Job Location: | Kabul |
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Nationality: | National |
Category: | Finance |
Employment Type: | Full Time |
Salary: | |
Vacancy Number: | 20708 |
No. Of Jobs: | 1 |
City: | Kabul |
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Organization: | UNDP |
Years of Experience: | Bachelor's Degree - 3 year(s) experience OR High School certificate- 6 year(s) experience |
Contract Duration: | One year (With possibility of extension) |
Gender: | Male/Female |
Education: | High School Diploma or a Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration |
Close date: | 2024-09-30 |
UNDP’s mission as part of the UN system is to achieve sustainable development and fight poverty wherever it is greatest. This requires the very best of us, world-class collaboration, innovative thinking, resilient-based strategies, and continuous learning. UNDP’s competitive advantage as a development partner of choice comes from having the trust of developing countries, owing to our impartial character, transparency, and longstanding presence and commitment to the poorest and most vulnerable. We offer opportunities to make a lasting difference to the more than 170 countries where we commit our support and expertise.
As a trusted, long-term partner of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund, GF), UNDP’s value proposition lies in providing an integrated package of development solutions to strengthen institutions to deliver health services. Through its contributions as interim Principal Recipient and provider of technical assistance in over 53 countries since 2003, UNDP’s provision of integrated policy, implementation and capacity development support to countries has yielded significant health and development results in challenging operating environments. In Afghanistan, UNDP is the interim Principal Recipient (PR) for HIV, tuberculosis, malaria and health systems, with a budget of approximately $70 million. For effective implementation of the Global Fund resources, UNDP Afghanistan has established a Program Management Unit (PMU), which is responsible for the day-to-day overall programme management, risk management, policy guidance, financial accountability, procurement of goods, including health products and services, strengthening of the national pharmaceutical and laboratory supply chain systems.
Under direct supervision of the Finance Specialist, the Finance Associate will provide financial management, general administrative support, and capacity building. This will be done in accordance with UNDP rules, policies and procedures, the grant agreement, and corporate agreements with the GF, and working in partnership with national and provincial stakeholders, Sub-recipients (SRs) and close coordination with the GF (including Local Fund Agent), technical partners and UN entities, and the GF/HST.
Duties and Responsibilities
1) Ensures administration of the Global Fund Grant budget focusing on achievement of the following results:
2) Provides accounting and administrative support to the PMU operations division focusing on achievement of the following results:
3) Ensures proper project cash management functioning focusing on achievement of the following results:
4) Ensures facilitation of knowledge building and knowledge sharing in the PMU focusing on the following results:
5) Institutional Arrangement
The Finance Associate will work under the overall guidance of the Finance Specialist to ensure the provision of effective and efficient financial management activities.
Competencies
Core Competencies
Achieve Results: LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline.
Think Innovatively: LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements.
Learn Continuously: LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback.
Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible.
Act with Determination: LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident.
Engage and Partner: LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships.
Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination.
Cross-Functional & Technical competencies
Finance - Accounting (General) - Knowledge of accounting concepts, principles, frameworks, standards, regulations, policies and trends, ability to apply this to strategic and/or practical situations in Sub receipts (SR) management.
Finance - Financial planning and budgeting - Ability to support in creating and managing the processes to achieve UNDP's long and short-term financial goals, including through planning, budgeting, forecasting, analysing and reporting especial focus on the SR planning and budgeting.
Finance - Financial reporting and analysis - Ability to understand changes in regulatory, legal and ethical frameworks and standards for financial reporting in the public sector. Ability to extract, evaluate financial data, derive relevant findings and present them in a meaningful and coherent manner to facilitate effective decision making and performance monitoring of the SRs for the GF.
Business management - Result Based Management - Ability to manage programmes and projects with a focus at improved performance and demonstrable results.
Business management - Client Orientation - Ability to respond timely and appropriately with a sense of urgency, assist in providing consistent solutions, and deliver timely and quality results and/or solutions to fulfil and understand the real customers' needs.
Business management - Knowledge Facilitation - Ability for knowledge sharing to the project finance and programme colleagues including the subgrantees.
Education:
Experience:
Required skills and competencies
Desired additional skills and competencies
Required Language(s) (at working level)
Important information for US Permanent Residents ('Green Card' holders)
Under US immigration law, acceptance of a staff position with UNDP, an international organization, may have significant implications for US Permanent Residents. UNDP advises applicants for all professional level posts that they must relinquish their US Permanent Resident status and accept a G-4 visa, or have submitted a valid application for US citizenship prior to commencement of employment.
UNDP is not in a position to provide advice or assistance on applying for US citizenship and therefore applicants are advised to seek the advice of competent immigration lawyers regarding any applications.
Applicant information about UNDP rosters
Note: UNDP reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement. We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.
Non-discrimination
UNDP has a zero-tolerance policy towards sexual exploitation and misconduct, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.
UNDP is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer that does not discriminate based on race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.
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