Apply for Social Policy Specialist (M&E, Project Management, Reporting), Temporary Appointment (364 days), P3, Kyiv, Ukraine, #131409 Unicef Job Vacancy | Unicef Careers

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How are you able to make a difference? 

The basic mission of UNICEF is to advertise the rights of each child, in every single place, in all the pieces 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, schooling 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 progress and stability of nations. This is why the deal with fairness is so important. It accelerates progress in 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 improvement of countries.

Background:

Ukraine is dealing with escalating poverty and inequality because of the ongoing battle and its extreme socioeconomic impacts. Pre-existing demographic and structural challenges have been compounded by the warfare, disproportionately affecting weak teams reminiscent of ladies, kids, individuals with disabilities, older individuals, and internally displaced individuals (IDPs). This has intensified the necessity for complete social sector reforms to boost the effectivity and effectiveness of Ukraine’s social safety system, strengthen its capability to help weak populations, and promote financial progress and social cohesion.

The Government of Ukraine has prioritized social safety reform in its restoration plan, supported by the UN Transitional Framework and the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF). These reforms purpose to ascertain a extra coherent, versatile, and responsive system able to addressing each instant wants and long-term structural challenges. UNICEF has been a key accomplice in these efforts, offering technical and monetary help, and main the Social Protection Reform Office underneath the Ministry of Social Policy (MoSP) to drive reforms and coordinate efforts with different stakeholders.

Recognizing the significance of strengthening social safety methods, the UK authorities has launched the SPIRIT programme to help extra inclusive, efficient, and environment friendly social methods and companies – laying the foundations for longer-term reform and restoration aligned with Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations. One of the mechanisms of the SPIRIT programme to realize these targets is to arrange a Social Recovery Office (SRO) led by UNICEF working hand in hand with the Ministry of Social Policy to:

• Support Ukraine’s imaginative and prescient for a sustainable, resilient and rights-based restoration underpinned by inclusive, efficient and environment friendly social safety methods for essentially the most weak and war-impacted teams;
• Improve coordination, strengthen technical capability, and catalyse evidence-based reforms according to Ukraine Plan commitments throughout social safety, companies and inclusion priorities
• Develop roadmap, generate studying/commissioning proof, and establishing formal coordination buildings to enhance alignment, maximise effectivity, and open doorways for nearer cooperation and partnership throughout the Government of Ukraine, Development Partners, Civil Society, Private Sector, and the broader International Community.

Job organizational context:

Under the SPIRIT Programme, a Social Recovery Office led by UNICEF has been set as much as work instantly with the Ministry of Social Policy.

The Social Policy Specialist could be reporting to Deputy Head of the Social Recovery Office.

Purpose for the job:

Under the overall steerage of the supervisor, the Social Policy Specialist is accountable for supporting the programme administration, implementation, monitoring, analysis, and reporting of all levels of social coverage programming and associated advocacy, from strategic planning and formulation to the supply of concrete and sustainable outcomes. This contains main the event and implementation of a undertaking administration method for the Social Recovery Office and making certain group members are successfully using related instruments and methodologies. The function additionally encompasses coordinating and delivering well timed and correct reporting, together with donor stories and SPIRIT programme updates. This contains programmes geared toward enhancing (a) public insurance policies to cut back child poverty; (b) social safety protection and impression on kids; (c) the transparency, adequacy, fairness and effectivity of child-focused public investments and monetary administration; and (d) governance, decentralization and accountability measures to extend public participation and the standard, fairness and protection of social companies.

In addition to those tasks, the Social Policy Specialist ensures systematic and arranged coordination and planning of actions, embedding danger evaluation and mitigation methods into program administration. Through information administration, data-driven decision-making, and fostering steady studying, the specialist contributes to the achievement of sustainable and impactful outcomes that advance the well-being of kids and households.

Summary of key features/accountabilities:

1. UNICEF Programme Management and Knowledge Management

• Develops and implements a undertaking administration method tailor-made for the Social Recovery Office, making certain the methodology and related instruments are successfully adopted and utilized by group members. Provides ongoing help and steerage to group members to make sure constant and proficient application of the method.
• Ensures well timed and correct preparation of stories for all stakeholders, together with donor stories, SPIRIT programme board updates, and UNICEF inner updates. Supports systematic monitoring and reporting processes to boost accountability and make sure the dissemination of key info for decision-making and studying.
• Manages and coordinates technical help to strengthen the Social Recovery Office’s operations, embedding danger evaluation and mitigation methods into all undertaking actions. Collaborates intently with programme groups, companions, and stakeholders to make sure alignment and impression.
• Supports and contributes to efficient and environment friendly planning, administration, coordination, monitoring and analysis of the workplace. Ensures that the social planning undertaking enhances coverage dialogue, planning, supervision, technical recommendation, administration, coaching, analysis and help; and that the monitoring and analysis part strengthens monitoring and analysis of the social sectors and supplies help to sectoral and decentralized info methods.
• Ensure that the SPIRIT programme is strengthened by information administration by means of knowledge assortment and evaluation, full and correct reporting in addition to participation within the Programme Knowledge Network system of “lessons learned” and different corporate-level databases.
• Leads in programme evaluations and knowledge alternate by means of donor and media visits in addition to within the improvement of coaching and orientation supplies.

2. Improving knowledge on child poverty & vulnerability for elevated use for coverage and programme motion

• Analyzes the macroeconomic context and its impression on social improvement, rising points and social coverage issues, in addition to implications for kids, and proposes and promotes applicable responses in respect of such points and issues, together with authorities useful resource allocation insurance policies and the results of social welfare insurance policies on the rights of kids.

3. Strengthening social safety protection and impression for kids

• Supports the event of social safety insurance policies, laws and programmes with consideration to rising protection of and impression on kids, with particular consideration essentially the most marginalized.  Identifies, generates and presents proof to help this purpose in collaboration with companions.
• Promotes strengthening of built-in social safety methods, offering technical help to companions to enhance the design of money transfers and child grants and enhance linkages with different social safety interventions reminiscent of medical health insurance, public works and social care companies in addition to complementary companies and intervention associated to vitamin, well being, schooling, water and sanitation, child safety and HIV.

4. Improving use of public monetary assets for kids

• Supports the identification of coverage choices for improved home financing of child-sensitive social safety interventions.
• Undertakes and builds capability of companions for improved monitoring and monitoring of public expenditure to help transparency, accountability and efficient monetary flows for important service supply, together with by means of help to district stage planning, budgeting and public monetary administration in addition to facilitating group participation

5. Strengthening capability of native governments to plan, finances, seek the advice of on and monitor child-focused social companies.

• Where nationwide decentralization processes are happening, collaborates with central and native authorities to enhance insurance policies, planning, budgeting, session and accountability processes in order that selections and child-focused service supply extra intently reply to the wants of native communities.
• Collaborates with the central and native authorities to strengthen capability on high quality knowledge assortment, evaluation for coverage improvement, planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring of important social companies, with emphasis on group participation and accountability.

6. Strengthened advocacy and partnerships for child-sensitive social coverage

• Supports right and compelling use of information and proof on the state of affairs of kids and protection and impression of child targeted companies – in help of the social coverage programme and the nation programme total. 
• Supports the institution of efficient partnerships with the Government, bilateral and multilateral donors, NGOs, civil society and native leaders, the non-public sector, and different UN companies to help sustained and proactive dedication to the Convention of the Rights of the Child and to realize international UN agendas such because the Sustainable Development Goals.
• Contributes to methods for engagement and the event of communications merchandise to boost UNICEF’s visibility and affect with current and potential companions and key stakeholders by offering evaluation of the present setting and developments and formulating suggestions for technique approaches and message improvement. Works intently with UNICEF’s colleagues to make sure that coverage advocacy and outreach is strongly grounded within the expertise and insights of the programmes that UNICEF’s helps. Contributes written inputs for communications devices that finest inform and affect determination makers.

Impact of Results

• The strategic and efficient advocacy, planning, and formulation of social coverage applications/tasks, mixed with the event and implementation of a strong undertaking administration method for the Social Recovery Office, ensures the achievement of sustainable outcomes. This contributes considerably to the creation of a protecting setting for kids, safeguarding their survival, improvement, and well-being in society. Furthermore, systematic monitoring, correct reporting, and efficient information administration improve the impression and accountability of applications, fostering knowledgeable decision-making and steady enchancment.

The integration of complete reporting mechanisms, together with donor stories and SPIRIT programme board updates, strengthens transparency and belief amongst stakeholders. These achievements not solely advance the targets of social coverage applications but additionally bolster UNICEF’s credibility and capability to ship impactful companies for moms and youngsters. This, in flip, promotes higher social equality within the nation, reinforcing UNICEF’s function as a trusted accomplice in fostering sustainable improvement and equitable alternatives for all.

To qualify as an advocate for each child you should have…

Minimum necessities:

Education:

• An superior college diploma in one of many following fields is required: Economics, Public Policy, Social Sciences, International Relations, Political Science, or one other related technical area.  

Work Experience:

• A minimal of 5 years of related skilled work expertise is required.
• A background in undertaking administration and related skilled {qualifications}/certifications are a minimal requirement. The superb candidate shall be conversant with a variety of undertaking administration approaches and related instruments.

Language Requirements: 

• Fluency in English is required.

Desirables:

• Developing nation work expertise and/or familiarity with emergency. 
• Experience working in a programme administration and/or UNICEF programme coverage, procedures and pointers is taken into account as a robust asset.
• Background and/or familiarity with social safety reforms is taken into account as a robust asset.
• Knowledge of one other official UN language or Ukrainian is an asset.

For each Child, you exhibit…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin all the pieces 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) 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 completely 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, 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 measures to include a more diverse workforce, reminiscent of paid parental depart, day off for breastfeeding functions, 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 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 endure rigorous reference and background checks and shall 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 extra 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 shall 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 shall 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 crucial to ship the very best outcomes for kids. For this place, eligible and appropriate individuals 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 task with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the fitting to withdraw a proposal of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance shouldn’t be obtained, or needed inoculation necessities usually are not met, inside an inexpensive interval for any purpose. 

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 shall be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of. An inner candidate performing on the stage of the put up within the related practical space, or an inner/exterior candidate within the corresponding Talent Group, could also be chosen, if appropriate for the put up, 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 circumstances of the short-term task will range relying on the standing of their put up and relocation entitlements could also be restricted as per the related insurance policies.

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This place relies in Kyiv and the incumbent shall be anticipated to work on-site. However, relying on the safety circumstances and advisory, s/he shall be required to relocate inside Ukraine.