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For each child, hope
Join the Operations Team at UNICEF Ukraine
How are you able to make a difference?
The basic and first mission of UNICEF is to advertise the rights of each child, in every single place, in every little thing the group does — in packages, in advocacy and in operations. The fairness technique, emphasizing essentially the most deprived and excluded kids and households, interprets this dedication to kids’s rights into motion. For UNICEF, fairness implies that all kids have a chance to outlive, develop and attain their full potential, with out discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the diploma that any child has an unequal likelihood in life — in its social, political, financial, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is rising proof that investing in child survival, training and safety of a society’s most deprived residents — addressing inequity — not solely will give all kids the chance to satisfy their potential but in addition will result in sustained development and stability of nations. This is why the deal with fairness is so important. It accelerates progress in the direction of realizing the human rights of all kids, which is the common mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, whereas additionally supporting the equitable growth of countries.
Strategic workplace context:
The Operations operate is a strategic Business Partner function, assuring the very best use of UNICEF property in alignment with sound administration practices, workplace priorities and objectives to ship outcomes for kids.
Purpose of the job
As a Strategic Business Partner, the incumbent can be accountable for operations capabilities, facilitate change, present threat knowledgeable, solution-focused evaluation, recommendation and providers and contribute to programme and administration selections for delivering outcomes for kids in particular operational contexts. Operations Officer will accomplish this by:
- Facilitating providers within the purposeful areas of operations assist: price range, monetary administration and reporting, amenities administration, administration, provide and logistics administration, data and communications know-how, human assets, and security and safety;
- Supporting the road supervisor to implement profession growth, alternatives for employees;
- Acting as member of related Senior Management Teams, representing the organizational dangers, governance techniques and insurance policies, and supporting outcomes based mostly administration.
- Understanding enterprise wants for the workplace, to suggest viable options aimed toward worth for cash.
- Providing contribution to CPD, CPMP, AMP and assist to Results Based Management and implementation utilizing Value for Money standards.
- Supporting the basics of ICT administration, data safety and controls;
- Supporting provide and logistics methods and interventions to fulfill programmatic wants whereas guaranteeing Value for Money (VfM), together with procurement of match for objective services.
- Providing common suggestions on dangers and achievements of operations capabilities within the workplace;
- Supporting the administration of workplace premises and amenities with a selected deal with inclusive accessibility, eco sustainability and customary premises;
- Supporting the nation workplace throughout exterior and inside audit evaluations, contributing with audit observations and monitoring implementation of suggestions.
- Facilitating enterprise transactions processed by GSSC from a perspective of Efficiency, Performance, Risk Management and Fraud prevention
- Supporting the administration of PSFR operations, the place relevant.
The Operations Officer can be entrusted with the next 5 pillars, the core focus of all operations capabilities: Valuing People, Valuing Money, Valuing Risk Management, Valuing Systems and Structures, Valuing Partners.
Key capabilities, accountabilities and associated duties/duties
Valuing People: Implement individuals assets methods to advertise technical competence and foster profession development and retention of a “fit for purpose”/ agile workforce
- Facilitate an surroundings of administration excellence, employees well-being and accessibility and inclusion by means of implementation of methods, insurance policies, procedures.
- Implement options associated to individuals administration and workplace tradition.
- Support coaching technique and requisite plans to result in adjustments in data, abilities, talents and thoughts units for Operations employees.
- Keep abreast of trade requirements in administration and finance and share finest practices and data discovered inside the workplace.
- Support Excellence in Operations in UNICEF derived from the 5 strategic pillars.
Valuing Money: Champion strategic assets to realize organizational objectives and guarantee Value for Money (VfM)
- Ensure efficient identification and use of assets in numerous concrete Value for Money (VfM) areas, together with eco-efficiency and inclusivity, frequent premises, costing, results-based budgeting monetary monitoring and many others.
- Support 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.
- Support implementation of assorted modalities of valuing assets by means of financing modalities equivalent to budgeting and pre-financing modalities for provides, cash-based switch and many others.
- Implement Supply plan for the workplace and keep abreast of the regional methods.
Valuing Risk Management: Enhance Risk Management to extend organizational efficiency and strengthen inside management
- Support the workplace with up-to-date data to make operational and programmatic threat knowledgeable selections and enhance efficiency, with the assist of the enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance (eGRC) platform.
- Contribute and take part in testing of enterprise continuity plans to make sure UNICEF organizational resilience to catastrophe, dangers and employees security and safety in addition to Emergency Preparedness and Response to humanitarian conditions.
- Participate in evaluate of inside controls and insurance policies/steering included within the Regulatory Framework, assist acceptable implementation insurance policies and procedures and supply suggestions on coverage and inside controls as acceptable.
- Support implementation necessary anti-fraud techniques, processes and actions, and share anti-fraud achievements inside the workplace.
- Support mitigation of dangers of engagement with exterior companions through acceptable, risk-informed due diligence.
Valuing Systems and Structures: Ensure additional operational centralization and optimization for maximized effectivity positive aspects
- Participate within the evaluate of Operations processes and advocate measures to reduce value, scale back duplication of labor and maximize efficiencies whereas creating an surroundings of smarter controls to render the group prepared to answer programme wants.
- Contribute to bettering IT-enabled enterprise processes to extend productiveness and collaboration, higher data administration, and guarantee efficient use of UNICEF property.
- Provide contribution to CPMP and evaluate operational buildings in collaboration with Regional Chiefs of Operations and the Strategic Business Support unit in DFAM.
Valuing Partners: Strengthening inside and external-facing partnerships and leveraging UNICEF’s oversight and understanding of monetary administration throughout all areas of the workplace.
- Provide technical assist and suggestions on HACT implementation, together with, recommendation method to enterprise spot checks, follow-up actions required on results of monetary assurance actions.
- Support UNICEF Office useful resource mobilization companions from donor negotiation and formulation of partnership agreements and contracts by means of written monetary reporting, resolve discrepancies and guarantee donor accountability and transparency.
- Contribute to UNICEF Office useful resource mobilization by means of programme proposals, written monetary reporting, and evaluation of discrepancies.
- Contribute to creating personal sector partnerships particularly in center earnings nations.
- Engage as stakeholders within the UN Reform, facilitating Business Operating Services (BOS) and proactively paving the best way for a possible “one back office” in nation workplaces.
Impact of Results
The means of the Operations Officer to successfully assist the operations capabilities for the environment friendly supply of associated providers, immediately impression on program efficiency, useful resource mobilization and supply of outcomes for kids. This in flip contributes to sustaining/enhancing the credibility of UNICEF as an efficient and accountable supervisor of funds and assets entrusted to the group and to furthering UNICEF’s picture as a reliable group for delivering value efficient and sustainable program ends in common and emergency settings.
The means of the Operations Officer to assist evaluation, mitigation, monitoring, evaluate and reporting on essentially the most vital dangers that would probably hurt the group, is a important ingredient of UNICEF’s threat and inside management efficiency administration framework. Risk administration abilities are essential to safeguard UNICEF’s popularity, assets, continuity of operations and popularity to satisfy our main mission to save lots of and shield kids, globally.
To qualify as an advocate for each child you’ll have…
Minimum necessities:
Education:
A University Degree (Bachelor’s) in one of many following areas is required:
- Business administration
- Financial administration
- Accounting
- Public Finance
- Related operations operate (Supply Chain, Human Resources, Information Technology, International Business, Project administration, and many others.)
Work Experience:
- 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 price range; monetary administration and reporting; amenities administration; administration; provide and logistics administration; data and communication know-how; human assets.
- Understanding of Results Based Management is a requirement.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office purposes is required.
Language Requirements:
- Fluency in English and Ukrainian is required.
Desirables:
- Developing nation work expertise and/or familiarity with emergency.
- Knowledgeable license from internationally acknowledged establishments is an asset.
- Experience in a UN system company, giant personal or public firm, or expertise working in a creating nation and/or humanitarian/ emergency context is an asset.
- For nation workplaces with a big personal sector fundraising operation, prior expertise working with or within the personal sector, and supporting personal sector fundraising, is an asset
- Experience in working with company ERPs (Enterprise Resource Planning) and IPSAS (International Public Sector Accounting Standards) is very fascinating.
- Experience in supporting profitable client-oriented work items is an asset.
- Knowledge of one other official UN language or an area language is an asset.
For each Child, you reveal…
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin every little thing we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
The UNICEF competencies required for this submit are…
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships
(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness
(3) Drive to realize 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 individuals
Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its completely different ranges.
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, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or another private attribute.
We supply a wide range of measures to include a more diverse workforce, equivalent to paid parental go away, break day for breastfeeding functions, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the usage of versatile working preparations.
UNICEF doesn’t rent candidates who’re married to kids (individuals beneath 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and goals of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority, and discrimination. UNICEF is dedicated to selling the safety and safeguarding of all kids. All chosen candidates will endure rigorous reference and background checks and can be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Selected candidates could also be required to offer extra data to conduct a background check.
UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the obligation station is required for IP positions and can be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may additionally be topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should 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. Otherwise, the choice can be canceled.
Remarks:
As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration within the employment of the employees is the need of securing the very best requirements of effectivity, competence, and integrity.
UNICEF’s energetic dedication to range and inclusion is important to ship the very best outcomes for kids. For this place, eligible and appropriate individuals with disabilities are inspired to apply.
Government workers who’re thought-about for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities positions earlier than taking on an project with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the precise to withdraw a proposal of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance shouldn’t be obtained, or needed inoculation necessities are usually not met, inside an inexpensive interval for any motive.
UNICEF doesn’t cost a processing charge at any stage of its recruitment, choice, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and coaching). UNICEF is not going to ask for candidates’ checking account data.
All UNICEF positions are marketed, and solely shortlisted candidates can be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of. An inside candidate performing on the stage of the submit within the related purposeful space, or an inside/exterior candidate within the corresponding Talent Group, could also be chosen, if appropriate for the submit, with out evaluation of different candidates.
Eligible employees members on fixed-term, persevering with or everlasting contracts making use of to IP TA positions in an obligation station designated as L2/L3, could possibly retain a lien and their fixed-term entitlements, topic to approval by their Head of Office. The situations of the short-term project will fluctuate relying on the standing of their submit and relocation entitlements could also be restricted as per the related insurance policies.
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Operations Officer, Fixed Term, NO-2, Kharkiv, Ukraine, #131262
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