Quality Assurance Associate, G-6, Temporary Position, Kenya, 364 days, Nairobi, Kenya, #00136793

Apply now Job no: 592078 Contract type: Temporary Appointment Duty Station: Nairobi Location: Kenya Categories: Financial Management UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package. Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.

For every child, the right to a Future How can you make a difference? The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. UNICEF has adopted the Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers (HACT) as an approach for obtaining assurance that results have been achieved in line with resource utilization.

It aims at managing risk related to cash transfers made to implementing partners in support of programme implementation, reducing partner transaction costs and allowing progressive use of national systems for management and accountability of results and resources.

Summary Of Key Functions/accountabilities Support to HACT planning during the programming process

Support to implementation of HACT activities

Review and use of HACT reports

Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

Management information and reporting Support to HACT planning during the programming process Participate in HACT planning and discussions and support the development and completion of HACT plans through research, collection, analysis and reporting of related information/data to facilitate planning and priority setting for HACT activities.

Participate in the preparation of HACT-related materials/documentation to ensure incorporation of HACT in the country programming process. Support to implementation of HACT activities Support with monitoring of the implementation of the HACT assurance plan

Together with qualified/experienced CO colleagues, support in undertaking spot checks of implementing partners to gain knowledge and experience.

Provide administrative support to external service providers in the execution of HACT activities to ensure timely and efficient delivery of results.

Assist with the maintenance of records of relevant HACT-related documentation, including CO decisions related to HACT. This will also include eTools-related data. Review and use of HACT reports Assist with recording and update of risk ratings of implementing partners in VISION through regular review of the Vendor Master and provision of information to relevant colleagues in the CO.

Share with implementing partners and CO staff HACT related reports, especially reports of assurance activities, to ensure adequate awareness and follow-up of identified issues.

Assist in the review of micro assessment reports of implementing partners to identify common weaknesses in financial and procurement management and propose capacity development actions that can be supported by UNICEF.

Assist in the review of assurance activity reports of implementing partners to identify issues that need follow-up and common weaknesses in financial and procurement management and propose capacity development actions that can be supported by UNICEF.

Assist in review and finalization of reports in eTools and allocation of action points to responsible staff. This will also include tracking the key dates in the follow up of action points in line with internal guidelines. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building Identify, capture, synthesize and share lessons learned from HACT and its implementation for integration into broader knowledge development planning and management efforts.

Participate in the design, planning and implementation of capacity development strategies/initiatives for implementing partners which can be supported by UNICEF through participation in review of reports of micro assessments and assurance activities of significant and high risk partners.

Participate in the design and implementation of capacity development strategies/initiatives for CO staff to ensure that staff has the knowledge and skills to fulfill their responsibilities related to HACT. Management information and reporting Prepare and consolidate periodic management reports highlighting key performance indicators (KPI’s)

Coordinate dissemination of t