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 stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Support overall project planning, execution, and monitoring.
- Assist in operationalizing implementing partnership management functions.
- Coordinate Funding Authorization and Certificate of Expenditures (FACE) requests.
- Monitor prompt liquidation of Direct Cash Transfer (DCTs).
- Collect and analyze qualitative and quantitative programme data.
- Generate regular reports, dashboards and presentations.
- 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.
- Facilitate generating funds utilization reports.
- Serve as a resource for digital platforms (e.g., SAP, Service Gateway, Power BI, Sharepoint).
- Safeguard sensitive data and ensure adherence to data privacy and digital workforce guidelines.
- Draft 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.
- Support the organization of capacity development activities, workshops and field missions.
- Assist in preparation and dissemination of background materials, track logistics, coordinate vendor engagement and liaise with participants.
- Adapt to shifting programme needs and provide support during emergency responses, surge deployments or re-prioritization events.
- Liaison with focal points and provide backup support to other programme sections.
Required Experience
At least 6 years of relevant work experience in Administration, Accounting and Auditing, Financial Management, Programme support, Financial tracking, Partnership coordination, Data management and any other related fields.
Qualifications
Secondary Education.
