UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child, safety.
Since the beginning of the Ukrainian crisis more than 234 000 refugees have entered Bulgaria with 101,000 remaining in the country, out of them 40,000 children. In line with the Inter-agency Regional Refugee Response Plan UNICEF Bulgaria is assisting the government together with UNHCR and other partners to respond to the humanitarian needs of the refugee children and their families.
How can you make a difference?
The Programme Associate performs a range of procedural, administrative, and operational tasks, to help develop, implement and monitor the country programme, ensuring timely and effective delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations.
Main duties and responsibilities:
– Facilitating the processing of contracts for consultants, vendors and external partners that support the office in programme delivery.
– Collecting invoices and filing documents for approval and thereafter processing in VISION and Mycase.
– Preparing and maintaining records, documents and control plans for the monitoring of project/programme implementation and financial expenditures.
– Supporting the management of administrative supplies and office equipment.
– Maintaining office calendar and arranging meetings.
– Taking minutes of meetings and keeping the correspondence well organized.
– Providing travel assistance to staff members for travel arrangements and entitlements based on the organization’s rules and policies.
– Preparing and maintaining records pertaining to programme planning and development.
– Carrying out transactions in VISION ensuring programme results, activities and programme coding are as per annual work plans, and makes amendments and alterations as per section revisions when necessary.
– Supporting capacity development activities, meetings and conferences by making the logistical arrangements, through engaging with facilitators, caterers and hosts; arranging times through liaising with participants over availability and preparing background materials for participants.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Education: completion of secondary education is required, preferably supplemented by technical or university courses related to the work of the organization.
Experience: a minimum of five years of progressively responsible administrative or clerical work experience is required.
Language: Fluency in English and Bulgarian is required.
Contract type: Temporary Appointment
Duty Station: Sofia
Level: G-5
Location: Bulgaria
Categories: Emergency, Programme Management
Deadline: 14 Aug 2022 FLE Daylight Time
