Site **Peru**, **Lima**, **Lima**: Sector: **Nonprofit/Community/Social Services/International Cooperation**: Role: **Other**:Date**:24/05/2023** (Expiry date**:02/07/2023**)**Organizational Setting**The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is an international financial institution and a specialized United Nations agency dedicated to eradicating rural poverty and hunger. It does so by investing in rural people. IFAD finances programmes and projects that increase agricultural productivity and raise rural incomes, and advocates at the local, national and international level for policies that contribute to rural transformation.The Programme Management Department (PMD), under the leadership of an Associate Vice-President, is responsible for the overall programme of loans and grants of the Fund and is composed of five (5) regional divisions and the Operational Policy and Results Division.Under the strategic management and policy guidance of a PMD Regional Division Director and Lead Procurement Advisor, the Senior Regional Procurement Officer will work closely with the Country Directors (CDs), IFAD Country Offices (ICO) staff and project team members, to provide strategic analysis and advice to ensure that the division's programmes and projects are aligned to IFAD's procurement policies and procedures.The position is located in LAC division.**Job Role**The Senior Regional Procurement Officer is accountable for IFAD core values of integrity, transparency, and equity in the alignment to IFAD's procurement policies and procedures (as established in the IFAD Project Procurement Guidelines, IFAD Procurement Handbook and other related and relevant documentation), of the divisions programmes and projects.**Key Functions and Results**1. STRATEGY AND EFFECTIVENESS MANAGEMENT: The Senior Regional Procurement Officer is responsible for the effectiveness of procurement management execution by country programme management teams and project teams during project implementation and project design. He/she is responsible for procurement execution in line with the IFAD Procurement Guidelines and Handbook, and the appropriate controls, risk assessment and contract management while ensuring the effective use of resources, identifying bottlenecks and weaknesses of project procurement controls and establishing mechanisms for solutions. He/she is also responsible for Letters to the Borrower, with emphasis on procurement thresholds and specific implementation and procurement arrangements.PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT: The Senior Regional Procurement Officer has the following roles and responsibilities: Roles:- Promote fulfilment of IFAD's project procurement oversight function.- Champion the design and effective implementation of appropriate project procurement quality assurance, risk-based systems and evidence-based oversight.- Provide guidance and advice to the Regional Division management and Proejct Delivery Teams (PDTs) on procurement policies, practices, processes and procedures.- Lead the development of the Procurement Strategy for IFAD's project: prepare project implementation to achieve the best procurement results and value for money, including a detailed research of the market, its capabilities in terms of safeguards/SECAP requirements and other key operational risks that need to be addressed while ensuring good procurement planning in support of project implementation.- Lead the coordination with colleagues in ECG and PMI on safeguards and mitigation measures during project design and implementation. IFAD's updated Social Environmental and Climate Assessment Procedures (SECAP) require a close integration of safeguards into the procurement process.- Dispense strategic support and backstopping to the Regional Division management and CPMTs, on procurement issues throughout project design, supervision and implementation support, including by serving as a member of Design Review Meetings (DRM).- Provide authoritative advice, counsel and guidance particularly on complex procurement issues, innovative solutions.- Assist the Regional Division management and PDTs on approaches and strategies for the development of procurement documents that take into consideration latest sector trends, market conditions, life cycle costing analysis, value-for-money concepts and practices used in other donor agencies including multilaterals.- Monitor procurement performance across the portfolio, develop key project procurement performance indicators and risk management tools to ensure proactive identification and action to address procurement and contract management issues and bottlenecks.- Assesses needs and identifies training options for Country Directors (CDs), Ifad Country Office (ICO) staff and project team members to ensure robust management of procurement risk. When necessary, provides training and guidance to CDs, ICO staff and project team members on project procurement management and related ri
