The Fixed Asset Accounting Consultant will manage and ensure correct accounting of fixed assets in UNFPA Field Offices and Headquarters. The consultant will ensure accuracy of corporate fixed asset accounting records and prepares the fixed assets related note for the UNFPA Financial Statements.

The UNFPA Regional Office for West and Central Africa (WCARO) is currently supporting 8 country offices in the region that are part of the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), as well as initiating regional-level activities towards FGM elimination. Part of its role is to support country offices in using research and evidence to inform programming. During the 2017 Annual Consultation of the Joint Programme, medicalization of FGM has been highlighted as ‘a grave concern’ that ‘can hinder progress within the programme’. In general, the Joint Programme works with health workers to build their capacities in terms of comprehensive prevention, care and protection services related to FGM - efforts that also help curb medicalization. Specific interventions to curb medicalization have not yet reached scale. There is a need to further reflect on this area and identify, sharpen and scale-up programmatic interventions, while keeping in mind the strongly varying country contexts.

The OAIS Investigations Branch is mandated to conduct independent investigations into all allegations of wrongdoing, committed either by staff (including those of harassment, abuse of authority, and sexual exploitation and abuse), or by independent contractors, implementing partners and other third parties, to the detriment of UNFPA.
The consultant is required to assist with investigations conducted by the Investigations Branch