New Job Vacancy United Nations (UN) at UNDP Tanzania – Programme Finance Associate
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Location : Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA
Additional Category : Management
Type of Contract : NPSA (Short-Term)
Post Level : NPSA-8
Languages Required : English
Starting Date : (date when the selected candidate is expected to start) 20-Sep-2021
Duration of Initial Contract : 6 Months
Expected Duration of Assignment : 6 Months
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UNDP
is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender,
nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous
groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply.
All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.
UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of
harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All
selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and
background checks.
Background
The UNDP Tanzania County
programme is organized under three pillars namely i) Democratic
Governance ii) Inclusive Economic Growth, iii) Environment, Climate
Change & Resilience.? Working in teams and collaborating across
pillar, UNDP is supporting the Government to ensure the achievement of
the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as one of the priorities for
all UN members states including Tanzania. Therefore, UNDP Tanzania is
determined to ensure substantive progress in achieving the SDGs, and
that are mainstreamed in its programming and more so as the SDGs
integrator, work with the Government in collaboration with other UN
agencies and all key partners to encourage mainstreaming of SDGs in all
engagement and business operations. UNDP country office in its future
programming foresees four work streams namely, Strategy & Programme;
Data, Analytics & Visualization; Financing of SDGs, Innovation and
Learning. The existing Programme Team is moving towards adopting a
portfolio approach while mainstreaming the SDGs and vividly reflecting
the workstreams in the programming.
The environment Pillar is
supporting the Government in the implementation of a number of projects
at national and subnational levels. To ensure ownership and
sustainability of interventions supported through UNDP, a strategy was
agreed to use National Implementation Modality (NIM) under government
established mechanisms and coordination structures. In this case,
Implementing Partners (IPs) receiving resources from UNDP most of the
times needs support and a strong technical guidance to be able to
perform its financial managements functions effectively. As such, the
programme finance staff within UNDP and the Environment pillar in this
case is required to assist the various teams through training and
providing accounting support to facilitate financial and accounting
processes to ensure timely request and reporting on funds disbursed, as
well as ensuring speedy delivery on project resources.
The staff
member that was providing the above-mentioned support started his
retirement recently and a new staff has just joined the team.? These TOR
seeks to engage an experienced consultant to provide capacity building
and guidance to the new staff in following up all pending accounting and
Project finance functions.
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Duties and Responsibilities
The
objective of the assignment is to ensure timely project implementation
at pillar level in consultation with implementing partners. The
consultant will be the focal point for financial and accounting support
to the IPs (MNRT, TFS, MOW, 2nd VPO in Zanzibar e.t.c) for the entire
pillar portfolio. This assignment will be an opportunity to strengthen
the capacity for financial and accounting management including
proparatioons for the forthcoming audit exercise.? Activities to be
perfomed include the following:
Audit Preparation
- Ensure all CDR for FY 2020 are dully signed and available for audit;
- Ensure all CDR for Q1 & 2 for FY 2021 are dully signed and available for Audit;
- Any other documentation that may be required from the check list;
- Support in ensuring reports on implementation of previous Audit Recommendations are in place;
- Support in ensuring Implementation Reports of Spot Check and Micro Assessment findings are in place;
- Scheduling of HACT Assurance activites in HACT Website.
Financial Monitoring for the IWT Project??and the Other GEF projects
- Report on issues related to compliance;
- Advise on the best way of accounting;
- Ensure project documents – Vouchers, Bank rec , financial statement etc are in place;
- Any other documentation that may be required from the project.
?Project Closure
- Complete
checklist for the project closure for those project which are up for
closure and review any pending queries related to the project closure; - Attend any pending issue on those projects lined up for closure.
Sorting out project finance files
- Handover of files, soft copies etc of Environment related Material.
Hands on training of the new staff on the following issues:
- ATLAS project modules;
- PIMS+;
- GEF Timesheet etc;
- NEX liquidations and advances, NEX Advances certification;
- project closure procedures;
- cleaning of NEX ageing advances;
- preparing budget revisions;
- multi-year budgeting and onsite reviews process (spot checks etc);
- information updates in ATLAS;
- HACT Assurance Activities- Micro Assessments, Programme visits, Spot Checks, Audit;
- Preparation of HACT Assurance Plan- Env & CC Projects;
- Grants certifications.
Institutional Arrangement
The
NPSA?will work under the guidance and direct supervision of the Lead,
Environment, Climate Change and Resilience Pillar in close collaboration
with the PMSU Head.
Competencies
Corporate Competencies:
- Demonstrates commitment to UNDP’s mission, vision and values;
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
Functional Competencies
Knowledge Management and Learning
- Shares knowledge and experience;
- Encourages office staff to share knowledge and contribute to UNDP Practice Areas;
- Actively
works towards continuing personal learning and development in one or
more Practice Areas, acts on learning plan and applies newly acquired
skills.
Development and Operational Effectiveness
- Ability to administer and execute financial processes and transactions;
- Ability to extract, interpret, analyze data and resolve problems;
- Ability to supervise and train support staff;
- Ability to perform work of confidential nature and handle a large volume of work;
- Sound knowledge of financial rules and regulations, accounting;
- Good knowledge of Results Management Guide and Toolkit;
- Strong IT skills, Atlas;
- Ability to provide input to business processes re-engineering, implementation of new system.
Leadership and Self-Management
- Focuses on result for the client;
- Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
- Remains calm, in control and good humored even under pressure;
- Demonstrates openness to change;
- Responds positively to feedback and differing points of view.
Required Skills and Experience
Minimum Academic Education Minimum Qualification;
- ?Bachelors Degree in Finance, Business Administration, Public Administraiion, Social Economic , Social Sciences.
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Minimum?years of relevant Work experience;
- ?A
minimum of 5 years of post-graduate professional experience in project
finance related experience preferably in Tanzania including the follo
wing; - ?Extensive knowledge of accounting and financial monitoring;?
- A
strong background in following up implementation of environment and
natural resources projects under NIM and having experience with HACT
processes; - Substantive knowledge of UNDP/GEF inancial programming and reporting tools including online monitoring of project delivery;
- Experience
in working with and maintaining good relations with government
counterparts and programme beneficiaries (e.g. Government, development
partners, CSOs and private sector representatives).
Required? skills and competencies
- Experience in working with national government systems;?
- Dynamic and flexible with proven ability to work under pressure;
- Enjoy working in a demand-driven environment, with ability to respond rapidly and effectively to the needs of many clients;
- A team player with strong inter-personal skills and the ability to comfortably communicate at all levels;
- Ability to identify client needs and deliver them promptly and accurately.
Desired additional skills and competencies
- Job Knowledge & Technical Expertise in project Finance Management;
- Promoting Organizational Learning and Knowledge Sharing;
- Development and Operational Effectiveness.
Required Language(s)?
- (at working level) Proficiency in English.
- Working knowledge of other UN language desirable
Travel:
- The consultant many be required to trave to the project sites
- Include any official travel expected to be associated with performing the functions?
The following documents shall be required from the applicants:
Personal
CV or P11, indicating all past positions held and their main underlying
functions, their durations (month/year), the qualifications, as well as
the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate, and
at least three (3) the most recent professional references of previous
supervisors. References may also include peers.
A cover letter (maximum length: 1 page) indicating why the candidate considers him-/herself to be suitable for the position.
Application Deadline : 15-Sep-21 (Midnight New York, USA)
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