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  • Position: Finance Assistant, FT      
  • Location: Rangpur   
  • Organization: United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) 

    • Overview: 
    • The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

      For more on WFP and what we do, please go to http://www.wfp.org/videos/zero-hunger


    • Job Purpose:

    • To support effective delivery of finance, budget and administration support services in order to facilitate transparent and efficient utilization of financial resources. 

    • Key accountabilities (not all-inclusive):

      1. Assist in providing the procedural and technical support to staff within the areas of finance and budget, to ensure compliance with WFP financial policies, rules and regulations.
      2. Monitor monthly expenditure forecasts and provide expenditure reports in order to facilitate informed decision-making.
      3. Monitor the sub-imprest bank and petty cash accounts regularly, to ensure that adequate funds are available and appropriately disbursed.
      4. Verify vendor claims, advances and other receivables and observe appropriate procurement procedures, to ensure that suppliers are paid in a timely manner and in conformance with WFP finance rules and regulations.
      5. Assist in compiling information from various sources in order to prepare reports relating to budgets, accounting, finance and statistics.
      6. Retrieve, format and validate information obtained from various financial information systems and bring any discrepancy or inaccuracy to the attention of the supervisor and follow up corrective actions.
      7. Perform administrative duties related to the monitoring and recording of fixed assets, spend on fuel and spare parts for vehicles and generators, to ensure that the databases are accurately updated.
      8. Maintain the web-based register for all invoices and payment transfers and record paperwork, to ensure that all documents are maintained and filed in compliance with WFP standards and guidelines.
      9. Monitor and record all expenses in line with the approved budget in order to ensure that correct expenditure costs are charged and payments to external suppliers, cash grants and other supplier invoices are processed in a timely manner.
      10. Provide guidance and on-the-job training to other support staff, to ensure services are delivered consistently and to the required standards.


  • Other required responsibilities:
  • 1.Check the provision of a range of services, including facilities and light vehicle management, travel, protocol related, etc. maintaining information, to contribute to the provision of safe and comfortable working environment
    2.Be a first point of contact for internal queries, to facilitate the provision of efficient and effective resolution of daily issues
    3.Oversee petty cash management
    4.Regularly update office inventory using corporate tool
    5.Take lead on organizing workshops/seminars
    6.Ensure appropriate security and cleanliness of the office premises
    7.Prepare monthly financial report


    • Standard minimum qualifications:
    • EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or related field.

      WORK EXPERIENCE: A minimum of 05 years experience is required. Work experience in the development or humanitarian field is desirable.

      LANGUAGE: Fluent in both oral and written communication skills in English and Bangla.

      • Type of contract: Fixed Term
        Grade: G5
        Duration: 12 months
        Duty Station: Rangpur
        Number of Position: 01
        Date of Publication: 25 March 2024
        Deadline of Application: 07 April 2024
        This vacancy announcement is for Nationals from Bangladesh.


      • How to apply:

        To be considered, interested candidates are invited to apply via (https://www.wfp.org/careers/job-openings).
        Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

        We want to ensure the recruitment process is fully accessible. Please contact us at coxsbazar.hr@wfp.org  to advise us of any accessibility needs you may have.

        This email is only to be used for any disability-related accessibility requirements, and not for sending the application itself. Due to the volume of applications, any applications or CVs sent through this email address will not be considered as a formal applications and will not receive a reply from WFP.