Planning Officer (NO-B), Services Contracting Centre, Supply Division, Budapest, Hungary ( Open to Hungarian Nationals Only)

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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, commitment

Supplies are essential to fulfilling children’s rights. UNICEF procures and supplies over 5,000 products to address the needs of children. Supporting child survival and development programmes around the world, UNICEF-procured supplies are critical in providing for children’s health, education and protecting them from abuse, exploitation, and neglect.

The Service Contracting Centre is part of UNICEF Supply Division. Established in 2017 to bring efficiencies and improve compliance by leading the procurement of services for diverse category of services across all Headquarters Divisions/Offices & becoming source of expert knowledge and resources in the various categories of services.

How can you make a difference?

At UNICEF, you will make a difference in the lives of every child together with dedicated and passionate colleagues. Our mandate inspires us to achieve results, keep standards high, to grow and develop professionally as well as personally.

Under the overall guidance of the Chief, Service Contracting and under the direct supervision of the Contracts Managers for the execution of specific project type/coordination relation assignment, the incumbent will have direct responsibility for the planning and monitoring of contracting for goods/services including performance analysis and other cross cutting functions as may be determined. The position holder will require professional supply chain planning and analysis and contracting for services technical knowledge in addition to coordinating skills/expertise. The position provides overall contracting for services advice and best practice guidelines to Headquarters Divisions, Regional and Country Offices (Ros/COs) as well as support to the development of institutional policy and procedures and training material related to contracting for services.

Key Functions & Responsibilities:

1. Overall coordination of the procurement plans with HQ Divisions and monitoring for service contracting including contract closure, reporting on KPIs, performance analysis, etc.

2. Development of institutional policies, procedures and training material on contracting for goods/services;

3. Project management of improvement initiatives for service contracting function, including ERP improvements, service material master, Procurement Case Manager tool and development of standard templates and tools for the evaluation of goods/services.

4. Conduct the contracting processes for assigned goods/services for UNICEF global operations; handle and coordinate all aspects of the contracting processes, including:

4.1 Analyze and evaluate procurement requests and ensure appropriateness of specifications/Terms of References/Scope of Services.

4.2 Prepare and issue tender, purchase orders, contracts and amendment and maintain up to date the file for the entire process.

4.3 Make recommendations for finalization of contracting processes and award of contracts and when required. Prepare submissions to Contract Review Committee for reviews and subsequent approval by the authorized official.

5 Coordinate collaboration/partnership initiatives on procurement activities with UN Agencies and other international organizations in areas that will bring value for money to UNICEF.

6 Provide technical advice and best practice on contracting for goods/services to HQ Divisions, ROs and COs on all phases of the procurement cycle.

7 Any other duties as may be assigned.

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

  • A University degree in business administration, international commerce, supply chain management, planning, development or another directly related technical field of study.
  • A minimum of 2 years of relevant professional experience in work experience in supply chain planning and/or procurement/contracting for high-value and complex procurement /contracting of services is required.
  • An understanding or working knowledge of the UN or a similar organization/NGO is an added advantage.
  • Familiarity with UNICEF, UN Supply procedures and systems, and Basic Accounting skills is advantageous.
  • Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

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: https://uni.cf/UNICEFValues

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.

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

As an advocate for every child you will receive :

  • A competitive salary that is tax-exempted in Hungary. Access here the UN Salary Scale for Hungary, and here a salary calculator for simulation.
  • We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.
  • Access to professional development and learning programs, online learning, and learning path
  • Access to staff well-being and career development support

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are also subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

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