Field Support Officer, NO-2, Temporary Appointment (10 months), Pacaraima, Brazil #131516

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For each little one, alternative

Since 1950, UNICEF has supported a very powerful transformation for kids and adolescents in Brazil. UNICEF Brazil with its predominant workplace in Brasília and 9 area places of work UNICEF works in shut partnership with nationwide and sub-national authorities, company companions, youth, and civil society organizations. For info of the work of our group in Brazil, please go to our web site:  UNICEF Brazil

How are you able to make a distinction? 

Under the overall steering of the Chief Field Office in Boa Vista, you’ll present help and general coordination of UNICEF (programmatic) and area response in Pacaraima. You could have every day contact with employees within the numerous area places of work and with the Boa Vista unit following steering from the programmatic areas. Also, could have shut liaison with a variety of native civilian and navy authorities and counterparts in NGOs and UN companies to debate issues of widespread curiosity. Your actions embody:

a) Situation Analysis and Reporting

Assess migrants’ wants within the numerous fields of help and make suggestions for the institution of initiatives, adjustment or discontinuation of current initiatives and advise the Chief Field Office accordingly.

Conduct common evaluation and evaluation of the kids state of affairs in Pacaraima and usually put together written reviews on the implementation of initiatives and the state of affairs within the websites.

b) Inter-agency coordination and illustration

Participate in related occasions, conferences and dealing teams the place the presence of UNICEF is required- in Pacaraima and supply technical contribution within the elaboration of interagency referrals mechanisms and different initiatives.

Liaise and have interaction with key stakeholders in Pacaraima on kids’s points and issues.

With the technical help of the programme officers, interact with the native Network, and actively contribute to current coordination mechanisms of Operação Acolhida in Pacaraima.

Contribute to the cross-border coordination with UNICEF Venezuela.

Report instantly on any safety issues which will happen affecting programme, beneficiaries, and the sleek working of the operation.

c) Sub-sector and dealing teams technique growth

Support the well timed and efficient implementation of the agreed little one safety sub-sector response technique within the border, primarily the work with Unaccompanied and Separated Children, and indigenous inhabitants.

With the help of the programme officers, interact and coordinate the working group in Education. Health and WASH (Water, sanitation, and hygiene) in Pacaraima.

d) Project monitoring and technical help

Monitor UNICEF initiatives, suggest remedial actions and supply technical steering to implementing companions to make sure the implementation tempo and method are in step with humanitarian ideas and requirements and meet the undertaking anticipated outcomes, all the time in line with the Boa Vista programmatic unit.

Prepare undertaking proposals; draw up plan of operation for implementation, together with institutional preparations for budgets.

To qualify as an advocate for each little one you’ll have…

Minimum necessities:

Education: Completion of Bachelor’s diploma in Psychology, Law, International Relations, Social Work, Anthropology, Communication, or one other related area.

Work Experience: 

• Minimum 2 years of expertise with humanitarian or emergency response with area expertise and background and familiarity with worldwide human rights.
• Minimum 2 years of expertise in articulating with state and municipal governments and civil society organizations is required.

Skills:

• Solid information of program administration is required.
• Ability to facilitate interagency processes is required
• Experience with UN and International Organization is fascinating.
• Experience working with indigenous inhabitants is an asset.
• Working information of Microsoft Database literacy might be an asset.

Language Requirements: Fluency in English and Portuguese required. Knowledge of Spanish might be thought-about as an asset.

Desirables:

• Master’s diploma in psychology, Law, International Relations, Social Work, Anthropology, Communication, or one other related area is an asset.
• Developing nation work expertise and/or familiarity with emergency. 

For each Child, you reveal…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin the whole lot we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

The UNICEF competencies required for this put up are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships

(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness

(3) Drive to realize outcomes for impression

(4) Innovates and embraces change

(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity

(6) Thinks and acts strategically

(7) Works collaboratively with others 

Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its completely different ranges.

This place has been assessed as an elevated threat function for Child Safeguarding functions as it’s both a job with direct contact with kids, a job that works immediately with identifiable kids’s knowledge, a safeguarding response function, or an assessed threat function. Additional vetting and evaluation for elevated threat roles in little one safeguarding (probably together with further legal background checks) apply.

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Remarks:

As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration within the employment of the employees is the need of securing the very best requirements of effectivity, competence, and integrity.

UNICEF’s lively dedication to variety and inclusion is vital to ship one of the best outcomes for kids. For this place, eligible and appropriate afro-descendants, indigenous, LGBTQIA+ and different minorities are inspired to apply.

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