Urgent Recruitment at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Nigeria – 5 Positions

Job ID: 25169
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Salary Grade: G5
Hardship Level: C
Family Location Type: Family

Organizational Setting and Work Relationships

• Senior Human Resources Assistant will function under direct supervision of the Administrative or Human Resources Officer, assisting him/her in personnel administration and other HR related matters, including the process of recruitment and appointment of staff, and in the performance management and welfare issues of staff under area of responsibility (AOR).
• All UNHCR staff members are accountable to perform their duties as reflected in their job description. They do so within their delegated authorities, in line with the regulatory framework of UNHCR which includes the UN Charter, UN Staff Regulations and Rules, UNHCR Policies and Administrative Instructions as well as relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, staff members are required to discharge their responsibilities in a manner consistent with the core, functional, cross-functional and managerial competencies and UNHCR¿s core values of professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity.

Duties

• Assist in the recruitment, assignment, reassignment and separation of local service staff. Prepare documents for the interview panel for the recruitment of local staff.
• Process local staff members¿ contracts, entitlements and benefits in accordance with Staff Rules and established HR procedures.
• Update personnel related information in MSRP/HR module where this activity has been rolled out from PAS to the respective office.
• Advise staff members on their rights, obligations, benefits and entitlements, and assist them in interpreting UN/UNHCR staff rules and regulations.
• Assist newly-arrived international staff with administrative formalities related to their accreditations, security/ground passes, submission of completed forms and related documents to headquarters, arrange travel and hotel reservations
• Assist with shipment of their personal effects in coordination with the logistics section.
• Administer UNHCR medical insurance plan for locally recruited staff. Provide administrative support to staff and dependants in case of medical evacuations, as well as security evacuations/relocations. Maintain daily tracking record of staff and families to provide accurate information in case of emergency.
• Maintain personnel records in the office, including maintenance of the attendance, overtime and leave records.
• Initiate calculations for payments related to personnel issues such as settlement of travel claims, overtime claims, hazard pay, MIP reimbursements, medical and security evacuations, shipment costs.
• Initiate routine correspondence on HR matters for the authorizing officer¿s approval.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications
Education & Professional Work Experience:

• For G5 2 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 1 year relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher

Field (s) of Education:

• Not applicable

Certificates and/or Licenses:

• Secretarial Administrative
• (Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)

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Relevant Job Experience
Essential:

• Good knowledge of UNHCR administrative procedures and processes and exposure to provision of support services in an international organization.

Desirable:

• Field experience with UNHCR and / or with other humanitarian organizations is an asset.
• High IT affinity and working experience of PeopleSoft / MSRP.

Functional Skills:

• IT-Computer Literacy
• PG-Resource Planning; eg. FOCUS, Global Focus Insight
• FI-PeopleSoft Financial Management
• HR-PeopleSoft Human Capital Management
• UN-UN/UNHCR Administrative Rules, Regulations and Procedures
• IT-Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
• EX-Field experience with UNHCR and/or with other humanitarian organizations
• (Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Language Requirements:

• For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
• For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
• For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.

Position Competencies
Core Competencies:

• Accountability
• Communication
• Organizational Awareness
• Teamwork & Collaboration
• Commitment to Continuous Learning
• Client & Result Orientation

Managerial Competencies:

• Not specified.

Cross-Functional Competencies:

• Planning and Organizing
• Technological Awareness

Language Requirements:

• Please note that English is essential for this Job Opening.
• Knowledge of local Language is highly recommended.

Application Closing Date
8th March, 2021 at 11:59 pm.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Eligible Applicants:

• This position is advertised open to internal and external applicants.

Procedures and Eligibility:

• Interested applicants should consult the Administrative Instruction on Recruitment and Assignment of Locally Recruited Staff (RALS).

Important Information / Notice

• A written test may be conducted for this position which will be followed by a competency-based interview.
• Please note that UNHCR does not charge a fee at any stage of its recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, travelling, processing, training or any other fees).
• This is a Standard Job Description for all UNHCR jobs with this job title and grade level. The Operational Context may contain additional essential and/or desirable qualifications relating to the specific operation and/or position. Any such requirements are incorporated by reference in this Job Description and will be considered for the screening, shortlisting and selection of candidates.

Job ID: 25188
Location: Takum, Taraba
Hardship Level: D
Family Location Type: Non-Family

Organizational Setting and Work Relationships

• The Assistant Protection Officer reports to the Protection Officer or the Senior Protection Officer. Depending on the size and structure of the Office, the incumbent may have supervisory responsibility for protection staff including community-based protection, registration, resettlement and education.
• S / he provides functional protection guidance to information management and programme staff on all protection / legal matters and accountabilities. These include: statelessness (in line with the campaign to End Statelessness by 2024),  Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) commitments, age, gender, diversity (AGD) and accountability to affected populations (AAP) through community-based protection, Child protection, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) prevention and response, gender equality, disability inclusion, youth empowerment, psycho-social support and PSEA, registration, asylum / refugee status determination, resettlement, local integration, voluntary repatriation, human rights standards integration, national legislation, judicial engagement, predictable and decisive engagement in situations of internal displacement and engagement in wider mixed movement and climate change / disaster-related displacement responses.
• S / he supervises protection standards, operational procedures and practices in protection delivery in line with international standards.
• The Assistant Protection Officer is expected to coordinate quality, timely and effective protection responses to the needs of populations of concern (PoC), ensuring that operational responses in all sectors mainstream protection methodologies and integrate protection safeguards.
• The incumbent contributes to the design of a comprehensive protection strategy and represents the Organization externally on protection doctrine and policy as guided by the supervisor.
• S / he also ensures that PoC are meaningfully engaged in the decisions that affect them and support programme design and adaptations that are influenced by the concerns, priorities and capacities of them.
• To achieve this, the incumbent will need to build and maintain effective interfaces with communities of concern, authorities, protection and assistance partners as well as a broader network of stakeholders who can contribute to enhancing protection.
• All UNHCR staff members are accountable to perform their duties as reflected in their job description. They do so within their delegated authorities, in line with the regulatory framework of UNHCR which includes the UN Charter, UN Staff Regulations and Rules, UNHCR Policies and Administrative Instructions as well as relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, staff members are required to discharge their responsibilities in a manner consistent with the core, functional, cross-functional and managerial competencies and UNHCR¿s core values of professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity.

Duties

• Stay abreast of political, social, economic and cultural developments that have an impact on the protection environment.
• Consistently apply International and National Law and applicable UN/UNHCR and IASC policy, standards and codes of conduct.
• Assist in providing comments on existing and draft legislation related to PoC.
• Provide legal advice and guidance on protection issues to PoC; liaise with competent authorities to ensure the issuance of personal and other relevant documentation.
• Conduct eligibility and status determination for PoC in compliance with UNHCR procedural standards and international protection principles.
• Promote and contribute to measures to identify, prevent and reduce statelessness.
• Contribute to a country-level child protection plan as part of the protection strategy.
• Contribute to a country-level education plan as part of the protection strategy.
• Provide inputs for the development of protection policies and standards within the AoR.
• Implement and monitor Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all protection/solutions activities.
• Manage individual protection cases including those on SGBV and child protection. Monitor, and intervene in cases of refoulement, expulsion and other protection incidents.
• Recommend durable solutions for the largest possible number of PoC through voluntary repatriation, local integration and where appropriate, resettlement.
• Assess resettlement needs and apply priorities for the resettlement of individuals and groups of refugees and other PoC.
• Contribute to the design, implementation and evaluation of protection related AGD based programming with implementing and operational partners.
• Contribute to and facilitate a programme of results-based advocacy with sectorial and/or cluster partners.
• Contribute to and facilitate effective information management through the provision of disaggregated data on populations of concern and their problems.
• Assist capacity-building initiatives for communities and individuals to assert their rights.
• Participate in initiatives to capacitate authorities, relevant institutions and NGOs to strengthen national protection related legislation and procedures.
• Intervene with authorities on protection issues.
• Assist the supervisor in deciding priorities for reception, interviewing and counselling for groups or individuals.
• Assist the supervisor in enforcing compliance of staff and implementing partners with global protection policies and standards of professional integrity in the delivery of protection services.
• Enforce compliance with, and integrity of, all protection standard operating procedures.
• Perform other related duties as required.

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Minimum Qualifications
Education & Professional Work Experience:

• Years of Experience / Degree Level
• For P1 / NOA - 1 year relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or no experience with Graduate degree; or no experience with Doctorate degree

Field(s) of Education:

• Law, International Law, Political Sciences or other relevant field.

(Field(s) of Education marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Certificates and / or Licenses:

• Not specified;

(Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Relevant Job Experience
Essential:

• Knowledge of International Refugee and Human Rights Law and ability to apply the relevant legal principles

Desirable:

• Completion of the Protection Learning Programme, RSD- Resettlement Learning Programme.

Functional Skills:

• PR-Protection-related guidelines, standards and indicators
• LE-International Refugee Law
• PR-Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD)
• PR-Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) Coordination
• MG-Projects management
• PR-PR-Human Rights Doctrine / Standards
• PR-International Humanitarian Law
• PR-Protection and mixed-movements
• PR-Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Operations & IDPs Status / Rights / Obligation
• PR-Climate change and disaster related displacement
• PR-Community-based Protection
• MS-Drafting, Documentation, Data Presentation

(Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Language Requirements:

• For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
• For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
• For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.

This is a Standard Job Description for all UNHCR jobs with this job title and grade level. The Operational Context may contain additional essential and / or desirable qualifications relating to the specific operation and / or position. Any such requirements are incorporated by reference in this Job Description and will be considered for the screening, shortlisting and selection of candidates.

Position Competencies
Core Competencies:

• Accountability
• Communication
• Organizational Awareness
• Teamwork & Collaboration
• Commitment to Continuous Learning
• Client & Result Orientation

Managerial Competencies:

• Judgement and Decision Making

Cross-Functional Competencies:

• Stakeholder Management
• Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
• Political Awareness

Language Requirements:

• Please also note that English is essential for this Job Opening.
• Knowledge of local Language is an highly recommended

Application Closing Date
9th March, 2021 at 11:59 pm.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Eligible Applicants

• This Job Opening is available to eligible UNHCR staff members and external applicants. Applicants must be Nigerian Nationals before consideration on other criteria

Procedures and Eligibility

• Interested applicants should consult the Administrative Instruction on Recruitment and Assignment of Locally Recruited Staff (RALS). Applicants must be nationals of, and be locally recruited within the country of their employment

Note

• A written test will be conducted for this position which will be followed by a competency-based interview.
• Please note that UNHCR does not charge a fee at any stage of its recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, travelling, processing, training or any other fees).

Job ID: 25072
Location: Takum, Taraba
Salary Grade: G6
Hardship Level: D
Family Location Type: Non-Family

Organizational Setting and Work Relationships

• The Registration Associate is a member of the Registration team and is normally supervised by the Registration Officer. The Registration Associate is responsible for supporting all activities related to registration, and with ensuring that registration is effectively used for the identification of specific protection needs, for the management of operations, and for the achievement of durable solutions.
• Depending on the size and structure of the Office, the Registration Associate may provide day-to-day supervision, direction and support to UNHCR staff engaged in registration and related activities (including Reception, Filing and Data Management staff), and monitors the efficiency and quality of registration processes, identity and entitlement documentation activities and population data management. The Registration Associate collaborates closely with Protection, Programme, Operational Data Management and Information Management colleagues as well as with Government authorities and partners on the provision of quality population data for the delivery of registration activities.
• All UNHCR staff members are accountable to perform their duties as reflected in their job description. They do so within their delegated authorities, in line with the regulatory framework of UNHCR which includes the UN Charter, UN Staff Regulations and Rules, UNHCR Policies and Administrative Instructions as well as relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, staff members are required to discharge their responsibilities in a manner consistent with the core, functional, cross-functional and managerial competencies and UNHCR's core values of professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity.

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Duties

• Assist in the implementation of registration strategies and methodologies for populations of concern.
• Assist in the supervision and daily running of registration team activities, where required.
• Conduct registration interviews when required in accordance with registration standards and guidance.
• Provide counselling to, and responds to queries from, asylum seekers and refugees regarding UNHCR's registration procedures and their rights and entitlements.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records and data related to all registration cases.
• Identify persons with specific needs and ensure timely referral to protection follow-up as required.
• Collaborate with protection staff and/or partners in the delivery of assistance and programming, including the provision of identity and entitlement documentation.
• Draft correspondence and reports relating to registration activities in the operation, when required
• Provide statistics and draft reports related to registration data, as requested.
• In consultation with the supervisor, make decisions related to the day-to-day operations of the registration unit and devise registration procedures which are efficient and effective.
• Draft and submit reports and statistics related to registration.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications
Education & Professional Work Experience:

• Years of Experience / Degree Level
• For G6 - 3 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 2 years relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher

Field(s) of Education:

• Not applicable.

Certificates and/or Licenses:

• Social sciences;
• Statistics;
• Mathematics;
• Information technology;
• (Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Relevant Job Experience:

• Essential: Good computer skills, particularly in data management.
• Desirable: Training in basic principles of international protection. Experience in working with UNHCR proGres software.

Functional Skills:
DM-Data Management:

• MS-Data Collection and Analysis

IT-Computer literacy:

• IT-IT Refugee Systems & Applications
• CL-Programme Management (project formulation, programme cycles and reporting standards)
• TR-Training/Coaching/Facilitation
• EX-Experience in international organization (United Nations or similar)
• PR-Experience in Registration
• (Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Language Requirements:

• For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
• For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
• For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.
• Please also note that English is essential for this Job Opening.
• Knowledge of local Language is an highly recommended

Position Competencies
Core Competencies:

• Accountability
• Communication
• Organizational Awareness
• Teamwork & Collaboration
• Commitment to Continuous Learning
• Client & Result Orientation

Managerial Competencies:

• Not specified.

Cross-Functional Competencies:

• Analytical Thinking
• Technological Awareness
• Planning and Organizing

Additional Information

• A written test may be conducted for this position which will be followed by a competency-based interview.
• Please note that UNHCR does not charge a fee at any stage of its recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, travelling, processing, training or any other fees).

Application Closing Date
11:59 pm; 4th March 2021.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Eligible Applicants:

• This position is advertised open to internal and external applicants.

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Procedures and Eligibility:

• Interested applicants should consult the Administrative Instruction on Recruitment and Assignment of Locally Recruited Staff (RALS).
• Applicants must be nationals of, and be locally recruited within the country of their employment.

Note:

• This is a Standard Job Description for all UNHCR jobs with this job title and grade level. The Operational Context may contain additional essential and/or desirable qualifications relating to the specific operation and/or position.
• Any such requirements are incorporated by reference in this Job Description and will be considered for the screening, shortlisting and selection of candidates.

Job ID: 25071
Location: Maiduguri, Nigeria
Salary Grade: G6
Hardship Level: E
Family Location Type: Non-Family

Duties and Qualifications
Organizational Setting and Work Relationships:

• The Protection Associate normally reports to the Protection Officer or the Senior Protection Officer.  The incumbent monitors protection standards, operational procedures and practices in protection delivery in line with international standards and provides functional protection support to information management and programme staff.
• The Protection Associate is expected to coordinate quality, timely and effective protection responses to the needs of populations of concern (PoC) and identify opportunities to mainstream protection methodologies and integrate protection safeguards in operational responses in all sectors.  S/he contributes to designing a comprehensive protection strategy and liaises externally with authorities and partners on protection doctrine and policy as guided by the supervisor.
• The Protection Associate also ensures that PoC are involved in making decisions that affect them, whether in accessing their rights or in identifying appropriate solutions to their problems. To achieve this, the incumbent will need to build and maintain effective interfaces with communities of concern, local authorities and protection and assistance partners.
• All UNHCR staff members are accountable to perform their duties as reflected in their job description.
• They do so within their delegated authorities, in line with the regulatory framework of UNHCR which includes the UN Charter, UN Staff Regulations and Rules, UNHCR Policies and Administrative Instructions as well as relevant accountability frameworks.
• In addition, staff members are required to discharge their responsibilities in a manner consistent with the core, functional, cross-functional and managerial competencies and UNHCR's core values of professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity.

Duties

• Stay abreast of political, social, economic and cultural developments that have an impact on the protection environment.
• Consistently apply International and National Law and applicable UN/UNHCR and IASC policy, standards and codes of conduct.
• Assist in providing comments on existing and draft legislation related to PoC.
• Provide advice on protection issues to PoC; liaise with competent authorities to ensure the issuance of personal and other relevant documentation.
• Assist in conducting eligibility and status determination for PoC.
• Contribute to measures to identify, prevent and reduce statelessness.
• Contribute to a country-level child protection plan as part of the protection strategy.
• Contribute to a country-level education plan as part of the protection strategy.
• Monitor Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all protection/solutions activities.
• Manage individual protection cases including those on SGBV and child protection. Monitor, and intervene in cases of refoulement, expulsion and other protection incidents.
• Assist in identifying durable solutions for the largest possible number of PoC through voluntary repatriation, local integration and where appropriate, resettlement.
• Contribute to the design, implementation and evaluation of protection related AGD based programming with implementing and operational partners.
• Facilitate effective information management through the provision of disaggregated data on PoC and their problems.
• Participate in initiatives to capacitate authorities, relevant institutions and NGOs to strengthen national protection related legislation and procedures.
• Assist the supervisor in prioritizing PoC for interview, counselling and propose protection support for individual cases.
• Assist the supervisor with enforcing compliance of local implementing partners with global protection policies and standards of professional integrity in the delivery of protection services.
• Assit the supervisor with enforcing compliance with, and integrity of, all protection standard operating procedures.
• Submit individual payments request for PoC for approval.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications
Education & Professional Work Experience:

• Years of Experience / Degree Level
• For G6 3 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 2 years relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher

Field(s) of Education:

• Not applicable

Certificates and/or Licenses:

• International Law, Political Science
• or other related field
• (Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Relevant Job Experience
Essential:

• Not specified

Desirable:

• Protection Learning Programme

Functional Skills:

• IT-Computer Literacy
• CL-Protection & Solutions Awareness
• PR-Protection-related guidelines, standards and indicators
• PR-Refugee Protection Principles and Framework
• (Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Language Requirements:

• For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
• For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
• For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.

This is a Standard Job Description for all UNHCR jobs with this job title and grade level. The Operational Context may contain additional essential and/or desirable qualifications relating to the specific operation and/or position. Any such requirements are incorporated by reference in this Job Description and will be considered for the screening, shortlisting and selection of candidates.

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Position Competencies
Core Competencies:

• Accountability
• Communication
• Organizational Awareness
• Teamwork & Collaboration
• Commitment to Continuous Learning
• Client & Result Orientation

Managerial Competencies:

• Judgement and Decision Making

Cross-Functional Competencies:

• Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
• Political Awareness
• Stakeholder Management

Language Requirements:

• Please also note that English is essential for this Job Opening.
• Knowledge of local Language is an highly recommended

Application Closing Date
4th March, 2021 at 11:59 pm.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• This position is advertised open to internal and external applicants.
• Please note that UNHCR does not charge a fee at any stage of its recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, travelling, processing, training or any other fees).

Procedures and Eligibility:

• Interested applicants should consult the Administrative Instruction on Recruitment and Assignment of Locally Recruited Staff (RALS).
• Applicants must be nationals of, and be locally recruited within the country of their employment.

Job ID: 25073
Location: Maiduguri, Nigeria
Salary Grade: NA
Hardship Level: E
Family Location Type: Non-Family

Duties and Qualifications  

Organizational Setting and Work Relationships:

• The Assistant Finance Officer provides technical support with the processing of financial transactions, and monitors compliance with UNHCR and UN Financial Regulations and Rules.
• In operations that do not have a Project Control Officer at Country or Multi-Country level the Assistant Finance Officer must also perform oversight responsibilities with regard to the execution of projects.
• The incumbent directly supervises general service staff.
• All UNHCR staff members are accountable to perform their duties as reflected in their job description.
• They do so within their delegated authorities, in line with the regulatory framework of UNHCR which includes the UN Charter, UN Staff Regulations and Rules, UNHCR Policies and Administrative Instructions as well as relevant accountability frameworks.
• In addition, staff members are required to discharge their responsibilities in a manner consistent with the core, functional, cross-functional and managerial competencies and UNHCR¿s core values of professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity.

Duties

• Contribute to the assessment of budgetary needs for administrative budgets (ABOD); monitor and control ABOD expenditure in the office.
• Analyze, evaluate and control disbursements/receipts, as well as expenditure variances against approved budgets.
• Review vouchers, including ABOD and project disbursements.
• Propose monthly cash requirements for the office, and ensure adequate and timely replenishments of funds;
• Contribute to the preparation and processing of monthly accounts.
• Provide financial status reports to supervisors.
• Analyze and evaluate financial reports within the area of responsibility on a regular basis.
• Maintain relationships with local bank at the transactional level.
• Ensure that payments are effectuated by the monthly deadline.
• Ensure that monthly accounts are correct and approved, and ensure timely monthly bank reconciliations, including open items, review and clearance of unwanted requisitions and PO balances.
• Conduct regular checks of petty cash and cash accounts.
• Verify that all financial transactions are correct and in accordance with UNHCR rules and procedures.
• Prepare office-level financial expenditure reports submitted to the Regional Bureau or Headquarters.
• Approve vouchers, including ABOD and project disbursements.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

• Years of Experience / Degree Level
• For P1/NOA - 1 year relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or no experience with Graduate degree; or no experience with Doctorate degree

Field(s) of Education:

• Accounting; Finance; Public Administratin
• Business Administration; Economics; or other relevant field.
• (Field(s) of Education marked with an asterisk are essential)

Certificates and/or Licenses:

• Internal Auditor (CIA) Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• (Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk are essential)

Relevant Job Experience
Essential:

• Excellent computer skills, in particular in MS Office applications. Excellent communication skills.

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Desirable:

• Working experience of at least one year in an intergovernmental organization (United Nations or similar).
• Good knowledge of United Nations financial rules and procedures.
• Good understanding of accrual accounting (such as IPSAS or IFRS). Working experience with PeopleSoft/Oracle Financial modules.

Functional Skills:

• FI-Finance - Accounting
• FI-Finance - Accrual accounting (IPSAS/IFRS)
• IT-Computer Literacy
• FI-Finance
• IT-MS Office Applications
• FI-PeopleSoft Financial Management
• UN-UN/UNHCR Financial Rules and Regulations and Procedures
• EX-Experience in intergovernmental organization (UN or similar)
• (Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Language Requirements:

• For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
• For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
• For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.
• This is a Standard Job Description for all UNHCR jobs with this job title and grade level. The Operational Context may contain additional essential and/or desirable qualifications relating to the specific operation and/or position.
• Any such requirements are incorporated by reference in this Job Description and will be considered for the screening, shortlisting and selection of candidates.

Position Competencies
Core Competencies:

• Accountability
• Communication
• Organizational Awareness
• Teamwork & Collaboration
• Commitment to Continuous Learning
• Client & Result Orientation

Managerial Competencies:

• Managing Performance
• Judgement and Decision Making
• Managing Resources

Cross-Functional Competencies:

• Analytical Thinking
• Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
• Political Awareness

Language Requirements:

• Please also note that English is essential for this Job Opening.
• Knowledge of local Language is an highly recommended

Additional Information:

• A written test may be conducted for this position which will be followed by a competency-based interview.

Application Closing Date
4th March, 2021 at 11:59 pm.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• This Job Opening is available to eligible UNHCR staff members and external applicants.
• Please note that UNHCR does not charge a fee at any stage of its recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, travelling, processing, training or any other fees).
• Procedures and Eligibility: Interested applicants should consult the Administrative Instruction on Recruitment and Assignment of Locally Recruited Staff (RALS).

  Applicants must be nationals of, and be locally recruited within the country of their employment

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