UNDP Jobs - 52940- Individual Consultant Procurement Notice: Provisio

Individual Consultant Procurement Notice: Provision of individual services of a Financial Affairs Management Consultant - LEB/CO IC/3/15

Location :

Beirut, LEBANON

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

29-Jan-15 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

Twelve (12) months

Languages Required :

Arabic English French

Expected Duration of Assignment :

Twelve (12) months

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

Initiated in 2010, the Institutional Strengthening of the Ministry of Environment (MoE) project aims at strengthening the capacity of the MoE in planning and programming for sustainable development, and environmental capacity development.

To date, the project has supported the Ministry of Environment in a number of technical, financial, administrative and external affairs initiatives, such as staffing the Finance department and providing day to day training to selected staff; facilitating MoE’s financing or co-financing of selected bi-lateral projects, etc.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Financial Advisor will provide advice on the following:

Preparation of MoE budget, update and periodic reporting;
Overall management of MoE budget;
Financial aspects of legal issues between MoE and third parties;
Assessment and interpretation of complex financial issues;
Documentation and financial records maintenance and control;
Support in the tendering for high-value supply or service provision in line with government guidelines;
Development of template contracts for the maintenance of assets, supply of consultancy and cooperation agreements with other parties;
Financial management of internationally funded projects as needed;
Ensuring the transfer MoE or Governmental provision of financial contribution to bilateral projects (transfer of funds, payment reports, etc.) and follow-up;
Identification of financial training needs and provision;
Support in the update or improvement of financial processes within the Ministry of Environment and provide guidance to reform projects as needed.

For detailed information, please Refer to Annex I – Terms of Reference.

Competencies

Corporate Competencies:

Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Treats all people fairly without favoritism;
Fulfills all obligations to gender sensitivity and zero tolerance for sexual harassment.

Functional Competencies:

Excellence in written and oral communication skills; and
In interpersonal relationships;
Ability to adapt quickly to new work environments and to establish and maintain good work relations with individuals of differing backgrounds.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

University degree in Accounting/or Finance or Political Science and Public Administration (PSPA) or any other related field.

Experience:

Relevant experience of not less than 15 years;
Proven finance experience at the national level is required;
Previous work Experience with the Lebanese public sector is required.

Languages:

Arabic and French/or English.

Application procedure:

Kindly refer to the Individual Consultant Procurement Notice and all related Annexes by visiting the below link:

http://www.lb.undp.org/content/lebanon/en/home/operations/procurement/

Please make sure to submit all the requested documents/information; otherwise, your application will be considered incomplete.

Please group all your documents into one (1) single PDF document as the system only allows to upload maximum one document.