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Job Title:  Public Finance Officer

Organisation: United Nations Volunteers (UNV)

Hosting Organisation: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

About US:

The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme contributes to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide. We work with partners to integrate qualified, highly motivated and well-supported UN Volunteers into development programming and promote the value and global recognition of volunteerism. UNV is administered by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and reports to the UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS Executive Board.

About Placement Organization:

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is mandated by the UN general assembly to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. Together with our partners, we work in 190 countries and territories to translate that commitment into practical action, focusing special effort on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all children, everywhere.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: Under the direct supervision of the Social Policy Manager, the National UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

• Support the collection of central and subnational tiers of government budget data, including development of the relevant data collection and processing templates.
• Provide assistance and inputs to reviews and analysis of public finance data, at national and subnational level.
• Support coordination of capacity assessment and plan for capacity building activities for local subnational public finance stakeholders.
• Support and facilitate integration and harmonisation of public finance work with decentralisation processes and consolidate synergies with other partners at local level
• Support Social Policy in strengthening and coordinating internal UNICEF work around decentralization, community empowerment and systems strengthening at community level.
• Support Social Policy advocacy aimed at promoting better spending decisions and enhanced service delivery at subnational level that ultimately contribute to improved outcomes for children.
• Support collaboration with local authorities to strengthen capacity on quality data collection, analysis for policy development, planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring of essential social services, with emphasis on community participation and accountability.

Key Results/Expected Outputs:

• Updated and clean budget information databases, both for national and subnational tiers of government.
• Preliminary analysis of budget data
• Subnational governments capacity building plan and a local stakeholders empowerment strategy on public finance.
• An analysis of spending patterns of subnational tiers of government on social sectors and policy implications for children conducted (subnational budget briefs for social sectors prepared).
• A statement of achievements towards volunteerism for development during the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities participated in and capacities developed

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal candidate must hold a Master’s degree or equivalent in Statistics, Economics, Data Science or Development Studies. Demonstrated proficiency in data processing software systems such as SAS, SPSS, STATA and CSPro (quantitative) or NVivo, Atlas.ti and Nudist (qualitative) etc.
• Three years of experience in understanding of public finance data and participatory approaches to programming, Sound experience in Local Development and Decentralization
• Specialized technical knowledge and research experience in policy research and analysis both qualitative and quantitative research.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel software skills, including use of macros in Excel.
• Excellent writing, conceptual and analytical skills including the ability to present complex processes and issues clearly to a heterogeneous audience and in an actionable manner.
• Experience working and engaging with government officials on policy and strategic issues.
• Area(s) of expertise: Economics and finance
• Candidate must be a national or legal resident of the country of assignment.
• Languages: English, Level: Working knowledge, Required
• Age: 27 – 80 years

Competencies and values

• Professionalism: demonstrated understanding of operations relevant to UNICEF; technical capabilities or knowledge relevant or transferrable to UNICEF procedures and rules; discretion, political sensitivity, diplomacy and tact to deal with clients; ability to apply good judgement; ability to liaise and coordinate with a range of different actors, especially in senior positions; where appropriate, high degree of autonomy, personal initiative and ability to take ownership; resourcefulness and willingness to accept wide responsibilities and ability to work independently under established procedures; ability to manage information objectively, accurately and confidentially; responsive and client-oriented;
• Integrity: demonstrate the values and ethical standards of the UN and UNICEF in daily activities and behaviours while acting without consideration of personal gains; resist undue political pressure in decision-making; stand by decisions that are in the organization’s interest even if they are unpopular.
• Teamwork and respect for diversity: ability to operate effectively across organizational boundaries; excellent interpersonal skills; ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships and harmonious working relations in a multi-cultural environment.
• Commitment to continuous learning: initiative and willingness to learn new skills and stay abreast of new developments in area of expertise; ability to adapt to changes in work environment. Planning and organizing effective organizational and problem-solving skills and ability to manage a large volume of work in an efficient and timely manner.
• Communication: proven interpersonal skills; good spoken and written communication skills, including ability to prepare clear and concise reports.
• Flexibility: adaptability and ability to live and work in potentially hazardous and remote conditions and willingness to travel within the area of operations.

How to Apply:

All interested applicants who wish to join United Nations Volunteers (UNV) in the aforementioned capacity are encouraged to click on the link below and follow the application instructions after reviewing the job details.

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Deadline: 26th April 2022

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