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Core Competencies
- ACHIEVE RESULTS – LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline.
- THINK INNOVATEVELY – LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements.
- LEARN CONTINUOUSLY – LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback.
- ADAPT WITH AGILITY – LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible.
- ACT WITH DETERMINATION – LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident.
- ENGAGE AND PARTNER – LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships.
- ENABLE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION – LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination.
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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
- CUSTOMER SATISFACTION/CLIENT MANAGEMENT: Ability to respond timely and appropriately with a sense of urgency, provide consistent solutions, and deliver timely and quality results and/or solutions to fulfil and understand the real customers’ needs. • Provide inputs to the development of customer service strategy. • Look for ways to add value beyond clients’ immediate requests. • Ability to anticipate client’s upcoming needs and concerns.
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BUSINESS DIRECTION & STRATEGY
- BUSINESS ACUMEN: Ability to understand and deal with a business situation in a manner that is likely to lead to a good outcome. Knowledge and understanding of the operational frameworks in the organization and ability to make good judgments and quick decisions within such frameworks.
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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
- KNOWLEDGE FACILITATION: Ability to animate individuals and communities of contributors to participate and share, particularly externally.
Technical Competencies
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FINANCE
- ACCOUNTING (GENERAL): Knowledge of accounting concepts, principles, regulations, policies and ability to apply this to strategic and/or practical situations.
- BUDGET MANAGEMENT: Ability to support budgetary aspects of work planning process, drawing and management of team budgets.
- AUDIT RISK MANAGEMENT: Ability to address audit issues raised in the course of an audit and propose solutions in order to ensure a true and fair audit opinion is achieved.
- FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT: Ensures financial resilience through proactive assessment of risk, implementation of controls and taking mitigating action. Understands risk and reward in relation to collaborative and commercial projects. Ensures a culture of positive risk management.
- Advanced university degree (master´s degree or equivalent) in Business, Finance, Budget, Accounting, Oversight and Compliance, Administrative Services or related areas is required.
- A first-level university degree (bachelor´s degree) in combination with two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.
- Up to 2 years (with master’s degree) or 2 years (with bachelor’s degree) of relevant experience in finance, budget, accounting, oversight and compliance, administrative services or related area is required.
- Experience in Audit and financial revisions is required.
- Experience in finance, administration, budget, business administration or related area is required.
- Strong analytical skills on budget projects and partner proposals.
- Demonstrated experience in report writing.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent ability to establish professional relationships.
- Excellent interpersonal skills; culturally and socially sensitive; ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with a range of partners and colleagues to achieve organizational goals.
- Ability to work with moderate supervision, efficiently, competently, and with integrity with diverse people.
- Ability to apply judgment in the context of assignments given, plan own work and manage conflicting priorities; is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results.
- Experience in the use of computers, office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.), database packages, and web-based management systems such as ERP.
- Work under pressure in an international and multicultural environment.
- Willingness to travel in the country.
- Relevant experience within the context of humanitarian affairs is desirable.
- Relevant experience with the UN Common System organization or other comparable international organization or NGOs is desirable.
- Knowledge of Pooled-Fund mechanisms guidelines and policies on finance and compliance is an asset.
- An excellent command of written and spoken Spanish and English is required for this position.
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