Financial Management Specialist

Job Posting: 06/Dec/2024

Closure Date: 27/Dec/2024, 4:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit: OCBT

Job Type: Non-staff opportunities

Type of Requisition: Consultant

Grade Level: N/A

Primary Location: Italy-Rome

Duration: Up to 11 months on a WAE basis

Post Number: N/A

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**Organizational Setting**

The Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB) works to ensure that countries and stakeholders respond to the challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation. OCB provides a cross organizational coordination role on issues related to climate change, biodiversity and the environment and is the focal point for major multilateral environmental agreements including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The Office also assists FAO Members in their responses to the interlinked challenges of food security, climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation including through facilitating access to climate and environmental financing (such as the GEF and the GCF). In addition, OCB hosts the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Programme, the Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture as well as FAO’s work on environmental safeguards.

The Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) performs the tasks established under the ITPGRFA and arranges for and provides technical, logistic and administrative support for sessions of the ITPGRFA's Governing Body and for any subsidiary bodies, as may be established, and assists the Governing Body in carrying out its functions, including the performance of specific tasks that the Governing Body may decide to assign to it.

**Reporting Lines**

The Specialist will report to the Secretary and work closely with the Programme Officer and the Programme Associate of the Secretariat.

**Technical Focus**

By assisting the Secretary, support the work of the Secretariat related to the financial management of the work programme of the Governing Body and the Secretariat’s work plan (budgeting, accounting, financial monitoring and analysis).

**Tasks and Responsibilities**
- Provide support to the Secretary in overall financial management and coordination of the ITPGRA budget, including preparing the status of budget, income, expenditure and projected cash flow.
- Review expenditure of the Core Administrative Budget and Trust Fund projects monthly and produce integrated reports to support work planning and assure control of available resources within the Financial Rules of the ITPGRFA.
- Prepare and issue the calls for contributions and follow-ups to Contracting Parties for the Core Administrative Budget and the Reserves.
- Maintain and update the Treaty’s financial records relating to receivables and receipts of voluntary contributions.
- Prepare the annual accounts of the ITPGRFA for publication on the website and arrange adjustments/transfers as necessary in collaboration with relevant staff members.
- Prepare necessary inputs for pre-session/background documents for the sessions of the Governing Body and its subsidiary bodies, including preparation of the Financial Report and the Work Programme and Budget.
- Assist the in-session Budget Committee of the Governing Body during the consideration of the draft Budget and related matters.
- Provide advice on and perform on-going work in relation to calls for contributions, including calls for contributions to Contracting Parties and maintenance of financial records relating to receivables and receipts of voluntary contributions.
- Provide support to the resource mobilization activities through the preparation of budgets and other financial data in donor project proposals.
- Provide support to the preparation of donor reports on projects by reviewing expenditures and preparing financial reports.
- Provide support to activities relating to the Benefit-sharing Fund (BSF) of the ITPGR