Finance Associate - oPt Humanitarian Fund

About the role

UNOCHA is recruiting a Finance Associate in East Jerusalem, Occupied Palestinian Territory, on a fixed-term basis. The post sits under the guidance of the Head of the Humanitarian Financing Unit and direct supervision of the Finance Officer, and supports the oPt Humanitarian Fund (HF) in budget review, partner monitoring and financial reporting.

Key responsibilities

• Support allocation and financial management of the oPt Humanitarian Fund, including reviewing project budgets against global guidelines and the oPt operational manual and scoring them for cost-effectiveness
• Draft grant agreements and amendments, and review budget amendment requests
• Follow up with implementing partners for financial reports, and review interim and final reports before submission to NY for approval
• Track fund disbursements and refunds of balances from partners
• Run financial spot checks on partners, prepare FSC reports and follow up on recommendations
• Support audits by providing documents, tracking audit status and drafting confirmation letters to the audit company
• Train partners on guidelines and grant management systems, share lessons learned and provide figures for monthly and annual reports
• Support logistics for HF workshops and events, and provide general administrative support to the HF unit and OCHA

Required profile

• Secondary education; a Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business administration, project management or a related field is considered but not required
• Six years of progressively responsible finance and accounting experience at national level, or three years with a Bachelor's degree
• Fluency in English and Arabic, spoken and written

Required skills

• Spreadsheets
• Budgeting and analysis of financial reports (desirable)
• Application of UN Financial Rules and Regulations (desirable)
• Experience with the UN common system or equivalent international organization (desirable)
• Knowledge of the Grant Management System (desirable)