Procurement Officer

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development.

UNOPS areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management and human resources.

Working with us

UNOPS offers short- and long-term work opportunities in diverse and challenging environments across the globe. We are looking for creative, results-focused professionals with skills in a range of disciplines.

Diversity

With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization

UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands.

Operational/office context information

The ongoing conflict has caused significant disruptions to the supply chain and to the overall availability of services. In light of the reduced or even absent provision of public services, communities have been affected by disease and environmental degradation. There is a relevant physical damage to infrastructure including roads, municipal services, water and sanitation and energy. In addition, the lack of functionality in one sector often spills over into other sectors with significant consequences on both the access to, and quality of services, that are often interrelated. 

Background Information – Job specific

UNOPS  is undertaking a World Bank-funded project (Yemen Emergency Electricity Access Project), which focuses on improving access to electricity in rural and peri-urban areas within Yemen. The project responds to the immediate developmental crisis by restoring electricity supply to critical services (hospitals, schools, water corporations). It will also build a more inclusive and sustainable solar market in Yemen through targeted financing to the private sector, expanding its reach to the poor and vulnerable while improving the quality of off-grid energy access products and services based on international experience.

To achieve the project’s objectives, UNOPS will engage solar microfinance institutions (MFIs), solar installers and suppliers, technical service providers, and other stakeholders. Specifically, the project is structured around the following three components:

Component 1: Financing for Off-grid Solar:

•  Under Subcomponent 1.1, UNOPS is partnering with eligible microfinance institutions (MFIs), helping them set up financing windows for high-quality, small-scale solar solutions for rural and peri-urban households, and providing partial grants to make the systems affordable.

• Under Subcomponent 1.2, UNOPS is contracting solar suppliers and installers to provide grant-financed solar systems to critical service facilities in rural and peri-urban areas. The scope of the subcomponent includes health clinics, schools, rural water corporations, rural electricity service providers, and other providers of critical services. Implementation will start with health clinics and schools.

Component 2: Implementation Support and Market Development: UNOPS is contracting service providers and NGOs to provide market-strengthening activities.

Component 3: Contingent Emergency Response Component: The emergency component that can be activated in the event of an eligible emergency situation.

The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS. 

UNOPS is committed to achieving a truly diverse workforce.

Under the guidance and direct supervision of the Procurement Specialist who reports to the Project Manager, the Procurement Officer is responsible for the effective delivery of procurement services reflecting best practices in international public procurement, compliance with UNOPS procurement rules and regulations, appropriate risk management and obtaining the best value for money.  He/she analyzes and interprets the respective rules and regulations and provides solutions to a wide range of issues related to procurement. 

Maintaining the highest degree of personal and professional ethics, the Procurement Officer maintains a collaborative, client-focused, quality and results-oriented approach in the Business Unit.

1. Contract type: ICA
2. Contract level: Local ICA Specialist level 8
3. Contract duration: Ongoing ICA – ‘Open-ended, subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds and satisfactory performance.’

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• Work life harmonization - UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• For retainer contracts, you must complete a few Mandatory Courses (around 4 hours) in your own time, before providing services to UNOPS.
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns. Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.