Operations Associate - Ciudad De Panamá

Requisitos:
This position is located in the Regional Bureau for the Americas of the High Commissioner for the Refugees in Panama City, Panama. Candidates interested in applying for this position must be Panamanian Nationals or must be legally present in Panama at the time of application, recruitment and hire.
Actividades a realizar:
- Review operational data, regional and country operations plans and ensure that plans are correctly set up by verifying indicators, budget lines, prioritization and apportioning.

- Create reports conduct regular regional, operation-specific and comparative analyses of plans through Focus, Global Focus and MSRP to create appropriate tables for Operations Officers.

- Use tables to detect and quickly show inconsistencies and/or system problems, possible programme shortfalls and advise field operations accordingly.

- Assist in training of staff to build capacity in: Focus Client, Global Focus, Focus Reader and MSRP.

- Initiate administrative processing of implementing instruments, sub-agreements and closure of projects at the Operations level.

- Carry-out specific administrative operational/control tasks for programme activities, including processing field requests for transfer of funds, increase/decrease of the obligation level, procurement, Committee on Contracts approval and submissions to the Budget Committee.

- Contribute to the preparation of plans, reports, project documents and submissions for donor funding by drafting and reviewing text and preparing budgets.

- Prepare background information of use in discussions within the Country Operations, Bureau, Divisional Support and field Offices.

- Follow-up, in close coordination with the field, on the purchase requests with the concerned units at Headquarters and prepare draft memos with field inputs for submission to Committee on Contract.

- Liaise with Donor Relations, maintains records of status of contributions, commitments, availability of funds, compiles data and produces financial reports to be attached to Appeals or reports.

- Keep track of updated Fact-Sheets of Country and Regional Operations.

- Gather information from the press and other public sources to facilitate the Operations Officers analysis of political and social developments impacting on UNHCRs operations.

- Enforce compliance with UNHCRs global strategies, protocols and guidelines.

- Decide which issues of inconsistency and/or non-compliance with RBM processes and deadlines have to be brought to the attention of Operations Officers, senior management and country/regional operations.


CONDICIONES DEL EMPLEO
Jornada laboral: Tiempo Completo
Tipo de empleo: Trabajo Fijo
Salario: A convenir
Cantidad de vacantes: 1


REQUERIMIENTOS
Experiencia Mínima: No especificado
Sexo: Indistinto