Programme Management Officer, Human Settlements, Fukuoka, Japan

## Programme Management Officer, Human Settlements, Fukuoka, Japan - Organization:UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Settlements Programme - Office:UN-Habitat Fukuoka Organizational Setting and Reporting The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities. UN-Habitat is the focal point for all urbanization and human settlement matters within the UN system. UN-Habitat works with partners to build inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities and communities. UN-Habitat promotes urbanization as a positive transformative force for people and communities, reducing inequality, discrimination and poverty. With its Headquarter in Nairobi, Kenya, UN-Habitat's Regional Programmes Division (RPD) has a Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) in Fukuoka, Japan, and a Bangkok Programme Office in Thailand. ROAP was established in 1997 as the second Regional Office of UN-Habitat. The Office oversees programme and project portfolios in the region, manages country teams undertaking country projects as part of UN country teams, engages with Member States at national level and in Bangkok, the regional UN center, and collaborates with the UN system and the Regional Commission. ROAP engages with over 30 developing countries in Asia and the Pacific and has 15 country offices. Under the guidance of a Regional Representative, the office employs a team of substantive and admin/finance specialists and staff. The position is located in ROAP Fukuoka, with the First Reporting Officer (FRO) being a Senior Programme Manager or other designated senior officer, and the Second Reporting Officer (SRO) being the Regional Director. As a National Officer position, the role requires strong knowledge of Japan’s national context, intensive collaboration with local and national counterparts to promote partnerships and development cooperation, always in support of the ROAP programme and the Regional Director. The incumbent will support engagement with Japanese ministries and agencies relevant to environment, infrastructure, land, transport, urban development, climate change, disaster risk reduction, and international cooperation, as well as with JICA, local governments, the private sector entities, business associations, academia and civil society organizations. Under the direct supervision of the Senior Programme Management Officer, Human Settlements, the incumbent will be responsible for the following duties: - Develops, implements and evaluates assigned programmes/projects, etc.; monitors and analyzes programme/project development and implementation; reviews relevant documents and reports; identifies problems and issues to be addressed and initiates corrective actions; liaises with relevant parties; ensures follow-up actions. - Provides substantive support, as assigned, to maintain existing partnerships in Japan relevant to ROAP; and to identify targeted opportunities with Japanese private sector, local governments, academia, foundations, and other partners that can add value to ROAP and UN-Habitat as a whole. - Provides substantive support to ROAP to develop and implement relevant locally-tailored partnerships and resource mobilization strategies and initiatives; and identify appropriate data and benchmarks to measure progress and success with Japanese public, private, municipal, academic and philanthropic stakeholders; Provides substantive support to the UN-Habitat as a whole, to generate relevant programme resources with Japanese partners and Japan-linked partnership opportunities. - Monitors and assesses the relevant parts of the ROAP strategy at regular intervals to harness emerging opportunities for new high-impact partnerships, to identify probable changes to the internal direction and external environment, and to make mid-term adjustments including in relation to Japanese policy, technology, financing, local government, and private sector trends. - Prepares inputs on due diligence processes of potential investment and partnership opportunities, in accordance with UN regulations and procedures, including potential private sector, innovation, and co-creation partnerships in Japan. Contributes to dialogues with partners to improve development assistance policies and practice and to connect relevant Japanese experience and expertise with ROAP priorities. - Assists in engaging with relevant external stakeholders - including the national government, national and international financial institutions and others.Assists in liaison and coordination with UN-Habitat entities at country, various regional levels and at HQ level, to help package and define relevant UN business strategies, including differentiated value propositions to attract partners, both traditional and non-traditional and to support strategic briefing and follow-up on Japan-related opportunities for the Regional Director as required. - Performs consulting assignments, in collaboration with the client, by planning facilitating workshops, through other interactive sessions and assisting in developing the action plan the client will use to manage the change. - Researches, analyzes and presents information gathered from diverse sources. - Coordinates policy development, including the review and analysis of issues and trends, preparation of evaluations or other research activities and studies, - Generates survey initiatives; designs data collection tools; reviews, analyzes and interprets responses, identify problems/issues and prepares conclusions. - Organizes and prepares written outputs, e.g. draft background papers, analysis, sections of reports and studies, inputs to publications, etc. - Provides substantive backstopping to consultative and other meetings, conferences, etc., to include proposing agenda topics, identifying participants, preparation of documents and presentations, etc. - Initiates and coordinates outreach activities; conducts training workshops, seminars, etc.; makes presentations on assigned topics/activities. - Leads and/or participates in large, complex field missions, including provision of guidance to external consultants, government officials and other parties and drafting mission summaries, etc. - Coordinates activities related to budget funding (programme/project preparation and submissions, progress reports, financial statements, etc.) and prepares related documents/reports (pledging, work programme, programme budget, etc.). - Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting including partnership mapping, resource mobilization tracking, and Japan engagement monitoring. - Performs other duties as required. PROFESSIONALISM: Knowledge and understanding of theories, concepts and approaches relevant to particular sector, functional area or other specialized field. Ability to identify issues, analyze and participate in the resolution of issues/problems. Ability to conduct data collection using various methods. Conceptual analytical and evaluative skills to conduct independent research and analysis, including familiarity with and experience in the use of various research sources, including electronic sources on the internet, intranet and other databases. Ability to analyze and interpret data in support of decision-making and convey resulting information to management. Ability to apply judgment in the context of assignments given, plan own work and manage conflicting priorities. Shows pride in work and in achievements, Demonstrates professional competence and mastery of subject matter. Is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results. Is motivated by professional rather than personal concerns. Shows persistence when faced with difficult problems or challeng