UNICEF works in over 190 international locations and territories to save lots of youngsters’s lives, defend their rights, and assist them fulfill their potential, from early childhood by means of adolescence.
At UNICEF, we’re dedicated, passionate, and proud of what we do. Promoting the rights of each child is not only a job – it’s a calling.
UNICEF is a spot the place careers are constructed; we provide our workers various alternatives for private {and professional} growth that can assist them develop a satisfying profession whereas delivering on a rewarding mission. We delight ourselves on a tradition that helps workers thrive, coupled with a pretty compensation and advantages bundle.
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Location of Assignment: Kingston, Jamaica
Type : Fixed Term
Anticipated Start Date: June 1, 2025
For each child, Love
How are you able to make a difference?
Under the steering of the Head of Office (Representative), the Operations Manager serves as a Strategic Business Partner, 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 youngsters in particular operational contexts
This will contain the next key features:
- Valuing People: Develop folks assets to advertise technical competence and foster profession development and retention of a “fit for purpose”/ agile workforce
- Valuing Money: Champion strategic assets to realize organizational targets and guarantee Value for Money (VfM)
- Valuing Risk Management: Enhance Risk Management to extend organizational efficiency and strengthen inside management
- Valuing Systems and Structures: Ensure additional operational centralization and optimization for maximized effectivity positive factors
- Valuing Partners: Strengthening inside and external-facing partnerships and leveraging UNICEF’s oversight and understanding of monetary administration throughout all areas of the workplace.
If you wish to know extra about this place, please evaluate the entire Job Description right here: [
To qualify as an advocate for each child you should have…
Minimum necessities:
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Education:
An Advanced University Degree (Master’s and above) in a single of the next areas is required: Business administration; Financial administration; Accounting; Public Finance; and associated operations operate (Supply Chain, Human Resources, Information Technology, International Business, Project administration, and many others.) is required or a full skilled accounting designation (CA, ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA, CPFA, Expert Compatible) from an internationally acknowledged institute/physique of accountancy with legitimate membership in good standing is required.”
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Work Experience:
At least 5 years of related work expertise on the nationwide and/or worldwide degree, is required, particularly in implementing organizational initiatives in a number of operations administration space together with finances; monetary administration and reporting; amenities administration; administration; provide and logistics administration; data and communication know-how; human assets.
- Skills
Emotional Intelligence
Managing complexity and alter
Language Requirements:
- Fluency in English is required.
Desirables:
- Developing nation work expertise and/or familiarity with emergency.
- Additional expertise in a number of of the next areas, could be desired:
• Audit and investigations
• Safety and safety
• Grant Management
• Enterprise Risk Management
For each Child, you display…
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin every part 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 affect
(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
Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its totally different ranges.
UNICEF is dedicated to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, non secular or ethnic background, and individuals with disabilities, to apply to change into a part of the group. To create a extra inclusive office, UNICEF affords paid parental go away, breastfeeding breaks, and affordable lodging for individuals with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of versatile working preparations. Click here to study extra about versatile work preparations, well-being, and advantages.
According to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), individuals with disabilities embrace those that have long-term bodily, psychological, mental, or sensory impairments which, in interplay with varied limitations, could hinder their full and efficient participation in society on an equal foundation with others. In its Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy 2022-2030, UNICEF has dedicated to extend the quantity of staff with disabilities by 2030. At UNICEF, we offer reasonable accommodation for work-related help necessities of candidates and staff with disabilities. Also, UNICEF has launched a Global Accessibility Helpdesk to strengthen bodily and digital accessibility. If you might be an applicant with a incapacity who wants digital accessibility help in finishing the net application, please submit your request by means of the accessibility electronic mail button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF.
UNICEF doesn’t rent candidates who’re married to youngsters (individuals underneath 18). 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 primarily based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, non secular or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is dedicated to advertise the safety and safeguarding of all youngsters. All chosen candidates will, subsequently, endure rigorous reference and background checks, and might be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas. Background checks will embrace 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, and chosen candidates with disabilities could also be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their incapacity confidentially.
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 might be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments might also be topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be chosen for a place with UNICEF, you both have to be inoculated as required or obtain a medical exemption from the related division of the UN. Otherwise, the choice might be canceled.
Remarks:
As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration within the employment of the workers is the need of securing the very best requirements of effectivity, competence, and integrity.
UNICEF’s lively dedication to variety and inclusion is vital to ship the perfect outcomes for youngsters. For this place, eligible and appropriate male candidates are inspired to apply.
Government staff who’re thought of for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities positions earlier than taking over an task with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the proper to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance isn’t obtained, or obligatory inoculation necessities should not met, inside an inexpensive interval for any purpose.
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 won’t ask for candidates’ checking account data.
[CO/ HQ specific: visa residence requirements: i.e.: UNICEF shall not facilitate the issuance of a visa and working authorization for candidates under consideration for positions at the national officer and general service category.]
All UNICEF positions are marketed, and solely shortlisted candidates might be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of. An inside candidate performing on the degree of the submit within the related useful 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.
Additional details about working for UNICEF might be discovered here.
Operations Manager, NO 3, Kingston, Jamaica, Fixed Term, #90587 (Nationals of Jamaica solely)
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