On 24 February 2022, the military of the Russian Federation launched a
full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with strikes across the territory of Ukraine.
Since then, Russia’s invasion imposes a severe humanitarian and socio-economic
toll, global energy and food crisis, large-scale destruction of the country's
infrastructure, and disruptions in the provision of critical services and
degradation of social fabrics and communities’ ties, triggering one of the
world’s most significant forced displacements.
Severe attacks on energy and critical infrastructure facilities leave millions
of people without electricity, water or heating supply, struggling to access
water, food, health services, materials to repair homes, among others. The
continued attacks cause substantial damage to the country’s economy and
agricultural production, and also affect the poorest countries worldwide.
UNOPS support to partners spans the humanitarian-development nexus from
emergency response to building back better, across the housing, health,
education, transport, energy and mine action sectors, through infrastructure,
procurement and technical assistance / project management interventions, with
the ultimate aim of supporting the country on its EU accession and in its
achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
The Procurement Advisor reports directly to the Head of Support Services,
ensuring alignment with strategic procurement goals. S/he is responsible for
the management and oversight of all Procurement services and support to the portfolio
of Procurement Projects in UAMCO (70%), and strategic ECR regional oversight
and advisory (30%). The Procurement Advisor ensures the proactive and timely
planning and securing of resources to ensure that the team has the required and
adequate personnel and capabilities to deliver responsive, compliant, efficient
and quality Procurement services to the functions and client projects within
UAMCO as well as to other UNOPS entities that receive support from the UAMCO
Support Services Unit (SSU).
S/he ensures consistency in the delivery of Procurement services in all
countries under UAMCO and to all recipients of UAMCO Procurement support,
ensuring development and implementation of strategic and effective procurement
services reflecting international public procurement best practices
and compliance with UNOPS procurement policy, rules, regulations and
procedures which enable appropriate risk management and obtain the best value
for money for the acquisition of goods, services and the contracting of works.
S/he analyzes and interprets the respective rules and regulations and provides
advice and solutions to a wide spectrum of complex issues related to
procurement. The role requires a deep understanding of procurement policy and
processes, including their application to the appropriate situations.
Leveraging such deep understanding and expertise, the Procurement Advisor
anticipates challenges, systematically identifies risks, understands the
operating context and the contexts of requests received, and leads the
identification and implementation of effective solutions.
In addition to responsibility for the deliverables of the work team, the
incumbent’s work is focused on strategic relationship building and demand
management, mainly referred to aggregation and dealing with complex
organizational structures, preparation of business cases and understanding of
the supply market, as well as sharing knowledge with projects in order to
achieve reductions of costs and savings.
The Procurement Advisor also
contributes to the (a) strategic procurement advisory, oversight, tailored
solutions and effective risk management, and (b) business development efforts
of the UAMCO and ECR by providing briefing materials and participating in
business development meetings including meetings with potential clients.
Maintaining the highest degree of
personal and professional ethics, the Procurement Advisor contributes to a
collaborative, client-focused, quality and results-oriented approach in UAMCO
and the wider ECR.
The Procurement Advisor works in close
collaboration with the key internal stakeholder groups and functions across
UAMCO, ECR, Global Portfolios Office (GPO) and HQ, including the Procurement
Group (PG) to successfully deliver procurement services,, particularly with the
Procurement Group (PG) to successfully deliver procurement services.
S/he is based in Chisinau, Moldova,
with frequent travel to Ukraine and Poland, supporting the Regional Office and
ensuring procurement oversight and advisory services are effectively
implemented across the region, particularly UAMCO.