Overview
The Deputy Representative Operations is responsible for supporting the Representative in managing the office and ensuring the best use of UNICEF assets in alignment with management practices, office priorities, and goals to deliver results for children.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensuring effective coordination and management of operations support functions including budget, financial management, facilities management, administration, supply and logistics, ICT, and safety and security.
- Providing leadership in strategic planning and management processes.
- Acting as a member of the Country and Senior Management Teams, providing feedback on operations risks and achievements.
- Championing UNICEF Country Office participation in the Brazil UNCT Operations Management Team.
- Ensuring quality advice and managerial inputs are provided to Programme, Field and PSFR operations.
Required Experience
- A minimum of 10 years of professional experience at the national and international level in advocating and implementing strategic organizational initiatives in one or more operations management areas.
- Prior experience working with or within the private sector, as well as supporting private sector fundraising activities, is required.
- Experience in humanitarian settings is strongly desired.
- Prior experience in the development sector or UN system/ international NGOs would be an asset.
- Additional experience in audit and investigations, safety and security, grant management, or enterprise risk management would be desired.
- Experience in working with corporate ERPs and IPSAS 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 stakeholder groups or multi-stakeholder partnership is highly desirable.
- Previous hands-on experience in strategic and managerial leadership is required.
Qualifications
• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree and above) in 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.
