Operations Manager (Internal Controls), P3, FT, East Jerusalem, State of Palestine

Contract

This is a P-3 contract. This kind of contract is known as Professional and Director staff. It is normally internationally recruited only. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 5 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 123,096 USD and 161,185 USD.

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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, dedication

UNICEF in the State of Palestine works to uphold the rights of children to access services and protection, from early childhood through to adolescence. Our objective is to ensure that every child in the State of Palestine (Gaza, West Bank, including East Jerusalem), irrespective of background or circumstance, has an equal chance to fulfil their potential.

To learn more about working in Palestine please visit:

https://www.facebook.com/unicefpalestine/

How can you make a difference?

The Operations Manager function will support the office in making sure that resources are continuously geared towards achieving results for children considering the significant and complex programmatic and operational risks and challenges.

Operations Manager will accomplish this by:

Strengthening accountabilities:

• Review internal work process in Programme and Operations to make sure that accountabilities are clear and placed at the adequate level as per global policies and/or best practices.
• Operations focal point for Implementing Partners including to undertake the Core Committee Review of the UNICEF Implementing Partner Programme Documents
• Periodically conduct a quality review, test compliance for the table of authority and adherence to the delegation of authorities in line with UNICEF policies and procedures;
• Advise the management of the office on actions to be taken to enforce and strengthen accountabilities.

Enforcing and strengthening internal controls to ensure that systems are in place to prevent, detect and report non-compliance

• Assess completeness, adequacy and compliance of work processes in Programme and operations
• Act as the HACT focal point for operations and lead on issues of financial assurance (Micro-Assessment; Audit and Spot Checks) and partners’ financial capacity building, including through the eTools platform
• Establish a risk-based system to periodically and systematically document and review a sample of activities (Programme and Operations) and report the weaknesses in alignment and compliance with the internal control as per UNICEF policies and procedures
• Assist in the identification of operational and programmatic risks and weaknesses and make recommendation to mitigate them.
• Assist in the follow-up on the implementation of the internal/external audit recommendations.

Promoting value for money, cost effectiveness and efficiency

• Implement actions aimed at addressing internal controls gaps and building the capacity of responsible staff
• Enforce internal controls, by identifying opportunities for more efficiency and value for money; and Establish a system to collect information on losses of resources, report and advise the management on measures to be taken to minimize losses.

Supporting implementation of an Anti-Fraud Strategy at the country office level

• Implementation of the upcoming global anti-fraud strategy at the CO level.
• Support the management in responding to OIAI’s queries when initially assessing allegations of wrongdoings or during actual investigations; and
• advise the management on lessons learned and measures to be taken accordingly.

For more details, please visit the attached Operations Manager(Internal Control) P3.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have

Education:

• Advanced university degree in Business Administration, Finance/Accounting, or Audit is required. Audit, Investigation or Accounting certifications are considered as assets.
• A first university degree in the above fields with additional 2 years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree

Experience:

• At least five (5) years of continuous professional work experience in audit or another directly relevant area, several of which in internal audit.
• Experience in financial management, particularly developing and implementing financial control systems, audits, preferably with international organizations, NGOs and UN.
• Field experience /familiarity with Emergency.

Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language, preferably Arabic, is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability

UNICEF competencies

• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)
• Works Collaboratively with others (1)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (1)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)
• Drive to achieve impactful results (1)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

And Functional Competencies

• Formulating Strategies and Concepts (3)
• Analyzing (3)
• Relating and Networking (2)
• Deciding and Initiating Action (2)
• Applying Technical Expertise (3)

Click here to learn more about UNICEF’s values and competencies.

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.

Child Safeguarding remarks:

This position is not considered an elevated risk role. However, UNICEF reserves the right to conduct further vetting/ assessment within the scope of child safeguarding as appropriate.

Remarks:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

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