Finance Officer

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The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Mandated as a central resource of the United Nations, UNOPS provides sustainable project management, procurement and infrastructure services to a wide range of governments, donors and United Nations organizations. With over 7,000 personnel spread across 80 countries, UNOPS offers its partners the logistical, technical and management knowledge they need, where they need it. By implementing around 1,000 projects for our partners at any given time, UNOPS makes significant contributions to results on the ground, often in the most challenging environments.
Functional Responsibilities:
General construction:

Support infrastructure Project managers plan and coordinate work activities.
Review Bill of Quantities (BoQ) prior to procurement actions, when needed
Support Project managers develop and monitor their respective Quality, Health and Safety, Environment plans.
Support the PMO and infrastructure Project managers provide data and information about project work for reporting purposes.
Provide monthly report to the HoP/PMO summarizing all project matters including quality, health and safety, environmental, as well as any issues relating to possible delays, cost overruns, variations and any other matter related to infrastructure projects.

Feasibility study/needs assessment:

Support PMs complete needs assessment, organize preliminary studies and monitor/supervise consultants.
Support the review of requests for new construction and rehabilitation works.
Review assessments and reports with recommendations for follow up actions.
Assist the Project Manager in redacting the tender dossier, with particular focus to the technical documents (drawings, BoQ, technical specification and standards).

Design Management:

Assist the Project managers to outline design requirements (e.g. timeline) to procure design services, including concept, preliminary and final stages where applicable.
Assist the Project managers to manage the design plan ensuring deliverables are available on time, and to the required quality.
Support all infrastructure Project managers with their design review submissions to HQ.
Assist the procurement team with technical assistance in preparation of tender documentation and bid analysis where required

Construction supervision:

Ensure all infrastructure projects quantity/quality control and time schedule consistency.
Verify that works are consistent with the project technical specifications and inform promptly of eventual deviations.
Support the overall management of works implementation to ensure construction works are completed on time, within budget and to quality standards.
Provide spot checks of supervision of the project work progress and quality for on time delivery.
Assist the Project manager in the preparation of project/contracts related documentations such as periodic progress reports, site monitoring reports, stakeholder meeting minutes, engineer’s instructions and variation orders, contractor’s bills review reports, certifications, client hand-over documents and contracts close-out reports.

Project management:

Development and planning – support Project Management Office (PMO) team to provide appropriate levels of programmatic management to projects in CDMCO, regarding all ongoing project activities, while maintaining and implementing appropriate standards and best practices in line with UNOPS policies and procedures.
Set-up and closure – support all project closure activities
Monitoring and reporting – regularly review project status, quality , evaluating performance criteria
Quality assurance – help ensure compliance with UNOPS defined standards for programme/project management

Project management:

Development and planning – support Project Management Office (PMO) team in Kinshasa to provide appropriate levels of programmatic management to projects in CAR, regarding all ongoing project activities, while maintaining and implementing appropriate standards and best practices in line with UNOPS policies and procedures.
Consult and collaborate with colleagues and partners to ensure linkages, consistency, and harmonisation of approaches and compliance with guidelines, framework and standards of accountability, integrity and performance.
Ensure proactive programme and project risk identification and assessment and implementation of adequate mitigation measures.
Work closely with the partnership person to ensure and facilitate the capture of lessons learnt from programme and project implementation into new opportunities and engagement development, as well as the adequate identification of risks and mitigation measures
Set-up and closure – support relevant project closure activities
Monitoring and reporting – regularly review project status, quality , evaluating performance criteria

Knowledge Management:

Assist in providing training and technology transfer to national personnel and contractor’s personnel and advice on good construction practices, good environmental management practices, and appropriate health and safety standards during construction
Contribute to the dissemination and sharing of best practices and lessons learned for development planning and knowledge building.

Education/Experience/Language requirements:
Education:

A Master’s degree in Civil Engineering or related field is required.
A combination of Bachelor’s degree with an additional 2 years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of the education requirements outlined above.

Experience:

A minimum of 5 years of experience in civil engineering or construction management is required.
A minimum of 3 years of experience in project management is required.
Work experience in post-conflict/ fragile environments is desirable.
Some experience in the UN system organizations and/or a developing country is desirable.
Experience in providing advice and oversight is desirable

Languages:

Fluency in French and English in both written and oral is required.

Source: https://www.acted.org/en/jobs/republique-democratique-du-congo-country-finance-officer-kinshasa/

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