Background

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The following documents shall be required from the applicants:

Personal CV or P11, indicating all past positions held and their main underlying functions, their durations (month/year), the qualifications, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate, and at least three (3) the most recent professional references of previous supervisors. References may also include peers.

A cover letter (maximum length: 1 page) indicating why the candidate considers him-/herself to be suitable for the position.

Managers may ask (ad hoc) for any other materials relevant to pre-assessing the relevance of their experience, such as reports, presentations, publications, campaigns or other materials.

Office/Unit/Project Description

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

UNDP’s partnership with the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), in line with UNDP’s HIV, Health and Development Strategy 2022-2025: Connecting the Dots, makes a vital contribution to UNDP’s Strategic Plan 2022-2025, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the SDGs and the pledge to leave no one behind. 

As a long-standing partner of the Global Fund (GF), UNDP’s value proposition lies in providing an integrated package of development solutions to strengthen institutions to deliver health services. Through its contributions as an interim Principal Recipient (PR) and a provider of technical assistance to GF grants in countries more than 53 since 2003, UNDP’s provision of integrated policy, implementation and capacity development support to countries has yielded significant health and development results in challenging operating environments.

Proactive risk management and investing in sustainability are the cornerstones of UNDP’s portfolio management approach in supporting to countries with significant national capacity constraints to manage large-scale health programmes. UNDP has established a comprehensive risk management framework (RMF) to mitigate and manage risks, through specific implementation modalities and other targeted measures to manage risks effectively.  Based on demands from Country Offices, and building on the relationships, expertise, systems, partnerships, including across the UN family, and comparative advantage established through the GF partnership, the GPN/BPPS/Global Fund Partnership/Health Implementation Support Team (GF/HIST) is providing support to Country Offices through three overarching modalities: 1) the Global Fund portfolio, 2) health procurement and supply chain management support (PSM), and 3) other health implementation support beyond the Global Fund, including Gavi-funded activities. The GF/HIST provides its support through a country team approach to strengthen and integrate the different functional capacities (e.g., programmatic, procurement/PSM strengthening, finance, capacity development, SR management and asset management), leveraging technical assistance and policy support from the HHD Group and other GPN teams and advisory services from the Office of Audit and Investigations.

Institutional Arrangement

The Finance Specialist will report to the Finance Specialist (New York) of BPPS/GFHIST

Duties and Responsibilities

Scope of Work

Under the supervision of the Finance Specialist (New York), UNDP Bureau of Programme and Policy Support Global Fund Health Implementation Support Team (BPPS/GFHIST), the Finance Specialist will provide the technical financial expertise and  support the country offices and BPPS/HIST in the following area:

1. Support Country Offices in the preparation of grant budget proposals, estimation and costing of detailed budgets in accordance with the donor funding requirements and with UNDP’s Programme and Operations Policies and Procedures (POPP) to ensure high quality and complete budget proposals on time;
2. Support Country offices in setting up initial budget and subsequent budget revisions for the GF projects in UNDP’s ERP system and conduct training for the UNDP GF project management units on the use of UNDP ERP systems;
3. Review financial section of the grant agreements, annual workplan budget of UNDP project documents, Sub-recipient agreements, and other partnership contracts
4. Support COs to prepare progress update reports and cash disbursement projection reports to the GF to ensure timely and accurate reporting;
5. Regularly monitor financial performance of the GF projects during the project implementation and closure period in the area of revenue, expense, asset management  and SR management;
6. Support Country Offices throughout the audit process ensuring effective planning, including timely follow-up on audit recommendations and findings from the Office of Audit and Investigations (OAI), the Global Fund’s Office of Inspector General (OIG), and Sub-recipient audit reports including, financial management, Sub-recipient management and asset management;
7. Support in the analysis of audit and investigation recommendations and findings (OAI, OIG, Sub-recipient audits) with the development of action plans to address recurring issues in the areas of financial management, Sub-recipient management and asset management
8. Contribute to innovative approaches in the project financial management, capacity building of finance colleagues in the country office in managing the GF portfolio;
9. Document  best practices of GF financial management in UNDP Cos in order to develop bite-size learning and training materials

Competencies

Competencies

Required Skills and Experience

Minimum Qualifications of the Successful IPSA