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UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, to defend their rights, and to help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.  

For every child, education

The Education Outcomes Fund (EOF) is a fund dedicated to improving education and employment outcomes for children and youth globally. EOF ’s Outcomes Based programs pay primarily on the basis of the results achieved, ensuring that taxpayer-funded domestic resources, aid, and philanthropic funds are only used to pay for what works. This is a game-changing way to finance results in education, focusing attention and realigning systems on the most challenging but most important measure of a program's performance: whether it is improving lives.

How can you make a difference?

Under the leadership of the Operations Specialist, the Finance Officer (Data Analytics) will perform a variety of specialist finance, data and analytics tasks. The responsibilities of the Finance Officer (Data Analytics) will include financial modelling, cash flow updates, financial forecasts, financial analysis, verification and submission of financial documents, budget monitoring, and preparation of donor reports as well as fulfilling reporting obligations to UNICEF/ DFAM (Division of Finance and Administrative Management) and providing high-quality financial support to the Secretariat. The data and analytics responsibilities of the  Finance Officer (Data Analytics) will include building a data storage solution for EOF, conducting advanced analysis on EOF’s programmatic data to generate learnings across programmes and in service of EOF’s strategic objectives, leading value-for-money analysis for EOF’s  OBF model, producing dashboards to support EOF’s reporting obligations to its external partners, and optimizing EOF’s use of data for actionable insights that can be used to improve the impact of EOF’s programmes and outcomes model.

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here:  Finance Officer (Data Analytics).pdf

• Education: A university degree in one of the following fields is required: Finance, Economics, Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, or Computer Science, or another closely related field with a demonstrated focus on financial analysis, quantitative modelling, or data science.
• Work Experience: A minimum of two years of relevant professional work experience in finance and data is required. Experience in quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods data analysis, including statistical inference methods is required.Professional experience in financial market exchange risk modelling and mitigation strategies is required. Experience in using Python for data analysis and application of machine learning models to real-world datasets is required. Experience developing data visualizations using Power BI or similar tools is required.

• Skills: Demonstrated understanding of tools and methods to assess data needs for financial or policy analysis.Strong knowledge of statistical packages and frameworks for data analysis and interpretation. Ability to apply existing statistical measurement frameworks to assess the quality of financial and sectoral data. Knowledge of budget monitoring and financial reporting.

• Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required.

Desirables:

• Knowledge of innovative finance mechanisms, such as Outcomes-Based Financing, machine learning, AI integration and innovation strategy, UNICEF/UN system knowledge (particularly SAP) is an asset.
• Experience with donor financial reporting, value-for-money analysis, dashboard development and interactive data visualization is an asset.
• Familiarity with international development or the global education sector is an asset.
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency.

Please note that this position is temporarily based in Brussels, Belgium, with a future relocation anticipated. Until the new location is finalized, the selected candidate may be permitted to commence duties remotely as an interim arrangement, or work from Brussels. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply with the understanding that remote work is temporary, and relocation to the finalized location will be required. 

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

We offer a wide range of measures to include a more diverse workforce, such as paid parental leave, time off for breastfeeding purposes, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority, and discrimination. UNICEF is committed to promoting the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks: 

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station is required for IP positions and will be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be selected for a position with UNICEF, you either must be inoculated as required or receive a medical exemption from the relevant department of the UN. Otherwise, the selection will be canceled.

As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.

UNICEF’s active commitment to diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable male candidates from the following regions are encouraged to apply: Latin America and the Caribbean, South Asia, East Asia and the Pacific, West and Central Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa, and Middle East and North Africa.

Government employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government positions before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. An internal candidate performing at the level of the post in the relevant functional area, or an internal/external candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, may be selected, if suitable for the post, without assessment of other candidates.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.