Deadline: 27 January 2023
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is currently seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Deputy Representative, Operations in Cairo, Egypt.
UNICEF works for a world in which every child has a fair chance in life.
Key Jobs Responsibilities
The Deputy Representative, Operations will perform the following functions:
- Valuing People: Lead, manage and develop people resources to promote technical competence and foster career progression and retention of a “fit for purpose”/ agile workforce
- Foster operations behaviors that focus on delivering results for children.
- Coordinate the human resource development and resourcing strategies.
- Institutionalize and share best practices and knowledge learned with regional/national colleagues.
- Refining the evolving profession in UNICEF derived from the five strategic pillars.
- Valuing Money: Champion strategic resources to achieve organizational goals and ensure Value for Money (VfM)
- Promote an environment of management excellence, staff well-being
- Optimize identification and use of resources in various concrete Value for Money (VfM) areas, including eco-efficiency and inclusivity, common premises, costing, results-based budgeting financial monitoring.
- Support Business Units on options to generate greater VfM
- Lead the financial oversight management, monitoring and reporting of all the country programme budget.
- Advise various modalities of valuing resources through financing modalities such as budgeting and pre-financing modalities for supplies, cash-based transfer. ts
- Oversee Supply outcome results related to Supply and Logistics Management and stay abreast of and promote the regional strategies and their implementation.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must 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, Human Resources, 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.
- Minimum 8 year’s of professional experience, at the national and international level, is required, specifically in implementing strategic organizational initiatives in one or more operations management area including budget; financial management and reporting; facilities management; administration; supply and logistics management; information and communication technology; human resources.
- 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 supporting successful client-oriented work units is an asset.
- Previous hands on experience in strategic operations is a strong asset.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office applications is required.
- Fluency in English, Arabic is an asset.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit their applications through online process.
For more information, visit UNICEF.
