Finance Senior Assistant

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Finance Senior Assistant

Job categories: Project Management

Vacancy code: VA/2020/B5418/20502

Department/office: LCR, LCPC, Saint Lucia

Duty station: Philipsburg, Sint Maarten (Dutch part)

Contract type: Local ICA Support

Contract level: LICA-5

DurationOpen-ended subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds and satisfactory performance

Application period: 06-Oct-2020 to 20-Oct-2020

Applications to vacancies must be received before midnight Copenhagen time (CET) on the closing date of the announcement.

Background Information - Job-specific

Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office (LCR)Based in the United Nations regional headquarters in Panama City, the Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office supports UNOPS operations and project centres across the region, providing financial oversight of projects, procuring goods and services and managing human resources. The office helps ensure that projects are executed to the highest standards, providing a shared knowledge base and ensuring that best practices and lessons learned are disseminated among projects. Dutch and English Caribbean (LCPC) UNOPS Latin American and Caribbean Region (LCR) established a Project Centre for the Dutch and English Caribbean in St. Lucia (LCPC) in 2016. From that Centre UNOPS has implemented a number of infrastructure, technical advisory and procurement projects in the sub-region. This project is part of the portfolio of projects being implemented by the LCPC in the sub-region.

Purpose and Scope of Assignment The objectives of the project are to:

Urgently design and establish resilient and effective transitional facilities which meet human rights requirements for prisoners and detainees in Sint Maarten
Contribute to strengthening national infrastructure capacity in the correctional sector enabling adequate, safe and humane detention,which facilitates reintegration of offenders back into society
Contribute to improved capacity for correctional facilities operation and management in line with local and international standards

The key deliverables are:

Transitional detention facilities for urgent accommodation of all prisoners and detainees
Long-term detention infrastructure for humane and resilient accommodation of all prisoners and detainees
Improved capacity for correctional facilities operation and management based on a sound understanding of the criminal justice sector

Functional Responsibilities

Under the direct supervision of the Sr. Project Manager , the Finance Senior Ass...

Competencies

Treats all individuals with respect; responds sensitively to differences and enc...

Education

Secondary diploma education is required. A university degree (pr...

Experience

Minimum of 5 years of relevant working experience within the areas of finance, a...

Languages

Fluency in written and spoken English is essential Knowledge of Dutch/...

Contract type, level and duration

Contract type: Individual Contractor Agreement Contract level: LICA 5 App...