Senior Programme & Policy

Contract

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II. Strategic Office Context and Purpose for the job

Sudan is facing a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions. The conflict in Sudan is severely putting at risk the health and well-being of Sudan’s 24 million children, therewith the future of the country and heavily affecting the wider region. 14 million children in Sudan require urgent humanitarian assistance. Millions of those children face multiple risks of grave violations – killing & maiming, child recruitment, violence, rape, and more.

UNICEF is staying and delivering for the children of Sudan, through a three-pronged humanitarian, development, and peace nexus strategy: (a) provide and maintain critical and lifesaving services in hotspot areas, (b) provide urgent assistance to newly displaced and host communities in non-hotspot areas, (c) preserve resilience through ensuring basic service delivery across states.

UNICEF Sudan implements approximately $300 million in support its strategy. Funding is from a wide range of humanitarian and development donors, many which are augmenting their risk assurance and budget conditionalities considering the dynamic programmatic and operational context.

Purpose for the job:

Under the supervision and guidance of the Budget Specialist, the Senior Programme Budget Associate supports the respective partnership and resource mobilization section by carrying out a range of functions to ensure timely allocation and utilizaion of resources in the country.

The post reflects the need to strengthen budget and contribution management role in the country office and capacity in allocating funds to field offices, ensuring proper follow up of expenditures and Contribution Management in addition to enhance the financial reporting capacity. This function will therefore be a vital support to the Budget Specialist P3 position. In addition the post will complement and support the budget operational management function in country office including such tasks as HR resource tracking and funding allocations for payroll. This post requires strong knowledge of vision in order to assist the office in their request for Vision technical support and all issues related to budget management.

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III. Key functions, accountabilities and related duties/tasks:

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

1. Act as back-up for section Budget Specialist and Budget Officer: a. Support the office in budget monitoring activities. b. Summarize information reflecting current obligations and future programme and/or budgetary implications. c. Maintain and analyze the CO payroll vs funding and highlight red flags and shortages of funds.

2. Contribution Management: a. Support the contribution management function including reviewing of grant creation in VISION, funds received against targets. 3. VISION: a) Support colleagues in the use of VISION including in areas related to budget and contribution management. b) Participate in knowledge exchange fora in the organization to keep updated on new developments in VISION. c) Process and examine the information and data in accordance with instructions received, making necessary abstracts and computations, Maintain current registers and control plans of the regional emergency budget spread sheet. d) Prepare documentation associated with consultancies, working papers and training tabulations, briefing and review sessions. e) Take meeting notes when necessary and ensure follow-up action matrix is effective f) Create/maintain project structures and annual planned amount, payment requests, record acknowledgement of receipts LTAs, solicitation, TAs and contracts on SAP and assist in budgetary planning and requisitioning. g) Vision super user (programme stream). h) Support colleagues in the use of VISION as the first port of call within the enduser support system.

4. Financial Reporting: a) Support in the update of the CO crisis report and other analytical financial reports requested for Reviews. Also support in monitoring the COs Programme KPs.

IV. Impact of Results

A strong oversight of budget management in the CO will contribute to gaining donor trust and contribute to increased contributions.

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: Senior Programme Budget Associate - GS7.docx

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Minimum requirements:

Education:

Completion of secondary education is required, preferably supplemented by technical or university courses related to the work of the organization.

A university degree in social sciences, business administration and other relevant fields of study is desirable

Experience: At least 7 years of progressively responsible grant / budget management work with at least five years in close support of programme preparing and working with budgets or funding figures. Good command of excel, VISION and Insight is required.

Language Requirements:

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

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

V. UNICEF values and competency Required (based on the updated Framework)

i) Core Values

• Care
• Respect
• Integrity
• Trust
• Accountability
• Sustainability

Core Competencies (For Staff without Supervisory Responsibilities) *

• 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)

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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.

We offer a wide range of measures to include a more diverse workforce, such as paid parental leave, time off for breastfeeding purposes, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). 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 is committed to promoting the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. 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 appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station is required for IP positions and will be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be selected for a position with UNICEF, you either must be inoculated as required or receive a medical exemption from the relevant department of the UN. Otherwise, the selection will be canceled.

Remarks:

UNICEF’s active commitment to diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable female are encouraged to apply.

Government employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government positions before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. An internal candidate performing at the level of the post in the relevant functional area, or an internal/external candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, may be selected, if suitable for the post, without assessment of other candidates.

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