DIRECTOR OF MISSION SUPPORT

Org. Setting and Reporting

This position is located in the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) with duty station, Kinshasa. The Director of Mission Support (DMS) will report to the Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) and Head of Mission (HoM). Kinshasa has been designated as a family duty station by the United Nations Secretariat. As such, MONUSCO staff based in Kinshasa are allowed to relocate their family members to Kinshasa.

Responsibilities

Within delegated authority, the DMS will be responsible for the following functions:

• Acts as the principal adviser to the HoM on all matters pertaining to administrative, financial, contractual, and technical and operational support activities and, as such, under the framework of authorities delegated by the HoM to the DMS, is responsible and accountable to the HoM for the effective general management of the human, financial and physical resources allocated to the mission.
• Contributes to the implementation of the mission's mandate by providing the necessary overall operational support required for the fulfilment of the mandate, such as administration, budget, finance, human resources supply chain management, information, and communications, service delivery, etc.
• As a member of the Mission Senior Management Team, participates in the mission planning process for the effective functioning of the Mission in relation to mandate implementation and with a view to the transition phases leading to the eventual termination of the Mission’s operations, and contributes to an integrated approach and consistency in the implementation of the mandate.
• Maintains communication with the UNCT Operations Management Team (OMT) on issues of common interest.
• Under the authority of the SRSG and HoM, ensures the appropriate and accurate implementation of the Delegation of Authority Framework in the Mission, including oversight, monitoring and regular reporting to the SRSG and HoM on the implementation of the DoA Framework in MONUSCO.
• Manages, and is accountable to the SRSG and HoM for, the establishment and implementation of a set of robust policies, procedures, practices, standards and tools that are consistent with UN regulations, rules, policies and practice in order to ensure proper budget, accounting, procurement, financial, assets and human resources management and control and certifies mission expenditures. Under the authority of the SRSG and HoM, and in line with decisions of the senior leadership of the Mission, ensures that the Mission's budget, staff, and assets are optimally allocated to support mandate implementation across all mission components and guides any reprioritization of resources during the budget period in line with priorities that support effective mandate implementation.
• Undertakes or oversees reporting methodology for budget and...