Programme Support Officer – Finance

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Mission and objectives

For two decades, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has been helping make the world safer from drugs, organized crime, corruption and terrorism. We are committed to achieving health, security and justice for all by tackling these threats and promoting peace and sustainable well-being as deterrents to them.
Because the scale of these problems is often too great for states to confront alone, UNODC offers practical assistance and encourages transnational approaches to action. We do this in all regions of the world through our global programmes and network of field offices.
The Office is committed to supporting Member States in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at its core. The 2030 Agenda clearly recognizes that the rule of law and fair, effective and humane justice systems, as well as health-oriented responses to drug use, are both enablers for and part of sustainable development.

Context

The Global Maritime Crime Programme (GMCP) of the United Nations Office
on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) was established in 2010 as the Counter Piracy Programme (CPP), in response to United Nations Security Council resolutions calling for a concerted international response to address piracy off the Horn of Africa. Since then, its mission and mandate have expanded both thematically and geographically, covering a much wider spectrum of maritime crimes within six ocean spaces globally. With its headquarters located in Colombo, Sri Lanka, the Programme is committed
to supporting Member States through its mandate to develop cooperation both at a regional and international level and build law enforcement capacity among Member States to counter serious organized crime within the maritime domain. Under its Indian Ocean East portfolio, the Programme is providing technical assistance to maritime law enforcement authorities and criminal justice actors in Bangladesh, the Maldives and Sri Lanka. Within this context, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is looking for a UN National Volunteer – Programme Support Officer (Finance) to be based in Sri Lanka, under the guidance and direct supervision of the GMCP Programme Associate for Sri Lanka, to provide support for financial monitoring and reporting of UNODC projects and agreements.

Task description

Under the guidance and direct supervision of the UNODC GMCP Programme Associate-Sri Lanka, and overall direction of Regional Programme Coordinator of GMCP-IOE team, the Programme Support Officer (Finance) will mainly provide support for financial data processing, monitoring and reporting of financial information related to project implementation as per the UN Financial Rules and Regulations.
The UNV is expected to be able to perform the following tasks:
• Assist the Programme Associate – GMCP IOE to review financial reports shared by
Implementing Partners. This includes checking the accuracy of the data and compliance of agreement terms.
• Follow up with Implementing Partners on submission of financial reports as per the required timelines in the agreements. Alert the Programme Management on any delays of report submissions.
• Assist the management by preparing reports, spreadsheets with calculations required for reporting of expenses in the financial system of UNODC.
• Track the open commitments status of all active grants under GMCP IOE.
• Assist the management for financial reconciliations including reconciliations of charges posted by UNDP for administrative tasks conducted by them.
• Liaise with UNDP and UNV offices as and when required for inquiries related to Finance.
• Attend meetings between GMCP IOE and Implementing Partners
• Maintains and keep up-to-date files related to financial aspects of project implementation including programming templates, budget revisions etc.
• Provide finance related administrative support for day-to-day office functions.
• Perform any other duties as required/assigned.
Furthermore, UN Volunteers are required to:
• Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark IVD);
• Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participation in ongoing reflection activities;
• Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites,
newsletters, press releases, etc.;
• Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.
• Network and build relationships with local organizations, groups or individuals and support and/or participate in local volunteering initiatives.