Senior Project Manager

Descrição da Vaga

ATENÇÃO!

Está aberta uma oportunidade de voluntariado para a posição de Gestor(a) Sénior de Projecto, com a ONU Mulheres. Detalhes abaixo:

General

• Description of assignment title: Senior Project Manager
• Assignment country: Mozambique
• Duty stations: Pemba
• Work location: On UN premises
• Expected start date: 04/05/2026
• Duration: 12 months (with possibility of extension)Long-term benefits and allowances
• Sustainable Development Goal: 5. Gender equality
• Host entity: UNWOMEN Mozambique
• Modality: Onsite
• Type: National
• Volunteer category: Expert UCoS from Apr2026
• Work schedule: Full-time
• Number of Assignments: 1

Details

Mission and objectives

UN Women is the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide. UN Women supports UN Member States as they set global standards for achieving gender equality, and works with governments and civil society to design laws, policies, programmes and services needed to ensure that the standards are effectively implemented and truly benefit women and girls worldwide.

Context

In Cabo Delgado and Nampula provinces, UN Women works to protect and empower crisis-affected women and girls in northern Mozambique by providing immediate recovery assistance, restoring livelihoods, and strengthening women’s leadership and participation in peacebuilding, conflict prevention, and recovery efforts. Under the overall guidance of the Country Representative and direct supervision of the Programme Officer for Women, Peace and Security based in Maputo, the UNV Project Manager works closely with the programme and operations team, Provincial Government, UN Agencies involved in the peacebuilding, humanitarian response and civil society to ensure the technical direction and implementation of the Women Lead Peace Project project and key outputs are achieved in a cost-effective and timely manner. The Project Manager will be responsible for the implementation and achievement of results under the UN Women’s Women Lead Peace project (WLP): Strengthening Community Resilience to Polycrisis through Gender-Responsive Peacebuilding in Northern Mozambique (2026-2027), funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), including:

Outcome 1: Timely, evidence-based analysis on community resilience opportunities produced and used to inform actionable strategies that strengthen women’s leadership and meaningful participation in peacebuilding, resilience, and recovery initiatives in crisis-affected settings.

Output 1.1: Quality gender-responsive analytical reports produced, and

Outcome 2: Community members together with local authorities, jointly plan, engage, and lead in community development, peacebuilding, social cohesion, and disaster risk reduction.

Output 2.1: Women and girls have strengthened capacity to lead community resilience mechanisms. Output: 2.2: Women affected by conflict in northern Mozambique have improved access to economic opportunities and support mechanisms, enabling sustainable livelihoods, economic resilience, and recovery;

Outputs 2.3: Local government institutions have strengthened capacities to identify, map opportunities, and develop gender-responsive district development plans.

From the perspective of advancing the Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) Nexus, UN Women is engaging with key humanitarian coordination structures such as the Protection, Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) Clusters, GBV and Child Protection AoRs, leveraging UN Women’s leadership of the Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group (GiHA WG) to promote a gender-responsive peacebuilding and humanitarian response aligned with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Gender Policy1 and inter-agency coordination efforts. The project will also closely coordinate with the state agency responsible for coordinating the humanitarian response, the National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD), development and humanitarian platforms such as the Durable Solutions Working Group led by INGD and co-chaired by three UN Agencies (IOM, UNDP, UNHCR) as well as governmental entities such as the Agency for Integrated Development of the North (ADIN), responsible for coordinating development initiatives in the north at provincial and district levels.

Task description

1) Project Implementation and Management

• Lead the implementation of project activities at the provincial level (Cabo Delgado, Nampula, and Niassa Provinces), ensuring alignment with UN Women programme priorities and work plans.
• Ensure the timely and effective implementation of all project activities in accordance with the approved work plan to achieve expected outcomes and outputs.
• Coordinate and oversee UN Women project interventions in the assigned provinces, particularly in the areas of gender equality, humanitarian response, recovery, and women’s empowerment.
• Maintain regular communication with implementing partners, responsible parties, consultants, and relevant stakeholders to support effective delivery of project activities.
• Provide technical guidance and operational support to implementing partners and re-sponsible parties in carrying out assigned project activities.
• Serve as the UN Women focal point for programme implementation in the assigned provinces, ensuring an integrated and coherent programme approach.
• Follow up regularly with national experts, consultants, civil society organizations, and think tanks involved in project implementation, including reviewing deliverables and monitoring progress against agreed results.
• Provide administrative and operational support as required for the effective implementation of project activities in Cabo Delgado, Nampula, and Niassa Provinces.

2) Monitoring, Reporting, and Knowledge Management

• Conducts systematic monitoring and reporting on project implementation in the as-signed provinces in coordination with relevant thematic leads. • Contributes to the preparation and consolidation of quarterly/annual progress and financial reports.
• Provide inputs to donor report(s) and contribute to the preparation of narrative progress updates in line with donor reporting requirements.
• Maintains close communication with project beneficiaries, consultants, responsible partners, and institutional contractors to monitor project implementation against the baseline and targets.
• Contributes to synthesizing and documenting the implementation of project activities, success stories, and lessons learned.
• Support field research in the field of gender equality, humanitarian action, and women’s empowerment to inform planning, budgeting, and evidence-based advocacy.
• Provide substantive inputs to building partnerships and resource mobilization for activities related to gender equality and women’s empowerment.
• Contributes to and participates in the project assessment(s)/evaluation(s) in collaboration with local partners and relevant stakeholders.

3) Coordination, Partnership, and Advocacy

• Maintain ongoing communication with the donor to provide regular updates and respond promptly to any ad hoc requests.
• Ensure continuous coordination among project partners, government institutions, and stakeholders involved in the implementation of UN Women country office initiatives.
• Strengthen collaboration with local authorities, civil society organizations, and community actors to enhance programme effectiveness and sustainability.
• Provide inputs to partnership development and resource mobilization efforts related to gender equality and women’s empowerment initiatives.
• Promote coordination and complementarity between the UN Women programme and other humanitarian and development initiatives in the provinces.
• In coordination with the Communication Specialist, develop project knowledge products such as briefs, articles, human-interest story booklets, and other visibility or communication materials that document project achievements and lessons learned.

Eligibility criteria

Age

18 – 80

Required experience

7 years

Nationality

Candidate must be a national, legal resident or hold refugee status in the country of assignment.

Assignment requirements

Relevant experience

7 years

Languages

English, Level: Fluent, Required Portuguese, Level: Fluent, Required

Required education level

Master’s degree in Rural development, Economics, Business Administration, Development studies, International Relations, Gender and Human rights-related disciplines, Project management and Social Sciences. • A project management certification would be an added advantage.

Competencies and values

• Accountability
• Adaptability and Flexibility
• Building Trust
• Client Orientation
• Commitment and Motivation
• Commitment to Continuous Learning
• Communication
• Creativity
• Empowering Others
• Ethics and Values
• Integrity
• Judgement and Decision-making
• Knowledge Sharing
• Leadership
• Managing Performance
• Planning and Organizing
• Professionalism
• Respect for Diversity
• Self-Management
• Technological Awareness
• Working in Teams

Skills and experience

• At least 7 years of progressively responsible experience at the national or provincial level in managing complex and multi-component programme interventions in crisis/conflict-affected areas with national/provincial and district partners, preferably related to a thematic area
• At least 7 years of experience specifically in Women, Peace & Security, Disaster Risk Reduction, humanitarian coordination, or related thematic areas.
• Demonstrated experience in project management, coordination with government and humanitarian partners, monitoring & evaluation, and donor reporting.
• Significant experience managing complex, multi-component programmes in humanitarian, conflict, or crisis-affected settings.

Area(s) of expertise

Business management, Development programmes, Social work

Driving license

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Other information

Volunteerism is understood as a wide range of activities undertaken of free will, for the general public good, for which monetary reward is not the principal motivating factor.

Living conditions and remarks

The contract lasts for the period indicated above, with the possibility of extensions subject to the availability of funding, operational necessity, and satisfactory performance. However, there is no expectation of renewal of the assignment. Travel to the duty station (if applicable), and a Settling-In-Grant will be provided in the event the duty station is not within commuting distance from the place of recruitment. The applicable Volunteer Living Allowance is provided monthly to cover housing, utilities, and normal cost of living expenses. Life, health, and permanent disability insurance are included (health insurance for up to 3 dependents), as well as final repatriation (if applicable) and resettlement allowance for satisfactory service. Furthermore, in non-family duty stations that belong to hardship categories D or E, as classified by the ICSC, a Well-Being Differential (WBD) will be provided monthly https://www.unv.org/

Inclusivity statement

United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.

Note on Covid-19 vaccination requirements

Selected candidates for certain occupational groups may be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) in line with the applicable host entity policy

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Local: Pemba

Prazo para candidaturas: 24 de abril de 2026

Link para candidaturas: https://app.unv.org/opportunities/1784888021267939