Deadline: 31 March 2016
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Chief of Operations in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
The Chief of Operations will be responsible for management of cost effective, efficient and secure operations, in support of management, administration and implementation of the country programmes.
UNICEF works for a world in which every child has a fair chance in life.
Key Jobs Responsibilities
The Chief of Operations will perform the following functions-
- Effective operations of financial, human resource and administrative management.
- Manage and ensures the effective, equitable and efficient operations of the office’s finance, human resource and administrative systems to support and facilitate the attainment of programmatic goals and objectives by meeting changing operational requirements.
- Ensure effective operations that promote gender sensitivity and gender parity.
- Advise management and assists in establishing new offices.
- As technical professional and senior manager, provides accurate and social policy interpretation and organizational policies and procedures in the management of finance and administrative functions through the provision of technical leadership and operational guidance to the country office.
- Contribute to global and regional strategic planning and policy changes/formulation on operational matters as necessary.
- Provide technical input to contribute to the establishment of operational guidelines in close coordination with the head of office, the Regional Operations Officer and DFAM.
- Implement the effective communication, training, roll-out, monitoring and evaluation of new operational initiatives, guidelines and procedures.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- Advanced university degree in accounting, business administration, economics, or financial management.
- Membership or enrolled for membership – in a recognized professional accountancy body.
- Ten years of relevant professional work experience.
- Both national and International work experience in office management, finance, accounting, ICT, human resources, administration supply and procurement related fields.
- Work experience in emergency duty station.
- Fluency in English and another UN official language is required.
- Knowledge of the local language is an asset.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit their applications through online process.
For more information, please visit UNICEF.
