UNOPS is expanding its operational support in South Asia and has
recently establ...
UNOPS is expanding its operational support in South Asia and has
recently established its presence in Nepal with two recent projects signed with
DFID and the World Bank supporting Nepal Government Institutions. UNOPS will
provide advisory and technical assistance services with its expertise in
Procurement, Project Management and Infrastructure, as well as providing
capacity building to key stakeholders. The initial projects are located across
the country in more than 40 districts of Nepal, while the major project team
will work from UNOPS Kathmandu-based country office.
For one of the high-impact projects, UNOPS has been working together
with the World Bank, DfID and the Government of Nepal to support the Nepal
Housing Reconstruction. The project has assessed up to 900,000+ rural
residential families and is part of a large-scale international response to the
post-earthquake recovery. The overall objective of the project is to facilitate
the recovery in the Earthquake affected Districts of Nepal through surveys that
will ascertain the damage to the housing stock and identify households eligible
for grant assistance.
The Procurement
Specialist is responsible to read the project documents, Legal Agreement and
have a thorough understanding of the terms, conditions, and the respective
roles and responsibilities of the partners/stakeholders to ensure the project
products are capable of meeting the business cases for both UNOPS and the
client. Hence the Success of the Project and the Procurement Specialist role will
be based on the Success Criteria of UNOPS engagements which are linked to the
below responsibilities. S/he must be
able to apply, independently, the below duties and responsibilities of the
project success criteria:
The Procurement Specialist will report directly to
the Project Manager and will work closely with other members of the team in
Nepal to ensure integration and/or complementation of his/her inputs with other
on-going activities with the implementing partners.