CFO Volunteer - Melanie Melinand
CFO Volunteer - Melanie Melinand
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DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
15 April 202523:59GMT01:00 Central European Time (Rome)WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race colour national origin ethnic or social background genetic information gender gender identity and/or expression sexual orientation religion or belief HIV status or disability.
ABOUT WFP
The World Food Programme is the worlds largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict disasters and the impact of climate change.
At WFP people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse committed skilled and high performing teams selected on merit operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment living WFPs values (Integrity Collaboration Commitment Humanity and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.
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WHY JOIN WFP
WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
WFP offers a highly inclusive diverse and multicultural working environment.
WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training accreditation coaching mentorship and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country regional and global offices around the world and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).
JOB TITLE: Volunteer (Budget Talent Management & Communications)
TYPE OF CONTRACT: WFP Volunteer
UNIT/DIVISION: CFOO
DUTY STATION (City Country): Rome Italy
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
The Chief Financial Officer Division is one of the core functions in WFP with a strong network of over 800 employees globally. Finance plays a key role in facilitating WFPs operations through management of financial resources entrusted to the Programme financial risk management including in cashbased transfers (CBT) settlement of WFPs financial obligations to vendors cooperating partners employees and other stakeholders maintaining accounting records of WFPs financial transactions providing cross functional financial advice on all aspects of WFPs operations and ultimately providing assurance to donors and other stakeholders through corporate and donor financial reports.
Guided by its vision of being a strategic business partner that supports the strategic shift of the organization and in alignment with the release of the new Staffing Framework The CFO has identified its people as critical in supporting the transformation of the finance role. The division plans to recruit a volunteer to augment existing capacity. The incumbent will be provided with close mentoring guidance and technical supervision to be able to provide support to the CFO division on implementation on the people elements as the enabler in its Finance Strategy 202y in alignment with the WFP People Policy and framework.
ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
The incumbent will perform the following functions:
Support the implementation of the Communications and Engagement Strategy in alignment with the Finance Strategy 2027 and the CFO Mandate.
Provide assistance in developing communications and talent management messaging for CFO initiatives following best practices.
Assist in coordinating key engagement meetings and events such as the CFO Talks series and all staff meetings and support collaboration opportunities within the CFO Communications Network.
Provide guidance and support in maintaining communication materials for different audiences and media channels ensuring consistency and quality and assist in analysing communication activities for impact within the finance function and beyond.
Facilitate coordinating efforts within the Division RB/COs and external vendors on Communication activities such as the new Finance Officer Orientation and/or all staff meetings.
Provide assistance in developing and maintaining Finance knowledge management products.
Support in managing the CFO Division Learning Channel to maintain the platform providing updates on the various financial resources to the concerned stakeholders and maintaining statistics.
Assist in gathering and tracking CFO Mandatory Training reporting data including followups with the relevant Services to ensure completion.
Support in the implementation of the CFO Management Plan 2026 by collecting organizing and archiving relevant data from each service and branch; support the Budget Officer with the inputs in Result to Results tool.
Conduct quantitative analysis of the CFO budget and provide support with reporting tasks.
Support the HR focal points with CFO workforce data gathering reporting and analysis
Any other duties as required by the CFO front office.
DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT
At the end of the assignment the volunteer should be able to:
Conduct research collate and validate information.
Contribute to quantitative and qualitative analysis drawing conclusions and making recommendations.
Prepare presentations.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Education: Completion of secondary school education. A postsecondary certificate in the related functional area is desirable.
Knowledge & Skills: Proficiency in MS Office (Word Excel dashboards formulas PowerPoint Outlook)
Required Soft Skills/WFP Competencies
Communication skills
Quick learner
Administrative skills
Microsoft office applications
Teamwork & collaboration
Languages: Fluency in oral and written English. Working knowledge of another UN language is desirable.
WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK
WFP Leadership Framework guides to the common standards of behavior that guide HOW we work together to accomplish our mission.
Click here to access WFP Leadership Framework
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
WFP is committed to supporting individuals with disabilities by providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation please contact:
NO FEE DISCLAIMER
The United Nations does not charge any application processing training interviewing testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process. Should you receive a solicitation for the payment of a fee please disregard it. Furthermore please note that emblems logos names and addresses are easily copied and reproduced. Therefore you are advised to apply particular care when submitting personal information on the web.
REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate complete and includes your employment records academic qualifications language skills and UN Grade (if applicable).
Once your profile is completed please apply and submit your application.
Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language
Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter
Additional documents such as passport recommendation letters academic certificates etc. may potentially be requested at a future time
Please contact us at in case you face any challenges with submitting your application
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified
All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs job requirements merit and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse all forms of discrimination any kind of harassment sexual harassment and abuse of authority. Therefore all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) FAO Finance Committee WFP External Auditor WFP Audit Committee Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.
Required Experience:
Chief
Employment Type
Full-Time
