Deputy Representative Operations
Organizational Context
UNICEF operates in challenging environments globally, dedicated to saving children's lives, defending their rights, and helping them reach their full potential. The equity strategy ensures that all children have opportunities, addressing systemic inequalities to foster sustained growth and stability.
Job Purpose
The Deputy Representative Operations, D-1, in Sudan, plays a crucial leadership role in ensuring effective program delivery through robust operational systems, risk-informed decision-making, and efficient resource management. This position is vital for aligning finance, supply, logistics, ICT, and administrative functions to support large-scale program delivery in a complex and volatile emergency context. The role contributes to the senior management team's strategic leadership, ensuring operational strategies are fit for purpose, compliant, and capable of supporting scaled operations. It involves strengthening internal controls, enhancing risk management, driving value for money, and ensuring business continuity under challenging emergency conditions.
Responsibilities
The Deputy Representative Operations will lead by example, supporting the Representative in managing the office and acting as Officer in Charge when necessary. This includes overseeing services in budget management, financial reporting, facilities management, administration, supply and logistics, and information and communications technology, ensuring a unified vision across these functions. The role involves implementing and monitoring strategies, policies, and procedures to support child, environment, and social safeguards across all UNICEF Sudan programs. Furthermore, it focuses on establishing processes for staff development, career growth, stretch assignments, and succession planning. As a member of the Country and Senior Management Teams, the Deputy Representative Operations will represent organizational risk, governance systems, and policies, ensuring timely, principled, and accountable humanitarian response delivery in line with global frameworks. This includes enabling effective inter-agency coordination on operational matters, supporting staff duty of care, and ensuring operational platforms can sustain delivery across multiple locations and modalities in a fragile and high-risk environment.
Work Experience
A minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible professional experience in operations management, including significant experience in emergency or humanitarian contexts. Experience in a leadership role is essential.
Skills
Operations Management, Financial Management, Supply Chain Management, Risk Management, Leadership, Strategic Planning, Emergency Response, Budget Management, Humanitarian Operations, Team Leadership, Inter-agency Coordination, Policy Implementation