Organization: UNV – United Nations Volunteers
Location: Kenya
Grade: Volunteer – National Specialist – Locally recruited Volunteer
Occupational Groups:
Operations and Administrations
Administrative support
Banking and Finance
Closing Date: 2025-01-16
Details
Mission and objectives
Since its founding in 1972, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has been the world’s leading organization for setting environmental priorities, encouraging the UN system’s environmental component of sustainable development to be implemented logically, and acting as a powerful voice for environmental causes worldwide.
By motivating, educating, and empowering countries and peoples to enhance their standard of living without sacrificing that of future generations, UNEP seeks to lead and foster collaboration in environmental care.
UNEP, which has its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, operates through its divisions, regional offices, liaison offices, outpost offices, and an expanding network of cooperating centers of excellence.
Context
Task description
•Provide support with regard to the review, analysis and preparation of the project budgets and the revisions.
•Prepare supporting documents (narrative and supporting tables) with respect to GCF submissions and UNEP Programme of Work.
•Assist in preparing contractual documents for Executing Agencies.
•Monitor expenditures and compare with approved budgets; prepare adjustments as necessary.
•Assist in preparation of budget performance submissions and finalization of budget performance reports, analyze variances between approved budgets and actual expenditures.
•Monitor integrity of various financial databases.
•Verify accuracy of input data, ensuring consistency of data.
•Periodic reconciliation of accounts.
•Review cash advance requests and upon certification by the fund management officer prepare payments for final disbursement by cashier.
•Review incoming expenditure reports and upon certification by the fund management officer input in relevant databases/systems.
•Notify payees on status of payments.
•Assist fund management officers regarding queries on budget, payment and deposit related issues and draft related correspondence.
•Maintain updated files and archives as required.
•Prepare project completion and closing revisions including all supporting documents.
•Perform other related duties as assigned.
•Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.
Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers programme mandate within their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their work. As such, UN Volunteers should dedicate a part of their working time to some of the following suggested activities:
•Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day);
•Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country.