Budget Officer, NO-2, Lome - Togo

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Overview

Manage budgets and financial data to support UNICEF programs in Togo.

You have:

• First University degree in Business Administration, Financial Management or related technical field.
• A minimum of two (2) years of relevant professional experience in accounting, budgeting and project administration, monitoring and evaluation.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Fluency in French and English is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language or a local language is an asset.

Contract

This is a NO-2 contract. This kind of contract is known as National Professional Officers. It is normally only for nationals. It's a staff contract. More about NO-2 contracts.

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, opportunity

The 2024 – 2026 Togo Country Programme covers a period of three years to align its duration with the Government Road Map 2020–2025 and the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (2023 - 2026). It is also aligned with the African Union Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want and has the vision that “every girl and boy in Togo lives in a more resilient, protective, equitable, and inclusive society where children’s rights are respected and their voices count”, and within the framework of the Convention of the Rights of the Child and the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development. Programme development is under the leadership of the Government,

with participation from children, adolescents, young people, civil society, and United Nations organizations. The country programme is underpinned by four cross-cutting priorities, namely: 1) strengthened public finances for children; 2) adolescent programming; 3) climate change; and 4) the effects of the Sahel crisis.

The Budget Officer (NOB) will fill a critical gap in budget monitoring and analysis, without which, programme implementation and effectiveness could be severely hampered.

How can you make a difference?

The incumbent will carry out the following tasks:

• Participate in the development of the office work plan, annual management plan and donor proposals. Monitor compliance to ensure fund management objectives and targets are met and achieved, and that staff is aware of donor conditions.
• Structure and code the annual programme budget and new allocations, collect and analyze budget and financial data for programme/project planning, management, monitoring and evaluation purposes.
• Review the accuracy of VISION/SAP generated data. Be responsible for accuracy of financial data and information, monitoring Change of funding source and coordinate responses to financial queries and enquiries, and appropriate management information is provided on programme budget, allocations, commitments, expenditures, and projections and ensure errors and discrepancies are detected and corrected, Monitor commitments and expenditures to ensure timely, accurate
• Carry out annual budget adjustment as required. Alert in an anticipated manner the management and chiefs on low utilization and recommend budget reallocation based the trend analysis. Bring key issues to the attention of the management.
• Provide support to Programmes through preparation of monitoring reports (donor utilization reports, all routine management reports produced by VISION, non-routine reports and presentations)

For more details, please download the job description here SJD Budget Officer NOB VA.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• First University degree in Business Administration, Financial Management or related technical field.
• A minimum of two (2) years of relevant professional experience in accounting, budgeting and project administration, monitoring and evaluation.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Fluency in French and English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others.

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements. UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children.

Remarks:

UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable female candidates are encouraged to apply.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are also subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be selected for a position with UNICEF, you either must be inoculated as required or receive a medical exemption from the relevant department of the UN. Otherwise, the selection will be cancelled.

All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

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Added 2 years ago - Updated 1 year ago - Source: unicef.org