Apply: UN Women Procurement Associate

Deadline: 07 May, 2020

UN Women is currently seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of a Procurement Associate in Tunisia.

UN Women is the UN organisation dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women.

Responsibilities

The Procurement Associate will perform the following functions:

Implement procurement strategies in accordance with UN Women rules, regulations, policies and strategies
Provide substantive inputs to procurement related reports and analyses, research and draft responses to inquiries for clearance by the Operations Manager
Provide substantive inputs to the implementation of procurement management policies and strategies on cost-saving and reduction
Follow up with internal and external audits
Contribute to the development of sourcing strategies
Organise procurement processes for Tunisia Office
Prepare procurement plans for programmes/projects
Analyse needs and provide feedback and guidance to requesting teams
Draft specifications in line with needs, review procurement requests and initiate procurement procedures for office and projects equipment, supplies and services
Organise procurement processes including the preparation of Request for Quotations (RfQs), Invitation to Bids (ItBs) or Request for Proposals (RfPs) documents, receipt of quotations, bids or proposals
Prepare submissions to approving authorities
Maintain complete files, in accordance with corporate filing standards. Perform Buyer role in Atlas; prepare/close
Purchase Orders (POs) and contracts in and outside Atlas
Organise the contract management process for the Office
Review/ process contracts for the office
Develop and update the rosters of suppliers, and support implementation of supplier selection and evaluation maintain a record of all ongoing contracts

Requirements

Applicants must have:

Completed secondary school education
Specialised training in Procurement
Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Business Administration or related field is an asset
Procurement certification from an internationally recognised provider such as CIPS (Level 2) is an asset
Willingness to take UN Women internal procurement certifications is required
Six years, minimum, of progressively responsible experience in procurement, administration or related at national or international level
Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc)
Experience in handling of web-based management systems such as Atlas is an asset
Fluency in English and Arabic is required
Knowledge of UN working language, especially French, is an asset
National of Tunisia