Programme Associate

United Nations Children's Fund

Libreville, Gabon

The UNICEF country office in Gabon is a small to medium-sized country office. To achieve the strategies and results of the program, the office will need a committed and creative staff that wants to make a lasting difference for Gabonese children.

  • Support to programme development, planning, and execution
  • Support to monitoring and reporting of programme results
  • Support in resource mobilization
  • Support in knowledge management and capacity building

Support to operations supply section:

Support to programme development, planning and execution:

  • Support monitoring and implementing HACT activities in the section and capacity support to partners in HACT implementation
  • Drafts project documents, work plans, budgets, and proposals on implementation arrangements.
  • Carries out transactions in VISION ensuring programme results, activities and programme coding are as per annual work plans (AWPs), and makes amendments and alterations as per section revisions when necessary
  • Monitors and tracks the efficient distribution of supplies that are required for effective programme delivery,

Support to monitoring and reporting of programme results:

  • Prepares monitoring and reporting information for supervisor on agreed performance indicators to drive more efficient management and accountability for results.
  • Monitors budgets and financial expenditures of section, ensuring compliance with UNICEF rules and regulations, keeping supervisor informed and advised on actions for decision and/or follow up

Support in resource mobilization:

  • Researches, analyzes, verifies, and synthesizes data and information in support of preparing reports pertaining to donors (both current and potential). 
  • Researches, analyzes, verifies, and synthesizes data and information to assist in the preparation of periodic or ad-hoc financial reports relating CSD and Adolescent & Education sections and donors to support the office in optimizing use of programme funds.
  • Carries out transactions in VISION pertaining to grants for his/her section such as registering grant allotments and tracking expiring programme grants.

 Support in knowledge management and capacity building:

  • Researches, analyzes, verifies and synthesizes information on best practices and lessons learnt to support knowledge development and capacity building
  • Supports capacity development activities related to performance monitoring, programme development, and related internal UNICEF systems/tools by preparing training materials and participating on exercises pertaining to programme processes and procedures which aim to build capacity of stakeholders

Support to operations supply section:

  • Support Procurement Services (PS) transactions and projects in collaboration with operations-Supply and UNICEF Supply Division (SD). Monitor the submission of requests, PS cost estimates, Purchase Orders (POs)Follow up with SD and UNICEF freight forwarders as needed on timely delivery/shipment of PS orders.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Education:

  • Completion of secondary education, preferably supplemented by technical or university courses related to the work of the organization.

Experience:

  • A minimum of 6 years of progressively responsible administrative or clerical work experience is required.

Language Requirements:

  • Fluency in French is required. Knowledge of English or local language of the duty station is considered as an asset.

Source:  https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/551531