Operations Officer, (NOB), Fixed Term, Yambio, South Sudan, #108977 (Open to South Sudanese Only)

UNICEF works in among the world’s hardest locations, to achieve the world’s most deprived youngsters. To save lots of their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential.

Throughout 190 international locations and territories, we work for each youngster, in every single place, on daily basis, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means surrender.

For each youngster, Future

The elemental and first mission of UNICEF is to advertise the rights of each youngster, in every single place, in every part the group does — in applications, in advocacy and in operations. The fairness technique, emphasizing probably the most deprived and excluded youngsters and households, interprets this dedication to youngsters’s rights into motion. For UNICEF, fairness signifies that all youngsters have a chance to outlive, develop and attain their full potential, with out discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the diploma that any youngster has an unequal probability in life — in its social, political, financial, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There may be rising proof that investing in youngster survival, schooling and safety of a society’s most deprived residents — addressing inequity — not solely will give all youngsters the chance to meet their potential but in addition will result in sustained development and stability of nations. That is why the concentrate on fairness is so very important. It accelerates progress in direction of realizing the human rights of all youngsters, which is the common mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Conference on the Rights of the Little one, whereas additionally supporting the equitable growth of countries.

UNICEF’s 7 area workplaces in South Sudan. It’s liable for delivering the UNICEF nation programme in Western Equatoria States. It manages a portfolio of humanitarian, resilience and growth tasks in Well being, Diet, Water, Hygiene and Sanitation (WASH), Schooling, Little one Safety and Social Behaviour Change (SBC). The sector workplace is small/medium sized and in Yambio, UNICEF co-locates with the opposite UN businesses current on the town and manages the UN compound.

How are you going to make a distinction?

Beneath the supervision of the Chief Discipline Workplace Yambio and with technical steerage from the Operations Part in Juba, the Operations Officer shall be accountable for operations features, facilitate change, present danger knowledgeable, solution-focused evaluation, recommendation and companies and contribute to programme and administration choices for delivering outcomes for kids in particular operational contexts. The Operations Officer shall be entrusted with the next 5 pillars, the core focus of all operations features: Valuing Individuals, Valuing Cash, Valuing Danger Administration, Valuing Programs and Constructions, Valuing Companions.

 

Key features, accountabilities and associated duties consists of:

1. Valuing Individuals: Implement folks sources methods to advertise technical competence and foster profession development and retention        of a “match for goal”/ agile workforce

• Instantly supervise the Logistics Officer and the Administrative Affiliate
• Facilitate an setting of administration excellence, workers well-being and accessibility and inclusion via implementation of methods, insurance policies, procedures.
• Implement options associated to folks administration and workplace tradition.
• Assist coaching technique and requisite plans to result in modifications in information, abilities, talents and thoughts units for Operations workers.
• Assist Excellence in Operations in UNICEF derived from the 5 strategic pillars.

2. Valuing Cash: Champion strategic sources to attain organizational targets and guarantee Worth for Cash (VfM)

• Guarantee efficient identification and use of sources in numerous concrete Worth for Cash (VfM) areas, together with eco-efficiency and inclusivity, widespread premises, costing, results-based budgeting monetary monitoring and so forth.
• Assist the monetary oversight administration, monitoring and reporting of all of the nation programme budget- and the place relevant personal sector fundraising budgets; make evaluation and suggestions as wanted.
• Assist implementation of assorted modalities of valuing sources via financing modalities corresponding to budgeting and pre-financing modalities for provides, cash-based switch and so forth.
• Implement Provide plan for the workplace together with via growing native procurement and keep abreast of the regional methods.
• Guarantee price efficient administration of the UN compound and develop associated methods
• Develop and implement greening and climate-sustainability measures for the UN compound

3.  Valuing Danger Administration: Improve Danger Administration to extend organizational efficiency and strengthen inner management

• Assist the workplace with up-to-date info to make operational and programmatic danger knowledgeable choices and enhance efficiency, with the assist of the enterprise Governance, Danger and Compliance (eGRC) platform.
• Contribute and take part in testing of enterprise continuity plans to make sure UNICEF organizational resilience to catastrophe, dangers and workers security and safety in addition to Emergency Preparedness and Response to humanitarian conditions.
• Take part in assessment of inner controls and insurance policies/steerage included within the Regulatory Framework, assist acceptable implementation insurance policies and procedures and supply suggestions on coverage and inner controls as acceptable.
• Assist implementation necessary anti-fraud methods, processes and actions, and share anti-fraud achievements inside the workplace.
• Assist mitigation of dangers of engagement with exterior companions by way of acceptable, risk-informed due diligence.

4.  Valuing Programs and Constructions: Guarantee additional operational centralization and optimization for maximized effectivity good points

• Take part within the assessment of Operations processes and suggest measures to reduce price, scale back duplication of labor and maximize efficiencies whereas creating an setting of smarter controls to render the group prepared to reply to programme wants.
• Contribute to enhancing IT-enabled enterprise processes to extend productiveness and collaboration, higher information administration, and guarantee efficient use of UNICEF belongings.
• Present contribution to CPMP and assessment operational buildings in collaboration with Regional Chiefs of Operations and the Strategic Enterprise Assist unit in DFAM.

5.   Valuing Companions: Strengthening inner and external-facing partnerships and leveraging UNICEF’s oversight and understanding of            monetary administration throughout all areas of the workplace.

• Present technical assist and suggestions on HACT implementation, together with, recommendation strategy to enterprise spot checks, follow-up actions required on results of monetary assurance actions.
• Assist UNICEF Workplace useful resource mobilization companions from donor negotiation and formulation of partnership agreements and contracts via written monetary reporting, resolve discrepancies and guarantee donor accountability and transparency.
• Contribute to UNICEF Workplace useful resource mobilization via programme proposals, written monetary reporting, and evaluation of discrepancies.
• Interact as stakeholders within the UN Reform, facilitating Enterprise Working Companies (BOS) and proactively paving the best way for a possible “one again workplace” in nation workplaces

To qualify as an advocate for each youngster you’ll have…

• A College Diploma (Bachelor’s) in one of many following areas is required: Enterprise administration, Monetary administration, Accounting, Public Finance or Associated operations operate (Provide Chain, Human Assets, Info Expertise, Worldwide Enterprise, Venture administration, and so forth.)

An expert license from an internationally acknowledged establishment is an asset.

• A minimal of two years {of professional} expertise, on the nationwide and/or worldwide stage, is required, particularly in a number of operations administration space together with funds; monetary administration and reporting; services administration; administration; provide and logistics administration; info and communication expertise; human sources.
• Expertise in a UN system company and/or an Worldwide NGO in humanitarian/emergency context is an asset.
• Expertise in managing Operations in area location(s) is an asset.
• Expertise managing an inter-agency compound is an asset.
• Expertise in working with company ERPs (Enterprise Useful resource Planning) and IPSAS (Worldwide Public Sector Accounting Requirements) is very fascinating.
• Understanding of Outcomes Based mostly Administration is a requirement.
• Expertise in supporting profitable client-oriented work models is an asset.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Workplace functions is required.
• Fluency in English is required. Information of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian or Spanish) or a neighborhood language is an asset.

For each Little one, you exhibit…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief, Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin every part we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Constitution: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this submit are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness(3)Drive to attain outcomes for impression(4)Innovates and embraces change(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity(6)Thinks and acts strategically(7)Works collaboratively with others (8)Nurtures, leads and manages folks

Through the recruitment course of, we take a look at candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its totally different ranges: competency framework here.

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived youngsters and our international workforce should replicate the variety of these youngsters. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, no matter their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or every other private attribute.
We provide a wide range of benefits to our staff, together with paid parental depart, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the usage of versatile working preparations.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and aims 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 youngsters. 

Remarks:

UNICEF’s energetic dedication in direction of variety and inclusion is important to ship the very best outcomes for kids. For this place, eligible and appropriate females are inspired to use.

UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the obligation station, which shall 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). Do you have to 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 shall be cancelled.

All chosen candidates will endure rigorous reference and background checks and shall 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 supply extra info to conduct a background verify.

Authorities staff which are thought of for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities earlier than taking on an task with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the correct to withdraw a proposal of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance just isn’t obtained, or essential inoculation necessities aren’t met, inside an inexpensive interval for any motive.

Solely shortlisted candidates shall be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of.