Associate Budget Officer

Contract

This is a NO-B contract. This kind of contract is known as National Professional Officers. It is normally only for nationals. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 2 years of experience, depending on education. More about NO-B contracts.

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

The Department of Business Operations (BOS) is responsible for providing efficient and effective support services to all programmes and activities of the organization in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) in respect of budget and finance, human resources and talent management, administration, procurement, information technology, security and staff health and well-being.

Budget and Finance Services (BFS) provides support to the budget and finance operations of the regional office and 22 country/desk offices in EMR. BFS is entrusted with ensuring compliance with WHO’s financial regulations and rules, policies and procedures and maintaining strong internal controls to effectively discharge WHO’s accountability obligations to Member States and donors. BFS supports departments and country offices in delivering WHO’s programmes by providing guidance, review, and oversight on financial and administrative transactions, policies, and procedures.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

The incumbent will perform the following duties:

1. Organize and support day-to-day budget and financial management of WHE operations and the portfolio of emergency awards managed in the region encompassing workplan and award management, financial clearance, monitoring, and reporting.

2. Analyze funding allocations and support the awards process by preparing necessary forms and implementing budgetary and financial actions such as workplan funding, award budgeting, and reprogramming in GSM.

3. Coordinate with BFS and country offices on HR and activity workplan management and get Oracle Labor Distribution (OLD), mismatch and other related issues addressed.

4. Prepare expenditure batches, ensuring that expenditures are properly charged to awards in line with donor agreements and International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS).

5. Act as Ffocal person for verification and clearance of financial proposals and reports, ensuring full compliance with IPSAS, WHO policies, procedures, and emergency SOPs.

6. Prepare cost estimates, projections, budget and funding gap analyses, and budget alignments necessary for financial decision making on emergency awards.

7. Propose options and recommend remedial action to address financial gaps and issues.

8. Track and report on funding against budget; monitor implementation; consolidate and analyze financial data; and prepare periodic budget monitoring and financial reports.

9. Provide on ground technical support to emergency countries on budget and financial issues and assist in capacity development, training and troubleshooting on urgent issues.

10. Follow-up and support country offices on financial audits including audit readiness and closure of audit issues in relation to WHE awards.

11. Perform any related duties and responsibilities incidental to the above that are necessary for improving control and financial accountability for emergencies in the region.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: A first university degree in finance, accounting, business administration, or related field. Desirable: Advanced university degree (Master’s level or above) in finance, accounting, business administration, or related field, or a recognized professional accounting designation (CPA, ACCA, CPFA, CIMA, CMA, etc.)

Experience

Essential: At least 2 years of professional experience in a budget, finance, or accounting support operation. Desirable: Experience working within the UN system. Field experience, particularly in emergency settings.

Skills

• Sound knowledge of financial and managerial accounting principles and practices, including IPSAS (or IFRS), with demonstrated professional competence in applying them to real-life scenarios, both routine and complex.
• Solid analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to identify issues, formulate opinions, and make conclusions and recommendations.
• Excellent time management and prioritizing skills to work under pressure of tight deadlines.
• Strong drafting and communication skills.
• Adept at knowledge transfer through training and mentoring to build capacity of country offices.
• Demonstrated commitment to ethics in maintaining the highest standards of personal and professional conduct.

WHO Competencies Enhanced WHO Global Competency Model: https://www.who.int/employment/WHO_competencies_EN.pdf?ua=1

• Teamwork
• Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
• Communication
• Producing results
• Ensuring the effective use of resources

Use of Language Skills

Essential: Excellent knowledge of English and Arabic. Desirable: Knowledge of French is an asset.

Other Skills (e.g. IT)

• Sound skills in utilizing enterprise resource planning and business intelligence systems such as GSM (Oracle-based Global Management System).
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications.

REMUNERATION

Remuneration comprises an annual base salary starting at EGP 601,552 (subject to mandatory deductions for pension contributions and health insurance, as applicable) and 30 days of annual leave.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• This vacancy notice may be used to fill other similar positions at the same grade level.

• Interested candidates are strongly encouraged to apply on-line through Stellis. For assessment of your application, please ensure that: 1 -Your profile on Stellis is properly completed and updated. 2- All required details regarding your qualifications, education, training and experience are provided under relevant sections. 3- Your experience records are properly entered with elaboration on tasks performed at the time.

• Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.

• A written test may be used as a form of screening.

• In the event that your candidature is retained for an interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and will require individual review.

• Any appointment/extension of appointment is subject to WHO Staff Regulations, Staff Rules and Manual.

• Staff members in other duty stations are encouraged to apply.

• For information on WHO's operations please visit: http://www.who.int.

• WHO is committed to workforce diversity.

• WHO prides itself on a workforce that adheres to the highest ethical and professional standards and that is committed to put the WHO Values Charter into practice.

• WHO has zero tolerance towards sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), sexual harassment and other types of abusive conduct (i.e., discrimination, abuse of authority and harassment). All members of the WHO workforce have a role to play in promoting a safe and respectful workplace and should report to WHO any actual or suspected cases of SEA, sexual harassment and other types of abusive conduct. To ensure that individuals with a substantiated history of SEA, sexual harassment or other types of abusive conduct are not hired by the Organization, WHO will conduct a background verification of final candidates.

• WHO has a smoke-free environment and does not recruit smokers or users of any form of tobacco.

• This is a National Professional Officer position. Therefore, only applications from nationals of the country where the duty station is located will be accepted. Applicants who are not nationals of this country will not be considered.