Finance Grants Associate

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Mission and objectives

UNDP supports strategic capacity development initiatives to promote inclusive growth and sustainable human development. Together with national, regional and local authorities, civil societies, private sector, UNDP strives to support Ukraine in its efforts to eliminate poverty, develop people’s capacity, achieve equitable results, sustain the environment, and advance democratic governance. UNDP is in line with 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to achieve national strategic capacity development.

Context

In Ukraine, UNDP has been working since 1993 with the national and local authorities, public and private sector stakeholders, partners across the UN system, civil society, and local communities to promote inclusive growth and sustainable human development. Our work is guided and informed by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to develop targeted solutions to the country’s development challenges.
Since the full-scale military aggression by Russian forces in February 2022 (hereafter, the “war”), Ukraine has been facing unprecedented threats to human security— thousands of women, men, and children have lost their lives, all sorts of life-line infrastructures have been destroyed, and millions of people have been forced to leave their homes. There are no prospects for a ceasefire or peace in near future and the negative impacts of the war in Ukraine have been spreading to global peace and security.

Task description

The primary objective of the Transformational Recovery for Human Security in Ukraine Project (the “Project”) is to contribute to achieving transformational recovery from widespread death, destruction, displacement, and suffering caused by the war in Ukraine. It aims to promote human security in Ukraine by undertaking concerted immediate actions against interconnected and multidimensional threats that Ukraine is currently facing. To maximise positive results for transformational recovery, the Project interventions will focus on the following 6 priority thematic areas for the Project outputs.
Output 1 (Infrastructure restoration): Critical infrastructures and facilities restored to meet immediate needs to provide essential public services and establish enabling conditions for transformational recovery.
Output 2 (Mine action & Victim Assistance): Capacities of mine action authorities and emergency service responders expanded to protect the civilian population from mine/explosive ordnances and secure a safe environment for people’s living and socio-economic activities.
Output 3 (Debris removal and recycling): Debris, waste and environmentally hazardous materials cleared and dangerous damaged structures safely demolished for swift reconstruction of housing and public socio-economic facilities.
Output 4 (Economic revitalization): Local economy revitalized by strengthening and expanding the private sector in targeted sectors through immediate response solutions in developing capabilities, improving employability, and enhancing business-enabling conditions.
Output 5 (Government Recovery Coordination): Integrity and transparency of government mechanisms and processes for crisis management and recovery process strengthened at both national and local levels.
Output 6 (Access to justice and human rights): Capacities of national and local state and non-state actors enhanced to promote human rights and ensure access to justice for all people, with a focus on IDPs and vulnerable groups.
Under Output 2, the Project seeks to urgently equip the local authorities with a UNDP developed model for victim assistance in mine action based on the international standard IMAS 13.10.
The vast majority of victim assistance, including emergency and ongoing medical care, rehabilitation, psychological and social support, facilitation of access to education social and economic inclusion, and related laws and policies, is managed outside of the mine action sector, although the sector provides important linkages. This support should be delivered according to norms and standards that exist within the health, rehabilitation, disability, education, employment, social protection and development sectors.
Finance Grants Associate will provide substantive support to the Project staff, including Small Grants Analyst, on financial management of grantees as well as advisory support to grantees on regular financial grant management, processing grantees payments, and reporting in accordance with UNDP procedures. Finance Grants Associate works in close collaboration with the projects’ staff and operations, programme and in the CO UNDP as required for resolving complex administrative-related issues and exchange of information. In this context the Finance Grants Associate will establish close synergies with and seek guidance from the operations teams in terms of operational policies and procedures.
1. Perform financial support functions to facilitate the implementation of the project grant activities including:
– Ensuring advisory support to potential grantees on finalization of financial proposals for submission to UNDP’s grant competition.
– Review financial parts of grant proposals and provide comments on relevance to grant competition and UNDP procedures requirements.
– Advise UNDP on financial reporting forms and procedures to be used for monitoring financial performance of grantees.
– Review grantees’ financial reports in an effective and timely manner.
– Working collaboratively in order to guide the grantees on finance matters to ensure accurate and timely reporting on financial performance by grantees.
– Overseeing the CSOs grant project’s adherence to UNDP financial reporting requirements.
– Provide needed financial consultations and guidance to current grantees on financial operations, requirements and procedures, procurement and tendering regulations, budget utilization monitoring.
– Prepare and process payments for grantees according to UNDP procedures.
– Performing any other grant-related task requested by the Project Manager and/or Small Grants Analyst.
2. Provision of day-to-day assistance support to the project’s financial operations in accordance with UNDP rules and regulations, and relevant SOPs including:
– preparation of the supporting documentation for contracts and payments;
– contribute to preparation of budgets and budgets revision;
– other relevant tasks.
3. Ensures gender mainstreaming
Ensure the mainstreaming of gender equality and women’s empowerment considerations in the field of expertise, promote a safe and enabling environment free of any kind of discrimination and abusive behaviour, and use the principles of gender responsive communication in line with the UNDP corporate standards.