Finance and Budget specialist

Volunteering Finance & Economy

Contract

This is a UNV National Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV National Specialist contracts.

Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, UNEP has a network of country and regional offices facilitating the relevant country and regional processes and coordinating coherent delivery of UNEP's programme aimed at addressing the causes of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution through seven interlinked sub-programmes for action that include: Climate Action, Chemicals and Pollution Action, Nature Action, Science Policy, Environmental Governance, Finance and Economic Transformations and Digital Transformations.

This UNV assignment is supporting UNEP’s Corporate Services Division, Public Sector Partnerships and Resource Mobilization unit, in reporting on the organisations income to management and Member States on UNEP’s core fund the Environment Fund, other flexible funding and earmarked funding.

Under the direct supervision of the Senior Finance and Budget Assistant, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks: • Support the operationalization of the Funding Intelligence Portal as the new tool for re-source mobilisation, including migration of data from the current platforms (Power BI, etc.) • Monitor and analyse the compliance and financial implementation of the corporate-level funding agreements, including updating tracking sheets with the latest information on funding, allocations, expenditures, utilization rates against approved budgets, and providing inputs to reporting on the agreements. • Handle financial transactions related to Member States’s contributions including invoicing, cash application, and issuing of receipts. Update and maintain database for tracking and future reference. • Prepare funding profiles on the Member States. • Support the financial analysis of the organisation’s income including core funding (Environment Fund), other flexible funding, and earmarked funding to form basis for reporting on income status. • Maintain up-to-date financial information for the unit’s intranet website and UNEP’s web-site. • Perform other related duties as required.

Furthermore, UN Volunteers are required to: • Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day); • Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country; • Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participation in ongoing reflection activities; • Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publica-tions/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.; • Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers; • Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible. Results/Expected Outputs • Unit has up-to-date and accurate information on the status of the corporate level funding agreements and is able to take timely action to ensure compliance and satisfaction of the funding partners. • Accurate and timely handling of financial transactions. • Positively supports the services provided to Member States and increases their trust in the efficiency and effectiveness of the organisation. • Accurate and relevant financial analysis and information. • Supports the unit’s ability to provide timely and useful income reports and information to the organisation’s management and Member States. • The development of capacity through coaching, mentoring and formal on-the-job training, when working with (including supervising) national staff or (non-) governmental counter-parts, including Implementing Partners (IPs); • Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated and documented in all activities throughout the assignment • A final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for peace and development during the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities partici-pated in and capacities developed

Adaptability and Flexibility Client Orientation Commitment and Motivation Commitment to Continuous Learning Communication Creativity Integrity Knowledge Sharing Planning and Organizing Professionalism Respect for Diversity Self-Management Technological Awareness Working in Teams

in financial analysis and reporting, data analysis, data visualisation and storytelling, use of data analytics tools like PowerBI, Machine Learning is desirable.

The Republic of Kenya is an equatorial nation on the coast of East Africa, neighbouring Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, and the Indian Ocean. Kenya has two levels of Government; National Government and 47 sub-national Governments called Counties. Counties are further divided into sub-counties. Kenya is a multi-party state with Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches. Kenya’s population of more than 40 million is growing at an annual rate of 2.2%. The country’s GNP per capita estimated at purchasing power parity (PPP) is $975, and the GNP is growing at an average rate of 0.1% annually. More than 26% of Kenya’s people live below the international poverty line of $1 per day. Kenya’s main food crops are “maize, wheat, pulses, roots and tubers.” (FAO). Nairobi is a modern metropolitan city where most basic goods and services, health facilities, public transport, telecommunication and banking services and educational facilities are readily available.

The city is widely connected through its main airport, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and the smaller Wilson Airport. Air transport is also available to many up-country destinations. The city is home to some 3,000 UN personnel mainly attributed to the fact that it serves as the headquarters for both the UN HABITAT and UNEP. The socio-economic and cultural background of the immediate society the UNV would be living and working in is diverse and pre-vailing security conditions at the place of assignment is modest. The topographic and climatic features of the assignment location is highland cool and warm tropical climate.

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