Senior Planning Associate

The Senior Planning Associate G7 located in Suriname provides senior operational and monitoring functions, administrative support to the MCO's Planning, contributing to coordination of planning processes, consolidation of monitoring data, and operational support to the regional PME Working Group. The role supports programme planning, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and reporting across the Caribbean MCO.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior operational and monitoring functions and administrative support to the MCO's Planning.
• Contribute to the coordination of planning processes and consolidation of monitoring data.
• Provide operational support to the regional PME Working Group.
• Support programme planning, budgeting, implementation, HACT assurance, monitoring and reporting.
• Ensure programme resources are aligned with funding realities and managed with strong value for money and compliance with UNICEF standards.
• Support programme planning and coordination.
• Support monitoring and reporting activities.
• Manage data and knowledge management.
• Support financial and grant management.
• Assist in implementing partnership management.
• Provide administrative and operational support.
• Ensure quality assurance and innovation.
• Support learning and capacity development.

Requirements

• Completion of secondary education is required.
• Professional and/or university courses related to the field of work are highly desirable.
• A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible administrative or programme support experience is required.
• Experience in programme planning, monitoring, reporting, implementing partnership management, grant tracking, data management or financial monitoring is highly desirable.
• Thorough knowledge of a range of specialized topics, including the relevant partnership mechanisms, rules, and regulations.
• High level of proficiency or skill is required in the interpretation and application of specialized rules and regulations to the circumstances of complex individual cases.
• Experience using MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and other UNICEF office tools.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and across teams and gain the assistance and cooperation of others in a team endeavor.
• Ability to establish priorities and plan his/her own work and plan, coordinate and monitor the work of those under his/her supervision.
• Programme planning and monitoring skills.
• Data analysis, reporting and grants tracking skills.
• Experience with SAP/VISION/Insight.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Power BI.
• Coordination skills.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or local language of the duty station is considered an asset.
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts is desirable.
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the duty station.
• Candidates must hold and upload a valid CARICOM Skills Certificate when applying to positions located in a CARICOM Member State outside of their country of nationality, and are accountable for verification upon arrival if selected.

Skills

• Programme Planning
• Programme Monitoring
• Reporting
• Partnership Management
• Grant Tracking
• Data Management
• Financial Monitoring
• Interpretation of Rules and Regulations
• MS Word
• Excel
• Power Point
• SharePoint Development
• SAP
• VISION
• INSIGHT
• Power BI
• Coordination Skills
• Data Analysis
• Budgeting
• Operational Support

Languages

English