Programme, Budget and Finance Officer

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Programme, Budget and Finance Officer

Thu Jun 18, 2015

Contract type: Fixed-term Appointment Duration of contract: 1 year OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME : Country Management Support Units (CSU) have been established in the organisational structure to provide support for Managers and staff to fully assume their responsibilities in the GSM environment and to ensure compliance with organizational policies, procedures, rules and regulations on all administrative and financial matters and transactions in the context of an enterprise resource Planning (ERP) system. Description of duties: Under the direct supervision of the Operations Officer, the incumbent performs the CSU functions as they relate to programme planning, management and monitoring. The incumbent will have constant interaction with the Planning and Budgeting Management Regional Team and Cluster Client Services within the budget centre (s) concerned, consult and interact with other team members within the Regional Office Management Support Unit (RSU), Inter-country Support Units (ISU), Country Management Support Units (CSU), the Headquarters and the Global Service Center.  Input/update workplans including planned costs in GSM;  Initiate setting up of HR plans, identify and include positions in HR plans, update position parameters and submit for approval;  Initiate mapping of positions to task and awards;  Complete Award Activation, Distribution and Amendment requests;  Raise or revise workplan funding requests;  Develop/revise award budgets ;  Monitor expenditures against award budgets, project funding, award distributions and PB allocations;  Identify and process necessary revisions to expenditures, award budgets and project funding;  Monitor and review staff costs in occupied and vacant positions;  Follow up on cancellation of encumbrances in relation to travel costs and procurement of goods and services (refer to accounting instruction 45);  Perform budget analysis and produce budget and award reports; Education: Essential: University degree in Finance, Management Accountancy or Business Administration. Post Graduate degree in Finance or Accounting Management. Desirable: Membership of professional accounting bodies e.g. C.A. Skills:  Good knowledge of WHO Results-Based Management framework and related business processes.  Knowledge of Oracle projects and Oracle Financials or similar ERP applications and systems.  Sound knowledge of the Organization's policies and practices, as well as project management principles and their application within WHO;  Ability to act independently and exercise sound judgement;  High level of organizational and analytical ability, combined with good writing and communication skill;  Proven ability to maintain and establish excellent interpersonal working relations and to work with competing priorities under pressure. Excellent knowledge of Microsoft applications (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc) with an emphasis on Excel or a similar workbook application. WHO Competencies: 1. Communicating in a credible and effective way; 2. Fostering integration and team work; 3. Producing results; 4. Moving forward in a changing environment; 5. Ensuring the effective use of resources. Experience: Essential: At least 2 years of professional experience with an emphasis on programme management and/or budget and financial monitoring. Desirable: Good knowledge of programme management and end-to-end business processes as designed in the Global Management System; Experience in project management, ideally in the UN System and/or a public health context; Good knowledge of GSM System or similar ERP Systems; Apply to: http://www.who.int/employment/vacancies/en/ If you are unable to complete our online application form due to a disability, please send an e-mail to erecruit@who.int. If you are unsure of the authenticity of an e-mail or other communication, e-mail us at HRServices@who.int

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