Admin & Finance Specialist Company: Unicef

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Pretoria invites suitably qualified South African nationals for this fixed-term post.

If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world’s leading child rights organisation would like to hear from you.

UNICEF is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. Guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, it strives to establish children’s rights as enduring ethical principles and international standards of behaviour and action towards children. In South Africa, UNICEF supports national efforts to realise children’s rights by promoting evidence-based policy advocacy and strategic partnerships as a means to leverage policies and resources for children, giving special attention to vulnerable children and disparity reduction. It works in the areas of health and nutrition, early childhood development, basic education, child protection and social policy, planning, monitoring and evaluation.

Admin & Finance Specialist
(Ref. VA-2011-012) (NOC Post)

Under the supervision of the Chief of Operations, the successful candidate will be responsible for daily oversight of two critical operations sections, ie Administration and Finance, to ensure the efficient provision of administrative and financial services to the South Africa Country programme in the following areas: accounting control; recording and reporting of assets, liabilities and income; security and maintenance of office premises, equipment and administrative supplies. The incumbent will monitor the appropriate disbursements of funds and payments in accordance with established financial rules, regulations and procedures.

Requirements:

• Advanced university degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration
• At least 5 years’ practical professional/managerial work experience in the field of general office administration and finance
• Experience in an international organisation using SAP is desirable
• Ability to communicate effectively to varied audiences
• Ability to work effectively with people in a multicultural environment
• Results-driven - sets high standards for quality of work and consistently achieves project goals
• Good leadership and supervisory skills.

Duration: These are fixed-term contract positions up to 31 December 2012, with the possibility of extension.

Forward an application letter, along with a CV and P11 Form (which can be accessed through the UNICEF website address: www.unicef.org) on or before 14 October 2011

Only South African nationals will be considered. Regret letters will only be sent to interviewed candidates.

UNICEF is a smoke-free environment. We are committed to gender balance and diversity without distinction as to race, sex or religion, and without discrimination against persons with disabilities. Well-qualified candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.