Procurement Specialist

4 weeks ago

Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark UNOPS Full time
Job Title: Procurement Specialist

At UNOPS, we are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Procurement Specialist to join our team. As a key member of our Procurement Group, you will play a critical role in developing and implementing sustainable procurement practices that support our mission to deliver high-quality projects and services to our partners.

About the Role

The Procurement Specialist will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing training programs and capacity-building initiatives to enhance procurement knowledge and skills across our UNOPS offices globally. You will collaborate with stakeholders at HQ and the regions to identify training needs, develop a curriculum, deliver training sessions, evaluate the effectiveness of training initiatives, and be primarily responsible for the following areas of work:

  • Trainings and Learning Initiatives:
    • Assess functional learning needs and gaps in procurement knowledge and skills globally across UNOPS personnel.
    • Design the training curriculum with adult learning principles in mind and follow the ADDIE framework.
    • Develop comprehensive training programs and materials tailored to meet the identified functional learning needs.
    • Collaborate with stakeholders and experts to ensure training content is accurate, up-to-date, and aligned with organizational policies and best practices.
    • Deliver procurement training courses such as the Procurement Operations Training in HQ and field locations as required.
    • Deliver Procurement training to UNOPS personnel and external partners and clients, through diverse methods, including on-site to large audiences participants), online methods (webinars, teleconferences, chat rooms), and other modern adult learning methods.
    • Advise new and innovative approaches to enhance the effectiveness of existing training programs and materials.
    • Coordinate the delivery of training sessions through various modalities, including face-to-face training and in-person workshops, webinars, e-learning platforms, microlearning, gamification, and other innovative approaches.
    • Provide guidance and support to regional procurement teams in implementing training initiatives and integrating learning objectives into trainings delivered in the regions.
    • Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of training programs through feedback mechanisms, assessments, and performance metrics.
    • Continuously review and update training materials and curriculum to reflect changes in procurement regulations, technology, and organizational priorities.
    • Collaborate with UNOPS Learning team and other relevant departments to ensure the integration of procurement training into personnel induction and global offer of functional training programmes.
    • In collaboration UNOPS Learning & Development unit, secure and manage the central budget allocated for procurement related trainings globally.
  • Responsible for the overall content development for Procurement Guidelines, or training content as assigned, carried out by the Standards team which includes being:
    • Responsible for identifying needs for new materials and defining the objectives of content development and its scope.
    • Responsible for coordinating delivery, drafting, and consolidating content.
    • Responsible for liaising with UNOPS stakeholders to develop policy, standards, guidance, tools, templates, and gathering inputs.
    • Responsible for carrying out required research and desk review.
    • Responsible for collecting, consolidating, processing, and providing feedback to stakeholders.
    • Responsible for ensuring content is consistent with existing organizational strategies, policies, practices, rules and regulations and is tailored to the organizational needs to enable project implementation.
  • Knowledge building and knowledge sharing:
    • Identify areas for improvement and provide on-going maintenance and updates of the UNOPS Intranet space with the most current information, relevant to project management activities.
    • Provide sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice by synthesizing lessons learned and disseminating best practices in his/her area of work.
    • Collect feedback, ideas, and internal knowledge about processes and best practices and put them to use productively.
    • Support the Knowledgement Management team in implementing other training and professionalization initiatives.

As a Procurement Specialist, you will have the opportunity to work with a diverse team of professionals and contribute to the development of sustainable procurement practices that support our mission. If you are a motivated and experienced professional with a passion for procurement, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

Requirements

To be successful in this role, you will need to have:

  • Master's Degree or equivalent preferably in the supply chain, procurement, business, law, audit, economics, or other related disciplines.
  • At least 5 years of demonstrated experience in procurement is required.
  • At least 2 years of experience in delivering procurement training is required.
  • Experience in developing and designing procurement training would be a great asset.
  • Experience working in organizations following public procurement rules and regulations and experience working in field offices would be an asset.
  • Familiarity with UNOPS processes, policies, procedures, and use of UNOPS systems is an advantage.
  • Certification related to CIPS is considered an asset.
  • Fluency in English is required.
  • Fluency in French and/or Spanish is highly desired.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, as well as the opportunity to work with a dynamic and diverse team of professionals. If you are a motivated and experienced professional with a passion for procurement, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

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