Location:

Sanaa, Yemen
Salary:

negotiable / YEAR
Job type:

VOLUNTEER
Posted:

2 months ago
Category:

Budget and Accounting, Finance
Deadline:

21/03/2024

JOB DESCRIPTION

assignment(s)

Open recruitment (advertised)

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General

Description of assignment title

UCT Payment Specialist

Assignment country

Yemen

Expected start date

14/04/2024

Sustainable Development Goal

8. Decent work and economic growth

Volunteer category

National UN Volunteer Specialist

Host entity

UNICEF Yemen

Type

Onsite

Duration

12 months (with possibility of extension)

Number of assignments

Duty stations

Sana’a

Details

Mission and objectives

UNICEF is committed to ensuring special protection for the most disadvantaged children – victims of war, disasters, extreme poverty, all forms of violence and exploitation, and those with disabilities. UNICEF responds in emergencies to protect the rights of children.

Context

Under the supervision and guidance of the supervisor, the UCT UNV Specialist will work closely with the Operations and MIS teams based in Amman and Programme Specialist based in Sana`a to ensure FSPs fully adhere to the UCT project protocols, i.e., trainings, quality of services, fixing issues timely as they may arise during the payment implementation in the field, and following up with FSPs on pending issues. The Specialist UNV will be reviewing the issues raised on the payment through the issue log from partners and Field Consultants` (FCs) reports, Third-party Monitoring (TPM) reports, complaints filed by the beneficiaries through the Grievance Redressal Mechanism (GRM) on daily basis and will communicate issues to involved FSPs for taking corrective action. He/she will also prepare daily summary of issues reported and provide status updates based on his/her follow up with FSPs.

Task description

The purpose & activities of this assignment and the specialist’s tasks include: • Train Financial Service Providers` (FSPs) personnel on the Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) project protocols, i.e., payment standards, safety and security of the UCT household cash recipients and project personnel, combating fraud and corruption, health and hygiene measures, etc. • Follow up and monitor the FSPs on their cascade training plan and implementation before each Payment Cycle (PC) to ensure that only trained Payment Agents (Pas) can participate in the UCT project implementation. • Follow up on the preparations of UCT payment cycle and the preparedness check activities for the FSPs system and site readiness. • Strengthen payment system through continuous follow up with FSPs on issues arising in the payment sites to ensure best quality of services for the UCT cash recipients. • Participate in the partners coordination meeting and support the operation manager in highlighting the issues and actions required and follow up on the action points. • Support and monitor the implementation of the safeguarding measures by the FSPs in line with the UNICEF requirements. Results/expected outputs: A – Review and update current training materials used for training the FSPs` personnel and conduct master training: • Update the training materials in Arabic. • Update the training materials in English. • Update the training materials in Arabic. • Update the training materials in English. • Review training materials after each PC to reflect lessons learned and include issues that need to be addresses. B- Monitor Cascade training of the FSPs for their Payment Agents` (PAs) personnel: • Engage with FSPs to develop the cascade training plan for their Pas and monitor the cascade training (on a spot-check basis) to ensure the right content is delivered. • Ensure the cascade training plan is available for use by the TPMO for monitoring purposes and provide updates on changes in the training schedules. • Develop questions and share the link with FSPs for their use to test knowledge of the PAs after each training. • Follow up with FSPs on the implementation of cascade training, including test scores and requiring those who do not pass the test to repeat the training and the test prior to the start of their functions. • Compile and analyze the training results by FSP, highlighting red flags and areas of improvement. • Provide input to the TPM training observation checklist to ensure relevance. C- Follow up with FSPs on the signing of code of conduct by their personnel and those of their PAs: • Ask FSPs to ensure that all their personnel and those of the PAs sign the code of conduct before they participate in the implementation. • Ask FSPs to ensure that all their personnel and those of the PAs sign the code of conduct before they participate in the implementation. • Follow up with FSPs on the TPM spot check finding related to code of conduct and ensure their full compliance. D- Follow up with FSPs on issues identified in the payment sites during each PC: • Monitor information coming from the field and communicate to FSPs for their immediate corrective actions. • Follow up with FSPs and seek updates on actions taken. • Prepare summary of issues and status updates and share it with YSC staff on daily basis. E- Take part in the preparation of each PC to support full adherence of FSPs with agreed protocols for the UCT project: • Feed in the preparation of PCs to plan for necessary trainings for FSPs and their PAs` personnel. • Support training need analysis before each PC and ensure that FSPs` personnel and those of their PAs always adhere to agreed project standards. F- Support and monitor the implementation of the safeguarding measures by the FSPs in line with the UNICEF requirements. • As part of the monitoring of cascade trainings, ensure that the training on safeguarding is done in line with the content approved by UNICEF and that all trained personnel reach a minimum score on the tests. • During field visits, monitor compliance of safeguarding measures by FSPs and trigger corrective measures. • Liaise with the FSPs to obtain the Codes of Conduct signed by all FSP personnel prior to the payment cycle, and conduct spot-checks to ensure compliance. • Support the communication with the FSPs on safeguarding related matters as needed.

Eligibility criteria

Age

27 – 80

Nationality

Candidate must be a national or legal resident of the country of assignment.

Requirements

Required experience

3 years of experience in in financial management, accounting, and reconciliations; training and capacity building in the area of finance and payments, communicating financial issues with banks and other financial service providers seeking timely redressal.

Area(s) of expertise

Administration

Driving license

–

Languages

English, Level: Fluent, Desirable Arabic, Level: Mother tongue, Desirable

Required education level

Bachelor degree or equivalent in in business administration, finance, risk management, economics, accounting, banking, public administration, and/or any other related field.

Competencies and values

Values: – Care – Respect – Integrity – Trust – Accountability Competencies: – Nurtures, Leads and Manages People – Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness – Works Collaboratively with others. – Builds and Maintains Partnerships – Innovates and Embraces Change – Thinks and Acts Strategically – Drive to achieve impactful results. – Manages ambiguity and complexity.

Other information

Living conditions and remarks

As this is a national UN Volunteer assignment, the UN Volunteer will be responsible for arranging his/her own housing and other living essentials. National UN Volunteers are part of the malicious insurance plan.

Inclusivity statement

United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.

Reasonable accommodation

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for UN Volunteers with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process and afterwards in your assignment.

Note on Covid-19 vaccination requirements

In addition to duty station-specific vaccine requirements, appointments are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the appointment. It does not apply to UN Volunteers who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their contracts.

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