UNICEF works in a number of the world’s hardest locations, to succeed in the world’s most deprived kids. To save lots of their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential.
Throughout 190 nations and territories, we work for each baby, in all places, day by day, to construct a greater world for everybody.
And we by no means hand over.
For each baby, Sustainability
As a part of the Administrative Help and Eco Sustainability portfolio of the DFAM’s Administrative Administration Part at NYHQ, this place is established to offer technical management and managerial assist to assist UNICEF obtain its organizational targets in Widespread Premises, Fleet Administration, Environmental Sustainability, Accessibility and Inclusiveness of its operations and premises.
This place ensures efficient UNICEF’s illustration and technical engagements in joint UN discussion board and dealing teams on Widespread Premises, Fleet Administration, Environmental Sustainability, Accessibility and Inclusiveness.
How will you make a distinction?
1. Management and Administration of Eco Sustainability portfolio to attain organizational targets
– Lead the Eco Sustainability Unit, determine organizational targets and targets and guarantee sufficient assist is offered to attain outcomes, by way of creating and implementing motion plan based mostly on high quality knowledge assortment to scale back the environmental footprint and useful resource consumption.
– Present inputs to the preparation of the UNICEF strategic plan on local weather change, together with, knowledge evaluation, briefings, or quick notes to the Senior Administration as wanted.
– Lead the engagement and nurturing of the connection with Programme Group and Provide Division to encourage local weather concerns in insurance policies to satisfy the UNICEF targets on greenhouse gasoline discount and discount in water consumption.
– Outline motion plan to assist the implementation of the Sustainability and Local weather Motion Plan (SCAP) to attain deliberate leads to the Operations pillar.
-Lead UNICEF’s engagement to advance eco-sustainability agenda in inter-agencies conferences and dealing teams.
– Make sure the Greening and Accessibility Fund is effectively managed to attain the worldwide assigned targets.
– Oversee implementation of sustainable methods together with Excellence in Design for Better Efficiencies (EDGE) certification and renewable power options, in new, renovated, and present UNICEF workplaces.
2. Technical and administration assist to enhance workplaces effectivity
– Handle, information, and coordinates the executive assist to workplaces within the
space of premises administration together with development, fleet administration, eco- sustainability, accessibility, insurance coverage, non-expendable property, and compensation claims.
– Gives evaluation, interpretation, and steerage on administrative coverage issues, suggest amendments of administrative directions to enhance effectivity, simplification, or to satisfy audit suggestions.
– Undertake missions to Area/Regional workplaces to evaluation and assess efficiency of tasks, present steerage on particular substantive tasks implementation points (widespread premises, fleet leasing, environmental sustainability), and represents the Chief Administrative Administration Companies Part at varied related workshops and conferences as required.
– Present technical assist in Widespread Again Workplace (CBO) initiative reminiscent of evaluation of MoUs making certain compliance with TTCP pointers.
3. Property Administration-Widespread Premises, development, and accessibility
– Lead the oversight and evaluation of proposals from discipline and regional workplaces for institution, altering and shutting workplaces and make suggestions in compliance with related coverage and procedures, bearing in mind, security and the wellbeing of employees, together with accessibility, inclusiveness, and environmental sustainability necessities.
– Present management in assist to the UN Widespread Premises agenda, accessibility, and inclusiveness of workplace, making certain that sufficient assets and assist are offered to attain UNICEF targets/targets, and total conducive working setting.
– Oversee the administration of belongings, together with Property Survey Board procedures, in addition to valuation of donated belongings, and coordinate with Monetary Reporting & Grant Administration Part for applicable recording in imaginative and prescient.
– Lead the method to determine workplaces in want of accessibility and coordinate actions plans and mandatory tasks throughout UNICEF workplaces to enhance accessibility and meet UNICEF Strategic Plan established goal.
– Actively concerned in UN inter-agency collaboration to attain UN reform targets on effectivity agenda.
– Lead the worldwide planning and oversight of the implementation of development/renovation tasks with the target of bettering Widespread Premises efficiency, security and employees wellbeing.
4. Efficient and environment friendly administration of fleet of autos and insurance coverage
– Handle the Fleet Unit, develop technique for efficient and environment friendly fleet administration and highway security.
– Oversee the implementation of the autos leasing programme and guarantee sufficient data on insurance coverage is shared and effectively understood to mitigate dangers within the total administration of belongings.
– Present clearance for the autos acquisition for UNICEF operations, coordinate coaching of drivers and fleet managers of their respective roles, analyze and produce stories within the fleet administration to assist management selections.
5. Improvements and initiatives towards bettering value financial savings and effectivity
– Lead the general improvement of initiatives, together with new approaches and expertise to advertise eco efficiencies, accessibility, fleet administration and customary premises
To qualify as an advocate for each baby you should have…
- A sophisticated college diploma (Grasp’s and above) in one of many following areas is required: Enterprise Administration, Administration, Monetary Administration, Accounting, Public Finance and/or associated operations perform (Provide Chain, Human Assets, Data Expertise, Inner Management, Mission Administration, and many others.).
- A minimal of ten (10) years of progressively accountable and related skilled work expertise in Administration, Enterprise Administration, Monetary Administration, Accounting, Public Finance, and associated operations perform (Provide Chain, Human Assets, Data Expertise, Worldwide Enterprise, Mission Administration, and others), is required.
- Comparable UN/UNICEF expertise in the identical discipline of experience together with ECO sustainability is required.
- Worldwide and nationwide work expertise, with background and familiarity working in Emergency conditions is required.
- Related expertise in a UN system company or group can be thought-about an asset.
- Fluency in English (verbal and written) is required. Data of a further UN language ((Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian and Spanish) is taken into account an asset.
SPECIAL REMARKS: The place will likely be situated in New York, USA and will likely be relocated to Istanbul, Turkey on or earlier than Dec 2025.
For each Youngster, you reveal…
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin every thing we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Constitution: UNICEF Values
UNICEF competencies required for this submit are…
(1) Nutures, Leads and Manages Folks (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness (3) Works collaboratively with others (4) Builds and maintains partnerships (5) Innovates and embraces change (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Drive to attain outcomes for affect (8) Manages ambiguity and complexity
Through the recruitment course of, we take a look at candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its completely different ranges: competency framework here.
UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our world workforce should replicate the variety of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, no matter their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or some other private attribute.
We provide a wide range of benefits to our staff, together with paid parental go away, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages using versatile working preparations.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and targets of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF is dedicated to advertise the safety and safeguarding of all kids.
Remarks:
Solely shortlisted candidates will likely be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of.
Mobility is a situation of worldwide skilled employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the worldwide civil service.
UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the responsibility station, which will likely be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are additionally topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Must you be chosen for a place with UNICEF, you both should be inoculated as required or obtain a medical exemption from the related division of the UN. In any other case, the choice will likely be cancelled.
All chosen candidates will endure rigorous reference and background checks and will likely be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to offer further data to conduct a background examine.
Authorities staff which might be thought-about for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities earlier than taking over an task with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the precise to withdraw a proposal of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance will not be obtained, or mandatory inoculation necessities are usually not met, inside an inexpensive interval for any purpose.
Marketed: 10 Jan 2024 Japanese Customary Time
Deadline: 25 Jan 2024 Japanese Customary Time
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