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Infrastructure Specialist
UNOPSUnited NationsInfrastructure and Project ManagementMid LevelICA - LICA - Specialist - Regular
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Full Description
**Job Highlight**
This is an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful impact in international development while advancing your career in a prestigious UN organisation. The position offers exposure to high-profile infrastructure projects, cross-cultural collaboration, and professional development opportunities in project management, technical advisory, and stakeholder engagement within the UN system
**About the Region**
The UNOPS Middle East Region (MR) provides strategic leadership, performance oversight, and support to UNOPS operations across Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and the State of Palestine. MR is responsible for positioning UNOPS as a key development partner in the region through high-level engagement with regional bodies, UN coordination mechanisms, development banks, donors, and intergovernmental organisations. By fostering strategic partnerships and promoting operational excellence, the region supports country teams in delivering sustainable solutions to complex development, peace, and humanitarian challenges
**About the Country/Multi-Country Office**
Established in 2004, the UNOPS Amman Multi-Country Office (MCO) provides strategic and operational support to partners across Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, and the Gulf countries. The MCO delivers solutions that address development, peace, and humanitarian challenges through infrastructure, procurement, project management, and human resources services. Working in close collaboration with national governments, UN agencies, and donors, the office supports efforts to advance the Sustainable Development Goals. Its portfolio includes large-scale operations focused on improving essential services, strengthening national systems, and enhancing resilience in complex and fragile settings.
**Job Specific Context**
This position operates within a dynamic humanitarian and development environment supporting critical infrastructure projects across the Hub. The role is essential to providing technical expertise and oversight to ensure projects are delivered to UNOPS standards, quality requirements, and performance objectives. The Infrastructure Specialist will play a key role in supporting Project Managers across the full project lifecycle, from feasibility and design to construction and handover
**Role Purpose**
The Infrastructure Specialist provides strategic technical advisory and coordination support to infrastructure Project Managers (PMs) across the full project lifecycle, ensuring compliance with corporate rules, procedures and standards; and provides technical advice and support to all infrastructure projects across the Hub
**Functions / Key Results Expected**
1. Infrastructure Project Technical Support• Provide strategic technical advisory and coordination support to infrastructure Project Managers (PMs) across the full project lifecycle, from feasibility and design to construction and handover, ensuring compliance with UNOPS standards, quality requirements, and performance objectives.
• Advise PMs on planning, coordination, and monitoring of infrastructure activities to ensure timely, cost-effective, and high-quality project delivery.
• Support PMs in the implementation of their infrastructure projects with a focus on quality assurance and quality control.
• Provide guidance on the development, implementation, and oversight of infrastructure-related plans, ensuring alignment with UNOPS policies and international standards.
• Advise PMss in conducting feasibility studies, needs assessments, and preliminary investigations, including supervision of external consultants, and review recommendations to inform strategic decisions on project scope and prioritization.
• Provide technical oversight and guidance in the preparation of tender dossiers, ensuring the completeness and quality of technical documentation including drawings, Bills of Quantities (BoQs), specifications, and applicable standards.
• Provide strategic technical input to procurement and project teams during tender preparation and bid evaluation, ensuring alignment with project objectives, technical standards, and UNOPS best practices.
2. Design Management
• Support the PMs to outline design requirements for procurement of design services, including concept, preliminary and final stages, where applicable.
• Support the PMs in managing the design plan so that all associated deliverables are available on time, and to the required quality.
• Review designs for all infrastructure projects prior to submission to the HQ Design Review when needed.
• Liaise and coordinate with the Regional Infrastructure Advisor on any technical matters in relation to design management, as well as with other relevant stakeholders within the Amman Hub as needed.
3. Construction Supervision
• Provide strategic oversight and technical assurance for construction activities across infrastructure projects, ensuring alignment with approved scope, quality standards, cost parameters, and delivery schedu
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