Project Management Support Associate (Liaison)

Position Title: Project Management Support Associate (Liaison)

Activation Date: 27 March, 2025 Announced Date: 27 March, 2025 Expire Date: 10 April, 2025

• Job Location: Kabul
• Nationality: Afghan
• Category: Facilities Finance General Management
• Employment Type: Full Time
• Salary: As per salary scale
• Vacancy Number: VAC-26137
• No. Of Jobs: 1
• City: Kabul
• Organization: CTG
• Years of Experience:
• with completion of secondary education, a minimum of six (6) years of progressively responsible experience in finance, accounting and/or auditing is required.
• Experience in the financial accounting component of claims, contract variations, liquidation
• Contract Duration: 6 months - with possibility of extension
• Gender: Male/Female
• Education: A minimum of 6 years of relevant work experience in Finance, Management, Business/Public Administration, or any other relevant discipline or first level University degree (Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent) in Finance, Management, Business/Public Administra
• Close date: 2025-04-10
  
  

About CTG

CTG staff and support humanitarian projects in fragile and conflict-affected countries around the world, providing a rapid and cost-effective service for development and humanitarian missions. With past performance in 17 countries – from the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Asia, we have placed more than 20,000 staff all over the world since operations began in 2006.

CTG recruits, deploys and manages the right people with the right skills to implement humanitarian and development projects, from cleaners to obstetricians, and mechanics to infection specialists, we’re skilled in emergency response to crises such as the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Key to successful project delivery is the ability to mobilise at speed; CTG can source and deploy anyone, anywhere, in less than 2 weeks and have done so in 48 hours on a number of occasions.

Through our efficient and agile HR, logistical and operational services, CTG saves multilateral organisations time and money. We handle all our clients’ HR related issues, so they are free to focus on their core services.

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Job Description

Background Information:

The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners' peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. UNOPS supports partners in building a better future by providing services that increase the efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability of peace-building and humanitarian and development projects. Mandated as a central resource of the United Nations, UNOPS provides sustainable project management, procurement and infrastructure services to a wide range of governments, donors and United Nations organizations.

UNOPS Afghanistan

With more than 20 years of experience in the country, UNOPS Afghanistan focuses on providing maximum support to the people of Afghanistan through the delivery of projects and services that improve the lives of people in need. The UNOPS Afghanistan Country Office (AFCO) serves as an organizational mechanism to deliver a range of projects for which UNOPS has been designated as the implementation agency. UNOPS AFCO activities currently cover a range of sectors, including humanitarian, basic human needs, cash for work, infrastructure, development, procurement and HR services.

The functional objective of UNOPS AFCO is to contribute to improving the lives of girls, boys, men and women living in Afghanistan. The aim of UNOPS AFCO is to provide efficient and cost-effective implementation services on behalf of all our partners to support the humanitarian response and development of the country. UNOPS AFCO’s mission is to exceed the expectations of all stakeholders in the delivery of AFCO services at all times, in all places, and in all circumstances in order to improve the lives of Afghans in need.

Project Information

In November 2023, the Verification of Claims and Expenditures Project (VCEP) was approved to conduct a verification of outstanding claims from contractors, consultants, suppliers and project management offices for the works and services completed in Afghanistan under co-financed and administered projects prior to 15 August 2021. UNOPS is the executing agency for VCEP.

The main objective of VCEP is to verify claims from contractors, consultants and suppliers for works and services completed prior to 15 August 2021 under different types of contracts, including civil works, supply of goods and consulting services in Afghanistan. VCEP also includes a verification of advances provided to contractors, consultants and suppliers and eligible expenditures incurred by the project management offices prior to 15 August 2021 under ADB-financed and administered projects.

Job Requirements

Job Responsibilities

Verification of Claims and Pending Payments

• Assist in verification of claims received from contractors/consultants/suppliers by checking supporting documents for the claimed amounts.
• Assist in the reconciliation of unliquidated balances with the fund balances as per bank statements of the advance accounts available in the banks and identification of any withdrawals or cash movements in the advance accounts after freeze periods.
• Assist in determining the eligible amounts for liquidation against the project's advance accounts after verifying supporting documents for the payments made from the project's advance accounts
• Assist in verifying the pending liabilities against the advance accounts, including PMO salaries, individual consultants’ claims and other PMO expenses.
• Assist in tabulating data for financial analysis related to claims and pending payments.
• In collaboration with the VCEP’s safeguard team, verify the compensation payments made to the project's affected people against environmental and social safeguards.
  
  

Reporting and Coordination 7. Interact with other functional teams to follow up on the pending information requests sent to contractors/consultants/suppliers, EAs/IAs and the donor. 8. Coordinate with the de facto Ministry of Finance and the relevant line ministries for the collection of information/documents and organize the information and documents received from different sources. 9. Assist in organizing meetings with the de facto Ministry of Finance and relevant line ministries. 10. Assist in interpretation of data collected in order to contextualize them and avoid misunderstanding.

• Assist in organizing meetings with other functional teams, e.g., sector teams, support services, contracts management, legal, etc., and external entities upon supervisor’s instruction.
  
  

Knowledge Management and Innovation

• Ensure that supporting documents for all payments to contractors/suppliers/consultants are maintained in an organized manner.
• Contribute to knowledge management activities to ensure that project experiences and learning are documented.
  
  

Please note that the nature of this role requires flexibility in adapting to the team’s needs since the objective of aligning Contract

Job-Specific Information

Description

UNOPS is seeking a Finance Associate to assist in various tasks related to the financial verification of the claims for payments in reference to the above project description. The incumbent will be supervised by the Project Management Support Specialist (Liaison) in coordination with the Project Management Support Specialist (Finance) and will assist in performing the following key functions:

• Education
• A minimum of 6 years of relevant work experience in Finance, Management, Business/Public Administration, or any other relevant discipline or first level University degree (Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent) in Finance, Management, Business/Public Administration, or other relevant discipline in combination with 2 additional years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of first level university degree.
• Work Experience
• With completion of secondary education, a minimum of six (6) years of progressively responsible experience in finance, accounting and/or auditing is required.
• Experience in the financial accounting component of claims, contract variations, liquidation of expenses, and certification of works or equivalent is an asset.
• An understanding of current DFA structures is an asset.
• Experience in working with international development sector organizations is an asset.
• Languages
• Fluent in English (reading, writing and speaking) is required.
• Knowledge of any other UN languages is an asset.
• Knowledge of local and regional languages is an asset.
  
  

Submission Guideline

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