Job Responsibilities

• Ensure full compliance of procurement training-learning and certification programmes with the relevant strategies, policies and procedures; effectively implements internal controls and ensures proper design and functioning of the procurement training-learning programme.
• Undertake business process mapping and the elaboration/establishment of internal Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the development and implementation of training programs, contributes to the management of workflows in the Unit.
• Support development and implementation of the procurement learning and certification programmes.
• Undertake learning needs assessments of UNDP staff members with procurement responsibilities through interactions with staff members, their supervisors and senior managers. 
• Develop training course material, exercises, reference guides, workbooks, exams, and questionnaires and study guidelines.
• Development and updating of training manuals and other learning resources and ensure these are available and/or disseminated in a timely manner.
• Design specific curricular/modules to respond to the learning needs of different constituent groups of procurement practitioners and managers.
•  Establish and maintain an up-to-date procurement capacity inventory which details the status of gaps in skills and competencies, organizational structures, procedures, practices and rules and regulations. 
• Act as lead tutor and trainer on procurement certification and training courses/workshops and perform assessor/marker functions of tests and exams.
• Develop training/learning initiatives in line with the strategy for procurement learning and certification programmes. 
• Manage the development of training materials, publications and e-learning programmes. 
• Manage contracts and relations with selected training providers. 
• Conduct standard training/learning programmes and provide coaching and on-the-job training as relevant. 
• Respond to online queries and requests for advice from procurement practitioners, course students and colleagues. 
• Evaluate the impact of procurement training/learning programmes.
• Provide synthesis reports of learning evaluations to programme participants and their supervisors.
• Ensure participant feedback and lessons learned contribute to future programme design and management processes.
• Prepare regular reports on learning outcomes of procurement training/learning programmes to the head of unit - including inputs from participants and their supervisors on the application of learning on the job. 
• Provide advice on procurement training/learning and certification programmes in UNDP.
• Contribute to the development of tools and methods relevant to procurement learning programmes.
• Synthesize and report on lessons learned from programme implementation experience and outcomes and ensure these are integrated into programme development and implementation.
• Actively participate in the UNDP and UN system procurement network and relevant communities of practice.
• Support the adoption of sustainability related innovative practices (i.e. reduced packaging, transition towards sea freighted consignments, biodegradable packaging, etc.) and develop and apply a methodology to capture impact and effect of these initiatives.