Deliverable

Description

Estimated number of working days

Deadline/ timeline

Deliverable 1: Quarterly summary reports of service provider expenses (estimated 10-pages)Reports drafted and circulated at least 5 working days prior to the end of each school term in Sierra Leone20

(5 days per report)

By the end of Q3 2024, by the end of Q4 2024, by the end of Q1 2025, by the end of Q2 2025Deliverable 2: Contact reports of site visits and spot checks on service providersReports drafted and circulated at least 5 working days prior to the end of each school term in Sierra Leone20

(5 days per report)

By the end of Q3 2024, by the end of Q4 2024, by the end of Q1 2025, by the end of Q2 2025Deliverable 3: Advise the Sierra Leone team on how to create an efficient internal travel process, which follows UNICEF policy related to booking local and international travel.Documented internal travel processes, including a guidebook for the team to follow.10By the end of 2024Deliverable 4: Support and advise in the drafting of narrative and budgetary reports for EOF’s central programme teamReports drafted and circulated at least 5 working days prior to the end of each school term in Sierra Leone.20

(5 days per report)

By the end of Q3 2024, by the end of Q4 2024, by the end of Q1 2025, by the end of Q2 2025Deliverable 5: Support and advise local procurement for EOF Sierra Leone team, including market research.Documented procurement activities, in line with UNICEF policy. Monthly updates to procurement tracker.12 days

(1 day per month)

By the end of the contractDeliverable 6: Support and advise on asset management for EOF Sierra Leone team.Documented asset management activities, in line with UNICEF policy. Monthly updates to asset register.12 days

(1 day per month)

By the end of the contractDeliverable 7: Support and advise in the preparation of the materials for governance meetings.Governance materials drafted and circulated at least 5 working days prior to each governance meeting (two Steering Group meetings across 2024-2025 and three Working Group meetings in the same period.25 days

(5 days per meeting)

2 meetings by the end of 2024; 3 meetings from January to August 2025TOTAL ESTIMATED WORKING DAYS119

Requirements: 

• A university degree in business, economics, political science, finance, international development, public policy, education or a related field is required.
• At least 2 years relevant professional experience. This could be in programmatic, program operations, or operations roles.
• Operations experience is required, including logistics and administrative tasks, as well as experience with basic financial tasks such as low-value procurement and processing invoices.
• Experience and practical skills in organizing travel logistics and managing office supplies.
• Experience coordinating meetings and maintaining effective communication with counterparts, including government officials.
• Experience drafting reports and presentations to various stakeholders.
• Familiarity with local operational context of Sierra Leone.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language, Krio, is an asset.

DESIRED REQUIREMENTS

• Experience or an interest in international development, the global education sector, and international aid is desirable.