Re-advertisement - Regional Chief of Operations, P5, ROSA, Kathmandu, Nepal

Contract

This is a P-5 contract. This kind of contract is known as Professional and Director staff. It is normally internationally recruited only. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 10 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 150,560 USD and 188,686 USD.

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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, a champion

How can you make a difference?

• Managing and providing strategic direction for services in the regional functional areas of operations support: budget, financial management and reporting, facilities management, administration, supply, and logistics management, information and communications technology, and convening the other functions to arrive at a unified vision;
• Leading by example and supporting the Regional Director to ensure processes are in place to identify, promote and empower the potential in operations staff within the region through career development, opportunities for stretch assignments, and succession planning;
• Acting as a member of the Regional Senior Management Team, representing the organizational risk, governance systems, and policies perspective in management discussions, and promoting results-based management;
• Understanding business needs for the Programmes in Regional and Country offices, to anticipate challenges, propose viable solutions, provide creative and innovative ideas aimed at a solution-focused approach to include value for money strategies, all underpinned by quality assurance measures;
• Advice on the implementation of Results-Based Management through results-based planning including results-based budgeting and implementation using Value for Money criteria;
• Guiding the country and regional program and budget review processes,
• Leveraging governance, systems, and tools to provide regular feedback on risks and achievements of operations functions in the region and Headquarters;
• Supporting and advising regional and country offices during external and internal audit reviews and responding to audit observations and monitoring implementation of recommendations.
• Evaluating and suggesting enhancement of business transactions processed by GSSC from a perspective of Efficiency, Performance, Risk Management and Fraud prevention.
• Providing strategic and managerial guidance to Common Services, Supply and Procurement, ICT Management, HACT Management, PSFR and/or Staff Security and Safety as deemed fit and in line with the approved regional office structure.

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

• An Advanced University Degree (Master’s and above) in one of the following areas is required: Business management; Financial management; Accounting; Public Finance; and related operations function (Supply Chain, Information Technology, International Business, Project management, etc.) or a full professional accounting designation (CA, ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA, CPFA, Expert Comptable) from an internationally recognized institute/body of accountancy with valid membership in good standing is required.

*A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree.

• A minimum of 10 years of professional experience, at the national and international level, is required, specifically in advocating and implementing strategic organizational initiatives in one or more operations management area including budget; financial management and reporting; facilities management; administration; supply and logistics management; Additional experience in one or more of the following areas, would be desired:
• Experience in a UN system agency, large private or public company, or experience working in a developing country and/or humanitarian/ emergency context is an asset.
• Experience in working with corporate ERPs (Enterprise Resource Planning) and IPSAS (International Public Sector Accounting Standards) is highly desirable.
• Experience in Results-Based Management is a requirement.
• Experience in managing successful client-oriented work units is an asset.
• Experience in co-creating policy is desirable.
• Prior experience working with diverse and executive-level stakeholder groups or multi-stakeholder partnerships is highly desirable.
• Previous hands-on experience in strategic and managerial leadership, preferably in a multi-office context, is required.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office applications is required.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergencies is considered an asset.
• 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 values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are...

• Nurtures, Leads and Manages People (2)
• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (2)
• Works Collaboratively with others (2)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (2)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (2)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (2)
• Drive to achieve impactful results (2)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

Click here to learn more about UNICEF’s values and competencies.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

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 also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. 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:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

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

The selected candidate MUST be able to travel unhindered to all the countries in South Asia.

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