About UN-WFP Afghanistan

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide. More than half the population of Afghanistan – a record 22.8 million people – will face acute food insecurity in 2022. The combined effects of drought, conflict, COVID-19, and the economic crisis, have severely affected lives, livelihoods, and people’s access to food. The team of 600 staff, 550 of which are Afghan nationals are working tireless to bring emergency food and nutrition assistance to the millions of people suffering across the country. The assistance provided by WFP includes emergency food assistance, school meals, nutrition programmes and important self-reliance and resilience programmes. The packet of support can include food, cash, or vouchers

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Job description

Job Description:

JOB PURPOSE:

To support effective delivery of finance, budget and administration support services in order to facilitate transparent and efficient utilization of financial resources. 

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

1. Assist in providing the procedural and technical support to staff within the areas of finance and budget, to ensure compliance with WFP financial policies, rules and regulations.

2. Monitor monthly expenditure forecasts and provide expenditure reports in order to facilitate informed decision-making.

3. Monitor the sub-imprest bank and petty cash accounts regularly, to ensure that adequate funds are available and appropriately disbursed.

4. Verify vendor claims, advances and other receivables and observe appropriate procurement procedures, to ensure that suppliers are paid in a timely manner and in conformance with WFP finance rules and regulations.

5. Assist in compiling information from various sources in order to prepare reports relating to budgets, accounting, finance and statistics.

6. Retrieve, format and validate information obtained from various financial information systems and bring any discrepancy or inaccuracy to the attention of the supervisor and follow up corrective actions.

7. Perform administrative duties related to the monitoring and recording of fixed assets, spend on fuel and spare parts for vehicles and generators, to ensure that the databases are accurately updated.

8. Maintain the web-based register for all invoices and payment transfers and record paperwork, to ensure that all documents are maintained and filed in compliance with WFP standards and guidelines.

9. Monitor and record all expenses in line with the approved budget in order to ensure that correct expenditure costs are charged and payments to external suppliers, cash grants and other supplier invoices are processed in a timely manner. 

10. Provide guidance and on-the-job training to other support staff, to ensure services are delivered consistently and to the required standards.

 

Job Requirements:

Education:

Bachelors degree in relevant field.

Experience:

Minimum four years of experience working in finance field.

Language:

Fluency (level C) in English, Dari and Pashto. 

 

Submission Guideline:

This vacancy announcement is for Afghan nationals only and WFP encourages especially Afghan females and Afghans with disabilities to apply.

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https://career5.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jobId=173097&company=C0000168410P 

 

Submission Email:

https://career5.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jobId=173097&company=C0000168410P