Sudan: Project Manager

Under the overall supervision of Head of Office/Head of Program of ETOH UNOPS Sudan, the incumbent is required to perform the following duties and responsibilities:

Project Structure

• Establish and maintain effective structures and processes for the delivery of the Project and its Implementation Plan, within the overall Sudan Office structure.
• Manage the time and contributions of the project team in close collaboration with the Sudan Office main support office, and other support centers as necessary.

Planning

• Develop detailed work plans for the Project(s) with clearly defined activities and specific results-based outputs for the implementation of the Project(s) within the priorities of Government of Sudan and guided by the UNOPS.
• Prepare annual budgets to support the implementation of annual workplans based on the overall budget in the Project(s) Documents and other resources to be mobilized.

Technical and Managerial

• Manage design, tender and construction contracting processes, and provide supervision and contract management for construction firm(s) during implementation, according to UNOPS’ and industry-wide engineering standards and best-practices
• Lead the work of the Project and oversee the implementation of specified activities in the work plans of water resources development project in North Darfur
• Ensure timely implementation and reporting by implementing partners.
• Advise on and implement good environmental practices and controls during construction and mitigate environmental impacts of the works.
• Advise on and implement effective gender controls in the planning and implementation of the project.
• Liaise with community leaders and Government Authorities to maintain local stakeholder participation and support.
• Liaise with Project Management coordinators of sister agencies to coordinate project activities and mobilize access to sharing of equipment and resources.
• Latest project management principles are to be implemented in order that allocated projects are successfully delivered on time, within budget and to the required quality.
• Actively interact with clients to solicit feedback and gauge client satisfaction.
• Apply knowledge of water resources engineering aspects and providing technical feedback and advise to the contractor and project team
• Application of dam engineering design to be able to review and apply feedback on the design and technical aspects

• Review the whole project document and conduct an interview with the government body (Rural Water Administrative of the North Darfur State) to get their view about dam background, about last rehabilitation and failure incident in order to avoid any technical mistake during the design stage

• Oversee and assist the engineering firm who will conduct a technical assessment, design, and construction documents, and review these documents to ensure the required standard and quality.

• Provide the design report and brief through the engineering firm and submit it for the third party review

Capacity Building

• Provide training and technology transfer to national staff and counterparts and contractor’s staff and advise on good project management and water resources engineering practices.
• Promote appropriate technology and appropriate technical standards and construction methods taking social needs and requirement for technical and management capacity development of national counterparts into consideration.

Reporting

• Prepare and issue regular Project Reports in accordance with donor guidelines for reporting.
• Maintain diaries and progress reports as required by UNOPS standard procedures.

Other

• Identify and develop new business potential.
• Actively work with clients on proposed new projects, identifying client requirements and taking action to meet requirements.
• Contribute to resource mobilization for the implementation of Project(s) from bilateral donors and multilateral agencies and other relevant sources where necessary.
• Attend coordination meetings as required; Arrange and host donor and official site visits.
• Perform any other duties deemed necessary by the Head of Office.

. Monitoring and Progress Controls

• Deliver monthly project reports identifying risks, issues, progress, challenges when required by the donor, client and UNOPS.
• Prepare and monitor a timeline of major deliverables.
• Manage UNOPS project personnel and monitor the performance of the contractors as per the current signed contract.
• Monitor the Interim Payment certificates submitted by the contractor.
• Manage the budget in accordance with UNOPS policies to ensure there is no over expenditure

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