Emergency Appeal Assistant - UNRWA
- Posting Title: Emergency Appeal Assistant, Gaza Field Office, E
- Job Code Title: Emergency Appeal Assistant
- Department/Office: United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)
- Duty Station: GAZA
- Posting Period: 10 January 2023 - 24 January 2023
- Job Opening Number: 23-Human Resources-UNRWA-198805-R-Gaza (O)
- Staffing Exercise N/A
Duties and Responsibilities
- Assists the Emergency Appeal Support Officer in designing, implementing and maintaining the financial and management support system for the Emergency Appeal Unit;
- Prepares and maintains monthly reports for the emergency appeal activities using Financial Management System (FM) and Project System (PS) procedures;
- Assist the Emergency Appeal Support Officer in the Management of Emergency Appeal financial system; (duplicated could be removed)
- Compiles and analyses budget statistics and other related financial information in respect of Emergency appeal as required;
- Enters, verifies and retrieves accounting data in the Financial Management System (FM) and Project System (PS) as required;
- Assists the Emergency Appeal Support Officer in allocation, adjustment and follow up on obligations and settlement of outstanding commitments to ensure that project goals and objectives are met within the budget allocation and projects timeframe;
- Prepares and maintains financial reports for the EA Support Officer;
- Drafts correspondence related to his/her functions;
- Performs such other duties as may be assigned.
Academic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
Desirable Qualifications
- Excellent knowledge of computer applications such as spread sheet and database.
- Good working knowledge of UNRWA software systems SAP
Experience:
- It is required to have four years’ experience in general accounting, one of them in the area of Financial Management.
- It is required to have the ability to use a computer and work on various spreadsheet applications such Excel.
- It is desirable to have knowledge of UNRWA accounting and budgeting system and procedures e.g SAP.
- It is desirable to have experience specifically in project budgeting.
Languages
Excellent command of written and spoken Arabic and English.
Service conditions:
- Contract Type & Duration:
- Limited Duration Contract, 1 year, renewable (depending on the need, performance and the funding availability)
Conditions of service:
- The monthly basic salary shall be 1,448.30 US$ at Band E.
- Other conditions of service and benefits may apply.