Finance Capacity-Building Consultant, Global Foundations and Faith and Membership-Based Organizations

1 giorno fa

Roma, Lazio, Italia Unicef Nl Tempo pieno

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children's lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture., coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

For every child, the right to future

How can you make a difference?

Inception and capacity assessment

  • Review relevant UNICEF financial guidance, existing partnership tools, representative complex foundationbudgetsand results frameworks.
  • Review internal UNICEF financial processes for Partnership financial tracking using existing UNICEF tools
  • Consult FFMBO colleagues and relevant internal stakeholders toidentifypriority competency gaps, recurringchallengesand practical use cases.
  • Develop a document comprehensively capturing holistic financial systems, tools, tracking and reporting mechanisms and find the linkages across these areas. Include a Finance stakeholder map aligned to the finance systems mapping
  • Establish a baseline assessment andagreea detailed workplan, learningobjectivesand success measures.
  • Create a Competency Framework Crosswalk to map each required competency to:
    • The specific tool/template/module
    • Learning pathway content (academy-ready)
    • Common use cases

Finance guidancesuite

  • Develop a user-friendly suite of standardized "how to " guidance and decision tools for complex foundation budgets, budget narratives, scenario planning, expenditure monitoring,forecastingand results tracking.Including a section on budget negotiation tactics with partners.
  • Include clear instructions, quality checks, workedexamplesand guidance on adapting the tools to different partnership arrangements.
  • Develop a checklist for Quality Assurance and Review Protocol to ensure:
    • Completeness of partnership budgets and narratives
    • Alignment between budget lines and results framework
  • Plausibility checks for forecasts
    • Common errors and how to fix them
    • Suggested workflow for internal review/approvals.
  • Develop a Learning & Tools Repository Inde and incorporate the following
    • A proposed folder structure and naming conventions and versioning approach
    • Location guidance (e.g., UNICEF SharePoint)
  • Pilot and refine the guidance and tools with FFMBO colleagues and relevant technical counterparts.

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: ToR Finance Capacity-Building Consultant.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Minimum requirements:

  • Education: An advanced university degree in finance, accounting, business administration, economics, international development or another relevant field is required. A first-level