Carpentry and Joinery Technician

Background

 As the United Nations lead agency on international development, UNDP works in 170 countries and territories to eradicate poverty and reduce inequality. We help countries to develop policies, leadership skills, partnering abilities, institutional capabilities, and to build resilience to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Our work is concentrated in three focus areas; sustainable development, democratic governance and peace building, and climate and disaster resilience.

UNDP connects countries to the knowledge, resources and networks they need to achieve development breakthroughs. Our work is summed up in our six signature solutions, adapted to context and powered by three potent enablers for greater impact. Responding in an integrated and coherent manner, we are determined to end poverty and hunger, protect the planet from degradation, ensure that all people have prosperous lives, with growth that occurs in harmony with nature, and to foster peaceful and inclusive societies. We are committed to mobilizing the means to implement the 2030 Agenda through a revitalized Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, based on a spirit of strengthened global solidarity.

UNDP has supported the Government and people of Liberia in their efforts to reduce poverty and inequality in a bid to attain sustainable development since 1977. This has been done by among other things strengthening and reforming governance institutions to be inclusive and participatory, developing the necessary regulatory frameworks, upholding human rights, and supporting growth of the private sector and civil society. Our United Nations identity ensures neutrality and respect for people’s choices. Transparency and accountability in operations makes us a trusted partner for national and international development stakeholders.

UNDP encourages and enables collective intelligence, collaboration, integration, critical thinking and thought leadership. We mainstream innovation, digitalization opportunities, gender equity and diversity/inclusion principles in all aspects of our work. Our staff consistently strive for excellence, effectiveness, efficiency and inclusion across all areas of work.

In close cooperation with the UNDP Programme teams and other Country Office units, the Operations team supports the UNDP Country Office and programme implementation through the provision of relevant and timely procurement, finance, ICT and digital services, General Administration services, and Human Resources support. This includes a focus on collaboration, innovation, speed and administrative efficiency as well as advisory services for enhanced planning. The unit contributes to a collective engagement with other teams, partners and UN Agency clients to offer timely, well-planned and efficient services that meet the standard and requirements of UNDP policies and procedures. 

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.

UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

The Liberia “One UN House” initiative is a product of different analyses and debates since 2013 pertaining to the smooth withdrawal of the UNMIL and the peaceful political transition in Liberia. Since 2013, the UNCT has taken steps to put in place dynamic coordination mechanisms that will ensure efficiency and complementarity among various UN Agencies through the concept of “delivering as One” in the implementation of their mandates. 

16 UN Agencies and International Organizations comprised of 650 staff in Liberia are co-located in One UN shared common premises. The One UN House facilitates active collaboration, generated efficiencies across agencies, enhanced technology integration and offered a safe environment to work together by sharing the same complex. 

Under the guidance and supervision of the Deputy Resident Representative Operations, the One UN House manager is responsible for supporting the delivery of operational support for management and administration of One UN House in Monrovia.

Building and Facilities Management Unit provides operational services for agencies to focus on their mandates and programs. 

One UN House Manager heads the unit and provides overall and daily management of Common Services falling under BFMU areas of responsibility as specified below. The One UN House Manager through Building Facilities Management Unit is responsible for the proper functioning of common services provided to all UN Agencies located in PAP Compound. Currently, BFMU is composed of two international UNV staff headed by One UN House Manager being also an international UNV and supported by national technical support staff.

BFMU’s objective is to provide operational support in the areas categorized in four main groups, as demonstrated below.
 

• Installing wooden structures such as roofing frames, rafters, partitions, joists and stud work;
• Construction of high-grade cabinetry and installing cabinets, shelving, fitted furniture, drywall, and insulation;
• Adding fixtures and fittings such as door handles, locks, hinges and closures;
• Assists the supervisor on following up on carpentry and joinery work orders received through the smart sheets tracking system and records close-outs in the system upon job completion;
• Maintains accurate records of materials received and used for the assigned job; 
• Calculating the quantity of material for required for each job request and activity;
• Reading blueprints and designs to work to specifications prepared by supervisor and other construction professionals, architects and building code recommendations.
• Report and advise on required rectification work.
• Perform general light construction and building maintenance activities including painting, plumbing installation, concrete work, flooring, and ceiling and flooring repairs when required;
• Assist the supervisor in overseeing work performed by outside carpentry contractors to ensure that the work is performed as stated in the agreed contract and inspect the tools for quality assurance purposes;
• Support in all carpentry and joinery related service requests from all UN Agencies located at One UN House Liberia, as assigned by BFMU Facilities Engineer or Officer in Charge, in its case.
• Ensures all work is performed to quality standards and agency expectations and perform other tasks as assigned by Facilities Management Engineer and/or One UN House Manager.
• Carpentry and Joinery Technician works under the direct supervision of the Facilities Management Engineer and the overall supervision of the One UN House Manager. He/She reports to Supervisor, on the proper delivery of related services in One UN House Liberia PAP.

• Think Innovatively: LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements; 
• Learn Continuously: LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback; 
• Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible; 
• Act with Determination: LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident; 
• Engage and Partner: LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships; 
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination.

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies

Business direction and strategy: Strategic Thinking 

Ability to leverage learning from a variety of sources to anticipate and respond to future trends; to demonstrate foresight in order to model what future developments and possible ways forward look like for UNDP Business Management –

• Business direction and strategy: System Thinking 

Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelatedelements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of thesystem.

Ability to identity, and integrate capacity and assets of the UN system, and engage in joint work; knowledge of theUN System and ability to apply this knowledge to strategic and/or practical situations

Business development- UNDP Representation

Ability to represent UNDP and productively share UNDP knowledge and activities; advocate for UNDP, its values, mission and work with various constituencies

Business management- Project Management

Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and control resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals

Business Management- Risk Management 

Ability to identify and organize action around mitigating and proactively managing risks

Business Management-Communication

Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on theaudience 

Additional competencies

 Professionalism, Team player and a Good Communicator.