Internship - Fund Support Office

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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, hope

As Funds Custodian and Administrator of the UNICEF hosted funds, UNICEF has established a dedicated office in DFAM, the Funds Support Office (FSO), to provide financial management services. The primary responsibility of the FSO is to support the UNICEF Comptroller to ensure fiduciary oversight of the activities of the hosted funds and that UNICEF carries out the functions described in the contribution agreements signed by the UNICEF Comptroller and donors.

How can you make a difference?

As an important member of the DFAM Funds Support Office, this internship is being established to support the FSO Team and to provide a variety of specialized finance functions for the hosted funds including grantee disbursement support and internal reporting.

Main tasks:

• Support the processes for disbursement of funds by:
• Maintaining vendor profiles for grantees i.e. updating bank details and due diligence assessments etc.
• Monitoring the receipt of funds by grantees by preparing and sending out acknowledgement of receipt of payment forms and ensuring completeness of the process.
• Support monitoring of database for tracking donor commitments
• Drafting letters of agreement for disbursement of funds to grantees
• Perform any other tasks to support the deliverables of the Funds Support Office, as applicable and assigned.

Deliverables:

• Ensure accuracy of updated information for grantee vendor accounts. Ensure all grantees have acknowledged receipt of payment within 2 weeks of receiving payment.

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

Be enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate or Ph.D. degree programme preferably in Economics or Business Administration, or have graduated within the past two years.

Managing resources - Organizes and manages information to achieve defined goals and optimum results.

Excellent presentation, communication and interpersonal skills and ability to work well in a team environment.

Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (French or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

Additional requirements:

• Demonstrates interest in human development/humanitarian work, especially in an international context
• Enthusiasm for learning new things and applying skills in an organizational context
• High personal integrity
• Embraces diversity
• Able to work effectively with minimal supervision
• Strong self-initiative, creativity and ability to multi-task.

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 functional competencies required for this post are...

View our competency framework at

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

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 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.

Remarks:

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

The internship is for a period of 16 weeks starting on 31 August 2020. The monthly stipend is $1,700.

This position is a teleworking position in light of the current COVID19 global pandemic and the intern is expected to use their own laptop for the work. Candidates legally allowed to work in the United States will be given priority.