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Administration and Finance Assistant

UNFPATambacounda, Senegal
Category | Grade:General | G-5Deadline:3 Aug 2026Job ID:35610Posted on:20 Jul 2026
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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

  1. Finance & Budgeting
  2. 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