Stop TB Partnership - Programme Management Support - Associate

The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners' peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world.  UNOPS supports partners to build a better future by providing services that increase the efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of peace building, humanitarian and development projects.  Mandated as a central resource of the United Nations, UNOPS provides sustainable project management, procurement and infrastructure services to a wide range of governments, donors and United Nations organizations.

UNOPS hosts the Stop Tuberculosis Partnership Secretariat (STBP) as of 1 January 2015, in Geneva, Switzerland. The vision of the Stop TB Partnership is to realize the goal of elimination of Tuberculosis (TB) as a public health problem and, ultimately, to obtain a world free of TB by ensuring that every TB patient has access to effective diagnosis, treatment and cure; stopping transmission of TB; reducing the inequitable social and economic toll of TB; and developing and implementing new preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic tools and strategies. The Stop Partnership is uniquely positioned to support the development and further implementation by partners of the current and future Global Plan, acting as a coordinator and catalyst for the range of partners engaged in the fight against TB.

The Stop TB Partnership’s TB REACH initiative provides grants to partners in lower-income and/or high TB burden countries to test innovative and well thought-out, yet unproven approaches and technologies which aim to:

• Increase the number of people with TB (TB infection or active TB [drug-sensitive or -resistant]) who are diagnosed, started on treatment and reported to National TB Programs (NTPs),
• Decrease the time it takes someone with TB to receive appropriate treatment, and
• Improve adherence and treatment success for people started on anti-TB treatment.

TB REACH combines open, but targeted calls for proposals, fast-track financing and rigorous, external monitoring and evaluation (M&E) to rapidly produce results. Other donor agencies and/or national governments can then scale-up the successful approaches piloted by recipients of TB REACH funding to maximize their own investments and to accelerate progress in the fight to end TB.

To be eligible for this position, you need to be a national of the country (EEA and EU citizens are also eligible) or have a valid working permit for Switzerland at the time of the application 

1.     Management Support

• Coordinates the monitoring and evaluation work of TB REACH by organizing meetings, travel, grantee site visits, payments and workflows for the external M&E team;
• Monitors and administers the external M&E payments in the TB REACH grant management system;
• Ensures compliance with UNOPS rules, regulations, policies and strategies for procurement services as part of the TB REACH grant application, decision making, and grant negotiation process;
• Organize and manage workshops and meetings, develop agendas, coordinate with partners on to ensure streamlining of plans on behalf of the TB REACH team;
• Co-ordinates and supervises processes and services in travel, events management, transportation services and office supplies for internal and external teams.
• Monitors team performance against donor agreements;
• Processes travel authorizations, documentation, payments for the team for country visits, meetings and workshops;
• Compiles data and researches information for planning of financial resources/administrative budget for administrative services;
• Provide backup assistance to other administrative staff in Stop TB Partnership, as requested;
• Any other tasks as required.

• Lead communications in order to disseminate information and messages on behalf of the Team Leader and Technical Officers of TB REACH both internally and to external partners.
• For internal meetings: ensure schedule and room booking is done, agendas are developed, take minutes, and provide action points for follow-up.
• Provide oversight, ensuring compliance by team members with existing policies and best practices

• Completion of secondary school is required.
• University Degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Political Science, social science, economics, procurement or equivalent disciplines is desirable but not required.
• Administrative certification would be considered an asset.

• Minimum of six (6) years of relevant experience in general administrative, logistics, or operations’ support services in national or international public or corporate organizations. A Bachelor or Master degree may be considered in lieu of some or all the years of experience required. 
• Experience in UN system organizations is desirable.
• Proficiency in computers and office software packages (MS Office) and experience in handling of web-based management systems is required.
• Experience in the use of Enterprise systems including OneUNOPS is desirable.

• Full working knowledge of English is required
• Knowledge of a second UN working language is an asset.

1. Contract type: Fixed-term Appointment (FTA)
2. Contract level: G6 (ICS-6)
3. Contract duration: Fixed-term staff contracts - 'One year initially, renewable subject to satisfactory performance and funding availability'

• 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
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• 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.

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Work life harmonization

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