UNICEF works in over 190 nations and territories to avoid wasting kids’s lives, defend their rights, and assist them fulfill their potential, from early childhood via 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.
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For each child, an opportunity
In Nigeria, UNICEF works in a posh humanitarian and growth setting to satisfy and defend kids’s rights in partnership with the federal government, civil society, kids, and households. UNICEF Nigeria is among the largest UNICEF Country Offices globally – click on the hyperlink to be taught extra about UNICEF in Nigeria: https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/
How are you able to make a difference?
PURPOSE OF THE JOB
KEY END-RESULTS:
1. Emergency preparedness is successfully organized along with institution of nation contingency plans and early warning mechanisms.
2. Emergency preparedness and response plans addresses gender points that could be anticipated to accentuate throughout emergencies.
3. Emergency plans of motion are developed, and compliance and coordination of all sectors with the plans are carried out.
4. Policy recommendation on emergencies and programme steering associated to implementation of emergency preparedness measures are successfully supplied.
5. Coordination and administration of emergency preparedness and response and a constant circulate of data of the humanitarian state of affairs are successfully maintained inside the workplace.
6. Significant enhancements are made within the emergency preparedness and response functionality of UNICEF workers and implementing companions via conduct of efficient coaching actions.
7. In the occasion of an emergency, UNICEF’s presence is promptly established and the preliminary emergency operational duties are successfully executed, together with provision of assist for data communication know-how, telecommunications facility and all workers safety associated help within the nation workplace.
8. Needs evaluation is successfully performed to find out priorities and an applicable intervention by UNICEF primarily based on the native emergency state of affairs affecting kids and their households and group.
9. Effective help is supplied to the (Deputy) Representative in emergency operations oversight and program administration with clear accountabilities.
10. Emergency appeals and undertaking proposals are ready, and concerted efforts are put ahead to mobilize donor response and restoration/rehabilitation-related funding.
11. Longer-term necessities of the emergency operation/interventions are decided to develop an everyday operational and staffing construction.
12. Continuous, efficient and strategic coordination, communication, session and liaison are maintained with Government, UN businesses, NGOs, donors and allies in assist of the particular wants of youngsters and ladies affected by emergency conditions inside the framework of the cluster method and primarily based on the Core Commitment for Children.
13. Management is stored knowledgeable of humanitarian developments in related insurance policies, state of affairs developments, potential threats and alternatives/points within the nation
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES and DUTIES & TASKS
Within the delegated authority and beneath the given organizational set-up, the incumbent could also be assigned the first, shared, or contributory accountabilities for all or part of the next areas of main duties and key end-results.
Emergency Preparedness:
1. Ensures that ample emergency preparedness measures are taken via the event and updating of nation contingency plans and institution of early warning mechanisms, which results in more practical preparedness and response to particular emergencies.
2. Participates within the formulation and growth of plans of motion in preparation and response to emergencies, and displays compliance of all sectors with emergency plans of motion, together with monetary sources. Ensures coordination of the administration of emergency preparedness and response.
3. Provides coverage and program recommendation associated to emergencies, together with on administration associated points. Provides path and steering to the nation workplace within the implementation of emergency preparedness measures, which strengthens preparedness and response mechanisms within the nation confronted with impending emergencies.
4. Develops and maintains databases on nation/regional data and ensures the circulate of data and communication essential for the planning and implementation of emergencies. Identifies availability of sources in emergency inclined areas and establishes logistics plans to be carried out throughout an emergency operation, to make sure a well timed and efficient emergency response.
5. Assists in growing and conducting emergency coaching programs particularly designed for regional standby Emergency Response Teams; participates in these programs with the Team and participates in different emergency coaching workshops within the area, resulting in build-up within the emergency preparedness and response functionality of UNICEF workers and implementing companions. Plans, organizes and conducts coaching for the workplace’s workers capability constructing in emergencies preparedness and response.
Emergency Response:
6. In the occasion of an emergency, takes immediate motion as Team Leader or member of the Emergency Response Team which is deployed instantly to determine UNICEF’s presence and implement the preliminary operational duties regarding emergency help. Ensures that the workplace is supplied with efficient telecommunications facility and safety help for the workers in an emergency, as obligatory. In coordination with the programme and operations teams, establishes contact with all UNICEF workers and their dependents and guests to make sure their security and whereabouts, and informs OPSCEN and the Regional Director of their standing.
7. Assesses native circumstances ensuing from the emergency state of affairs affecting kids and their households within the nation. Leads and/or participates in wants evaluation missions at the side of the Regional Office, the HQ Divisions, and subject workers, as a way to decide priorities and an applicable intervention by UNICEF. Participates in UN Country staff emergency response and contributes to assessing the disaster and humanitarian state of affairs within the nation with particular regard to the survival, safety and wellbeing of youngsters, adolescents and ladies.
8. Assists the (Deputy) Representative in emergency operations oversight and program administration to make sure that the funding, price range, administration, reporting, and subject presence coordination are managed effectively and successfully with clear accountabilities.
Emergency Project:
9. Prepares inputs for appeals and updates associated to emergencies in addition to undertaking proposals for emergency. Works with program sections and senior administration to mobilize donor response and restoration/rehabilitation-related funding, together with annual or multi-annual humanitarian appeals and paperwork.
10. Establishes longer-term necessities of the emergency operation/interventions. Plans and develops a extra common operational and staffing construction to take over from the Emergency Response Team.
11. Maintains steady, efficient and strategic coordination, communication, session and liaison with Government, UN businesses, NGOs, donors and allies to enchantment for help for kids and ladies with the particular wants ensuing from emergency conditions requiring efficient emergency responses in all sectors. Identifies implementing/operational companions and establishes implementing preparations. Ensures that the UNICEF assist is successfully supplied to the federal government with respect to sectoral coordination inside the framework of the cluster method and primarily based on the Core Commitment for Children.
12. Represents UNICEF in all humanitarian and restoration associated discussion board on the strategic stage and retains administration knowledgeable of all humanitarian developments within the nation by way of insurance policies, technique, state of affairs developments, potential threats and alternatives/points in partnership.
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To qualify as an advocate for each child you’ll have…
Minimum necessities:
Education: An superior college diploma in a single the next fields: social sciences, public administration, legislation, public well being, vitamin, worldwide relations, enterprise administration or different associated disciplines.
Work Experience: Eight years of progressively accountable skilled work expertise on the nationwide and worldwide ranges in programme/undertaking growth, planning, implementation, monitoring, analysis and administration.
- Developing nation work expertise (for IP) or subject work expertise (for NO).
- Specialized coaching/expertise in emergency response administration extremely fascinating.
Skills:
a) Specific Technical Knowledge Required:
- UNICEF insurance policies and technique to handle on nationwide and worldwide emergency points, notably regarding conflicts, pure disasters, and restoration.
- Knowledge of world humanitarian points, particularly regarding kids and ladies, and the present UNCEF place and approaches.
- Knowledge of native circumstances and nation laws related to UNICEF programmes.
- Knowledge of humanitarian reform ideas, worldwide humanitarian legal guidelines, reform updates.
- Knowledge of the most recent developments and tendencies in emergency preparedness and response administration associated fields.
- UN safety operations and tips.
- Knowledge of the precept of gender parity and equality
Common Technical Knowledge Required :
- The UNICEF mission assertion; UNICEF Board coverage papers and selections.
- The Core Commitments for Children in Emergencies.
- The Convention on the Rights of the Child; Convention on the Elimination of All types of Discrimination in opposition to Women.
- EMOPS Technical Notes, EMOPS Emergency Field Book.
- UNICEF Program Manuals, coverage tips, ExDirs, PROs; Country Programme documentation.
- UNICEF personnel, monetary, provide and administrative guidelines, laws and manuals.
- National growth plans and insurance policies; Guidelines and manuals from NGO/donor companions
- Annual work plan.
- UNDAF; The UN Humanitarian Reform; IASC paperwork, tips and supplies on UN Humanitarian Reform and the cluster method.
- Information & Communications Technology literacy, together with expertise and information of workplace system functions, LAN, web navigation, telecommunications, and knowledge evaluation
Technical Knowledge to be Acquired/Enhanced
- Knowledge of native circumstances and nation laws related to UNICEF programmes.
- UN insurance policies and technique to handle worldwide humanitarian points and response.
- UN frequent approaches to programmatic points and UNICEF positions in worldwide growing cooperation.
- Current information of growth points and social programming in worldwide growth cooperation context
Language Requirements: Fluency in English and a second UN language; Local working language of the obligation station an asset
- Developing nation work expertise and/or familiarity with emergency.
For each Child, you exhibit…
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin every little thing 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)
(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness (2)
(3) Drive to attain outcomes for influence (2)
(4) Innovates and embraces change (2)
(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)
(6) Thinks and acts strategically (2)
(7) Works collaboratively with others (2)
8) Nurtures, Leads and Manages People (2)
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 replicate the variety of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or another private attribute.
We supply a wide range of measures to include a more diverse workforce, comparable to paid parental go away, time without work for breastfeeding functions, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the usage of versatile working preparations.
UNICEF doesn’t rent candidates who’re married to kids (individuals beneath 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 likely be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Selected candidates could also be required to offer extra 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 likely 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 likely 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 best requirements of effectivity, competence, and integrity.
Government workers who’re thought-about for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities positions earlier than taking over an project with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the precise to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance just isn’t obtained, or obligatory inoculation necessities will not be met, inside an inexpensive interval for any cause.
UNICEF doesn’t cost a processing charge at any stage of its recruitment, choice, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and coaching). UNICEF won’t ask for candidates’ checking account data.
All UNICEF positions are marketed, and solely shortlisted candidates will likely be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of. An inside candidate performing on the stage of the put up within the related purposeful space, or an inside/exterior candidate within the corresponding Talent Group, could also be chosen, if appropriate for the put up, with out evaluation of different candidates.
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