Procurement Associate, Regional Office, Dakar, Senegal, G7

The Position:

Under the overall guidance of the Regional International Operations Manager and direct supervision of the Procurement Specialist, the Procurement Associate is a member of the Regional Supply Chain Management Unit and serves the procurement, and contracting needs of the West and Central Africa Regional Office.

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:

The Procurement Associate ensures proper and effective use of UNFPA’s and external partners’ resources in terms of the following:

• Assisting all relevant Regional Office staff in defining and costing their procurement and logistics needs in accordance with the approved Annual Work Plans on a yearly basis;
• Managing and safeguarding the integrity of UNFPA procurement policies, procedures and practices;
• Building capacity by advising programme staff and external parties on all aspects of procurement and logistics management implementation and organization

Qualifications and Experience: 

Education:  

• Completed Secondary Level Education required. First level university degree is desirable.

Knowledge and Experience: 

• Minimum 7 years’ related work experience;
• Experience in international, public procurement or contracts and supplier management is highly desirable;
• Experience with UN procurement, finance and contracting regulations and procedures will be a decided advantage;
• Certification in CIPS, procurement, forecasting, or similar preferred;
• Proven experience and track record in successfully managing complex bid processes for complex products and services; proven experience and track record in complex item and category management;
• Experience in working in team and leading team projects is highly desirable;
• Knowledge of global health and pharmaceutical market and stakeholders is an asset, especially in regard to sexual, reproductive and maternal health;
• Knowledge of legal aspects of contract management is an asset;
• Excellent working knowledge of MS Office (in particular, applications related to database and data analysis, Atlas (PeopleSoft or alternatively Oracle), E-filing system and other software applications is required;

Languages: 

• Fluency in French is required. English is highly desirable.

Compensation and Benefits:

This position offers an attractive remuneration package including a competitive net salary plus health insurance and other benefits as applicable.

Disclaimer: 

UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process. Fraudulent notices, letters or offers may be submitted to the UNFPA fraud hotline http://www.unfpa.org/help/hotline.cfm

In accordance with the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations, persons applying to posts in the international Professional category, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.