Management and Programme Support Specialist

hace 2 semanas

Panamá, Panamá, Panamá Cinfo A tiempo completo

Responsibilities:
Supervision, management, performance management, and development of personnel will be required

CompetenciesCore:

Achieve Results:
Set and align challenging, achievable objectives for multiple projects, have lasting impact

Think Innovatively:
Proactively mitigate potential risks, develop new ideas to solve complex problems

Learn Continuously:
Create and act on opportunities to expand horizons, diversify experiencesAdapt with Agility: Proactively initiate and champion change, manage multiple competing demandsAct with Determination: Think beyond immediate task/barriers and take action to achieve greater resultsEngage and Partner: Political savvy, navigate complex landscape, champion inter-agency collaborationEnable Diversity and Inclusion: Appreciate benefits of diverse workforce and champion inclusivity

People Management:
UNDP People Management Competencies can be found in the dedicated site

Cross-Functional & Technical:
Business Management
  • Communication: Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience.
Ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social media and other appropriate channels.
Business Management
  • Operations Management: Ability to efficiently plan, organize, and oversee the Organization business processes in order to convert its assets into the best results in the most efficient manner.
Business Management
  • Risk Management: Ability to identify and organize action around mitigating and proactively managing risks.
Operations - Financial and process innovation: Financial and business process engineering expertise required to innovate, design, change and implement new financial business models, financial instruments, financing opportunities, business processes, policies and procedures, and technological solutions

Operations - Budget Management:
Ability to support budgetary aspects of work planning process, drawing and management of team budgets.
Operations
  • Financial Reporting and Analysis: Understands changes in regulatory, legal and ethical frameworks and standards for financial reporting in the public sector.
Ability to extract, evaluate financial data, derive relevant findings, and present them in a meaningful and coherent manner to facilitate effective decision making and performance monitoring.
Understands the benefits of integrated reporting, including non-financial resources such as human, social, and intellectual capital, and environmental and governance performanceEffectiveness - Quality Assurance: Quality assurance of corporate data Required Skills and

Experience Education:
Master's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or other closely related field;Completion of recognized certification program on project management, financial management, management accounting, and/or Data management is an asset

Experience:

Minimum 5 years of progressive experience in providing management advisory services, budget management, and/or fund/resource/operations management;Extensive experience in handling an ERP system;Proven experience in performing rigorous quality control checks on datasets, managing data, and analytical analysis;Proven experience in overseeing and/or managing project/programme financing/budgeting at project or portfolio level;Experience managing staff;Understanding of UNDP policies and procedures and requirements of funds such as GEF, GCF strongly desired.

Proven experience in preparing and managing financial reporting (e.g.

GCF, GEF, or other large donor funds) strongly desired;Advanced user in Excel and PowerBI is highly desirable; Language: Fluency in English and Spanish, with exceptional writing, presentation, and communication skills;Knowledge of French or Portuguese would be an advantage.

Please note that continuance of appointment beyond the initial 12 months is contingent upon the successful completion of a probationary period.

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