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 by adolescence.
At UNICEF, we’re dedicated, passionate, and pleased 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 numerous alternatives for private {and professional} growth that can assist them develop a satisfying profession whereas delivering on a rewarding mission. We satisfaction ourselves on a tradition that helps workers thrive, coupled with a pretty compensation and advantages bundle.
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For each child, hope
How are you able to make a difference?
The basic mission of UNICEF is to advertise the rights of each child, all over the place, in every thing the group does — in applications, in advocacy and in operations. The fairness technique, emphasizing essentially the most deprived and excluded kids and households, interprets this dedication to kids’s rights into motion. For UNICEF, fairness implies that all kids have a chance to outlive, develop and attain their full potential, with out discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the diploma that any child has an unequal likelihood in life — in its social, political, financial, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is rising proof that investing within the well being, training and safety of a society’s most deprived residents — addressing inequity — not solely will give all kids the chance to satisfy their potential but additionally will result in sustained development and stability of nations. This is why the concentrate on fairness is so very important. It accelerates progress in the direction of realizing the human rights of all kids, which is the common mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, whereas additionally supporting the equitable growth of countries.
Under the supervision and steerage of the supervisor, the programme affiliate helps the respective part (s) by finishing up a variety of programme help capabilities to assist develop, implement and monitor their nation programme, making certain efficient and well timed supply that’s in line with UNICEF guidelines and rules.
The Programme Associate works in shut collaboration with a variety of workers within the Field Office, Country Office, exterior companions and company counterparts in help of programme design and supply. S/He gives common suggestions on the standing of tasks by monitoring milestones and advises on enhancements to maintain actions on monitor.
Summary of key capabilities/accountabilities:
- Facilitating the event of programme cooperation agreements (PCAs) by offering info and drafting chosen sections of it.
- Ensuring the well timed and correct recording and administrative processing of presidency & NGO’s proposals and requests for direct money transfers (DCTs).
- Conducting programme monitoring in UNICEF focus districts for money and provides and informing team-members on the standing.
- Helping conduct common spot checks of accomplice’s tasks to evaluate their monetary record-keeping, expenditure controls and reporting methods.
- Monitoring and monitoring the environment friendly distribution of provides which can be required for efficient programme supply.
- Supporting the programme part in researching, compiling and analyzing qualitative and quantitative information and data from quite a lot of sources on topic issues related to the work of the part to facilitate programme supply in addition to preparation of studies, working papers and shows.
- Carrying out transactions in VISION making certain programme outcomes, actions and programme coding are as per annual work plans (AWPs), and making amendments and alterations as per part revisions when vital.
- Carrying out transactions in VISION pertaining to grants and programme-related gadgets for his/her part together with however not restricted to registering grant allotments and monitoring expiring programme grants.
- Preparing monitoring and reporting info for supervisor and staff on agreed efficiency indicators to drive extra environment friendly administration and accountability for outcomes.
- Regularly monitoring budgets and monetary expenditures of part by using relevant instruments, making certain compliance with UNICEF guidelines and rules, preserving supervisor knowledgeable and suggested on actions for choice and/or observe up.
- Helping put together periodic or ad-hoc monetary studies regarding nation workplace and donors to help the workplace in optimizing use of programme funds.
- Supports capability growth actions associated to programme growth by getting ready coaching supplies and taking part in workout routines.
Impact of Results:
S/He is accountable for the complete spectrum of administrative and challenge/programme help actions. The key outcomes have an effect on the general efficiency of the nation workplace and success within the implementation of challenge/programme actions. Accurate programme monitoring and proposals, information entry and presentation of data guarantee correct programme decision-making.
To qualify as an advocate for each child you’ll have…
Minimum necessities:
Education:
- Completion of secondary training is required, ideally supplemented by technical or college programs associated to the work of the group.
Work Experience:
- A minimal of six years of administrative or clerical work expertise is required.
- For this place, a bachelor’s diploma from a acknowledged tutorial establishment in a related discipline could change three years of associated work expertise. A grasp’s diploma could change further two years.
Language Requirements:
- Fluency in Ukrainian and English is required.
Desirables:
- Developing nation work expertise and/or familiarity with emergency.
- Prior expertise in programme help capabilities is an asset.
- Relevant expertise in a UN system company or group is taken into account as an asset.
- Knowledge of one other official UN language or native language is an asset.
Skills:
- In-depth information of the administration which underpins UNICEF nation workplace programme/challenge operations, together with monitoring and analysis processes.
- Strong organizational, planning and prioritizing expertise and skills.
- High sense of confidentiality, initiative and logic.
- Ability to work successfully with folks of various nationwide and cultural backgrounds.
- Strong workplace administration expertise.
- High consideration to element.
- Ability to successfully handle the part’s materials assets and monitor its funds.
- Good analytical expertise.
- Experience utilizing MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and different UNICEF software program corresponding to SharePoint
For each Child, you reveal…
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin every thing we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
The UNICEF competencies required for this submit are…
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships
(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness
(3) Drive to realize 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 totally different ranges.
UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our international workforce should mirror the variety of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, no matter their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or some other private attribute.
We provide a wide range of measures to include a more diverse workforce, corresponding to paid parental go away, break day 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 goals 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 bear rigorous reference and background checks and might 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 supply further info 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 might be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may additionally 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 might 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.
UNICEF’s lively dedication to range and inclusion is important to ship the very best outcomes for kids. For this place, eligible and appropriate folks with disabilities are inspired to apply.
Government staff who’re thought of for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities positions earlier than taking on an project with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the correct to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance shouldn’t be obtained, or vital inoculation necessities will not be met, inside an affordable interval for any motive.
UNICEF doesn’t cost a processing payment 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 info.
All UNICEF positions are marketed, and solely shortlisted candidates might be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of. An inside candidate performing on the stage of the submit within the related practical space, or an inside/exterior candidate within the corresponding Talent Group, could also be chosen, if appropriate for the submit, with out evaluation of different candidates.
Eligible workers members on fixed-term, persevering with or everlasting contracts making use of to IP TA positions in an obligation station designated as L2/L3, might be able to retain a lien and their fixed-term entitlements, topic to approval by their Head of Office. The situations of the non permanent project will differ relying on the standing of their submit and relocation entitlements could also be restricted as per the related insurance policies.
Additional details about working for UNICEF may be discovered here.
This place relies in Lviv and the incumbent might be anticipated to work on-site. However, relying on the safety situations and advisory, s/he might be required to relocate inside Ukraine.
Programme Associate, Fixed Term, G6, Lviv, Ukraine, #120672
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