1. Position Information
Office/Unit/Project UNDP Türkiye CO / Procurement Unit Title Procurement Officer Level NPSA-9 Duty station Ankara, Türkiye Type Regular Office- or Home-based Office Expected starting date 1 June 2026 Expected Duration 1 year (extendable based on performance and availability of funding) Position Number 00160278
2. Office/Unit/Project Description
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Within the Türkiye Country Office, the Preparedness, Response and Resilience (PRR) Programme incorporates UNDP Türkiye’s work on crisis prevention, response, and recovery. Building on UNDP Türkiye’s extensive experience in crisis response—including the Syrian crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the February 2023 Earthquakes—the programme promotes integrated, adaptive, and community-led approaches. These interventions span support for public institutions, socio-economic recovery, infrastructure rehabilitation, and long-term resilience investments. The projects under the programme are;
Social Cohesion and Inclusion Support for Refugees in Türkiye: The project supports the implementation of Türkiye’s national harmonization strategy by strengthening social cohesion and expanding meaningful social, economic, and civic participation—particularly for women. It improves access to language and literacy programmes while addressing social and cultural barriers, discrimination, and misinformation affecting SuTP, IPSHA, and Turkish citizens. To expand access to decent work, the project reinforces institutional coordination, labour governance, and regulatory frameworks, while facilitating work permits, labour mobility, and voluntary relocation mechanisms. It provides market-oriented vocational training, counselling, and job matching—especially in green and digital sectors—and introduces targeted measures to enhance women’s employability, including addressing care-related constraints. Implementation involves PMM, MoNE, relevant line ministries, local authorities, the private sector, UNDP and TRC, with local NGOs and mukhtars informed through structured engagement. The project is planned to start on 1 May 2026.
Skills Development for Improved Employability: This component of the INSURE Programme strengthens sustainable livelihoods and formal employment opportunities for Syrians under Temporary Protection (SuTP), International Protection Status Holders and Applicants (IPSHA), and host communities in Türkiye. It focuses on increasing employability in non-agricultural sectors through market-oriented skills development and improved access to formal jobs.
Strengthening Seasonal Agricultural Capacities in Rural Areas:The second component enhances employment status, employability, and working conditions of agricultural workers—particularly seasonal migrant workers—in selected rural areas. It promotes sustainable livelihoods while improving labour standards and productivity in agriculture.
3. Scope of Work
Under the supervision of the Head of Procurement Unit, the Procurement Officer will be responsible for timely planning and management of procurement activities of the projects s/he is assigned to, in line with Project Implementation arrangements, in accordance with relevant UNDP Procurement Guidelines, with due consideration of the relevant national procurement context as well as the Financiers’ procurement rules.
The Procurement Officer will work closely with the relevant Project personnel for provision of inputs to Projects’ Annual Work Plan and Budgets (AWP and B) and provision of support to stakeholders, as needed.
Implementation of operational strategies ensured
Management of procurement processes of the concerned projects
4. Institutional Arrangement
The Procurement Officer will report to the Head of Procurement Unit (UNDP). NPSA will be directly responsible to, reporting to, seeking approval/acceptance of output from the Head of Procurement Unit. The Procurement Analyst works in close collaboration with the relevant Project Manager/Coordinator and other relevant project personnel.
5. Competencies
Core Achieve Results: LEVEL 2: Scale up solutions and simplifies processes, balances speed and accuracy in doing work Think Innovatively: LEVEL 2: Offer new ideas/open to new approaches, demonstrate systemic/integrated thinking Learn Continuously: LEVEL 2: Go outside comfort zone, learn from others and support their learning Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 2: Adapt processes/approaches to new situations, involve others in change process Act with Determination: LEVEL 2: Able to persevere and deal with multiple sources of pressure simultaneously Engage and Partner: LEVEL 2: Is facilitator/integrator, bring people together, build/maintain coalitions/partnerships Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 2: Facilitate conversations to bridge differences, considers in decision makingCross-Functional & Technical competencies
Thematic Area Name Definition Business Direction & Strategy System Thinking Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system Business Development Knowledge Facilitation Ability to animate individuals and communities of contributors to participate and share, particularly externally Business Management ProjectManagement Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and control resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals Business Management Partnerships ManagementAbility to build and maintain partnerships with wide networks of stakeholders, Governments, civil society and private sector partners, experts and others in line with UNDP strategy and policies
Business Management Communication
Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience
Ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social media and other appropriate channels
Business Management Monitoring Ability to provide managers and key stakeholders with regular feedback on the consistency or discrepancy between planned and actual activities and programme performance and results Thematic Competency Procurement Management The ability to acquire goods, services or works from an outside external source Thematic Competency Strategic Sourcing Knowledge of strategic sourcing concepts, principles and methods, and ability to apply this to strategic and/or practical situations Thematic Competency Supplier/relationship management Knowledge of supplier management concepts, principles and methods, and ability to apply this to strategic and/or practical situations Thematic CompetencyContract
Management
Knowledge of contract management concepts, principles and methods, and ability to apply this to strategic and/or practical situations
6. Minimum Qualifications of the Successful NPSA
Min. Education requirements and relevant work experience
Asset: Master’s degree in related social sciences
Asset: CIPS Certification
Asset: Procurement experience in projects financed by an International Financial Institution (Such as UN, IFAD, World Bank, ADB, EDB, etc.) or European Union
Asset: Good knowledge of international organizations and national procurement regulations and procedures
Required Language(s)