PRISM & QUANTUM PPM Team Consultant

UN Women • New York, NY

8h • Remote

About The Position

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.
The UN Women Programme Support Management Unit (PSMU) provides corporate advisory services and direct support for project and programme lifecycle development and implementation across the organization. As part of the Strategic Planning, Results and Effectiveness Division (SPRED), PSMU guides Headquarter (HQ) Regional Offices (ROs) and Country Offices (COs) in following best practice to ensure that all projects and programmes maintain a level of standardization, planning, share knowledge, and work collectively towards UN Women’s strategic goals. PSMU offers HQ, ROs and COs a range of services, trainings and toolkits that increase their implementation capacity to deliver programmes on time, on scope and on budget. It also supports the implementation of global projects managed by HQs.
In this context, UN Women has been developing the Performance and Results Integrated System (PRISM) to unify project planning, monitoring, reporting, and project management functions in line with Planning Monitoring and Reporting Policy and underlying project lifecycle procedures, offering an integrated platform that enhances accuracy, efficiency, transparency, and accountability in managing results and resources. This platform, together with the corporate Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, Quantum, will serve the end-to-end management of the programme and project lifecycle.
Under the overall supervision of the Chief of PSMU, and direct supervision of the Head of the Programme Management Office (PMO), the PRISM and Quantum PPM Team Consultant will be part of the Business Process Owner team responsible for supporting the development, User Acceptance Testing, training, and launch of Project Lifecycle management in PRISM, through capacity building, knowledge management transfer, and technical support in the implementation and rollout of the project modules in PRISM.

Requirements

• Master's degree (or equivalent) in Business Administration, Social Sciences, International Relations, Political/Development Studies, or other relevant disciplines.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible experience in project and programme development, strategic planning, coordination support or change management is required.
• International development experience preferably focused on or strongly involved in programme and project management and gender equality at national, regional and/or international levels.
• Technical experience in all aspects of project management including planning, financial management, budget management, risk management, communications and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience in the implementation of ERP solutions based.
• Fluency in English is required.

Nice To Haves

• PRINCE2® Practitioner and/or Project Management Professional (PMP®) and Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) Practitioner certification is an asset.
• Experience in data migration and application integration tools is highly desirable.
• Prior experience in the UN System is an asset.
• Knowledge of French or Spanish or any other UN official is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Functional Requirements and Business Analysis
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and quality assurance compliance
• Training and Capacity Building
• Facilitate and contribute to knowledge management post-launch
• PRISM system/solution leadership and coordination (overall)
• Collaboration with Programme Management Consultant on PRISM (Programme and Project Management Stream)

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level