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Job Description: *
DUTIES AND **RESPONSIBILITIES**
- The incumbent leads planning, coordination, and monitoring of projects and proposals for strengthening the capabilities of the Colombian National Police CNP.
- Provides specialized expertise to advise, oversee, and assist in deciding the scope of IT projects and proposals and issues technical opinions on its feasibility.
- Evaluates IT requests for funding and procurement and makes recommendations to the supervisor for appropriate action.
- Provides supervision in project implementation, coordination among INL-CNP-Contractors and milestone tracking, keeping the project within scope, budget and timeline.
- Manages a repository of updated projects documentation including electronic logs of all goods and services delivered to the Colombian National Police.
- Coordinates and proactively organizes meetings among project stakeholders to ensure proper planning, productive working relationships and coordination. Provides follow-up to meetings as appropriate.
- Support procurement actions for other sort of requirements and suggests the type of procurement action necessary to fulfill the request.
- Works with the INL accounting staff to track program budget expenditures to ensure the proper obligation.
- Manages the historical program knowledgebase by capturing, developing, adding value and sharing.
- Designs and implements indicators and dashboards through office software to get statistics and reports from historical program knowledgebase.
- Maintains, reviews, and updates files in the shared network for program team collaboration.
- Assists the design or implementation of knowledge tracking systems.
- Generates reports, briefing papers, and reporting cables based on project execution and progress in reaching program goals.
- Monitors program processes and procedures and recommends improvements according new needs.
- Monitors all the projects and activities supported and/or funded by the program and verifies the funds are being used appropriately and are achieving program objectives.
- Monitors performance and estimates impacts in medium-term of projects and program achievements after implemented.
- Works with counterparts to establish indicators to evaluate impacts of projects and program achievements.
- Prepares statistics and analytical reports based on either projects and historical program knowledgebase.

**Job Requirements**:
**MINIMUM **QUALIFICATIONS**
**EDUCATION**
- University degree in electronic engineering or systems engineering
- Postgraduate studies in disciplines related to project evaluation, project management and/or industrial engineering

**LANGUAGE **LEVEL**:

- Spanish: level 4- Fluent level required in Speaking/Reading/Writing/Listening
- English: level 3- Good working knowledge required in Speaking/Reading/Writing/Listening

**EXPERIENCE**:

- Minimum 5 years of experience in advising or managing IT projects or research projects.
- Experience in analysis and assessment of projects, institutions or programs performance.
- Experience in acquisition or procurement or in a related field is required.
- Experience in managing knowledge assets of organizations.
- Experience working with international organizations, NGOs, or government is preferred.

**KNOWLEDGE** OF: *
- Strong knowledge of office software (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, and SharePoint).
- Strong knowledge of statistics and data analysis.
- Strong knowledge of Ariba system is preferred.
- Strong knowledge of process optimization is preferred.
- Standard knowledge of IT sector.
- Basic understanding of international development and/or bilateral relations focused on the provision of technical assistance for police forces.

**SKILLS **IN**:

- Effective communications skills, oral and written
- Drafting concise, effective reports and briefs on technical areas in English and Spanish.

**ABILITY **TO**:

- Ability to work on a team
- Think analytically
- Examine, analyze and make recommendations related to program and projects development
- Effectively engage with host country government officials

**PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF THE JOB AND WORKING **ENVIRONMENT**:
Job holder will work in the U.S. Embassy - Bogotá and will travel occasionally within Colombia to national police schools, and to countries to assists the cooperative activities related to the program goals. The incumbent may have to self-drive during travel to plan for, observe, and/or monitor INL projects.