UNSOS Procurement Officer Jobs Kenya 2024

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UNSOS Procurement Officer Jobs Kenya 2024

UNSOS Procurement Officer Jobs 2024: United Nations Support Office in Somalia has published new Job vacancy Recruitment in Nairobi, Kenya. You can apply to the job before the Application deadline July 7th, 2024. Before applying we suggest read the job description very carefully and also requirements about this position.

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About UNSOS (United Nations Support Office in Somalia)

The United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) was a field support operation led by the United Nations Department of Field Support (DFS). It was located in Mogadishu and Nairobi in East Africa, focused on support of the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS).

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1863 of January 16, 2009, provided UNSOA with a mandate to deliver a logistics capacity support package to UNSOS critical in achieving its operational effectiveness and in preparation for a possible UN peacekeeping operation.

UNSOS Procurement Officer Jobs

  • Organization Name: United Nations Support Office in Somalia
  • Year of Foundation: 1863
  • Headquarters: Mogadishu, Somalia
  • Official Website: unsos.unmissions.org

Position Quick Info

  • Job Opening ID: 236602
  • Job Network: Logistics, Transportation and Supply Chain
  • Job Family: Procurement
  • Category: Professional and Higher Categories
  • Level: P-4
  • Duty Station: NAIROBI MOGADISHU
  • Department/Office: United Nations Support Office in Somalia
  • Date Posted: July 1, 2024
  • Deadline: July 7, 2024

Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Serves as a senior procurement and contracting expert with responsibility for the world-wide procurement of a wide variety of supplies and services associated with highly complex (technically and legally) contracts and procurement activities; may lead procurement work for a segment of a central or large peace-keeping program.
  • Provides technical advice on procurement activities to officials of substantive units during all phases of the procurement cycle.
  • Analyzes and evaluates procurement requests and ensures appropriateness of technical specifications.
  • Develops and prepares highly complex contracts for procurement of non-routine and technologically advanced commodities or long-range services; issues international tender invitations; evaluates responses to tender, and makes recommendations for finalization of purchases and award of contracts; signs procurement orders up to the authorized limit, and, in cases where the amount exceeds authorized signature authority, prepares submissions to the Contracts Committee for review and subsequent approval by the authorized official.
  • Develops new tactical approaches to contracts, as well as new methods for their application, based on market research.
  • Contributes to development of institutional procurement policies and procedures; develops standards and criteria for the evaluation of goods, services, supplier capacity, etc.
  • Maintains under constant examination production patterns in exporting countries; evaluates the productive capacities and performance of manufacturers to identify supply sources.
  • Establishes approaches for negotiations and conducts or coordinates all phases of negotiations with all concerned parties, including the negotiation of disputes arising from contracts.
  • Provides direction and guidance to more junior staff.

Education:

  • Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in business administration, public administration, commerce, engineering, law or a related field is required.
  • A first-level university degree in combination with additional two years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Experience:
  • A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in procurement, contract management, contract administration or logistics, of which the latest two years should be in procurement and contract management, is required.
  • Experience in undertaking and managing procurement teams for complex international procurement actions within the UN Common System or similar international organizations is desirable.
  • Experience in capacity building, organizing and delivering procurement outreach to Government Officials is desirable.
  • Experience working with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems such as SAP or similar system systems in the area of procurement modules is desirable.
Languages:
  • English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat.
  • For this post fluency in English (both oral and written) is required.

How to Apply?

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Step 2: Then scroll down to the important links section.

Step 3: Then you need to click on “Apply For Job” button.

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Updated: July 2, 2024 — 2:16 PM
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