Antecedentes

UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, operational since January 1 2011, works towards accelerating the United Nations’ goals on gender equality and the empowerment of women.

UN Women supports innovative and catalytic programmes, advocacy, and technical assistance related to women’s human rights in countries throughout the world as part of the overall UN development cooperation system.

UN Women Egypt Country Office is based in Cairo, and works in the three priority areas: Leadership and Political Participation; Economic Empowerment; Ending Violence Against Women;

Under the overall guidance of the Deputy Director and the direct supervision of Project Officer, the Programme and Finance Assistant provides timely financial support to project implementation consistent with UN WOMEN rules and procedures, and works closely with the programme team. 

Deberes y responsabilidades

• Administration and implementation of program and operational financial services;
• Support to management of the country office budget preparation and administration;
• Accounting and administrative support;
• Support to monitoring and implementation of the resources mobilization strategy;
• Facilitation of knowledge building and knowledge sharing;

Competencias

Core competencies:

Ethics and Values:

• Demonstrate and safeguard ethics and integrity.

Organizational Awareness:

• Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment.

Development and Innovation:

• Take charge of self-development and take initiative.

Work in teams:

• Demonstrate ability to work in a multicultural, multi ethnic environment and to maintain effective working relations with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.

Communicating and Information Sharing:

• Facilitate and encourage open communication and strive for effective communication.

Self-management and Emotional Intelligence:

• Stay composed and positive even in difficult moments, handle tense situations with diplomacy and tact, and have a consistent behavior towards others.

Conflict Management:

• Surface conflicts and address them proactively acknowledging different feelings and views and directing energy towards a mutually acceptable solution.

Continuous Learning and Knowledge Sharing:

• Encourage learning and sharing of knowledge.

Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making:

• Demonstrate informed and transparent decision making.

Functional Competencies:

• Demonstrates corporate knowledge and sound judgment;
• Demonstrates effective and efficient administration and implementation of program and operational financial services.
• Ensures and monitors compliance with UN/UN Women rules, regulations, and policies of financial activities, financial recording/reporting system;
• Establishes, builds and sustains effective relationships with clients, demonstrating understanding of client’s perspective; anticipates client needs and addresses them promptly;
• Creating synergies through self-control; Managing conflict;
• Ability to organize and complete multiple tasks by establishing priorities;
• Ability to handle a large volume of work possibly under time constraints.

Habilidades y experiencia requeridas

Education:

• BA in Finance, Business or Public Administration or other relevant fields;

Experience:

• Minimum of 4 years of progressively responsible financial management or accounting experience is required, with knowledge of programme or project finance desirable;
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc) and advance knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling of web based management systems;
• Knowledge of IPSAS and/or IFRS required;
• Previous work experience in development cooperation or the UN a clear advantage

Language:

• Written and oral proficiency in English and Arabic is required.