Senior Programme Manager

### General Information Position Title Senior Programme Manager Job Category Programme Duty Station(s) Amman, Damascus, Gaza, Home based, Jerusalem, Khartoum, Kyiv, Mogadishu Seniority Level Senior Level ICS Level ICS 11 Contract Type Staff - IP - FTA Contract Level IP P-4 Posting Start Date 21-Sep-2026 Posting End Date 05-Oct-2026 Duration One year (with possibility of extension, subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds, and satisfactory performance) ### Job Highlight The Senior Programme Officer (SPO) leads programme development, resource mobilization, and stakeholder coordination within the Peace and Security Cluster. This role ensures compliant, high-quality project delivery, advancing mine action strategies while fostering inclusive, safe environments. SPO leadership directly impacts project success, supporting global security, humanitarian responses, and sustainable development goals. This recruitment aims to fill an ongoing, full-time staff or ICA position based in Damascus, Syria. Depending on actual needs, the hiring unit may decide to recruit endorsed qualified professionals for contracts in different locations with different working conditions (short/long term, part/full-time, retainer, regular or ongoing positions, staff or ICA). ### About the Region The UNOPS Global Portfolios Office (GPO) brings together diverse expertise to help partners deliver impact worldwide. With hubs in New York, Geneva, and Vienna, and expert teams operating globally, GPO leads multi-regional initiatives that advance sustainable development, climate action, and peacebuilding - including in some of the world’s most challenging environments. By leveraging our collective expertise and global networks, GPO supports UNOPS’ strategic priorities and the Sustainable Development Goals across more than 130 countries. We work closely with major global partners - including governments, international financial institutions, and UN agencies - to deliver a wide range of services, such as project management, fund management, hosting services, and HR support. ### About the Country/Multi-Country Office The New York Portfolios Office (NYPO) manages UNOPS' New York-based portfolios, delivering project and programme management, procurement, HR, and financial services to global partners, from the UN Secretariat to Member States. NYPO strategically positions UNOPS with these partners, fostering collaboration to achieve growth and leveraging expertise in global portfolio design and implementation. We support the broader SDGs and 2030 Agenda, primarily assisting the UN Secretariat and other New York-based UN entities with a global reach. NYPO encompasses the Peace and Security Cluster (PSC), focusing on explosive threat management, and the Sustainable Development Cluster (SDC), providing diverse operational support to the UN system in New York. ### Job Specific Context Background Information – UNOPS Peace and Security Cluster The Peace and Security Cluster (PSC) is an integral component of the GPO, providing specialized expertise in peace and security programming across UNOPS operations. For over 25 years, PSC has provided portfolio and project management services in the area of mine action and explosive hazards, which are reinforced by comprehensive management and oversight controls. Under this umbrella, the Cluster is responsible for the implementation of projects that, through the engagement of inputs such as personnel, third parties, assets and other resources, deliver activities that produce substantive mine action outputs. Projects are delivered in line with UNOPS Project Management Manual (PMM), which incorporates best practices in the field, and quality and cross-cutting initiatives such as workforce and talent management; knowledge and information management; health, safety, social and environmental management; gender parity and mainstreaming; and diversity and inclusion. This comprehensive delivery platform is implemented in accordance with partner requirements and in line with UNOPS rules and regulations through the leadership of the Cluster Director, who has the overall authority and accountability for the performance of PSC on behalf of its clients. PSC operates within UNOPS broader commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), gender equality and social inclusion (GESI), and the prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (PSEAH), as set out in the UNOPS DEI Strategy and Accountability Plan 2026-2029, the GESI Mainstreaming Strategy 2026-2029, and the Prevention and Protection against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment Strategy (updated 2023). Within the mine action context, these commitments are operationalised through the PSC GEDSI Strategy 2026-2029, which sets expectations for inclusive recruitment, workforce representation, and the integration of GESI and PSEAH into programme delivery and implementing partner oversight. All PSC roles, including this position, are expected to contribute actively to these commitments. Background Information – UNMAS Established in 1997 by the General Assembly, the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) serves as the United Nations focal point for mine action and supports its vision of “a world free of the threat of landmines and unexploded ordnance, where individuals and communities live in a safe environment conducive to development, and where mine survivors are fully integrated into their societies.” UNMAS coordinates and collaborates with fourteen UN departments, agencies, programmes and funds to ensure an effective, proactive and coordinated response to the problems of landmines and explosive remnants of war, including cluster munitions. UNMAS establishes, manages, and provides strategic direction for mine action in countries and territories as part of peacekeeping operations and humanitarian emergencies or crises. In these situations, UNMAS may plan and carry out mine-action projects, support and coordinate the work of local and international mine-action service providers, and set priorities for mine clearance, risk education and all other aspects of mine action. ### Role Purpose The duties and responsibilities of the Senior Programme Officer are similar in different contexts, however may be determined by the lifecycle of the programme, the funding portfolio, and other criteria linked to the specific position and country context. ### Functions / Key Results Expected *** This recruitment aims to fill an ongoing, full-time staff or ICA position staff based in Damascus, Syria. Depending on actual needs, the hiring unit may decide to recruit endorsed qualified professionals for contracts in different locations with different working conditions (short/long term, part/full-time, retainer, regular or ongoing positions, staff or ICA). *** Reporting to the Head of Project Unit, the Senior Programme Officer must be able to undertake the below duties and responsibilities: 1. Programme development, planning and coordination - Coordinate the development and articulation of the Country Programme Strategy (CPS) in line with relevant UN and government and/or national or regional strategies, and review/update at necessary intervals. Ensure CPS reflects in-house capacity, budget, delivery areas, internal tools and knowledge resources, and is informed by GESI analysis of explosive ordnance risk and access to mine action services, ensuring no at-risk groups are left behind. - Support the management team to translate the Strategy into implementation/results work plans and associated monitoring mechanisms, with gender-age and disability-disaggregated indicators, and draft project documents as needed for the implementation of the programme. - Coordinate and collaborate with relevant stakeholders in-country and at HQ, to ensure aligned and coherent planning and implementation processes, including with the GPO GEDSI Advisor on the integration of DEI, GESI and PSEAH considerations thr