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Given the recent increase in emergency and recovery-long term funding received by the Mozambique Country office, to be implemented in the next 4 years, the country office is seeking to recruit a NO-B Budget Officer which will support the Program coordination team and the NO-C program specialist (Budget) to ensure proper and timely utilization of funds.
Within the Programme Coordination Unit (PCU), and under the supervision of the Planning and Monitoring Specialist (P4), the budget Officer will Coordinate with HQs and programme sections and Resource Mobilization/Partnership specialist on incoming funds; allocations, grants management, extension, adjustments as well as reallocation, including
The incumbent will be liaising regularly with the Ressources Mobilization Specialist (for donor reporting and incoming proposal, as well as timely allocation); with the Programme Specialist (Budget) and HACT program Assistant on HACT spot-checks analysis and support, and also to the Planning & Monitoring supervisor and Deputy Representative on regularly updating on the funding and execution situation of the entire Country office
Portuguese is required.
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