Senior Operations Associate, G-7, Temporary Position, Global Programme Division - Strategic Operations, 364 days, Bangkok COE, #00137558

About the Role

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programmes, advocacy and operations. Guided by an equity-focused approach, UNICEF prioritizes reaching the most disadvantaged and excluded children, ensuring every child has the opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential.

As a Senior Operations Associate, you will play a key role in ensuring the smooth and efficient delivery of operational services that enable programme teams to achieve results for children. You will support the coordination of critical business processes across finance, procurement, asset management, and logistics, working closely with the Centre of Excellence (CoE), Common Service Centres (CSCs), and programme teams. By identifying operational needs, improving processes, and ensuring timely and compliant execution of transactions, you will contribute to strengthening service delivery, enhancing efficiency, and supporting UNICEF’s mission to reach the most disadvantaged children.

You will contribute to operations coordination and process improvement, budget and financial support, procurement and asset management, and event and logistics coordination, helping to address operational needs and resolve bottlenecks in a timely manner. By supporting transaction processing, strengthening collaboration across teams, and ensuring adherence to UNICEF rules and procedures, you will help enhance efficiency and support effective programme delivery. Your work will directly contribute to creating an enabling environment for teams to deliver results for children.

Qualifications

• Education: Completion of secondary education, and any other related fields is required.
• Work Experience: A minimum seven years of operational support, budget support, finance and accounting work experience, operations coordination, administrative / logistics support, and stakeholder engagement, and any other related fields is required.

Skills

• Operations Coordination
• Procurement Management
• Budget Support
• Asset Management
• Data Analysis
• Stakeholder Engagement

Capabilities Required

• Project Management
  • Create project plans, objectives and deliverables.
  • Track and organize resources like time, budget, and team efforts.
  • Identify and report potential risks for further guidance.
• Collaboration
  • Navigate organizational dynamics and a