Real Estate Administrator/Technical Officer

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

The General Management Cluster (GMC) is responsible for the provision of efficient and effective support services to the implementation of health programmes and smooth management in the Africa Region.

The Regional Administrative Services is in charge of providing infrastructure, logistics, to WHO Offices in the African Region covering infrastructure management in the areas of building, electricity and environment support services.

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

To provide technical support to the Regional Administrative Services Unit (ASU) and Country offices in terms of effective supervision of all Sections that composes the Real Estate Sub-Unit « Building and Maintenance (BMA), Building and Infrastructure Officer (BIO); Electricity & Maintenance (EMA); Water, Health and Sanitation Officer (HSO), Mechanics & Maintenance (MEC); Inventory (INV) » and which are responsible of ensuring that preventive and curative maintenances of AFRO infrastructures and equipment including construction of new projects are successfully planned, implemented and monitored in accordance with the Regional Administrative Services’ Programme.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

The Technical Officer will provide managerial support as bellow \:

1.     Supervision Role\:

§  Provide overall supervision to all staff under REA Unit and direct supervision to all his assistants\: Building, Electricity, Sanitation, Mechanics, Inventory and stock room;

§  Supervise the contribution the REA unit in the elaboration of the ASU’s work plan and evaluate staff performance of the REA unit ;

§  Provide overall coordination and reporting on all planned activities, implemented, monitored and evaluated under REA.

2.     Project management and related Procurement \:

§  Contributing in the preparation of  feasibility studies;  sketches, working drawings, specifications, billing of quantities and of small scale projects and also prepare tenders documents;

§  Coordinate team contributions to facilitate group purchase and service procurement activities (terms of reference definition, site visit, offer evaluation, etc.) ;

§  Assisting ASO in analyzing bids, elaboration of the adjudication document, and recommending Contractors to the procurement team;

§  Ensure that the preparation, monitoring and timely execution of all facilities maintenance related contracts including the following services\:  Building, Electrical and Mechanical Equipment  maintenances of main buildings, workshops and staff residences,  office equipment, working spaces and environment of the Regional Office;

§  Provide, as required, high level support to the Country offices for the contracting related activities.

3.     Define Preventive and customer oriented Service maintenance approach\:

§  In depth architectural and technical review of the building facilities.

§  Define and implement strategy for a preventive approach maintenance; 

§  Ensure proper recording of the queries, timely processing and their inclusion in the team activity report;

4. Management of major Construction projects

Assist ASO in the management of the Real Estate by\:

§  Preparing the project document  of Real Estate Funds projects; cost projections and time table for feasibility studies of the said projects and  tender documents;

§  Analyzing bids and recommending Constructors to the CRC;

§  Supervising construction works; and Enabling finished products to be efficiently used by WHO.

5.     Provide building expertise and support for RO and country office\:

§  Provide architecture/building expertise to identify risk and their mitigation for RO and CO building projects;

§  Ensuring that the AFRO premises maps are updated according to the implemented activities;

§  Coordinate with the CO to get updated premises data;         

6. Any other duties

§  Supervise , train and guide staff assigned to work under him/her;

§  Supervise and coordinate the activities and formulate recommendations for the continuing improvement of subunits’ performance (under his/her jurisdiction);

§  Carry out any other duty as assigned by the first level supervisor;

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential\: University degree in Engineering, Infrastructure and Construction, Urban planning, architecture.
Desirable\: Advanced degree in management and Real Estate development.  

Experience

Essential\: Minimum of five (5) years of experience in Engineering and Building Construction management, and at least four years’ experience at managerial level in a national or international organization.

Desirable\: Experience in large team management (50 people). Experience with ERP (Oracle) is a plus.

Skills

WHO Competencies

1.     Producing results

2.     Moving forward in a changing environment

3.     Communicating in a credible and effective way

4.     Fostering integration and teamwork

5.  Respecting and Promoting individual and cultural differences

Use of Language Skills

Essential\: Excellent knowledge of French or English with a good working knowledge of the other
Desirable\: Knowledge of Portuguese would be an asset.

REMUNERATION

WHO offers staff in the Professional Category an attractive remuneration package, which for the above position includes an annual net base salary starting at 58,583 US Dollars (subject to mandatory deductions for pension contributions and health insurance, as applicable) and 30 days of annual leave.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

·      This vacancy notice may be used to fill other similar positions at the same grade level

·     Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.

·     A written test may be used as a form of screening.

·     In the event that your candidature is retained for an interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link\: http\://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and will require individual review.

·     Any appointment/extension of appointment is subject to WHO Staff Regulations, Staff Rules and Manual.

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·     WHO has a mobility policy which can be found at the following link\: http\://www.who.int/employment/en/. Candidates appointed to an international post with WHO are subject to mobility and may be assigned to any activity or duty station of the Organization throughout the world.

·     Applications from women and from nationals of non and underrepresented Member States are particularly encouraged.