A new workstream has been added to the Umoja administrative reform initiative: Programme and Project Management.

In December, the General Assembly endorsed an ACABQ report that supported this addition to Umoja’s scope of work.

The Programme and Project Management (PPM) workstream will ensure a harmonised approach to the planning, monitoring and evaluation of UN programmes and projects. It will enhance UN methodologies and tools to support Results Based Management (RBM) - which will provide United Nations staff and Member States with more information about the linkages between programme and project expenditures and results.

The PPM workstream is cross-cutting; it will complement and integrate with the other Umoja workstreams, namely Finance, Human Resources, Supply Chain and Central Support Services. Over the past 18 months, Umoja has worked closely with staff Subject Matter Experts with deep expertise in these respective fields. Together they have made enormous progress in re-engineering business processes that will change how the UN operates.

The PPM Team in Umoja is hiring core team staff who will work with Subject Matter Experts in the area of PPM throughout the Organization. Umoja invites you to view the current PPM vacancies at the Professional level through the UN Careers Portal.

To find these vacancies select the job network “Economic and Social Development,” the job family “Programme Management” and the department “Department of Administration and Management” (see screenshot below).

Originally published on iSeek on 23 March 2011