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Procurement Assistant (Office Based)

Brazil

Opportunity Deadline

02/02/2024

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Job Description

Fresh
  • Country: Brasilia, Brazil
  • No of vacancies: N/A
  • Salary: N/A 
  • Organization: UNDP
  • Gender: Both
  • Deadline: 2024-02-02
Duties and Responsibilities
a) Provision of Administration and Logistics Management Support
b) Implementation of Procurement Work.
Ensure provision of administrative and programming support to the implementation of the project, focusing on achievement of the following results:
  • Full compliance of procurement activities with UN/UNDP rules, regulations, policies and strategies; implementation of the effective internal control framework;
  • Assist management of PROMPT – online procurement planning platform;
  • Provide peer-peer support to other UNDP country offices and other UN agencies on procurement activities;
  • Assist to develop and consolidate terms of reference for procurement of services and specifications for procurement of goods;
  • Support on supply sourcing including reaching out to potential suppliers and searching from different sources;
  • Assist to develop solicitation documents including Request for Quotation, Request for Proposal and Invitation to Bid;
  • Arrange posting procurement advertisement and circulating solicitation notice;
  • Contribute and facilitate bid evaluation including both technical and financial parts; Prepare and consolidate evaluation report;
  • Prepare requisition and contract for services in accordance with relevant policies;
  • Provide administrative and logistic support to the organization of the conference, workshop and training session;
  • Assist in coordinating and implementing travel arrangements per agency request;
  • Consolidate, update and maintain supply roster list;
  • Obtain vendor information and ensure vendor profile is established in the system;
  • Arrange and follow up on payment; Ensure to prepare an invoice and collect cost recovery for service rendered to projects or other agencies;
  • Document and file all related papers for implementation of the project;
  • Take any other temporary tasks assigned by the supervisor or the project management team.
Institutional Arrangement:
 
Under the overall guidance and direct supervision of the JOF Supervisor/Procurement Analyst, the Procurement Assistant helps the delivery of procurement services to JOF client/Agencies, ensuring high quality and accuracy of work. The Procurement Assistant provides overall support to the Procurement team to service the clients of the JOF on the delivery of the service needs. Please see attached a general overview in Annex to show the position of this function within the office and unit structure.
Competencies
Core Competencies:
Achieve Results:
•LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline

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:

 

Procurement  / Sourcing:

  • Ability to find, evaluate and engage suppliers of goods and Services

Procurement / Procure-to-pay:

  • Knowledge of purchase-to-pay cycles, concepts, principles and policies, and ability to apply this to strategic and/or practical situations.

Administration & Operations / Events Management (including retreats, trainings and meetings):

  • Ability to manage events, including venue identification, accommodation, logistics, catering, transportation, and cash disbursements, etc.

Business direction and strategy / Negotiation and Influence:

  • Ability to reach an understanding, persuade others, resolve points of difference, gain advantage in the outcome of dialogue, negotiates mutually acceptable solutions through compromise and creates ‘win-win’ situations.

Business development / Integration within the UN:

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

Business management / Portfolio management:

  • Ability to select, prioritise and control the organization’s programmes and projects, in line with its strategic objectives and capacity; ability to balance the implementation of change initiatives and the maintenance of business-as-usual, while optimising return on investment

Business management / Risk Management:

  • Ability to identify and organize action around mitigating and proactively managing risks.
Required Skills and Experience
Min. Education requirements:
  • Secondary Education (Completion of High school) is required
  • A university degree (Bachelor’s degree) in Business, Marketing, Public Administration, Public Procurement, Economic Sciences, Law, Engineering, Statistics, Management, Mathematics will be given due consideration but is not a requirement.
Min. years of relevant work experience:
  • Minimum four years (with Secondary Education) or one year (with Bachelor’s degree) of relevant experience in procurement and administration.

Required skills:

  • Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and knowledge of web-based management and social knowledge management systems and networks.

Desired skills in addition to the competencies covered in the Competencies section:

  • Administrative and procurement experiences in public sector would be preferred.
  • Familiarity with ERP Systems.

Required Language(s):

  • Fluency in English and Portuguese;
  • Knowledge of other UN languages is an asset.

Professional Certificates:

  • Procurement certification will be considered an advantage.

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