications for the health and transport sectors. Similarly, the absence of electricity across many cities in Yemen is not solely tied to infrastructure damage of energy facilities but rather to the lack of fuel, amongst others due to severe transport limitations and access constraints. These cross-sectoral linkages demonstrate the need for an integrated, multi-sectoral approach that provides synergies and responds to the multi-faceted needs on the ground.
Project Information
The Yemen Integrated Urban Services Emergency Project (YIUSEP) is a World Bank-funded project that seeks to restore access to critical urban services and strengthen resilience to shocks in selected cities within the Republic of Yemen.
The project is structured around the following three components:
The Yemen Emergency Human Capital Project is a World Bank-funded project that will contribute to efforts by the international community to maintain and enhance health and nutrition services in line with Yemen’s Minimum Service Package (MSP) and respond to health and nutrition crises, and contribute to the provision of safe water and improving the water and sanitation system capacity. The project will target the whole country, with some interventions focused on specific governorates or districts as per the priorities and needs, The project is structured around the following three components:
Functional Responsibilities
The Project Management Support Officer will work under direct supervision of the Programme Manager ensuring smooth coordination between the Technical Assistance Team and the Project Team. He/she will be responsible for keeping track of activities, procurement requests, Reporting as well as managing the day-to-day ad hoc concerns that may arise. He/she is expected to support in ensuring internal UNOPS assurance procedures and compliances
Summary of functions:
Project Implementation
Financial and procurement management
Project monitoring and reporting (Delivery and Performance)
Stakeholder management, coordination and liaison
Knowledge management and innovation
Education/Experience/Language requirements
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Work experience:
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Source: https://jobs.unops.org/pages/viewvacancy/VADetails.aspx?id=25375#2