**Job Identification**
- 17331
**Locations**
- Mexico, Mexico**Posting Date**
- 04/02/2024, 04:50 PM
- 04/09/2024, 10:59 PM
**Job Schedule**
- Full time
**Agency**
- HABITAT
**Grade**
- NOB
**Vacancy Type**
- Fixed Term
**Practice Area**
- Effectiveness
**Bureau**
- Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean
**Contract Duration**
- 1 Year with Possibility for extension
**Education & Work Experience**
- Master's Degree - 2 year(s) experience OR Bachelor's Degree - 4 year(s) experience
**Required Languages**
- Fluency in English and Spanish, (both oral and written)
**Desired Languages**
- Knowledge of another UN official language is an advantage
**Vacancy Timeline**
- 1 Week
**Mobility required/no mobility**
- no mobility required
**Background**
**Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are core principles at UNDP: we value diversity as an expression of the multiplicity of nations and cultures where we operate, we foster inclusion as a way of ensuring all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, and we ensure equity and fairness in all our actions. Taking a 'leave no one behind' approach to our diversity efforts means increasing representation of underserved populations. People who identify as belonging to marginalized or excluded populations are strongly encouraged to apply. Learn more about working at UNDP including our values and **inspiring stories.**
**Job Purpose and Organizational Context**
***This position is located in the UN-Habitat Multicountry Office for Mexico, Cuba and Central America based in Mexico City. The Administrative and Finance Officer will work under the direct supervision of the the Programme Management Officer for Latin America and the Caribbean (ROLAC) and the Head of Office for the Multicountry Office.
UN-Habitat is the United Nations Human Settlements Program, which is responsible for promoting socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities in order to provide adequate housing for all. Currently, the program is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, and finds its support in the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean -ROLAC-, located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The program is governed by the principles defined through: The Vancouver Declaration on Human Settlements, The Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements, The Habitat Agenda, The Quito Declaration on Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements for All, The New Urban Agenda and Resolution 56/206 of the United Nations General Assembly. With its work, UN-Habitat seeks to mitigate the negative effects resulting from accelerated and unsustainable urbanization processes, becoming a guarantor of the benefits offered by sustainable urbanization, and contributing to the reduction of urban poverty and the improvement of quality of life of the population.
**Duties and Responsibilities**
Within delegated authority, the Associate Administrative Officer will be responsible for the following duties:
- Human Resource Management
- Provides information regarding conditions of service, duties and responsibilities, and privileges and entitlements under the Staff Rules and Regulations.
- Provides information on unit's staffing needs for inclusion in department's staffing table.
- Budget and Finance
- Assists in developing the unit's work program and budget; analyses inputs and formulates resource allocations by work program, or business processes.
- Monitors budget/work program with respect to to UN-Habitat Office for Mexico, Cuba and Central America budget, trust funds and grants, on a regular basis, and reallocates resources as necessary.
- Supports the implementation of procedures and systems for implementing the appropriate financial database.
- Contributes to the development of budgetary guidelines for UN-Habitat.
- General Administration
- Supervises support staff and consultants as required.
- Performs other related administrative duties, as required (e.g., operational travel programme, monitoring accounts and payment to vendors and individual contractors for services, physical space planning and the identification of office technology needs and maintenance of equipment, software and systems).
- Contributes to the collection and analysis of data as well as identification of trends or patterns and provides draft insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods for data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.
**Work implies frequent interaction with the following**:
Staff within work unit, human resources, administration, and accounting; staff in missions and Headquarters; counterparts in other UN agencies.
**Results Expected**:
Applies specialized expertise with respect to a range of human resources, programme planning, budget, financial and administrative management tasks for the UN-Habitat Office for Mexico, Cuba and Central America.
**Competencies**
- **Communication**: Speaks and writes clearly and effectively; listen
