ASSOCIATE FINANCE AND BUDGET OFFICER

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

JOB DESCRIPTION

Org. Setting and Reporting

The United Nations Setting Programme (UNEP) is the main world environmental authority that units the worldwide environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable improvement throughout the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the worldwide surroundings.

On the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, world leaders agreed on a complete technique for sustainable improvement. A key settlement opened for signature at Rio was the Conference on Organic Range. The Conference has three goals: the conservation of organic range, the sustainable use of its parts and the honest and equitable sharing of the advantages arising out of the utilization of genetic sources. The Secretariat of the Conference on Organic Range (SCBD) is positioned in Montreal, Canada and is run by UNEP.

This publish is positioned within the Secretariat of the CBD, throughout the Administration Division. Below the final steerage of the Head of the Administration Division and the direct supervision of the Head of the Finance and Funds Unit, the incumbent will perform the next capabilities:

Duties

PROGRAMME OF WORK:
– Critiques, analyses and finalizes the preparation of the programme of labor and its revisions on the premise of departmental submissions, taking into consideration suggestions and choices of the Conference and its Protocols’ governing our bodies.
– Gives recommendation and assist to related intergovernmental our bodies of their assessment of the medium-term plan and its revisions. Assists in securing approval from the Convention of the Events.
– Ensures legislative mandates are precisely translated into programme budgets.

BUDGET PREPARATION:
– Critiques, analyses and assists within the finalization of value estimates and funds proposals, when it comes to workers and non-staff necessities from departments, together with programmatic facets.
– Ensures compliance with the programme of labor and different legislative mandates.
– Critiques and analyses programme funds/monetary implications to the Convention of the Events’ statements in mild of extra mandates.
– Assists managers within the elaboration of useful resource necessities for funds submissions.
– Gives assist to related intergovernmental and knowledgeable our bodies of their funds assessment, assists in securing approval from the Convention of the Events.

BUDGET ADMINISTRATION:
– Prepares allotments, together with redeployment of funds when needed, making certain applicable expenditures.
– Screens funds implementation and recommends reallocation of funds as needed.
– Screens expenditures to make sure that they continue to be inside licensed ranges.
– Critiques requisitions generated by the Actuality system for items and providers to make sure: appropriate objects of expenditure have been charged and availability of funds.
– Administers and screens extra-budgetary sources, together with assessment of agreements and value plans, making certain compliance with rules and guidelines and established insurance policies and procedures.
– Assists within the preparation of funds efficiency submissions.
– Critiques and assists in finalization of funds efficiency experiences, analyzing variances between authorised budgets and precise expenditures.
– Assists in offering substantive assist to intergovernmental and knowledgeable our bodies.

GENERAL:
– Retains up-to-date on paperwork/experiences/tips which have a bearing on issues associated to programme, making certain compliance with intergovernmental suggestions and choices in addition to with United Nations insurance policies and procedures.
– Contributes to the gathering and evaluation of knowledge in addition to identification of developments or patterns and offers draft insights by graphs, charts, tables and experiences utilizing information visualization strategies for data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.
– Performs different associated duties as assigned.

Competencies

PROFESSIONALISM: Information of economic rules and practices. Skill to establish and resolve budgetary issues and establish sources for information assortment. Skill to investigate and interpret information in assist of decision-making and convey ensuing info to administration. Reveals delight in work and in achievements and is conscientious and environment friendly in assembly commitments, observing deadlines and reaching outcomes; exhibits persistence when confronted with troublesome issues or challenges, stays calm in demanding conditions. Takes accountability for incorporating gender views and making certain the equal participation of men and women in all areas of labor.

ACCOUNTABILITY: Takes possession of all obligations and honor’s commitments, delivers outputs for which one has accountability inside prescribed time, value and high quality requirements, operates in compliance with organizational rules and guidelines; helps subordinates, offers oversight and takes accountability for delegated assignments, takes private accountability for his/her personal shortcomings and people of the work unit, the place relevant.

CLIENT ORIENTATION: Considers all these to whom providers are supplied to be “shoppers” and seeks to see issues from shoppers’ standpoint, establishes and maintains productive partnerships with shoppers by gaining their belief and respect, identifies shoppers’ wants and matches them to applicable options, screens ongoing developments inside and outdoors the shoppers’ surroundings to maintain knowledgeable and anticipate issues, retains shoppers knowledgeable of progress or setbacks in tasks, meets timeline for supply of services or products to shopper.

Schooling

A complicated college diploma (Grasp’s diploma or equal) in finance, administration, funds, enterprise administration or associated space is required.

A primary-level college diploma together with two (2) extra years of qualifying work expertise could also be accepted in lieu of the superior college diploma.

Profitable completion of each diploma and non-degree packages in information analytics, enterprise analytics or information science packages is fascinating.

Work Expertise

A minimal of two years of progressively accountable expertise in finance, administration, funds, enterprise administration or associated space is required.

Expertise in working with Enterprise Useful resource Planning Methods is fascinating.

Expertise working throughout the UN system or related worldwide organizations is fascinating.

One (1) yr or extra of expertise in information analytics or associated space is fascinating (none if profitable YPP or P-1 with a associated diploma).

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this publish, fluency in English is required. Information of French or different UN languages is fascinating.

NOTE: ”Fluency” equals a score of ”fluent” in all 4 areas (learn, write, converse, perceive) and ”Information of” equals a score of ”assured” in two of the 4 areas.

Evaluation

Analysis of certified candidates could embrace a substantive evaluation which might be adopted by a competency-based interview.

Particular Discover

Appointment in opposition to this place is for an preliminary interval of 1 (1) yr and could also be topic to extension.

Pursuant to part 7.11 of ST/AI/2012/2/Rev.1, candidates recruited by the younger professionals programme who haven’t served for no less than two years within the place of their preliminary task will not be eligible to use to this place.

Employees members are topic to the authority of the Secretary-Normal and to task by her or him. On this context, all workers are anticipated to maneuver periodically to new capabilities of their careers in accordance with established guidelines and procedures.

The United Nations Secretariat is dedicated to reaching 50/50 gender stability and geographical range in its workers. Feminine candidates are strongly inspired to use for this place.

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United Nations Concerns

In response to article 101, paragraph 3, of the Constitution of the United Nations, the paramount consideration within the employment of the workers is the need of securing the very best requirements of effectivity, competence, and integrity. Candidates won’t be thought-about for employment with the United Nations if they’ve dedicated violations of worldwide human rights legislation, violations of worldwide humanitarian legislation, sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, or sexual harassment, or if there are affordable grounds to imagine that they’ve been concerned within the fee of any of those acts. The time period “sexual exploitation” means any precise or tried abuse of a place of vulnerability, differential energy, or belief, for sexual functions, together with, however not restricted to, profiting monetarily, socially or politically from the sexual exploitation of one other. The time period “sexual abuse” means the precise or threatened bodily intrusion of a sexual nature, whether or not by drive or underneath unequal or coercive situations. The time period “sexual harassment” means any unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that may fairly be anticipated or be perceived to trigger offence or humiliation, when such conduct interferes with work, is made a situation of employment or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work surroundings, and when the gravity of the conduct warrants the termination of the perpetrator’s working relationship. Candidates who’ve dedicated crimes aside from minor site visitors offences is probably not thought-about for employment.

Due regard might be paid to the significance of recruiting the workers on as vast a geographical foundation as doable. The United Nations locations no restrictions on the eligibility of women and men to take part in any capability and underneath situations of equality in its principal and subsidiary organs. The United Nations Secretariat is a non-smoking surroundings.

Affordable lodging could also be supplied to candidates with disabilities upon request, to assist their participation within the recruitment course of.

The paramount consideration within the appointment, switch, or promotion of workers shall be the need of securing the very best requirements of effectivity, competence, and integrity. By accepting a proposal of appointment, United Nations workers members are topic to the authority of the Secretary-Normal and task by her or him to any actions or places of work of the United Nations in accordance with workers regulation 1.2 (c). On this context, all internationally recruited workers members shall be required to maneuver periodically to discharge new capabilities inside or throughout obligation stations underneath situations established by the Secretary-Normal.

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No Payment

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