Deadline: 17 February, 2026
Location: Baidoa, Somalia
The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is seeking to fill the role of Operations Manager, temporary appointment.
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate services in the functional areas of operations support: budget, financial management and reporting, facilities management, administration, supply and logistics management, information and communications technology, human resources, and safety and security
- Support the line manager to implement career development, opportunities for staff
- Act as a member of the Country and Senior Management Teams, representing the organisational risks, governance systems and policies, and promoting results-based management
- Understand business needs for the office, to anticipate challenges, propose viable/creative solutions aimed at value for money
- Provide key contributions to CPD, CPMP, AMP and support to results-based management and implementation using value for money criteria
- Promoting the fundamentals of ICT management, information security and controls
- Support supply and logistics strategies and interventions to meet programmatic needs while ensuring Value for Money (VfM), including procurement of fit-for-purpose products and services, and providing advisory support to governments, national systems and partners on supply chain management
- Support the country office during external and internal audit reviews and responding to audit observations and monitoring implementation of recommendations
Requirements
- Advanced university degree (master’s or higher) in one of the following areas: Business management, Financial management, Accounting, Public Finance and related operations function, (Supply Chain, Human Resources, Information Technology, International Business, Project management, etc.) or
- Full professional accounting designation (CA, ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA, CPFA) from an internationally recognised institute/body of accountancy with valid membership in good standing is required
- Five years, minimum of relevant professional experience at the national and/or international level, specifically in implementing organisational initiatives in one or more operations management areas
- Experience in a UN system agency, large private or public company, or experience working in a developing country and/or humanitarian/ emergency context an asset
- Experience in working with corporate ERPs (Enterprise Resource Planning) and IPSAS (International Public Sector Accounting Standards) is highly desirable
- Knowledge of results-based management is a requirement
- Experience in supporting successful client-oriented work units is an asset
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office applications
- Fluency in English
- Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language an asset
To apply and for more information, click here.
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