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DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
3 May 202523:59GMT01:00 Central European Time (Rome)WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race colour national origin ethnic or social background genetic information gender gender identity and/or expression sexual orientation religion or belief HIV status or disability.
ABOUT WFP
The World Food Programme is the worlds largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict disasters and the impact of climate change.
At WFP people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse committed skilled and high performing teams selected on merit operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment living WFPs values (Integrity Collaboration Commitment Humanity and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.
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WHY JOIN WFP
WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
WFP offers a highly inclusive diverse and multicultural working environment.
WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training accreditation coaching mentorship and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country regional and global offices around the world and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).
JOB TITLE: IT Project/Programme Manager
TYPE OF CONTRACT: Regular Consultant
UNIT/DIVISION: TECF
DUTY STATION (City Country): HQ Rome
DURATION: Until 31 December 2025
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
The Executive Director has identified Leadership in Emergency Response as one of the WFPs five priorities. Under this priority the TEC Emergency Preparedness and Response branch is continuing to realign the various services the Technology Division (TEC) provides to WFP and the wider humanitarian community under mandated (ETCluster) or bilateral services (FITTEST). Under the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster the identification and the forthcoming 2020 Strategy will continue to pave the way for WFP to sustain its leadership in emergency response on the technology domain. Under FITTEST it aims to continue to provide the required augmented capacity services from security telecommunications and core infrastructure services to digital assistance services. Furthermore TEC is embarking on establishing the leadership in the use of UAS (drone) technology in the humanitarian community to support various programmes from preparedness to response to resilience. All three areas work on ensuring local capacity building and/or joint collaboration efforts in the countries of operations while working with private sector government NGO and UN agency partners ensuring SDG17 goals are met in the process. The Project Portfolio Manager will report to the Chief of Emergency Preparedness & Response branch (TECF) and will work closely with the other TEC Branches (including office of the CIO) to support both strategic and operational implementation of the priority initiatives with the aim to maintain and continue to build our leadership in emergency response. The incumbent will apply his/her portfolio knowledge budget expertise project experience and relationship management skills and establish the portfolio management process and with the support of the various TECF Heads of Units coordinate the project portfolio which serves as the information base about all projects services organizational financial and performance data in conformance with TEC standards.
ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
Within TECF oversee the implementation of project standards set by TEC and provide project control and process support to TECF stakeholders;
Provide the supporting framework for establishing direction and the appropriate investment mix based on efficiencies degree of risk and effectiveness for TECF areas;
Support Resource Management in the coordination of funds management in conjunction with TECR to control the availability and sourcing of project funds;
Support Change Management in understanding the current and future demand for
human resources to support the ITenabled investments and identify shortfalls and contention;
Enable definition and evaluation of business cases and communicate investment
decisions based on the overall portfolio view and the individual project suitability
scores;
Monitor review and report on project portfolio performance providing a comprehensive and accurate view of the performance of the project portfolio in a
timely fashion to enable review by TEC management and key stakeholders of
TECFs progress toward identified goals and requesting for reprioritization as
needed;
Tracking TECFs projectbased Work Plan deliverables completion and outcomes;
Perform any other duties as required.
DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:
Oversee operationalization of the project management tool within TECF management coverage in conjunction with TECR;
Programme plans updated and refined for the portfolio implemented;
Develop any implement the issue resolution strategy for handling risks and issues;
Portfolio performance tracked and reported.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Education:
Advanced University Degree in IT or related field
Experience:
At least 8 years of experience in Programme and Project Management in IT related environments;
Ability to work with precision under pressure on multiple activity streams;
Ability to work autonomously with minimal supervision as well as to cooperate within a team with predefined reporting lines;
Proven ability to plan manage and report on budget and resource consumption for large programme and projects with multiple streams or multiple projects;
Previous experience in international contexts with coordination of multiple workgroups will be considered a plus.
Knowledge & Skills:
General knowledge of and experience in international organizations would be an asset. ITIL and COBIT certifications would be desirable. Baseline IT Security knowledge would be a distinct advantage.
Detailoriented Excellent communication Ethics & Values Team Work Client Orientation Cognitive Capacity Interpersonal Relations Stress Resistance Behavioral Flexibility Leadership Capabilities.
Languages:
Fluency (level C) in English language. Intermediate knowledge (level B)
of a second official UN language: Arabic Chinese French Russian
Spanish and/or WFPs working language Portuguese is desirable.
WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK
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Click here to access WFP Leadership Framework
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
WFP is committed to supporting individuals with disabilities by providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation please contact:
NO FEE DISCLAIMER
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REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate complete and includes your employment records academic qualifications language skills and UN Grade (if applicable).
Once your profile is completed please apply and submit your application.
Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language
Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter
Additional documents such as passport recommendation letters academic certificates etc. may potentially be requested at a future time
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Only shortlisted candidates will be notified
All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs job requirements merit and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse all forms of discrimination any kind of harassment sexual harassment and abuse of authority. Therefore all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) FAO Finance Committee WFP External Auditor WFP Audit Committee Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.
Required Experience:
Contract
Employment Type
Full-Time
