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

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

How can you make a difference?

The scope of this consultancy is to support the National Treasury-Budget Department to undertake three interrelated streams of work:

• complete the automated hyperion budget costing model;
• integrate the children and disability budget tagging manual into IFMIS and ePROMIS as an automated tool which will also enable tracking of ODA programmes with 15% disability objectives as per the global disability summit commitments; and
• build the capacity of Government of Kenya officials from the National Treasury and relevant line ministries and state departments, including Social Protection, Children Services, Health, Education, Labour and Youth, to apply the hyperion costing model and use children and disability tagging, tracking and reporting in IFMIS.

QUALIFICATIONS / SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE / EXPERIENCE/ COMPETENCIES (CORE/TECHNICAL/FUNCTIONAL) / LANGUAGE SKILLS REQUIRED FOR THE ASSIGNMENT

Minimum Qualifications required: Bachelors in Software Engineering, ICT, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Public Finance, Finance, Public Policy, Planning or related quantitative professionals.

Work Experience

Years of Experience/ Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:

• At least 5 years’ working experience on issues related to public finance management automated systems.
• At least 5 years’ hands-on experience in Government Budget and IFMIS reforms.
• Experience supporting Ministries of Finance/National Treasuries and sector ministries on planning and budgeting processes.
• Hands-on experience with automated government costing systems.
• Hands-on experience in budget coding and tagging.
• Evidence of experience engaging with the National Treasury of Kenya.
• Hands-on experience in the development of budget manuals.
• Hands-on experience in capacity building and training of government officers on budgeting processes and systems.

Language Requirements

• Fluency in English (written and spoken) is required
• Knowledge of a local language (e.g. Kiswahili) is an asset.

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills

• Demonstrated depth of ICT knowledge and skills that support public budgeting systems.
• Strong understanding of public finance management systems, budgeting, planning, and expenditure management.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to support and strengthen the use of automated budgeting, costing, coding, and tagging systems within government institutions.

Desirables

• Experience working in government digital transformation initiatives related to budget management and public financial management systems.
• Familiarity with Kenya’s budget formulation, execution, and reporting frameworks, including IFMIS.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it.

• complete the automated hyperion budget costing model;
• integrate the children and disability budget tagging manual into IFMIS and ePROMIS as an automated tool which will also enable tracking of ODA programmes with 15% disability objectives as per the global disability summit commitments;
• build the capacity of Government of Kenya officials from the National Treasury and relevant line ministries and state departments, including Social Protection, Children Services, Health, Education, Labour and Youth, to apply the hyperion costing model and use children and disability tagging, tracking and reporting in IFMIS.

• Demonstrated depth of ICT knowledge and skills that support public budgeting systems.
• Strong understanding of public finance management systems, budgeting, planning, and expenditure management.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to support and strengthen the use of automated budgeting, costing, coding, and tagging systems within government institutions.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken) is required
• Knowledge of a local language (e.g. Kiswahili) is an asset.

• Bachelors in Software Engineering, ICT, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Public Finance, Finance, Public Policy, Planning or related quantitative professionals.
• Experience supporting Ministries of Finance/National Treasuries and sector ministries on planning and budgeting processes.
• Hands-on experience with automated government costing systems.
• Hands-on experience in budget coding and tagging.
• Evidence of experience engaging with the National Treasury of Kenya.
• Hands-on experience in the development of budget manuals.
• Hands-on experience in capacity building and training of government officers on budgeting processes and systems.
• Experience working in government digital transformation initiatives related to budget management and public financial management systems.
• Familiarity with Kenya’s budget formulation, execution, and reporting frameworks, including IFMIS.