
Administration and Finance Assistant
Category | Grade:General | G-5Deadline:3 Aug 2026Job ID:35610Posted on:20 Jul 2026
Overview
The assistant manages administrative and financial support for UNFPA programmes across Senegal’s south-east health regions, helping implementing partners prepare advances and budgets, verify expenditure, reconcile accounts, maintain records and assets, and strengthen compliant delivery of annual work plans.
Department: South-East Regional Programme / Tambacounda Regional Health Directorate
Languages
Required: French
Desired: English
Job Areas
- Finance & Budgeting
- Administration & Executive Support
Minimum Experience
5 years
Estimated Salary
Not available
Responsibilities
- Support administrative and financial management of annual work plans
- Help implementing partners prepare cash advances, budgets and expenditure reports
- Verify supporting documents and monthly bank reconciliations
- Monitor partner expenditure, outstanding advances and quarterly financial performance
- Organize spot checks and annual nationally executed audits
- Maintain financial records, inventories, equipment and vehicle documentation
- Advise regional health partners on local procurement and workshop administration
- Build partner capacity in financial and administrative procedures
Requirements
- Completed secondary education
- At least five years of experience in finance, management, administration or accounting
- French proficiency
- Ability to undertake periodic field missions
Skills
Financial monitoringBudget preparationBank reconciliationPartner capacity buildingRecords managementAsset administration
Tools
Microsoft WordMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointGPS
Additional info
- Fixed-term locally recruited appointment
- Periodic field missions are required