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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
Giga (giga.global) is a partnership between UNICEF (unicef.org) and the ITU (itu.int) working to connect every school in the world. The team (https://giga.global/about-us/) has experience and background in building technology products, finance and investment, design, and infrastructure. It’s a global team, with two “centers of gravity” (in Barcelona, Spain and Geneva, Switzerland) but with many team members located around the world.
Giga is broken into three main areas: Mapping, Finance, Procurement, supported by cross-cutting support services. The Country Engagement Team supports the initiation and implementation of all three areas of Giga’s support in countries. The Mapping team maps schools and their connectivity, creating a real-time display of access and need on Project Connect (https://projectconnect.unicef.org/map). The Finance team works to create the financing (grant, loan, and investment) for connectivity. The Procurement works closely with UNICEF Supply Division to support governments through public procurement processes for contracting sustainable, high quality and affordable school connectivity. There are also crosscutting teams that support on communications, partnerships, staff wellbeing, operations and finance.
We aim to have agility and flexibility in how we work, and to be driven by realtime data about what we’re doing. We also work within the political and global framework of the UN, which means that we can collaborate with policy makers and regulators, governments, civil society, and of course, most closely with our 135 country offices, in everything we do.
Under the guidance of the Senior Adviser (Giga Financing and Market Shaping) the Programme Manager for Market Influence and Procurement Centre plays a pivotal role in achieving Giga’s mission to connect all schools to the internet by 2030. This role provides expert advice to UNICEF Country Offices and their government partners, focusing on efficient, large-scale procurement of school connectivity.
The Programme Manager will also be responsible for the creation and initial setup of the Giga Global Procurement Hub. This hub aims to centralize technical assistance and achieve significant cost savings through strategic market interventions and bulk purchasing.
In collaboration with UNICEF’s Supply Division and ITU, the Programme Manager leads the development and implementation of market influencing strategies to enhance governments’ access to affordable and high-quality school connectivity. These strategies aim to help Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and other potential market actors that can supply connectivity, to scale up their services, particularly in underserved and remote areas.
Another important aspect of the role is to support UNICEF Country Offices, and their government counterparts, to make demand for school connectivity more stable and predictable. Thus, the Programme Manager is responsible for developing tools and providing guidance for countries to aggregate their demand for school connectivity within the country or establishing agreements to do it at a regional or global scale. By engaging both the supply and the demand sides of the school connectivity solutions market, the Programme Manager’s work is intended to support Giga in improving the affordability of school connectivity, expand choice and manage a competitive supplier base, recognizing connectivity as an essential service for the fulfillment of children’s rights.
The role requires agility and adaptability, aligning with Giga’s startup culture. The Programme Manager will work closely with UNICEF’s country offices and ITU teams, as well as other UN agencies. This role demands strong collaboration across various Giga teams, including Mapping, Finance, and Country Engagement, and with UNICEF’s 135 country offices.
Lead Giga’s procurement team: Provide leadership to Giga’s procurement team in delivering technical advice and support to UNICEF Country Offices, and their respective government counterparts for efficient school connectivity contracting:
Set-up the Giga Global Procurement Hub: Lead the establishment and initial operation of the Giga Global Procurement Hub, aimed at centralizing technical assistance and achieving significant cost savings through strategic market interventions.
Lead the development of a strategy for improved market access: Take the lead in crafting a strategy to enhance market access to affordable, sustainable, and high-quality school connectivity, prioritizing the most disadvantaged and remote areas globally.
Provide strategic input as part of the global Giga team: Coordinate with multiple internal teams (Mapping, Finance, Country Engagement, Partnerships, Communications, and other cross-cutting teams) to deliver insights from the school connectivity procurement processes in different countries, which can help enhance Giga’s products.
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
UNICEF competencies required for this post are…
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others (8) Nurtures, leads and manages people
During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.
UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.
We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.
Remarks:
UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are also subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
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