Senior Programme Budget Associate GS7, Fixed Term, MENA Office, Amman-Jordan

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This is a G-7 contract. This kind of contract is known as General Service and related categories. It is normally only for nationals. It usually requires 7 years of experience, depending on education.

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UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling. UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for personal and professional development that will help them develop a fulfilling career while delivering on a rewarding mission. We pride ourselves on a culture that helps staff thrive, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

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For every child, results

Since 2011, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has undergone a dramatic transformation. What was once a middle-income region, where UNICEF was implementing mostly upstream work, has now become the region with the greatest concentration of humanitarian needs in the world with two Level 3 emergencies (Yemen and Syria) and many countries that are facing protracted conflicts as well as civil unrest and/or political transition. The role of MENARO is to support all countries in the region in a more deliberate, consistent and value-added way, explicitly allocating the vast majority of programme and cross-cutting staff time and resources to country office technical assistance and quality assurance.

How can you make a difference?

• Strengthen the RO budget management role and RO oversight to countries in the region considering the chronic and new emergencies in the region.
• The position is based in the Programme Planning, Monitoring and Reserach section in the MENA Regional Office under the supervision of the Progrramme Budget Specialist (NOC).
• Under the supervision and guidance of the Programme Budget Specialist, the Senior Budget Associate supports the RO section (s) by carrying out a range of programme support functions to help develop, implement, and monitor their programme budget, ensuring effective and timely delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations. The support can be extended to COs as needed.
• The Snr. Budget Associate works in close collaboration with a range of staff in the RO, and COs. S/He provides regular feedback on the status of projects through monitoring milestones and advises on improvements to keep activities on track.

Specific responsibilities are highlighted below:

• Track programme budgets, and utilization, generate reports, analyze, and share management indicator reports (including office scorecards) for reviews
• Works in collaboration with the budget owners to ensure the overall compliance with donor and grant conditions when allocating and re-phasing funds.
• Support the capacity development of programme staff to improve the budget monitoring and implementation and financial reports, etc.
• Supporting the programme section in researching, compiling, and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data and information from a variety of sources on subject matters relevant to the work of the section to facilitate programme delivery as well as preparation of reports, working papers and presentations.
• Carrying out transactions in VISION ensuring programme results, activities and programme coding are as per annual work plans (AWPs) and making amendments and alterations as per section revisions when necessary.
• Preparing monitoring and reporting information for supervisor and team on agreed performance indicators to drive more efficient management and accountability for results.
• Support organizing and preparing for programme review and management meetings
• Prepare programme/project progress/final reports including, indicator and narrative reporting and financial reports
• Administrative support to audits and evaluations and follow-up on management responses
• Support units with adopting the system requirements for budget planning and work planning
• Coordinate and support the rollout of new organizational procedures related to planning and migration to new practices
• Provide management with compliance reports
• Ensuring the timely and accurate recording and administrative processing of proposals and reports
• Carrying out transactions in VISION pertaining to grants and programme-related items for his/her section including but not limited to registering grant allotments and tracking expiring programme grants.
• Ensure timely allocation to respective programmes of new grants.
• Monitor grants expiry dates, open commitments ensuring that all funds are fully utilized prior to grant expiry dates.
• Support in the preparation of the consolidated emergency reports, Annual global thematic reports and donor specific reports by providing the relevant financial data.

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

The following minimum requirements:

• Education: Completion of secondary education, preferably supplemented by technical or university courses in the budget and finance field. • Work Experience: At least At least 7 years of progressively responsible clerical or administrative work with at least one year in close support of programme activities including managing and preparing and working with budgets or funding figures. Good command of Excel, VISION and Insight is required

*For this position, a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field to the role i.e. Budget and Finance, social science, engineering and other relevant fields may replace three years of related work experience and Masters's degree will replace an additional two years of related work experience.

• Language Requirements: Fluency in English and Arabic are required. French 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…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others

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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 benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks, 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:

As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.

UNICEF’s active commitment to diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable male candidates and those with disabilities 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.

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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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