The Position:
This position is located in the Facilities and Administrative Services Branch (FASB) within the Division for Management Services (DMS). FASB provides and oversees a broad range of support services relating to facilities and asset management, travel, mail & pouch and administrative/general services for both Headquarters and Field Offices. The term Field Offices includes all offices located outside of Headquarters including Regional/Sub-Regional Offices, Liaison Offices and Country Offices. The incumbent reports to the Chief Services.
The incumbent maintains professional contacts with staff at UNFPA-Headquarters, Development Coordination Office (UN DCO), UNDP and other sister agencies together with field-based colleagues. Provides professional support, analyses, clarification, and information and maintains regular contact with staff, within and outside the Organization as may be required.
How you can make a difference:
UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.
In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.
UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.
Job Purpose:
Reporting to the Chief Services, the Business Operations Analyst provides guidance and leadership on Business Operations Strategy (BOS)/Common Back Office – Local Shared Service Centers (CBO/LSSC) implementation, Global Shared Services (GSS) and Efficiency calculations on a global scale.
The primary roles are specifically:
a. Provide guidance on BOS/CBO/LSSC and GSS implementation;
b. Manage UNFPA efficiency reporting from internal as well as interagency initiatives
c. Review and verify cost benefit analysis for CBO/LSSC and GSS
d. Develop analyses and communications related to Business Operations and Services
Qualifications and Experience:
Education:
An advanced University Degree or equivalent in Business, Management, Business Administration, Operations Management, Public Administration or any other relevant discipline;
Knowledge and Experience:
- A minimum of two (2) years of relevant and increasingly responsible professional experience in the field of management at the national and international level, this should ideally include direct field/in-country experience; UN common system knowledge. Work experience with the United Nations Efficiency Agenda including BOS implementation is an asset. Strong data analytics and presentation skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite is a must. Strong Excel and PowerPoint use in particular.
- Atlas or ERP knowledge is desirable
- Ability to write clearly and concisely and communicate effectively.
- Initiative, sound judgment and demonstrated ability to work harmoniously with staff members from different national and cultural backgrounds
Languages:
Fluency in written and spoken English required. Knowledge of another official UN language an asset.
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