Senior Planning Associate

Senior Planning Associate, GS7 Suriname

The Senior Planning Associate G7 located in Suriname, reports to the Planning and Monitoring Specialist NOC located in Jamaica, in the MCO Programme Coordination working group, alongside with the Planning and Monitoring Officer (Reporting), NOB, located in Guyana, and the Planning and Monitoring Officer (Reporting), NOA, located in Belize. This working group acts as the strategic backbone for managing all phases of the multi-country programme cycle — from design to delivery of results — ensuring that the Caribbean MCO oper ates as “one programme” across 12 countries. It provides integrated leadership on planning, budgeting, implementation, HACT assurance, monitoring and reporting, so that programme resources are aligned with funding realities and managed with strong value for money and compliance with UNICEF standards.

This position provides senior operational and Monitoring functions, administrative support to the MCO's Planning, contributing to the coordination of planning processes, consolidation of monitoring data, and operational support to the regional PME Working Group. At G7 level, the role represents only General Service support within the function, requiring substantial experience and initiative to manage a complex multi planning workload.

Key functions of the Senior Planning Associate:

• Programme Planning and Coordination
• Monitoring and Reporting
• Data and Knowledge Management
• Financial and Grant Management
• Implementing Partnership Management
• Administrative and Operational Support
• Quality Assurance and Innovation
• Support in Learning & capacity development

This position belongs to the Programme Coordination working group. If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here:G7 Senior Planning Associate G7 Suriname.pdf

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Minimum requirements:

Education: Completion of secondary education is required. Professional and/or university courses related to the field of work are highly desirable.

Work

Experience

• A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible administrative or programme support experience is required. Experience in programme planning, monitoring, reporting, implementing partnership management, grant tracking, data management or financial monitoring is highly desirable.

Skills

• Thorough knowledge of a range of specialized topics, including the relevant, partnership mechanisms, rules, and regulations.

• High level of proficiency or skill is required in the interpretation and application of specialized rules and regulations to the circumstances of complex individual cases.

• Experience using MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and other UNICEF office tools.

• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and across teams and gain the assistance and cooperation of others in a team endeavor.

• Ability to establish priorities and plan his/her own work and plan, coordinate and monitor the work of those under his/her supervision.

• Programme planning and monitoring

• Data analysis, reporting and grants tracking.

• SAP/VISION/Insight

• Microsoft Office and Power BI

• Coordination

• Language

Requirements

• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chines, French, Russian or Spanish) or local language of the duty station is considered an asset.

Capabilities Required:

• Project Management
• Collaboration
• Problem Solving
• Digital Dexterity

Desirables:

• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Applicants for positions in the General Service must be legally authorized to work in the duty station where the MCO position is located. Candidates must hold and upload a valid CARICOM Skills Certificate when applying to positions locat