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For each little one, a champion
UNICEF’s social coverage agenda in Armenia focuses on strengthening nationwide and native capacities for planning and implementing social safety insurance policies and programmes; fostering public and personal investments and partnerships for kids; enhancing knowledge methods and related capacities to inform fairness-centered insurance policies; and selling gender equality in insurance policies and practices. Social coverage work additionally cuts throughout different sectors, akin to training, little one safety, well being, local weather change and catastrophe danger discount. As such, UNICEF implements the EU4Education Reforms programme, which contributes to the implementation of the State Programme for Development of Education in the Republic of Armenia 2030, aiming to affect studying outcomes for college students, institute a strengthened institutional framework with high quality and monetary administration, transparency, and monitoring of efficiency. A quantity of social coverage reforms are additionally superior at the native degree in the context of neighborhood consolidation and decentralization processes and are linked to the local weather change and catastrophe danger discount agenda.
How are you able to make a distinction?
UNICEF is wanting for a motivated skilled with expertise of work in social coverage to present skilled technical help and assist for programme design, planning and implementation, administration and analysis of programme/undertaking actions, knowledge evaluation and progress reporting, in assist of programme targets and aims, significantly in public finance for kids and native governance.
1. Knowledge Management for Programmes
- Collect, analyze, and report knowledge on public finance and native governance.
- Apply Public Financial Management (PFM) instruments (e.g., costing, finances briefs, value-profit analyses) to inform programme planning.
- Develop coaching supplies and share finest practices with companions and stakeholders.
2. Programme Development and Management
- Assist in getting ready Situation Analyses, specializing in monetary knowledge, neighborhood consolidation and decentralization processes.
- Monitor programme progress, draft work plans, and suggest changes to improve affect.
- Conduct finances analyses to information UNICEF advocacy efforts for improved little one-centered useful resource allocations.
3. Optimum Use of Program Funds
- Monitor fund allocation and compliance with donor necessities.
- Recommend measures to optimize the use of programme sources.
4. Programme Monitoring and Evaluations
- Conduct area visits to monitor and assess implementation and counsel corrective actions.
- Collaborate with companions on evaluations and contribute to annual evaluations and stories.
5. Rights-Based and Results-Based Programme Management Approach
- Advocate for rights-based mostly and outcomes-pushed approaches in programme planning and growth of methods and implementation frameworks with give attention to financing for kids and native governance elements.
- Provide technical help to improve the high quality and effectivity of interventions.
6. National and Local Capacity Building/Sustainability
- Support authorities and native authorities in constructing capacities for efficient public expenditure monitoring and service supply, together with by assist to native degree planning, budgeting and public monetary administration in addition to facilitating neighborhood participation.
- Facilitate neighborhood participation in native planning and budgeting.
7. Rights Perspective and Advocacy at the National, Community and Family Levels
- Analyze public finance insurance policies from a toddler-rights perspective.
- Advocate for UNICEF’s priorities in nationwide and native coverage discussions.
8. Partnership, Coordination and Collaboration.
- Foster partnerships with ministries, native governments, worldwide monetary establishments, and different stakeholders.
- Ensure alignment with regional priorities and entry to technical experience.
- Collaborate with the Operations Section to implement and preserve efficient inner controls that assist programme aims, guaranteeing compliance with monetary and provide administration necessities.
If you desire to to know extra about this place, please evaluate the full Job Description right here: 
To qualify as an advocate for each little one you’ll have…
Minimum necessities:
Education:
- A college diploma in a single of the following fields is required: Social Sciences, Economics, International Relations, Government, Public Administration, Public Policy, Social Policy, Social Development, Community Development, or one other related technical area.
Work Experience:
- A minimal of one yr of related skilled work expertise in public finance for kids and native governance associated programmes is required.
- Experience working in a growing nation is taken into account as an asset.
- Background/familiarity with emergency is taken into account as an asset.
- Relevant expertise in a UN system company or group is taken into account as an asset.
Languages:
- Fluency in Armenian and English is required. Knowledge of one other official UN language, akin to Russian, is an asset.
For each Child, you show…
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin all the things we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
The UNICEF competencies required for this publish are…
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships
(2) Demonstrates self-consciousness and moral consciousness
(3) Drive to obtain outcomes for affect
(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.
UNICEF is dedicated to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, non secular or ethnic background, and individuals with disabilities, to apply to develop into a part of the group. To create a extra inclusive office, UNICEF gives paid parental go away, breastfeeding breaks, and cheap lodging for individuals with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of versatile working preparations. Click here to be taught extra about versatile work preparations, effectively-being, and advantages.
According to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), individuals with disabilities embody those that have lengthy-time period bodily, psychological, mental, or sensory impairments which, in interplay with varied limitations, could hinder their full and efficient participation in society on an equal foundation with others. In its Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy 2022-2030, UNICEF has dedicated to enhance the quantity of workers with disabilities by 2030. At UNICEF, we offer reasonable accommodation for work-associated assist necessities of candidates and workers with disabilities. Also, UNICEF has launched a Global Accessibility Helpdesk to strengthen bodily and digital accessibility. If you might be an applicant with a incapacity who wants digital accessibility assist in finishing the on-line application, please submit your request by the accessibility electronic mail button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF.
UNICEF doesn’t rent candidates who’re married to kids (individuals underneath 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and aims of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based mostly on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, non secular or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is dedicated to promote the safety and safeguarding of all kids. All chosen candidates will, due to this fact, bear rigorous reference and background checks, and will likely be anticipated to adhere to these requirements and ideas. Background checks will embody the verification of tutorial credential(s) and employment historical past. Selected candidates could also be required to present further info to conduct a background check, and chosen candidates with disabilities could also be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their incapacity confidentially.
UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the responsibility station is required for IP positions and will likely be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may additionally be topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be chosen for a place with UNICEF, you both have to be inoculated as required or obtain a medical exemption from the related division of the UN. Otherwise, the choice will likely be canceled.
Remarks:
As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the workers is the necessity of securing the highest requirements of effectivity, competence, and integrity.
UNICEF’s energetic dedication to variety and inclusion is essential to ship the finest outcomes for kids. For this place, eligible and appropriate candidates with incapacity are inspired to apply.
Government workers who’re thought-about for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities positions earlier than taking over an task with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the proper to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance just isn’t obtained, or obligatory inoculation necessities usually are not met, inside an inexpensive interval for any motive.
UNICEF doesn’t cost a processing price at any stage of its recruitment, choice, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and coaching). UNICEF is not going to ask for candidates’ checking account info.
All UNICEF positions are marketed, and only shortlisted candidates will likely be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of. An inner candidate acting at the degree of the publish in the related useful space, or an inner/exterior candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, could also be chosen, if appropriate for the publish, with out evaluation of different candidates.
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Programme Officer (Public Finance and Local Governance), (NO-1), Yerevan, Armenia, Temporary appointment Post #00131443 – Open to the nationals of Armenia only
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