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Chief Admin/Finance, P-4, FT, #00010180, New Delhi, India - APR

UNICEF

Published

04 Aug 2026

Deadline

17 Aug 2026

The Chief, Admin and Finance reports to the Deputy Representative, Operations (DRO) for general direction and guidance. The Chief is responsible for providing support to the DRO in managing monitoring and overseeing the full range of financial and administrative services in support of program and operational activities (i.e. financial planning, disbursements of funds and payments, treasury and accounting, financial analysis and reporting of resources, transport. travel and premises management, protocol administration), ensuring compliance of all financial and administrative operations with organizational plans, policies, procedures, guidelines, standards of performance, ethics and integrity.As the manager and functional expert of financial and administrative management services ln a large country office with thirteen field offices, the incumbent is accountable for provision of managerial leadership and policy guidance for achievement of effective service management and staff capacity development. Ensures management of staff for cost effective, quality and efficient administrative and financial operations in support of office operations and the country programmes.The Chief, Admin and Finance, when supervising support staff, will be responsible for planning and guiding work in progress and for reviewing work completed by subordinate staff to verify accuracy and compliance with Internal Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS), UNICEF Financial Regulations and Rules, policies, procedures, guidelines, standards of accountability and ethics.The role focuses on upstream engagement through systems strengthening, strategic partnerships, governance, and advancing UNICEF's 3Cs for Every Child approach—Convene, Converge, and Catalyze—to achieve sustainable improvements in administrative and financial management outcomes at scale.