Le Programme Mondial Alimentaire recrute un responsable du budget et de la programmation (107064) à Dakar au Sénégal
Grade : NOA level
Contract Type : Fixed Term
Duty Station : Representation- Dakar
Duration of Employment : 1 year
Organizational context :
This job is based in the Country office, reporting directly to the Deputy Country Director. Job holder operate with minimal supervision, and provide guidance to junior staff. He/She is heavily involved in day–to-day activities, analytical work and provide advice on less complex issues.
Job purpose :
To deliver budget and resource analysis and programming activities and/or provide support in Senegal CO, partnering with managers to apply best practice approaches that support the efficient, effective and compliant utilization of funds
Key responsibilities :
- Contribute towards the development of plans, processes and procedures ensuring compliance with wider budget programming policies and WFP standards ;
- Create and review project budget plans and monitor ongoing project performance against budget, ensuring adherence to guidance and policies, and providing financial analysis and advice to optimize resources ;
- Monitor and provide advice on fund utilization, and advance financing, loan and borrowing/repayment and refinancing arrangements; alerting Country office to approaching deadlines for unassigned funds and potential resource shortfalls/surpluses, and proposing appropriate solutions ;
- Monitor and provide advice on actions related to project closure and resource transfer ;
- Monitor the resource pipeline to maximize operational effectiveness, following standards and processes, and providing advice on resource allocations based on severity of pipeline shortfalls using relevant pipeline tools ;
- Support the preparation of food-demand plans to support management and usage of corporate Global Commodity Financial Facility and provide information to guide RB/HQ decision-making when multiple projects compete for the same stock ;
- Create and review budget and project documentation, and ensure relevant resource data is recorded in internal systems for reference, in line with WFP standards and procedures ;
- Collate and analyse data for the preparation of accurate and timely reports, to enable informed decision-making and consistency of information presented to senior management and external stakeholders ;
- Proactively contribute ideas to senior officers for improvement to systems, techniques, tools processes and procedures to better monitor and manage budgets and funds ;
- Support the capacity building of WFP staff in budgeting, fund management and operational planning through answering queries and updating training materials, manuals and guidelines ;
- Represent the unit at internal meetings/committees/working groups as required, in order to obtain and provide information from a budget and resource programming perspective ;
- Guide and supervise more junior staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with more complex analysis and queries ;
- Follow standard emergency preparedness practices and contribute to technical recommendations and guidance and monitoring the management of financial risks ;
- Other as required.
Desire Experiences for entry into the role :
- Has contributed to the development of operational or office related budgets ;
- Has contributed to the production of planning/budgetary reports or other analytical reports to support decision making ;
Has demonstrated a broad understanding of WFP’s financial architecture and how it support implementation of operations.
Academic Qualifications :
Education : Advanced University degree in Business Administration, Finance and Economics or other relevant field, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.
Language : Working knowledge (proficiency/Level C) of both French and English is required.
4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES :
Purpose :
- Understands WFP’s Strategic Objectives and the link to own work objectives ;
- Flexibly adapts individual contributions to accommodate changes in direction from supervisors and internal/external changes (such as evolving needs ofbeneficiaries, new requirements of partners) ;
- Recognizes and shares with team members the ways in which individual contributions relate to WFP’s mission ;
- Sets own goals in alignment with WFP’s overall operations, and is able to communicate this link to others.
People :
- Assesses own strengths and weaknesses to increase self-awareness, and includes these in conversations on own developmental needs ;
- Participates in open dialogue, and values the diverse opinion of others, regardless of background, culture, experience, or country assignment ;
- Proactively seeks feedback and coaching to build confidence, and develop andimprove individual skills ;
- Participates in accomplishing team activities and goals in the face of challenging circumstances.
Performance :
- Shows willingness to explore and experiment with new ideas and approaches in own work ;
- Consistently delivers results within individual scope of work on time, on budget and without errors ;
- Commits to upholding individual accountabilities and responsibilities in the face of ever-changing country or functional priorities ;
- Makes rational decisions about individual activities when faced with uncertain circumstances, including in times of ambiguity regarding information or manager direction.
Partnership :
- Makes rational decisions about individual activities when faced with uncertain circumstances, including in times of ambiguity regarding information or manager direction ;
- Seeks to understand and adapt to internal or cross-unit teams’ priorities and preferred working styles ;
- Demonstrates ability to understand and appropriately respond to and/or escalate needs of external partners ;
- Portrays an informed and professional demeanor toward internal and external partners and stakeholders ;
- Provides operational support on analyses and assessments that quantifies anddemonstrates WFP’s unique value as a partner.
