The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD) is located in Montreal, Canada and is administered by UNEP. This post is in the Secretariat of the CBD, within the Administration Division. Under the direct guidance of the Head of the Administration Division, the incumbent will carry out the following functions.
Responsibilities:
Reviews, analyses and finalizes the preparation of the medium-term plan and its revisions on the basis of departmental submissions, taking into account recommendations and decisions of specialized intergovernmental bodies.
Provides substantive support to relevant intergovernmental and expert bodies in their review of the medium-term plan and its revisions; secures approval from the General Assembly.
Ensures legislative mandates are accurately translated into program budgets.
Reviews, analyses and finalizes cost estimates and budget proposals, in terms of staff and non-staff requirements from Divisions at the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD); ensures compliance with the medium-term plan and other legislative mandates.
Provides detailed input with respect to resource requirements for budget submissions.
Reviews, analyzes and finalizes program budget/financial implications to the Conference of the Parties.
Provides substantive support to relevant intergovernmental and expert bodies in their budget review.
Assists in securing approval from the Conference of the Parties.
Issues allotments, authorizes sub-allotments, including redeployment of funds when necessary, ensuring appropriate expenditures.
Manages and monitors budget implementation and recommends reallocation of funds as necessary.
Monitors expenditures to ensure that they remain within authorized levels.
Administers and monitors extra-budgetary resources, including review of agreements and cost plans, ensuring compliance with regulations and rules and established policies and procedures.
Authorizes payment to Governments for settlement of certified death and disability, contingent-owned equipment and letters-of-assist claims; determine average monthly troop strengths, establishing amounts reimbursable and initiating payments for reimbursement to troop-contributing countries.
Prepares budget performance submissions.
Reviews and finalizes budget performance reports, analyzing variances between approved budgets and actual expenditures.
Provides substantive support to relevant intergovernmental and expert bodies.
Keeps up to date on documents/reports/guidelines that have a bearing on matters related to program budgets, ensuring compliance with intergovernmental recommendations and decisions as well as with United Nations policies and procedures.
Drafts reports for intergovernmental bodies and for management on budgetary issues, and correspondence.
Undertakes research and analysis of budgetary policies and procedures, makes recommendations for changes and/or modifications.
Acts as Certifying Officer under Financial Rule 110.4 to ensure that proposed obligations and expenditures are in accordance with approved budgets and established regulations and rules.
Ensures the integrity of financial and management systems and the controls that underpin them.
Provides support with respect to representation of the Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity in meetings of legislative organs.
Represents Financial Resources Management Service in inter and intra-departmental meetings.
May plan, organize, manage and supervise the work of the Unit/Section assigned
Incumbent may be asked to perform other related duties.
Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.
Provides substantive support to relevant intergovernmental and expert bodies.
Keeps up to date on documents/reports/guidelines that have a bearing on matters related to program budgets, ensuring compliance with intergovernmental recommendations and decisions as well as with United Nations policies and procedures.
Drafts reports for intergovernmental bodies and for management on budgetary issues, and correspondence.
Undertakes research and analysis of budgetary policies and procedures, makes recommendations for changes and/or modifications.
Acts as Certifying Officer under Financial Rule 110.4 to ensure that proposed obligations and expenditures are in accordance with approved budgets and established regulations and rules.
Ensures the integrity of financial and management systems and the controls that underpin them.
Provides support with respect to representation of the Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity in meetings of legislative organs.
Education:
An advanced university degree (Master's or Doctorate degree, or equivalent) in financial management, accounting, public or business administration, or economics with specialized in accounting, administration, budgeting or programme management and evaluation is required.
A first-level degree (Bachelor's degree or equivalent) in the specified fields of studies with two (2) additional years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is desirable.
Work Experience:
A minimum of seven (7) years of experience undertaking high-level responsibility in the field of resources management, project management, administrative and financial areas is required.
Five (5) years of experience in the United Nations or similar international organizations is required.
Working experience with an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system such as System Analysis Program Development (SAP) is desirable.
Two (2) years or more experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.
Languages:
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat.
For this post, fluency in English is required. Knowledge of French is desirable.
Knowledge of another United Nations language is desirable.
