Reports Officer, NOB, Lebanon Beirut, Fixed Term Appointment #110638

For every child, a Champion

The Lebanon Country Office manages a large and complex programme with multiple donor contributions and partnerships across thousands of service delivery sites. In 2019, is far managing 68 active Partnerships, a total of $224 million in new Donor Contributions for 2019. More than 80 Donor reports are anticipated to be completed in 2019.

In the Grants Management Unit and under the supervision of the Programme Budget Specialist (Grants Management) (P3) and the overall guidance of the Chief of PRIME, the incumbent will be accountable for supporting the monitoring of UNICEF’s partnerships and writing/editing Donor Reports for all Programme funds under the UNICEF Lebanon Country Office. The duties and responsibilities detailed below will be accomplished in coordination with the Reports Specialist. The post is crucial to the accomplishment of the LCO’s significantly increased volume of work in the area of fundraising and donor reporting.

How can you make a difference?

• Track the process of partner reporting against key results through the partnerships system and ActivityInfo, through to donor and SitRep reporting, checking data quality and consistency.
• Upload and track progress of reports through VISION to ensure timely reporting submissions to PPD and donors.
• Edit and advise on layout of donor reports and proposals in cooperation with programme sections, Budget Specialist and Chief of PRIME.
• Update and maintain information on all donor and programme proposal and reporting requirements.  Ensure section heads and field offices are updated on these requirements and follow up as required.
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting and monitoring of donor interests and information needs. This includes gathering of information, write-up, consolidation, editing and production of interim and final reports.
• In collaboration with the Chief of PRIME, Budget Specialist and programme section chiefs, contribute to the development of fundraising proposals for LCO in line with the overall fundraising strategy. This includes compilation of information and editing and layout, when necessary. This also includes write-up of sections when necessary, as well as preparation of visual products in line with the proposal.
• Review and edit human interest stories and communication and visibility reports based on donor reporting requirements and in conjunction with the Communication team.
• Write/produce, edit and disseminate overall briefing notes with the programme sections, Chief of PRIME and Deputy Representative.
• Preparation and update of donor briefing notes and donor materials to be shared externally.
• Collaborate with the Deputy Representative and Sections Heads to contribute to the compilation, production and dissemination of mandatory UNICEF reports, including the Annual report and situation reports.

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

Advanced University degree in Social Sciences, Business Management, International development, public affairs, Communication and other related fields.
A first university degree with a relevant combination of academic qualifications and experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.

Two years of relevant work experience at national level. Experience at international level and advantage. Emergency experience is an asset.

Fluency in English and Arabic are required. Writing skills in English are essential

Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

The competencies required for this post are:

Communication (II)

Working with People (II)

Drive for results (II)

Leading and Supervising (I)

Formulating Strategies and Concepts(I)

Analyzing (II)

Applying Technical Expertise(II)

View our competency framework at

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

Remarks:

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.