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Budgets Officer (Health), NO-B, Temporary Appointment (364 days), Port Sudan, Sudan, (open to Sudanese nationals)

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Contract type: Temporary Appointment
Duty Station: Port Sudan
Level: NO-2
Location: Sudan
Categories: Health

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.

Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.

For every child, Hope

UNICEF works around the world, including in some of the hardest-to-reach places, to help children grow up healthy and happy. UNICEF supports primary health care, especially at the community level, to help achieve universal health coverage. UNICEF helps countries develop resilient health systems that can withstand crises, and provide frontline support in places affected by conflicts, natural disasters, migration, urbanization, and political and economic instability. As the conflict in Sudan continues, children are bearing the biggest brunt. Millions have fled their homes and are displaced in the country and across the borders. Currently, 50 per cent of the total population - more than 24.7 million people, almost 14 million of whom are children, are in need of humanitarian assistance. Children have endured months of uncertainty, trauma and violence. The current situation in Sudan is a deepening children’s crisis, severely putting at risk the future of the country and heavily affecting the wider region.
 
The Country Office will be receiving over $200 million from the World Bank between 2024 and 2026 to support the humanitarian response programming and system preservation and strengthening of the health, nutrition, and WASH sectors. The Budget Officer will monitor and allocate the incoming funds, monitor expenditures, analyse, and report on utilization rates and spending progress and challenges, advise program teams in sections and field offices on donor financial conditions and monitor compliance, and prepare donor financial reports.

How can you make a difference? 

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

1. Monitor funding levels against grants for the section and field offices, recommending budget adjustment where necessary, and identify areas of over or under-expenditure respectively to ensure maximum fund utilization.
2. Ensure quality information management through regular review and maintenance of planning, contribution, and utilization related information in VISION.
3. Closely monitor the allocation of funds to various sections and FOs and generate regular updates to section management.
4. Update section management on the reporting requirements for the various key donors such as World Bank, GAVI, CERF to ensure financial adherence to the increasing complexity of donor conditions, and volume of funding being received by the section.
5. Closely monitor fund utilization of all grants and alert Programme Chiefs / Chiefs of Field offices on expenditure challenges requiring support where grants are funding multiple sections.
6. Support the country offices’ management performance indicators and report monthly on the progress in Programme Coordination and Country Management team meetings.
7. Conduct training on budget management and utilization, donor conditions, proper categorization, and coding of activities within the donor reporting frameworks, and other project-specific financial management training to section and field office project focal points and PAs.
8. Conduct special budget analysis and trends as needed.
9. Prepare donor reports, in collaboration with Program Specialists and operations unit. Submit reports to donors/ partnership team and respond to any comments or feedback received.
10. Prepare utilization and financial management updates for bi-annual progress reports and regular donor meetings.
11. Oversee grants management including monitoring of open commitments, tracking returned balances, alerting unit heads of anticipated challenges as they arise (returned funds that require utilization, commitments that are not expected to be closed in time, etc.).
12. Knowledge and capacity building:
a. Promote a culture of highest ethical standards and behaviour in management of UNICEF’s resources.
b. Support initiatives for management improvement by capturing, institutionalizing, and sharing best practices and lessons learned. Recommend improvements in processes and procedures to enhance productivity and performance including implementation of cost saving strategies.
c. Participate and/or organize training and learning events to build capacity of staff and stakeholders/partners.

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

Minimum requirements:

Education:

  • A University degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Financial & Project Management, or another related financial field is required.

Experience:

  • A minimum of two (2) years of professional experience in financial management accounting, or audit with a strong basis in Budgetary /Financial Control is required. 
  • Professional work experience in international organization is an asset.
  • Similar experience in humanitarian organization is as asset.
  • Experience working with International Financial Institutions is highly advantageous.
  • Experience in database packages, web-based management systems and ERP systems (preferably SAP financial modules) is an asset.
  • Experience and skills in explanation and visualization of financial data for a non-financial audience is an asset.
  • Experience in facilitating training is an asset.
  • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint is required

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

Download File Budgets officer TOR Jan 2025 Feb.pdf

 

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…

• 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)

Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.

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 candidate are encouraged to apply.

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.

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.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here. 

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