Procurement Specialist - Kyiv, Україна - World Bank Group

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The Governance Global Practice GGP (GGP) comprises a variety of different professional disciplines working on public institutions, including procurement, public sector management, governance and anti-corruption, and financial management.

The GGP interventions range from diagnostics, technical assistance, and advisory services, knowledge management, and sharing, creating peer learning platforms, lending and reform project implementation, and monitoring and reporting. An important part of its responsibilities is to deliver operational support to other Practices, including through inputs for policy-based operations, hands-on implementation advice, and direct fiduciary due diligence of investment financing.

Procurement Team in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Region provided implementation support to the Bank portfolio and works with client countries on procurement reform and policy and strategy development.

• ECA Procurement Unit is looking for a Procurement Specialist.
• The Procurement Unit convenes leading group of practitioners focused on advancing cutting-edge practices and innovations in the field of procurement.
• The unit support governments and non-governmental actors in institutional strengthening and capacity building, improvement and modernization of procurement systems and ensuring efficiency of transactions for improved governance and enhanced development outcomes.
• At present, the Ukraine Portfolio comprises of 18 active projects with a net commitment of US$ 8.14 bn and support by one procurement specialist and one senior procurement specialist.
• To augment capacity to support the growing portfolio in Ukraine, the Unit seeks to recruit a procurement professional with passion for development.
• The duty station is Kyiv, Ukraine.

Institutional Arrangement:

• The staff will be working under the oversight and guidance of the Accredited Practice Manager, based in Washington DC.
• For the day to day work, the staff will be mentored and supervised by the Procurement Team Leader (PTL), presently based in Vienna, Austria.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides technical fiduciary advice on procurement activities and engage in policy dialogue to strengthen procurement systems in client country.
• Supports clients in achieving value for money (VFM) in public procurement in order to enhance service delivery and development outcomes with integrity.
• Understand relevant procurement markets using analytical tools and approaches to define more effective procurement strategies.
• Participates in missions and plays a key role in developing practical approaches to procurement while simultaneously dealing with difficult policy and operational issues.
• Prepares and/or comments on draft operational directives and policy papers; produces major/complex reports.Develops and executes training modules on complex sector related procurement topics.
• The work implies frequent interaction with the following stakeholdersManagement in the duty station and in some occasions in HQ or other countries.
• Government officials and equivalent contacts in other international organizations, partner entities, etc.Procurement specialists within the World Bank and government units.
• Counterparts in the Bank across VPUs, Global Practices and other units involved in meeting the Bank's business objectives.Other external constituencies and expert groups.

Selection Criteria:

• High level of integrity.Excellent command of English and Ukrainian Language.A master's degree with a major in a relevant field (e.g., business administration, engineering, commerce, law, procurement, public policy, economics, etc.).Knowledge of the concepts, principles and practices governing international procurement, with the ability to translate concepts into operational work, including but not limited to value for money, sustainable procurement, strategic sourcing, market analysis, contract management, etc
• Minimum of 5 years of proven experience in carrying out technical duties in procurement inside or outside the World Bank.
• Ability to deal sensitively in a multi-cultural environment and build effective working relations with clients and colleagues

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