Volunteer with UN Volunteers in Palestine: Budget and Finance Specialist
Applicant criteria
- 27 - 60
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
United Nations Volunteers programme is offering a volunteer opportunity in Palestine: Budget and Finance Specialist.
Duration:
6 months (with possibility of extension)
Duties & responsibilities
Budget management:
- Prepare cost estimates and budget proposals, in terms of office resource requirements such as staff and non-staff requirements, analyses and revises data with respect to the finalization of the budget proposals.
- Provide support with respect to the elaboration of resource requirements for budget submissions.
- Monitor extra-budgetary resources, including review of agreements and cost plans, ensuring compliance with regulations and rules and established policies and procedures.
- Monitor budget implementation and determine /recommend reallocation of funds when necessary.
- Monitor expenditures to ensure that they remain within authorized/approved levels.
- Prepare relevant documentation with respect to budget performance submissions.
- Review and make appropriate recommendations with respect to the finalization of budget performance reports, analyzing variances between approved budgets and actual expenditures.
- Contributes to the collection and analysis of data as well as identification of trends or patterns through graphs, charts, tables and reports.
Financial management:
- Monitor the preparation of project documents and their subsequent revisions.
- Ensure that proposals are in line with funding agreements and donor requirements.
- Review draft agreements with donors or UN organizations before administration clearance.
- Coordinate and check financial reports as well as progress reports.
Perform other duties as required.
Eligibility criteria
Age: 27 - 80
Nationality: Candidate must be a national of a country other than the country of assignment.
Required experience:
- 3 years of experience:
- Business administration, finance, or related field is required.
- Finance, administration, budget or related area is required.
- Preparing financial reports to intergovernmental bodies or donors is required.
- Managing financial resources in accordance with rules and regulations of an international organization is desirable.
- One year or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.
- Excellent oral and written skills
- Excellent drafting, formulation, reporting skills.
- Accuracy and professionalism in document production and editing.
- Ability to work and adapt professionally and effectively in a challenging environment
- Ability to work effectively in a multicultural team of international and national personnel.
- Solid overall computer literacy
- Proficiency in various Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, among others), email, and internet
- Familiarity with database management; and office technology equipment.
Languages: English, Level: Fluent, Required
Required education level:
- Master degree or equivalent in business administration, finance, or related field
- A first level university degree combined with an additional two (2) years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Personal Skills:
- Accountability
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Creativity
- Judgement and decision-making
- Planning and organizing
- Professionalism
About The United Nations Volunteers (UNV):
The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) program is the UN organization that promotes volunteerism to support peace and development worldwide. Volunteerism can transform the pace and nature of development and it benefits both society at large and the individual volunteer. UNV contributes to peace and development by advocating for volunteerism globally, encouraging partners to integrate volunteerism into development programming, and mobilizing volunteers.
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