Budget Officer, NO-2, Sana'a, Yemen

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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, Result

In the 1970s UNICEF established presence in Yemen to respond to the urgent needs of children in the poorest country in the Middle East. In 1991, Yemen ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and it was enacted immediately. Since then, the country has been making steady progress for children until it plunged into a brutal conflict in 2015 but even before that, Yemen needed large amounts of humanitarian assistance.

In collaboration with local authorities, non-governmental organizations and community partners, UNICEF is working in all the governorates in Yemen to respond to the needs of children throughout the country with a continuum of services to help children survive and grow to their full potential through the following programmes: Health, Nutrition, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Basic Education, and Child protection.

For more on our work in Yemen, please visit our website: https://www.unicef.org/yemen/

How can you make a difference?

Under the supervision and with guidance from Budget Specialist, the incumbent performs a variety of specialized tasks in support of the preparation, planning, monitoring, and control of the budget involving multiple sources of funds. As part of contribution management, the incumbent monitors and allocates incoming funds to the appropriate programmes according to the planning and manages donor grants within VISION (SAP). Additionally, the incumbent will monitor fund utilization in accordance with donor conditions and timeframes, provide input to the relevant sections including for donor reporting, and support the development of reports for the Country Management Team regarding key management indicators.

  • 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. Coordinate with the Budget Specialist and programme sections on incoming funds, allocations, reallocations and rephase; monitoring conditionality and deviations; and coordinate responses to financial queries and enquiries from Regional Office and headquarters.
  • Act as in-country focal point for support related to contribution management and budget. The Budget Officer will serve as interface in-country between Budget Unit and programme teams. This may include support and engagement with field offices.
  • Support technical / programme sections and coordinate with the Budget Specialist in the planning and forecasting of budget needs and maintain a cross-sectoral budget allocation and tracking tool to ensure that sufficient funds from the appropriate sources (and in line with donor conditions) are allocated to ensure proper and timely implementation of programmatic activities.
  • Monitor commitments and expenditures to ensure timely, accurate and appropriate grant information is provided on programme budget, allocations, commitments, expenditures and projections and with the aim to ensure delays, errors and discrepancies are detected and corrected. Ensure that funds are only used for the purposes agreed and in line with project proposals and donor conditions, including by tracking support for cross-cutting programs and operations. Keep office senior management, program specialist, budget owners and section chiefs informed on DCT status.
  • Provide support to Programmes and Partnerships Unit through preparation of monitoring reports (donor utilization reports, specific donor financial report formats e.g EU, all routine management reports produced by VISION, non-routine reports and presentations). Assist office and programme staff in allocation and reallocation of funds. Conduct regular review and reconciliation of grants; provide analysis by using the management indicators.

For more details on the Job Profile, press CTRL + double-click this document: Job Profile_Budget Officer (NO-2),Temporary Appointment (364 days), Sana'a,Yemen.pdf

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

Education

  • A Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration or equivalent or any other comparable recognized professional qualification.

Experience

  • Two (2) years of progressive experience in financial management with a strong bias in Budgetary /Financial Control preferably in an international organization.
  • Experience using SAP/VISION strongly preferred.
  • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel required.

Language

  • Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language or a local language is an asset.

Technical Knowledge:

Specific Technical Knowledge Required

  • Rights-based and Results-based approach and programming in UNICEF.
  • Financial parts of UNICEF programme policy, procedures and guidelines in the Manual.
  • UN financial policies and strategy to address international humanitarian issues and the responses.
  • UN common approaches to financial issues and UNICEF positions.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are...

Core Competencies

  • Nurtures, Leads and Manages People (2)
  • Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (3)
  • Works Collaboratively with others (3)
  • Builds and Maintains Partnerships (3)
  • Innovates and Embraces Change (3)
  • Thinks and Acts Strategically (3)
  • Drives to achieve impactful results (3)
  • Manages ambiguity and complexity (3)

Functional Competencies

  • Analyzing (2)
  • Applying technical expertise (2)
  • Planning and Organizing (3)

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, suitable female candidates from industrialized countries will receive preferential consideration and selection, as long as they meet the eligibility requirements stated above.

*Female candidates are especially encouraged to apply and please take a look at some of our entitlements for our female staff member*****s: Female Entitlements Edited2.jpg

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 also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. 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.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

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

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

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