Operations Associate, G-6, Temporary Position, 364 days, Center Area, Wadi Madani, Sudan, #00132111

Organizational Context

UNICEF works in over 190 countries to save children’s lives and defend their rights. The Operations Associate in Wadi Madani, Sudan, supports the Centre Area Team, ensuring efficient resource management, processes, and services for programme implementation in a complex environment. This role is crucial for delivering results for children.

Job Purpose

The Operations Associate plays a critical role in supporting UNICEF’s mission to deliver results for children in Wadi Madani, Sudan. The position provides specialized operational, administrative, and communication support to the Centre Area Team, ensuring the efficient management of resources, processes, and services that enable programme implementation. Working closely with programme and operations colleagues, the incumbent contributes to effective budget monitoring, procurement, travel administration, logistics coordination, contract management, and office operations. The role requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities while ensuring compliance with UNICEF policies and procedures. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to UNICEF’s humanitarian and development efforts in Sudan, helping to strengthen operational excellence and support the delivery of life-saving and essential services to the most vulnerable children and communities.

Responsibilities

As an Operations Associate, you will play a key role in ensuring the smooth and efficient functioning of programme and operational activities that support UNICEF’s mission for children. You will contribute to effective budget management, project monitoring, procurement, travel administration, contract management, and office operations, helping teams deliver results in a timely and compliant manner. Working closely with colleagues across functions, you will provide critical administrative and operational support, maintain accurate records and systems, facilitate communication and workflow, and coordinate logistics for meetings, events, and capacity development initiatives. Your attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple priorities will help strengthen accountability, improve operational efficiency, and support successful programme implementation. This position offers an opportunity to make a meaningful impact by ensuring that resources, processes, and services are effectively managed, enabling UNICEF to deliver for children and communities where support is needed most.

Work Experience

At least 6 years of relevant work experience in operations, administrative operations, budget monitoring, procurement, travel management, project management, vendor management, invoice processing, logistics coordination, records management, and communications coordination is required.

Skills

Budget Monitoring, Procurement, VISION, Travel Management, Calendar Management, Vendor Management, Project Management, Invoice Processing, Logistics Coordination, Records Management, Communications Coordination, Administrative Support

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