UNICEF works in over 190 international locations and territories to avoid wasting kids’s lives, defend their rights, and assist them fulfill their potential, from early childhood by means of adolescence.
At UNICEF, we’re dedicated, passionate, and happy with what we do. Promoting the rights of each child is not only a job – it’s a calling.
UNICEF is a spot the place careers are constructed: we provide our workers various alternatives for private {and professional} improvement that can assist them develop a satisfying profession whereas delivering on a rewarding mission. We pleasure ourselves on a tradition that helps workers thrive, coupled with a lovely compensation and advantages bundle.
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For each child, hope
How are you able to make a difference?
Under the supervision and steerage of the Deputy Regional Director for West and Central Africa, the programme affiliate helps the part by finishing up a spread of programme help capabilities to assist develop, implement and monitor their area, guaranteeing efficient and well timed supply that’s in line with UNICEF guidelines and laws. The Programme Associate works in shut collaboration with a spread of workers within the RO, exterior companions and company counterparts in help of programme design and supply. S/He gives common suggestions on the standing of initiatives by means of monitoring milestones and advises on enhancements to maintain actions on monitor.
The Programme Associate will probably be accountable for the next actions:
1. Collect, register and keep data on technical help and capability constructing actions by reviewing studies and thru first-hand sources.
2. Organize and consolidate knowledge and data, put together and sustaining information, paperwork and management plans for the workplace of the deputy areas Director and the coordination of the regional group of technical advisors and associated price range
3. Contribute to the preparation of studies, annual work plans by offering data, making ready desk and drafting comparatively routines sections
4. Scrutinize plans of operations, alternate of letter and take acceptable follow-up motion. Assist within the group of coordination conferences, workshops, workshops, conferences and conferences name, put together background data for use throughout discussions and put together minutes.
5. Raise and finalize requisitions and requests and guarantee observe up of the method as much as the completion. Ensure monitoring of PBAs expenditure degree, coherence of expenditure with donor necessities and expiration date for immediate motion from the POs and COs.
6. Coordinate data administration, agenda’s and schedules with the workplace of the Regional Director when required.
7. Perform different duties, as required, reminiscent of supporting different RO sections in duties of Programme affiliate
To qualify as an advocate for each child you should have…
The following minimal necessities:
Education:
Completion of secondary training is required, ideally supplemented by technical or college programs associated to the work of the group.
Work Experience:
- At least 6 years of administrative or clerical work expertise is required.
Skills:
- In-depth data of the administration which underpins UNICEF nation workplace programme/venture operations, together with monitoring and analysis processes.
- Strong organizational, planning and prioritizing abilities and skills.
- High sense of confidentiality, initiative and common sense.
- Ability to work successfully with folks of various nationwide and cultural backgrounds.
- Strong workplace administration abilities.
- High consideration to element.
- Ability to successfully handle the part’s materials assets and monitor its price range.
- Good analytical abilities.
- Experience utilizing MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and different UNICEF software program reminiscent of SharePoint.
Language Requirements:
Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of one other official UN language or native language of the obligation station is taken into account as an asset.
The following desirables:
- Developing nation work expertise and/or familiarity with emergency.
- Relevant expertise in a UN system company or group is taken into account as an asset.
- Prior expertise in programme help capabilities is an asset.
For each Child, you display…
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 publish 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 totally different ranges.
UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our international workforce should mirror the range of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or every other private attribute.
We provide a wide range of benefits to our staff, together with paid parental go away, day off for breastfeeding functions[KR5] , and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages using versatile working preparations.
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. UNICEF is dedicated to selling the safety and safeguarding of all kids. All chosen candidates will endure rigorous reference and background checks and will probably be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Selected candidates could also be required to offer further data to conduct a background check.
UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the obligation station is required for IP positions and will probably be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may be topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with in opposition to 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 probably be canceled.
Remarks:
As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration within the employment of the workers is the need of securing the very best requirements of effectivity, competence, and integrity.
UNICEF’s lively dedication to variety and inclusion is essential to ship the perfect outcomes for kids. For this place, eligible and appropriate male candidates are inspired to apply.
Government staff who’re thought-about for employment with UNICEF are usually required[LK6] to resign from their authorities positions earlier than taking over an project with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the proper to withdraw a proposal of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance just isn’t obtained, or crucial inoculation necessities aren’t met, inside an affordable 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 data.
All UNICEF positions are marketed, and solely shortlisted candidates will probably be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of. An inside candidate performing on the degree of the publish within the related useful space, or an inside/exterior candidate within the corresponding Talent Group, could also be chosen, if appropriate for the publish, with out evaluation of different candidates.
Additional details about working for UNICEF might be discovered here.
Special Notice on UNICEF workplace relocation:
UNICEF and different UN Agencies will probably be shifting quickly to the brand new United Nations House in Diamniadio, 30 kilometers from downtown Dakar. The title of the obligation station for this place will stay Dakar, Senegal.
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