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For each child, dedication
How properly are you aware Madagascar?
Land of Lemurs and 14, 883 distinctive plant species, Madagascar is a panoramic and delightful inland, fourth largest inland on the planet (587,041 km2), with a dynamic younger inhabitants. Of the 29.6 million folks dwelling within the nation, 14.4 million (round 50%) are youngsters beneath 18 years of age and 20.9 million are younger folks beneath 30 years of age, going through quite a few challenges together with however not restricted to poverty, stunting, entry to water and dire impacts of local weather change. Hence UNICEF nation workplace in Madagascar is embarked in a battle for each child, together with these with disabilities, to outlive, thrive, study, and reside in a protected atmosphere, shielded from violence. 243 employees members, together with 52 UN volunteers, unfold throughout the principle workplace within the capital metropolis and 05 area workplaces with 2 regional hubs represent the workplace forces.
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How are you able to make a difference?
As a Strategic Business Partner and Deputy for the Head of Office, the incumbent will likely be accountable to steer for outcomes, drive change, present threat knowledgeable, solution-focused evaluation, recommendation and companies and contribute to programme and administration selections for delivering outcomes for youngsters in all operational contexts.
Strategic Operations will accomplish this by:
- Leading by instance and supporting the Head of Office on managing the workplace.
- Acting as Officer in Charge within the absence of the Head of Office.
- Managing companies within the useful areas of operations assist: finances, monetary administration and reporting, amenities administration, administration, provide and logistics administration, data and communications know-how, human sources, and security and safety and convening the opposite features to reach at a unified imaginative and prescient.
- Ensuring processes are in place to establish, promote and empower the potential in employees via profession improvement, alternatives for stretch assignments and succession planning.
- Acting as member of the Country and Senior Management Teams, representing the organizational threat, governance programs and insurance policies perspective in administration discussions, and selling results-based administration.
- Understanding enterprise wants for the Country Programme, to anticipate challenges, suggest viable options, present artistic and progressive concepts aimed toward a solution- targeted strategy to incorporate worth for cash methods, all underpinned by high quality assurance measures.
- Providing key contribution to CPD, CPMP, AMP and assist to Results Based Management and implementation utilizing Value for Money standards.
- Leveraging know-how for outcomes and programme accountabilities, making efficient adoption of instruments and selling the basics of ICT administration, data safety and controls.
- Supporting the nation workplace throughout exterior and inside audit evaluations and responding to audit observations and monitoring implementation of suggestions.
- Guiding Supply and Logistics methods and interventions to satisfy programmatic wants whereas guaranteeing Value for Money (VfM), together with procurement of match for function services and products, and offering advisory assist to governments, nationwide programs and companions on provide chain administration.
- Leveraging governance, programs, and instruments to offer common suggestions on dangers and achievements of operations features within the nation.
- Leading on facility administration with a particular concentrate on inclusive accessibility, eco sustainability and customary premises.
- Overseeing enterprise transactions processed by GSSC from a perspective of Efficiency, Performance, Risk Management and Fraud prevention.
- Supporting the administration of PSFR operations and selling effectivity throughout programs and processes, the place relevant.
- In fragile context and humanitarian contexts, be certain that UNICEF workplaces are match for function to allow the well timed supply of humanitarian help by UNICEF and its companions – in compliance with the commitments and requirements enshrined within the Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action – and of its function as CLA (the place clusters are activated). This consists of guaranteeing the necessary use and application of the Emergency Procedures, as relevant.
The Deputy Representative, Operations will likely be entrusted with the next 5 pillars, the core focus of all operations features:
- Valuing People: Lead, handle and develop folks sources to advertise technical competence and foster profession development and retention of a “fit for purpose”/ agile workforce inside the Operations perform.
- Valuing Money: Champion strategic sources to realize organizational targets and guarantee Value for Money (VfM).
- Valuing Risk Management: Enhance Risk Management to extend organizational efficiency and strengthen inside management.
- Valuing Systems and Structures: Ensure additional operational centralization and optimization for maximized effectivity beneficial properties.
- Valuing Partners: Strengthening inside and external-facing partnerships and leveraging UNICEF’s oversight and understanding of monetary administration throughout all areas of the workplace.
If you want to know extra about this place, please evaluation the entire Job Description right here: 
To qualify as an advocate for each child you’ll have…
Minimum necessities:
- Education: An Advanced University Degree (Master’s and above) in one of many following areas is required: Business administration; Financial administration; Accounting; Public Finance; and associated operations perform (Supply Chain, Human Resources, Information Technology, International Business, Project administration, and many others.) or a full skilled accounting designation (CA, ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA, CPFA, Expert Comptable) from an internationally acknowledged institute/physique of accountancy with legitimate membership in good standing is required.
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Work Experience: A minimal of 10 years {of professional} expertise, on the nationwide and worldwide degree, is required, particularly in advocating and implementing strategic organizational initiatives in a number of operations administration space together with finances; monetary administration and reporting; amenities administration; administration; provide and logistics administration; data and communication know-how; human sources.
- Experience in humanitarian settings is strongly desired.
- Prior expertise within the improvement sector or UN system/ worldwide NGOs could be an asset.
- For nation workplaces with a big personal sector fundraising operation, prior expertise working with or within the personal sector, and supporting personal sector fundraising, is fascinating.
Additional expertise in a number of of the next areas, could be desired:
- Audit and investigations
- Safety and safety
- Grant Management
- Enterprise Risk Management
- Experience in a UN system company, giant personal or public firm, or expertise working in a growing nation and/or humanitarian/ emergency context is an asset.
- Experience in working with company ERPs (Enterprise Resource Planning) and IPSAS (International Public Sector Accounting Standards) is extremely fascinating.
- Experience in Results Based Management is a requirement.
- Experience in managing profitable client-oriented work models is an asset.
- Experience in co-creating coverage is fascinating.
- Prior expertise working with numerous stakeholder teams or multi-stakeholder partnership is extremely fascinating.
- Previous hands-on expertise in strategic and managerial management is required.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office purposes is required.
- Language Requirements: Fluency in French and English is required. Knowledge of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Spanish or Russian) is an asset.
Desirables:
- 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 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
[add the 8th competency (Nurtures, leads and manages people) for a supervisory role].
Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its totally 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 youngsters, a job that works immediately with identifiable youngsters’s information, a safeguarding response function, or an assessed threat function. Additional vetting and evaluation for elevated threat roles in child safeguarding (doubtlessly together with further legal background checks) apply.
UNICEF is dedicated to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, no matter 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 depart, breastfeeding breaks, and cheap lodging for individuals with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the usage of versatile working preparations. Click here to study extra about versatile work preparations, well-being, and advantages.
According to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), individuals with disabilities embody those that have long-term bodily, psychological, mental, or sensory impairments which, in interplay with numerous obstacles, might 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 extend the variety of workers with disabilities by 2030. At UNICEF, we offer reasonable accommodation for work-related assist necessities of candidates and workers with disabilities. Also, UNICEF has launched a Global Accessibility Helpdesk to strengthen bodily and digital accessibility. If you’re an applicant with a incapacity who wants digital accessibility assist in finishing the net application, please submit your request via the accessibility e-mail button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF.
UNICEF doesn’t rent candidates who’re married to youngsters (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 based mostly on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, non secular or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is dedicated to advertise the safety and safeguarding of all youngsters. All chosen candidates will, due to this fact, bear rigorous reference and background checks, and will likely be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules. Background checks will embody 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, 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 within the employment of the employees 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 youngsters. For this place, eligible and appropriate feminine candidates are inspired to apply.
Government workers who’re thought of for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities positions earlier than taking on an task with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the best to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance shouldn’t be obtained, or mandatory inoculation necessities aren’t met, inside an inexpensive interval for any motive.
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.
Mobility is a situation of worldwide skilled employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the worldwide civil service.
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 degree of the submit within the related useful 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.
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