Building Blocks Global Project Management Consultant

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education:

• University degree in business administration, project management, engineering, or a related field.
  
• PMP and/or PRINCE2 Practitioner certification(s) desirable.
  

Experience:

• At least five years of related professional experience, including experience in:
  

1. Delivering complex, field-level implementation of technical projects in humanitarian contexts.
   
2. Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders on business-critical matters.
   
3. Developing and delivering on project KPIs
   
4. Experience in coordinating/leading project teams.
   

Technical Skills & Knowledge:

• Continually striving to develop new skills outside of comfort zone.
  
• Highly autonomous and able to work with minimum supervision.
  
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines.
  
• High tolerance for ambiguity and ability to decide from incomplete information. • Ability to come up with innovative solutions to problems without precedent.
  
• Strong conflict resolution and consensus-building skills.
  

Language:

• Fluency (level C) in English language. Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or WFP’s working language, Portuguese, is desirable.
  

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education:

• University degree in business administration, project management, engineering, or a related field.
  
• PMP and/or PRINCE2 Practitioner certification(s) desirable.
  

Experience:

• At least five years of related professional experience, including experience in:
  

1. Delivering complex, field-level implementation of technical projects in humanitarian contexts.
   
2. Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders on business-critical matters.
   
3. Developing and delivering on project KPIs
   
4. Experience in coordinating/leading project teams.
   

Technical Skills & Knowledge:

• Continually striving to develop new skills outside of comfort zone.
  
• Highly autonomous and able to work with minimum supervision.
  
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines.
  
• High tolerance for ambiguity and ability to decide from incomplete information. • Ability to come up with innovative solutions to problems without precedent.
  
• Strong conflict resolution and consensus-building skills.
  

Language:

• Fluency (level C) in English language. Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or WFP’s working language, Portuguese, is desirable.
  

• Lead scoping activities to evaluate BB’s potential application for WFP and partner operations across the globe.
  
• Create project documents to support BB’s deployment, scaleup, and maintenance for various global operations.
  
• Develop project KPIs, monitor progress against those KPIs throughout the project implementation, and make necessary adjustments.
  
• Continuously define and analyze potential risks, and ensure their proper management, including developing and maintaining risk registries and contingency plans, implementing best practices from the industry, implementing relevant frameworks, etc.
  
• Support operational roll-out and scaleup activities as needed.
  
• Support capacity-building activities, including hiring and training new staff as part of handing over ongoing BB operational responsibility to local operations.
  
• Lead the on-the-ground BB project teams using agile and other applicable methodologies to fulfill project deliverables.
  
• Identify underperformance and ensure it is managed promptly.
  
• Provide remote support to country office teams to ensure BB’s operations continue smoothly.
  
• Be accountable for the high-quality and timely output of necessary project documentation, including project proposals, SOPs, manuals, progress updates, evaluations, reports, and project history narratives.
  
• Ensure all stakeholders are updated on the project status at the right frequency and level.
  
• Assist in the development of new BB use cases.
  
• Other role-relevant duties as assigned.