Regional Chief of Operations

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The Regional Chief of Operations role is to effectively lead and oversee the operations functions across a region for the efficient delivery of related services, directly impact on program performance resource mobilization and delivery of results for children. This in turn contributes to maintaining/enhancing the credibility of UNICEF as an effective and responsible manager of funds entrusted to the organization and to furthering UNICEF’s image as a competent organization for delivering cost effective and sustainable program results in regular and emergency settings.

The Regional Chief of Operations comprehensively and timely identify, assess, mitigate, monitor, review and report on the most significant risks that could potentially harm the organization, is a critical element of UNICEF’s risk and internal control performance management framework. Risk management skills are necessary to safeguard UNICEF’s resources, continuity of operations and reputation to fulfill our primary mission to save and protect children, globally.

As a Strategic Business Partner and regional advisor, the incumbent will be responsible to lead for results, drive change, provide risk informed, solution-focused analysis, advice and services and contribute to programme and management decisions for delivering results for children in all operational contexts within the regional office and provide technical leadership and guidance for Operations in all countries and field offices within the region.
Strategic operations will accomplish this by:

Managing and providing strategic direction for services in the regional functional areas of operations support: budget, financial management and reporting, facilities management, administration, supply and logistics management.
Leading by example and supporting the Regional Director to ensure processes are in place to identify, promote and empower the potential in operations staff within the region through career development, opportunities for stretch assignments and succession planning;
Acting as member of the Regional Senior Management Team, representing the organizational risk, governance systems and policies perspective in management discussions, and promoting results based management;
Understanding business needs for the Programmes in regional and country offices, to anticipate challenges, propose viable solutions, provide creative and innovative ideas aimed at a solution- focused approach to include value for money strategies, all underpinned by quality assurance measures;
Advise on the implementation of results based management through results-based planning including results-based budgeting and implementation using value for money criteria;
Guiding the country and regional programme and budget review processes;
Leveraging governance, systems, and tools to provide regular feedback on risks and achievements of operations functions in the region and Headquarters;
Supporting and advising regional and country offices during external and internal audit reviews and responding to audit observations and monitoring implementation of recommendations;
Evaluating and suggesting enhancement of business transactions processed by GSSC from a perspective of Efficiency, Performance, Risk Management and Fraud prevention;
Providing strategic and managerial guidance to Common Services, Supply and Procurement, and HACT Management as deemed fit and in line with the approved regional office structure.

The Regional Chief of Operations will be entrusted with the following five pillars, the core focus of all operations functions:

Valuing People: Lead, manage and develop people resources to promote technical competence and foster career progression and retention of a “fit for purpose”/ agile operations workforce
Valuing Money: Champion strategic resources to achieve organizational goals and ensure Value for Money (VfM)
Valuing Risk Management: Enhance Risk Management to increase organizational performance and strengthen internal control
Valuing Systems and Structures: Ensure further operational centralization and optimization for maximized efficiency gains
Valuing Partners: Strengthening internal and external-facing partnerships and leveraging UNICEF’s oversight and understanding of programmatic financial management.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have:

An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in one of the following areas is required: 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.
A minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience at the national and international level, is required, specifically in advocating and implementing strategic organizational initiatives in one or more operations management area including budget; financial management and reporting; facilities management; administration; supply and logistics management; information and communication technology; human resources.
Additional experience in one or more of the following areas, would be desired:
Audit and investigations
Safety and security
Grant Management
Enterprise Risk Management
Experience in a UN system agency, large private or public company, or experience working in a developing country and/or humanitarian/ emergency context is an asset.
Experience in working with corporate ERPs (Enterprise Resource Planning) and IPSAS (International Public Sector Accounting Standards) 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 and executive level stakeholder groups or multi-stakeholder partnerships is highly desirable.
Previous hands-on experience in strategic and managerial leadership, preferably in a multi-office context, is required.
Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

Source: https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/569059

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