Programme Officer (Budget, Supply Management and Quality Assurance), NOA at UNICEF

To enable UNICEF to deliver results for children while complying with different conditionalities, the office is seeking a Nutrition Officer (NOA) TA on Temporary Assignment. The candidate will report to the Nutrition Manager and work closely with the Nutrition Section as well as other internal stakeholders to ensure efficient and effective budget, financial and supply chain management. Specifically, the Nutrition Officer will be responsible for the following:

• Develop and review proposal budgets and financial projections to ensure alignment with the overarching Nutrition Section strategy and resource mobilization needs
• Track and manage effective and efficient utilization of budgets ensuring compliance with results-based principles and standards, UNICEF guidelines as well as donor conditionalities.
• Develop high-quality financial reports and analysis and input into internal and external financial reports and communication products
• Track and manage an effective and efficient supply chain for life-saving nutrition commodities in partnership with UNICEF’s Supply Team and Supply Division
• Track and manage timely development of partnership agreements and recruitments

Key functions/accountabilities:

 Support to programme development and planning

• Develop budgets, forecast financial and supply needs to inform proposal development and resource mobilization
• Analyze expenditures and supply chain needs, recommend and execute appropriate adjustments, enable supply chain management and movement of commodities.
• Manage, maintain and communicate user-friendly information (through dashboards), summaries and data on budgets, financial expenditure and supplies on an ongoing basis to inform programme planning and review
• Track resource mobilization opportunities and ensure timely submission of proposals and donor reports
• Identify and track development of partnership agreements and recruitments

Programme management, monitoring and quality assurance

• Facilitate regular Nutrition Section Meetings, maintain minutes/records and track follow-up
• Provide analytics and summaries for weekly, monthly Country Management Team and other review meetings on budgets/finance, supplies, partnerships and recruitments
• Ensure allocation of resources and fund release in a timely manner in accordance with the strategy and organizational standards
• Ensure optimal utilization of resources complying with UNICEF standards and donor conditionalities
• Maintain an incident tracker for supplies, update the risk register and ensure all supply incidents are addressed appropriately

Capacity development and management of information systems

• Enhance programme and associate staff capacities for financial monitoring and commodity/supply flow
• Provide oversight and mentorship to Program Associates on finance, administration, payment processing, liquidations, etc.
• Enhance use of electronic shared spaces for storage and use of data and knowledge management

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have

Education: University degree in Business Administration / Finance/ Accounts Management / Supply Chain Management. Training in Nutrition, pharmaceutical or other health-related course will be an added advantage.

Experience:

• A minimum of five years of relevant professional work experience with at least two years of experience in planning and managing high-value budgets, logistics and quality assurance.
• Excellent knowledge of and hands-on experience in Excel, PowerPoint and PowerBI is critical
• Working with the private sector and experience in managing multi-year grants and diverse donors will be an added advantage
• Knowledge of the UN rules, procedures and regulations and/or working experience for the UN or other international development organization would be an asset.

Deadline: 26 Jul 2023