Job Title: Senior Management Advisor
Vacancy code VA/2012/B5307/1028
Position title Senior Management Advisor
Department/office AFO, Johannesburg
Duty station Johannesburg,, South Africa
Contract type International ICA
Contract level IICA-4
Duration 8 months (on a retainer basis)
Application period 12-Aug-2012 to 21-Aug-2012
United Nations Core Values: Integrity, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity
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Background Information - UNOPS
“UNOPS plays a critical role in providing management services for our life-saving, peacebuilding, humanitarian and development operations. I have seen many examples of how these activities help suffering people in troubled parts of the world.”
-Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General
UNOPS mission is to expand the capacity of the UN system and its partners to implement peacebuilding, humanitarian and development operations that matter for people in need.
Working in some of the world’s most challenging environments, UNOPS vision is to always satisfy partners with management services that meet world-class standards of quality, speed and cost effectiveness.
By assisting UN organizations, international financial institutions, governments and other development partners, UNOPS makes significant, tangible contributions to results on the ground.
UNOPS employs more than 6000 personnel and on behalf of its partners creates thousands more work opportunities in local communities. With its headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark, a network of five regional offices and a further 20 operations and project centres, UNOPS oversees activities in more than 80 countries.
UNOPS is committed to achieving a truly diverse workforce.
Background information - AFO
Africa Regional Office
Based in Johannesburg, South Africa, the Africa Regional Office supports UNOPS country offices in the region, providing financial oversight of projects, procuring goods and services and managing human resources.
AFO helps ensure that projects are executed to the highest standards, providing a shared knowledge base and ensuring that best practices and lessons learned are disseminated between projects across the entire region.
Background Information - Job-specific
Africa Regional office is seeking a Senior Management Adviser (Business Acquisition,) to work collaboratively with the Regional Director to improve the overall management capacities, financial management, asset management and business development. More Specifically, the Senior Management Advisor will assist the Regional Director with the following key responsibilities:
Functional Responsibilities
Summary of key functions:
Support the Region’s medium term strategic planning framework (Strategic Plan) review and outline of strategic priorities for the next strategy cycle.
Support the development of a Regional business development strategy and outreach framework;
Support the RD in the AFO restructuring and organizational effectiveness exercise.
I - The post of Senior Management Advisor at AFO is critical for:
Support to improve strategic alignment of AFO; support the UNOPS strategy MTR and provide guidance to support the new strategy 2014 - 2016;
Increased business acquisition and regional business growth;
II - Methodology and Deliverables:
The assignment will require the use of review of documentation and policy internal and external relevant to the business development, results management and perofmrance reporting. It will also require discussions with the Executive Director and the Deputy Executive Directors, as well as members of selected senior management at HQ, in addition to country directors and selected project managers;
III - The incumbent is expected to deliver the following:
An inception report which will outline the overview of the following major deliverables and a proposed time frame;
· The major deliverables are as follows:
Report on the Structural effectiveness and considerations in the AFO region
Report on the Business development and donor coordination framework.
A proposed outline for the AFO region next strategic cycle outlook accompanied by a Results framework
.
Competencies
IV - Functional Competencies:
Results-Based Programme Development and Management - Makes use of a variety of resources within UNOPS to set performance standards, monitors progress and intervenes at an early stage to ensure results are in accordance with agreed-upon quality and timeframes and reports results.
Innovation Approaches Creates an environment that fosters innovation and innovative thinkin
Organizational Leadership and Direction - Actively contributes to the setting of organizational priorities in a consultative process. Responds to changes in the operational and policy environment. Coordinates with RD on key deliverables.
Client Orientation - Anticipates constraints in the delivery of services and identifies solutions or alternatives. Proactively identifies, develops and discusses solutions for internal and external clients, and persuades management to undertake new projects or services. Advises and develops strategic and operational solutions with clients that add value to AFO programmes and operations.
V - Core Competencies:
Promoting ethics and integrity, creating organizational precedents.
Building support and political acumen.
Building and promoting effective teams.
Creating and promoting enabling environment for open communication.
Creating an emotionally intelligent organization
Education/Experience/Language requirements
VI - Required Skills and Experience
Education:
Advanced university degree in Organizational Development, Management, Business Administration or other related social sciences.
Experience:
A minimum of 15 Experience of working with senior officials and managers and excellent communication skills.
Good working knowledge of management Advisory services
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work cross-culturally with limited resources is a must
You'll need to be sympathetic to the needs of working in a post conflict environment and willing to work within the cultural norms many countries in Africa and with limited resources. You will be able to build good working relationships with a wide range of people at all levels and be able to work with others to priorities and achieve challenging goals.
Language:
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English, with an adequate working knowledge of French.
Contract type, level and duration
Contract type: Individual Contractor Agreement (ICA)
Contract level: International ICA - 4
Contract duration:90 days withing a period of 8 months (Retainer)
For more details about the ICA contractual modality, please follow this link:
http://www.unops.org/ENGLISH/WHOWENEED/CONTRACT-TYPES/Pages/Individual-Contractor-Agreements-ICAs.aspx
Additional Considerations
Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time (CET)
Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a level below the advertised level of the post
The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.
UNOPS is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence
https://gprs.unops.org/Pages/ViewVacancy/VADetails.aspx?id=1028
Deadline: 21st Aug 2012
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