Job categories: Project Management, Partnerships, Programme Management
Vacancy code: VA/2025/B5007/29614
Level: ICS-11
Department/office: GPO, GVA, Geneva
Contract type: Fixed Term
Duration: One year, initially. Renewable subject to programme need, funding availability and satisfactory performance
Application period: 24-Jan-2025 to 14-Feb-2025
Applications to vacancies must be received before midnight Copenhagen time (CET) on the closing date of the announcement.
Please note that UNOPS will at no stage of the recruitment process request candidates to make payments of any kind.
ATscale, the Global Partnership for Assistive Technology, is a cross-sectoral partnership with the goal of reaching 500 million additional people with assistive technology by 2030 to support them in participating in education, work, and everyday life. ATscale is hosted by UNOPS.
The Senior Programme Manager will support the Head of Global Programmes & Markets to develop and implement ATscale’s strategy to strengthen increased access to assistive technology (AT), with a particular focus on country-based interventions. He/she will manage ATscale’s partnership and related grants with a sub-set of countries that ATscale is working with. He/she will also support global level interventions that create a stronger enabling system and market for low and middle income countries.
The Senior Programme Manager will be part of a team of six: five Senior Programme Managers, reporting to the Head of Global Programmes & Markets. As ATscale is still evolving from a start-up phase, the team's make-up and composition will continue to evolve over time.
Strategic priorities include:
1. Building political will and increasing investment in AT.
2. Generating and using data and evidence.
3. Coordinating technical assistance for national policy & planning.
Together with the Head of Global Programmes & Markets, the Senior Programme Manager will work on the following areas:
A. Strategy Development
* Support the development of ATscale’s strategy for strengthening the enabling ecosystem in coordination with the broader ATscale strategy and operational plan.
* Articulate mutually supportive links between interventions that reinforce elements of the enabling ecosystem and those that focus on a specific product and its related services.
B. Programme Management
* Support the translation of the ATscale strategy and country approach into priority interventions.
* Oversee a sub-set of country programmes based on ATscale country engagement approach, ensuring robust country plans are developed, approved for funding and implemented effectively.
C. Partners and Stakeholder Management
* Maintain partnerships at working level to develop and advance ATscale’s strategy and effective implementation of agreed programmes.
D. Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
* Support monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) of/from enabling ecosystem related ATscale investments.
E. Miscellaneous
* Ensure all processes above remain aligned with UN host agency requirements.
* Provide the Head of Global Programmes & Markets and the team with regular updates on developments in the AT sector and potential opportunities.
Travel for this position is estimated at 30%.
Minimum Requirements
A. Education
* A bachelor's degree in public health, rehabilitation, assistive technology, or a related field is required combined with 9 years of relevant experience or
* Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in public health, rehabilitation, assistive technology, or a related field is required combined with 7 years of relevant experience.
B. Work Experience
* A minimum of 9 years (with a Bachelor's Degree) or 7 years (with a Master's Degree) experience at increasing levels of responsibility in managing and implementing health systems strengthening programs in the areas of rehabilitation or assistive technology is required.
C. Language
* An excellent knowledge of English is required.
* Good working knowledge of other UN languages, especially Chinese, French or Spanish would be an asset.
Please note that UNOPS does not accept unsolicited resumes. Applications received after the closing date will not be considered. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
UNOPS embraces diversity and is committed to equal employment opportunity.
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