UNOPS recruits 01 Support Services Senior Associate
UNOPS
Maiduguri ( Borno State), Nigeria
Support Services Senior Associate
Job categories: Administration, Project ManagementVacancy code: VA/2021/B5316/21116Department/office: AFR, GHMCO, NigeriaDuty station: Maiduguri ( Borno State), NigeriaContract type: Local ICA SupportContract level: LICA-7Duration: Open-endedDeadline date: 09-Feb-2021
Applications to vacancies must be received before midnight Copenhagen time (CET) on the closing date of the announcement.
Background Information – Job-specificBackground Information – Ghana Multi Country Office (GMCO)
UNOPS Ghana Multi Country Office (GMCO), located in Accra, spans across West Africa, covering Ghana, Gambia,Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
GMCO is responsible for managing strategic and operational risks associated with a subset of the regional portfolio of engagements, developing and delivering cost effective services contributing to partners’ sustainable results and achievements of UNOPS management results.
The core functions of the Operational Hub are to:● Liaise and develop engagements, and deliver services responding to partner needs.
● Leverage advice and integrate delivery modalities of the three Delivery Practices and the GlobalPartner Service Office. ● Maintain appropriate arrangements and capacity for direct transactional support for delivery of thesub-regional portfolio.
Background Information – Country SpecificThe Nigeria Duty Stations are managed by the Nigeria Country Office based in Abuja, Nigeria.
Nigeria is considered a key player in the West African region, with an estimated population of 200 million and accounts for about 47% of the total population of West Africa. Nigeria is considered a High Priority Country for UNOPS GMCO; being a fragile country with a complex development profile and possessing a high risk of humanitarian emergencies and disasters. Likewise with high donor interest and demand for implementation support, Nigeria is viewed as a country in which UNOPS can add value and scale-up efforts by its partners to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly the Government of Nigeria.
The last donor-funded project implemented by UNOPS ended in June 2018. The office was reopened in April 2019 and high-level efforts are ongoing to secure donor funded projects. Our objective for 2021 is to consolidate the implementation of our Strategy 2018-2021 – to become Known, Recognized and a Resource for our development partners on the ground, delivering on our mandate of infrastructure, procurement and project management.
Building on our global experience successfully delivering projects in complex operating environments, a healthy pipeline of engagements are at various stages of discussion with our priority partners including international financial institutions, UN agencies, bilateral and multilateral donors focusing on the North East region. The North-East region of Nigeria (NE) is currently in a complex protracted crisis with considerable humanitarian and developmental needs along with extensive damages to social and physical infrastructure. Likewise, the unanticipated COVID-19 pandemic has further impaired the already fragile health system.
The capacity of the entire country’s health system to address the possible impact of the pandemic remains limited. Critical resources such as trained health workers and medical supplies are being diverted to respond to the pandemic, thus leaving other essential services heavily under-resourced and dysfunctional
Background Information – Job SpecificThe United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is looking for a Support Services Senior Associate to offer operational support to the team in the Nigeria Country Office to deliver a project to Strengthen the health system of conflict- affected and hard-to-reach areas of Borno State.
The Support Services Senior Associate will maintain a close eye on the operational performance, identify probable issues that may need attention, support in problem analysis and solution identification as necessary, coordinate resolution as per action-items assigned. The Support Services Senior Associate may be required to work in complex and challenging environments with limited resources.
Functional ResponsibilitiesThe Support Services Senior Associate will be responsible for the following summ…
Education/Experience/Language requirementsA. Education A minimum of Secondary School certification is req…
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Additional informationTOR – Support Services Associate, LICA 7_ICS 7 – Nigeria.pdf (243 KB)
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