Recrutement de 01 Programme Budget Officer

Recrutement de 01 Programme Budget Officer

Contract type: Temporary Appointment
Duty Station: Lome
Level: P-2
Location: Togo
Categories: Programme Management
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.

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A West African country located between Ghana and Benin, Togo has a coast on the Gulf of Guinea and a deep-water port recognized as a hub. From the coastal south to its northern border with Burkina Faso, Togolese territory takes the form of a corridor with an area of 56,785 km2. Togo is divided into five administrative regions (Savanes, Kara, Centrale, Plateaux and, Maritime), 39 prefectures and, 117 communes.

UNICEF supports the Togolese Government through a five-year Action Program aligned with the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) and the Country National Development Program (NDP). The current program (2019-2023) includes the following interrelated components: Child Survival, Education and Development, Child Protection, Social Inclusion, Program and, Operational Effectiveness.



How can you make a difference?

Under the general supervision of the Deputy Representative, the Programme Budget Officer will be perform the following activities:

Participate in the development of the office work plan, annual management plan and donor proposals. Monitor compliance to ensure fund management objectives and targets are met and achieved, and that staff is aware of donor conditions.
Structure and code the annual programme budget, and supervise its updates, including coding of new allocations
Review the accuracy of VISION/SAP generated data. Be responsible for accuracy of financial data and information.
Ensure that Sections implement the programme within the planned time frame of the grant, and as per the donor’s agreement. Monitor commitments and expenditures to ensure timely, accurate and appropriate management information is provided on programme budget, allocations, commitments, expenditures and projections and ensure errors and discrepancies are detected and corrected.
Carry out annual budget adjustment as required. Alert the management and chiefs on low utilization and recommend budget reallocation based the trend analysis. Bring key issues to the attention to management.
Provide support to Programmes through preparation of monitoring reports (donor utilization reports, all routine management reports produced by VISION, non-routine reports and presentations)
Guide professional and support staff in budget preparation, monitoring and reporting
Create and monitor staff payroll
For further reference, please click here for the detailed Job description: Download File JD Programme Budget Officer P2 Togo.doc



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

A first University Degree in Business Administration, Financial Management or related technical field
A minimum of 2 years of relevant professional experience in accounting, budgeting and project administration, monitoring and evaluation
Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
Fluency in French and English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, 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



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.

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework 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.
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 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 promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, 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.

Remarks:

UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are also subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government 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.

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

Advertised: 27 Jul 2023 Greenwich Standard Time
Deadline: 11 Aug 2023 Greenwich Standard Time