Operations Specialist, P-3, Dakar, Senegal, Western and Central Africa Regional Office, #83668

Incumbent supports the Regional Chief of Operations in providing technical support and oversight for Operations in Country Offices in the region.

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Purpose of the Position

Incumbent supports the Regional Chief of Operations in providing technical support and oversight for Operations in Country Offices in the region. Specifically, this incumbent will facilitate Enterprise Resource Planning system (ERP/VISION) support to Country Offices.  Specifically coordinate Regional Office involvement and monitoring of internal and external audits as well as Donors' mandated reviews across the region.  Provide quality assurance, or fact finding on specific/sensitive operational matters that require Regional Office attention.  Provide oversight and technical support on various operational matters, in coordination with the Supervisor.

Key Expected Results

1. Conduct fact finding and quality assurance on sensitive operational matters that require specific Regional Office attention.  

• Support the Regional Chief of Operations in providing specific policy guidance on operational issues, in a timely manner.

2. Coordinate the Regional Office's involvement in internal and external audits, as well as Donors' specific reviews across the region, from audits planning to the monitoring of the implementation of audit/review recommendations.  

• Ensure that audit issues get appropriate attention from Regional Offices' relevant sections and that sustained long-term solutions are being taken in response to issues raised by audits or Donors' reviews.

3. Provides prompt and competent advice to Country Offices on Enterprise Resource Planning system (ERP/Vision) related questions.

• Escalates queries to Headquarters' based Business Process Owners when issues cannot be answered at the country or regional levels.

4. Provide a wide range of technical assistance and oversight on Financial and Administrative matters under the guidance of the Supervisor.

• This includes but not limited to: temporary gap-filling in Country Offices, peer reviews in Country Offices, remote technical assistance, specific oversight activities in coordination with the supervisor.
  
  

Qualifications of Successful Candidate

• An advanced university degree (Master's) in accounting, auditing, international relations, development, business administration, economics or financial management is required.  A first level university degree (Bachelor's) in any of these fields in combination with five (5) years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. Accounting and/or audit qualification from a recognized institution is an asset.
  
  
• A minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience at both the national and international level in the areas of management, audit, finance, accounting, administration and/or other related fields is required.
  
  
• Work experience in emergency duty station and/or Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERP/Vision) is considered an asset.
  
  
• Fluency in English and French (verbal and written) is required.  Knowledge of an additional UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Spanish) is an asset.
  
  

Competencies of Successful Candidate

Core Values

• Commitment
• Diversity and Inclusion
• Integrity

Core competencies

• Communication (Level II)
• Drive for Results (Level II)
• Working with People (Level II)

Functional Competencies

• Analyzing (Level II)
• Applying Technical Expertise (Level II)
• Formulating Strategies and Concepts (Level II)
• Leading and Supervising (Level II)
• Planning and Organizing (Level III)

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