Overview
The Programme Associate provides specialized programme and administrative support to facilitate the development, implementation and monitoring of UNICEF's programmes. The role involves data analysis, budget tracking, reporting, and coordination with internal and external stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Support overall project planning, execution, and monitoring.
- Assist in establishing and operationalizing implementing partnership management functions.
- Monitor prompt liquidation of Direct Cash Transfer (DCTs).
- Contribute to collecting and analyzing qualitative and quantitative programme data.
- Generate regular reports, dashboards and presentations on key performance indicators and donor reporting.
- Support the application of digital and AI tools for synthesizing complex data.
- Regularly track budget allocations, expenditures and monitor grant utilization.
- Contribute to grants management, monitor their expiry, and support reprogramming or extension processes.
- Prepare periodic and ad-hoc grant management reports.
- Use AI, automation tools and digital platforms to streamline repetitive tasks.
- Serve as a resource for digital platforms (e.g., SAP, Service Gateway, Power BI, Sharepoint).
- Safeguard sensitive data and ensure adherence to UNICEF’s data privacy and digital workforce guidelines.
- Draft clear and well-structured communication to share reports, briefs, and knowledge products.
- Maintain effective document repository systems and Sharepoint.
- Contribute to knowledge generation and documentation of lessons learned and good practices.
- Support onboarding of new colleagues and knowledge transfer within the team.
- Support the organization of capacity development activities, workshops and field missions.
- Adapt to shifting programme needs and provide support during emergency responses.
Required Experience
- Minimum six years of administrative or clerical work experience is required.
- Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts is desirable.
Qualifications
Completion of secondary education is required. Professional and/or university courses related to the field of work are highly desirable.
