The Ugandan Jobline

• Keenly review budget plans, monitor and
  analyze project financial performance and make recommendations in
  compliance with WFP financial policies and procedures and best practices,
  to support financial analysis and optimization of resources.
• Prepare comprehensive analysis on fund and
  grant balances identifying surpluses and deficits, and suggest corrective
  measures, to support maximum fund utilization and decision-making process.
• Support pipeline management ensuring
  efficient monitoring, to prevent and address pipeline breaks and maximize
  operational effectiveness.
• Actively contribute to the improvement of
  internal processes, enhancement of corporate systems and design of tools,
  to facilitate the overall planning, expenditure forecasting, and budget
  management and monitoring of resource utilization.
• Enter project budget plans and revisions
  in the corporate systems, to ensure data is timely and accurately captured
  enabling easy access to information and supporting planning and decision
  making.
• Keenly review, compile and analyze data,
  maintain accurate records and files and prepare periodic and ad hoc
  reports, to support accuracy and efficiency of information presented to
  internal and external stakeholders.
• Maintain communication with a number of
  stakeholders regarding project funds management matters and related
  processes, to clarify any discrepancies and optimize use of funds.
• Provide guidance to other support staff
  and contribute to their learning and development in budget planning, fund
  management and operational planning, to facilitate continued development
  and consistency in services delivered.
• Follow standard emergency preparedness
  practices, to ensure WFP is able to quickly respond and deploy needed
  resources to affected areas at the onset of the crisis
• Actively facilitate the delivery of food
  to recipient country and within the country to sub offices and partners in
  order to avoid pipeline breaks by;
• Supporting in timely submissions of the
  Food release notes in collaboration with the different program units
  through the COMET system and liaise with the COMET focal person to ensure
  Food Release Notes are accurate.

• The ideal candidate for the United Nations
  UN World Food Programme (WFP) Budget & Programming Associate job
  opportunity should hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Finance,
  Auditing, Economics, Logistics, Business Studies or any other related
  field.
• Experience in supporting the preparation
  and management of budgets.
• Prior experience in the monitoring of
  budgets/resource plans/pipelines/supply chains is desired
• Previous exposure and experience in budget/allotment
  related issues within the WFP budget system.
• Fluency (level C) in English language and
  the duty station’s language, if different.

• Internal Controls & Compliance:
  Utilizes understanding of risk management approaches and internal controls
  to monitor projects and programmes to confirm regulatory compliance and
  ensure data integrity.
• Performance Budgeting, Analysis &
  Reporting: Analyzes budgets and forecasts to support the
  development of recommendations for senior leadership on financial and
  business planning matters in accordance with Value for Money principles.
• Resource Management: Monitors
  trends in staffing and resource usage to anticipate and escalate potential
  issues to programme leaders.
• Performance Management:
  Displays sufficient understanding of WFP performance management system to
  gather relevant and accurate information from internal and external
  sources for inputs to monitoring and/or evaluation processes.
• Supply Chain and Operations Knowledge:
  Demonstrates basic understanding of WFP programme, implementation, and
  supply chain principles (including project modalities & structures).

• Understand and communicate the
  Strategic Objectives: Understands WFP’s Strategic Objectives
  and the link to own work objectives.
• Be a force for positive change:
  Flexibly adapts individual contributions to accommodate changes in
  direction from supervisors and internal/external changes (such as evolving
  needs of beneficiaries, new requirements of partners).
• Make the mission inspiring to our
  team: Recognizes and shares with team members the ways in
  which individual contributions relate to WFP’s mission.
• Make our mission visible in everyday
  actions: Sets own goals in alignment with WFP’s overall
  operations, and is able to communicate this link to others.
• People:
• Look for ways to strengthen people’s
  skills: Assesses own strengths and weaknesses to increase
  self-awareness, and includes these in conversations on own developmental
  needs.
• Create an inclusive culture:
  Participates in open dialogue, and values the diverse opinion of others,
  regardless of background, culture, experience, or country assignment.
• Be a coach & provide
  constructive feedback: Proactively seeks feedback and coaching
  to build confidence, and develop and improve individual skills.
• Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit:
  Participates in accomplishing team activities and goals in the face of
  challenging circumstances.

• Encourage innovation & creative
  solutions: Shows willingness to explore and experiment with
  new ideas and approaches in own work.
• Focus on getting results:
  Consistently delivers results within individual scope of work on time, on
  budget and without errors.
• Make commitments and make good on
  commitments: Commits to upholding individual accountabilities
  and responsibilities in the face of ever-changing country or functional
  priorities.
• Be Decisive: Makes
  rational decisions about individual activities when faced with uncertain
  circumstances, including in times of ambiguity regarding information or
  manager direction.

• Connect and share across WFP units:
  Seeks to understand and adapt to internal or cross-unit teams’ priorities
  and preferred working styles.
• Build strong external partnerships:
  Demonstrates ability to understand and appropriately respond to and/or
  escalate needs of external partners.
• Be politically agile &
  adaptable: Portrays an informed and professional demeanor
  toward internal and external partners and stakeholders.
• Be clear about the value WFP brings
  to partnerships: Provides operational support on analyses and
  assessments that quantifies and demonstrates WFP’s unique value as a
  partner.

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