Procurement Coordinator

Contract

This is a UNV National Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV National Specialist contracts.

Description of task

The UNV Procurement Coordinator under the directions from Project Procurement Assistant and direct supervision of National Project Manager will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Support teams for procurements under UNDP and donor rules, regulation and procedures.
• Support teams in management of end-to-end procurement processes.
• Support in gathering requests and initiate timely processes to avoid delays in procurements.
• Facilitate and arrange procurement committee meetings and provid support in preparation of necessary documentation.
• Support team in the rigorous review of the procurement documentation for enhancing internal efficiency and best value for money.
• Prepared and update weekly/monthly procurement sheets for goods, services and works.
• Support in contract management for consultants with respect to contract clauses.
• Support in maintaining necessary documentation (hard/soft) for each procurement process.
• Ensure transparent and responsive procurement process is implemented and maintained.
• Will provide support to project for tracking the procurements of goods and services.
• Conduct and facilitate by regular research for up-do date market knowledge on major items for procurement with the project.
• Any other task assigned by the project management.

Educational additional comments

A university degree in Supply Chain Management, Project Management, Business Management and or relevant field.

Experience remark

• 4 Years’ or more experience working in carrying out procurement processes, under various regimes, public and private.
• Experience of working with UN system, public sector organizations and international or non-governmental organizations supporting procurement work.
• Knowledge of UN procurement policies will be an asset.

Language skills

• English(Mandatory), Level - Working Knowledge
• Urdu(Mandatory), Level - Working Knowledge

Application procedure

• Not yet registered in the UNV Talent Pool? First register your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/signup. Link to follow for - Registration steps Important: After creating your account, complete all sections of your profile including contact details and two references and submit it. Incomplete profiles shall not be considered. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink. Lastly, select the special call to which you would like to apply. * Already registered in the UNV Talent Pool? First update your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/profile. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink to select the special call to which you would like to apply. Post is for National UN Volunteer assignments ONLY. Therefore, only nationals of above-mentioned Country and legal residents with a residency permit, the status of refugee or with the status of being stateless are eligible to apply. For further details, please click on the link below. Application deadline: 15-09-2021