Resource Planning Advisor, Operations, Strategic Resource Planning Branch (SRPB), Division for Management Services (DMS), New York, P-5

The Position:

The Resource Planning Advisor, Operations, is in the Division for Management Services, Strategic Resource Planning Branch (SRPB). The incumbent reports to the Chief, SRPB. The Branch ensures transparent, holistic, and efficient planning of UNFPA’s financial resources to support the achievement of the strategic plan. By taking a comprehensive perspective on the organization’s resources, comprising both core and non-core funding, SRPB helps both maximize impact and safeguard the financial sustainability of the organization. The Branch plays a key role in the integrated planning, distribution and management of financial resources for both programme and management activities and the monitoring of budget utilization. The incumbent supervises a team of budget professionals in the Branch. The Resource Planning Advisor also acts as Deputy to the Chief of the Branch.

How you can make a difference:

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.  UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.

In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.

UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.

Job Purpose:

As manager of a team of budget professionals assuring Operations and Client Advisory for UNFPA’s business units in the Field and in Headquarters, the Resource Planning Advisor plays a central role in the Branch’s work of supporting integrated resource planning at UNFPA. The incumbent ensures proper, effective and holistic resource planning and implementation for both core and non-core funds through the following areas of activities:

1. Budget planning and formulation and integrated funds allocation
2. Integrated resource management, monitoring and oversight
3. Capacity building, training, advisory services and technical guidance
4. Policies and tools for resource planning and management
5. Support decision-making and UNFPA strategic priorities
6. Branch management and representation, supervision of direct reports

You would be responsible for:

1. Budget planning and formulation and integrated funds allocation

• Lead specific processes and work packages related to the preparation and formulation of the Integrated Budget for Headquarters, Regional Offices and Country Offices, aligned with the priorities of the UNFPA Strategic Plan.
• Provide input to the Strategic Plan process and other corporate initiatives that have significant resource implications;
• Oversee the analysis of individual office budget submissions and facilitate decision-making at senior management level;
• Provide substantive inputs for the formulation of programme and management budgets at country, regional and global levels
• Oversee the analysis of past/current financial operations, budget utilization and budget proposals and present thoroughly researched recommendations to facilitate budget preparation, planning and approval processes
• Oversee and conduct cost analysis of the resource requirements to ensure accuracy of cost estimates received from Headquarters, Regional/Sub Regional and Country Offices, and revise budget submissions as needed
• Provide direct support to the Chief of Branch in formulating and developing the Integrated Budget in line with available resources and Executive Board requirements
• Oversee preparation and develop selected tables of the Budget document
• Prepare background documents and analysis of the Integrated Budget for ACABQ, Executive Board and UNFPA senior management
• Oversee allocation decisions for core and non-core funds and provide advice to Senior Management on integrated resource allocation

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