How can you make a difference?

Join our wonderful team to ensure effective and efficient planning, development, and execution of procurement strategies, improve the operational efficiency in the contract implementation and management, monitoring suppliers’ performance, conduct market research and establish local LTAs for the regular procured kits and services. The tasks include:

Ensures all procurement activities are in compliance with the UNICEF Financial Rules and Regulations, SD Manual, and all other applicable procurement procedures.

Works closely with programmes and partners on project/TOR design, work plan and coordination, issues of long-term forecasting of procurement plan and funding availability.

Ensure and coordinated planning of procurement and demand of the required supplies and services, including coordination on LPA if it is required.

Review the requirements for supplies and services, such as specification, TOR, evaluation criteria, pricing structure, taxation and appropriateness of supply requests (PR and SO). Ensure terms and conditions are well understood by bidders / proposers. To take preventative measure to secure value for money, efficiency and timely completion of the project.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

A first level university degree (Bachelor’s) is required in Business Administration, Management, Economics, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Procurement, Contract/Commercial Law, International Development, Health or relevant technical field.

A minimum of two (02) years of relevant experience, at the national and international levels, in supply, logistics, procurement, contracting, administration and/or other directly related technical fields is required.

Fluency in English and/or French is required.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others.