National Consultancy: Consultant for preparation of the donor financial report, UNICEF Armenia (until 31 March 2024)

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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, a champion

Within the period from 2021 to 2023 UNICEF together with UNDP and UNFPA implemented a joint EU-funded Action aimed at enhancing democracy in Armenia through empowerment of women and promoting gender equality, strengthening youth and adolescent participation, ensuring inclusive engagement of all segments of the society and further expanding government accountability and transparency mechanisms.

Currently, UNICEF as lead agency of the Action, is in the process of compiling the final narrative and financial report of the of the Action and thus is seeking the services of a national consultant with the purpose of compiling the final financial and narrative reports of the Action.

How can you make a difference?

The incumbent will perform the following tasks:

• Prepare financial report covering the UNICEF actions and interventions.

• Consolidate the financial reports received from UNDP and UNFPA and prepare final financial reports of the Action.

• Liaise with all Action counterparts for data quality assurance and cleaning.

• Support in preparation of UNICEF final narrative report.

Work Assignments Overview Deliverables/Outputs Delivery deadline Prepare financial report covering the UNICEF actions and interventions. Liaise with relevant counterparts within UNICEF for data quality assurance and cleaning.Finalized UNICEF part of the financial report of the ActionFebruary 28, 2024Consolidate the financial reports received from UNDP and UNFPA and prepare final financial reports of the Action. Liaise with relevant counterparts within and outside UNICEF for data quality assurance and cleaning.Consolidated final report incorporating UNICEF, UNDP and UNFPA parts of the financial report.March 15, 2024Support in preparation of UNICEF final narrative report.Prepare and incorporate narrative report from UNICEF sections.March 31, 2024

Financial Proposal:

Please indicate your ability, availability and your overall rate – or rate per deliverable (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference above. Applications submitted without a rate will not be considered.

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

• A university degree (Bachelor's or higher) in Social Sciences, Business Administration
• A minimum of 3 years of relevant professional experience
• Experience in preparation of the financial and narrative reports of EU-funded Actions is an asset.
• Proven knowledge of excel and pivot tables.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

To view our competency framework, please visit 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.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

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.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.