Responsibilities

• Within assigned authority, the incumbent will be responsible for the following specific duties: Support development of technical documents related to construction, renovations and the modernization of the national police service college premises and the training environment (design drawings, technical specifications, bills of quantities and terms of references); verify whether they are clear, complete, and compliant with programmatic and construction needs, eco-efficient, environmentally friendly, sustainable, as well as meet accessibility requirements.
• Monitor, communicate and report potential delays and/or cost overruns and develop corrective actions to address these.
• Support in monitoring of the project construction work progress to ensure construction works are completed in a timely manner and to quality standards in line with the contract and project design.
• Verify, and inform contracted Civil Engineer(s), that work is consistent with the project technical specifications and inform promptly of eventual deviations and develop corrective actions to address these.
• Assess the work activities of contractor/s, measure and evaluate progress and completed work, and make recommendations to the Project Manager for progress and interim payments to contractor/s.
• Assist the preparation of relevant risk assessments, method statements, checklists, permits etc. as they related to Health, Safety and Social Environment on site.
• Support oversight of dimensional control and site surveying works, engineering control of the work implementation, etc.
• Maintain project documentation, including payment registers, variation registers, site safety inspection registers, site diaries, instructions to contractor registers, drawing registers, visitor registers, sample approval registers, concrete test registers, progress photos, etc., and support UNODC reporting to donor.
• Assist the Project Manager in the preparation of project/contract related documentations such as periodic progress reports, site monitoring reports, stakeholder meeting minutes, engineer’s instructions and variation orders, contractor’s bills review reports, certifications, client hand-over documents and contracts close-out reports.
• Compare all changes to permissible variations and prepare the notes to the file in support of the changes.
• Assist in updating the Project quality register, issue register, risk register and lessons learned log in the time frame stipulated by the Project’s strategic documents.
• Assist in providing training and knowledge transfer to national/contractor personnel including advice on good construction and engineering practices, environmental management practices, and appropriate health and safety standards during construction.
• Contribute to the collection and analysis of data and identification of trends or patterns and provide draft insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods for data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.

Requirements

Education

• An advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Project Management, or other relevant discipline is required.
• A first-level university degree in similar fields in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Work Experience

• A minimum of two years of progressively responsible professional experience, including relevant experience in managing programme/project activities in the area of construction management, engineering and contract management environment, is required.
• Knowledge of MS Project (or an alternative) is required.
• Knowledge of CAD software (AutoCAD or an alternative) is required.
• Experience in implementing works under complex quality, safety and environmental management plans is desirable.
• Experience in the usage of construction/engineering and designing software and office software packages is desirable.
• Work experience within the United Nations system or similar international organization is desirable.
• Experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.