Batch Recruitment: Budget Officer, P-2, Fixed Term Position, Planning and Budget Unit, Strategic Resource Management Section, Brussels, Belgium

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.

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The Planning and Budget Unit (PBU) is part of the Strategic Resource Management Section, DFAM. The PBU focuses on budget and position management and has responsibility for managing and administering the budget planning system and tools, preparing quadrennial budgets, mid-term updates and monitoring of budget reports, issuing budgets to offices and divisions, overseeing the development and issuance of budget policies and procedures, managing positions, analyzing and calculating annual standard costs, and providing technical training and support to stakeholders at HQ and the field.

The purpose of the role is to contribute to the preparation, monitoring, analyzing and reporting both Programme and Institutional Budgets in the assigned geographical portfolio (Divisions and Offices), ensure compliance with Budget policy and procedures and contribute to maintaining financial planning and management systems. The role will provide support to offices and divisions on budget and position management matters.

Under the supervision of Budget Manager, the Budget Officer will be working on:

1. Budget planning review
2. Budget and position management including preparation and implementation of decisions
3. Budget analysis and reporting
4. Training, Capacity Building, Network and Knowledge Transfer

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here:  134692 - Budget Officer (2).pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have… 

• Minimum requirements:

• • 1. 1. Education: Bachelor or equivalent (First Level University Degree) in business administration, management, finance, accounting or other related fields.
       2. Work Experience: A minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in budget and finance and data analysis in an international organization with global clients. Experience in global/multi country/complex budget planning and budget management is required including the use of monitoring systems and tools. Experience in capacity building and delivering training is required.
       3. Skills: Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including advanced spreadsheet analysis as well as Power BI, data visualization, and advanced SAP user skills are required. 
       4. Language Requirements: Proficiency in English is required.

• Desirables:
  
  1. 1. Language: Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.
     2. Experience working within the UN system and/or budget planning and monitoring tool expertise, including Budget cubes and VISION reports, will be considered an asset.
     3. Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts. 

UNICEF's Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships
(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
(3) Drive to achieve results for impact
(4) Innovates and embraces change
(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity
(6) Thinks and acts strategically
(7) Works collaboratively with others

Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.

UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

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 based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, 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, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

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 are conditional on the selected candidates willingness to comply with current or future vaccination requirements, should UNICEF mandate it for personnel. Failure to comply with such requirements, where applicable and without a duly approved medical exemption from the relevant UN authority, will result in the cancellation of the selection or may lead to other administrative measures, including separation from service.

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 is committed to fostering an inclusive, representative, and welcoming workforce. For this position, eligible and suitable candidates are encouraged to apply.

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.

Humanitarian action is a cross-cutting priority within UNICEF's Strategic Plan. UNICEF is committed to stay and deliver in humanitarian contexts. Therefore, all staff, at all levels across all functional areas, can be called upon to be deployed to support humanitarian response, contributing to both strengthening resilience of communities and capacity of national authorities.

Visa residence requirements: i.e. UNICEF shall not facilitate the issuance of a visa and working authorization for candidates under consideration for positions at the national officer and general service category.

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.

This is a batch recruitment for three vacancies.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.

Advertised: 04 Nov 2026 Romance Standard Time
Applications close: 12 Nov 2026 Romance Standard Time

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