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For each child, hope
Join Adolescent Development And Participation (ADAP) team at UNICEF Ukraine!
How are you able to make a difference?
In latest years UNICEF has elevated its give attention to younger folks. The UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2018−2021 acknowledges the entire spectrum of younger folks, together with younger adults or youth over 18, and consists of in its Change Strategies “supporting young people and children as agents of change.” Taking its cue from the strategic plan, the Global Communication and Advocacy Strategy 2019−2021 (GCAS) asserts the vital function that younger folks can play within the profitable realization of UNICEF’s mandate, and descriptions the necessity to hearken to, co-create and collaborate with younger folks and create significant engagement alternatives for them to make a difference. Being vital drivers of change, kids and younger persons are important companions and contributors to each the event and implementation of UNICEF’s Strategic Plan 2022 2025. With a brand new and impressive SP, UNICEF intends to be deliberate and dedicated in absolutely involving kids and younger folks in creating the options to speed up the conclusion of the SDGs and driving change ahead.
Organizational context
The Youth Engagement Officer reviews to Chief ADAP Section, who’s at Level P4.
Purpose of the job:
This function will help Ukraine UNICEF workplace to develop, implement and monitor efficient and interesting packages on younger folks engagement and participation throughout sectors. Under the management of Chief ADAP Section the function will assist the event and implementation and monitoring of youth participation methods, partnerships administration, and capability constructing.
Summary of key features/accountabilities:
- Youth Engagement and Participation technique improvement and implementation
- Youth Participation content material improvement
- Youth Engagement platforms administration (e.g. U-Report)
- Young People Advisory Board
- Safeguarding and participation
- Youth Engagement M&E
- Project and finances administration
- Youth Engagement capability constructing & Knowledge Management
- Stakeholder engagement
- Others
This employees member will assist the event of efficient, built-in methods for youth engagement in participation, advocacy and campaigning. They will work collaboratively with colleagues throughout groups, in addition to with exterior companions, to create significant alternatives for younger folks to take motion in assist of kids’s rights via UNICEF’s campaigns and precedence initiatives.
Duties embody:
1. Youth Engagement technique improvement and implementation:
Assist within the improvement of youth engagement methods to attain SMART outcomes.
2. Youth Participation content material improvement:
Assist within the improvement and implementation of methodological content material and technical experience with and for youth as part of programmatic and advocacy priorities.
3. Youth Engagement Platforms administration:
Support content material moderation, group administration, content material creation and M&E for youth targeted platforms/communities. Assist within the native coordination and implementation of U-Report.
4. Young People Advisory Board:
Support the functioning of Young People Advisory Board: researching potential youth advocates; supporting workplan improvement and communication; supporting youth advocates in preparation for occasions/media; documenting learnings and successes.
5. Safeguarding and participation:
Ensure adherence to ideas of child/youth participation and safeguarding when aiding within the improvement/implementation of all campaigns, packages and platforms.
6. Youth Engagement M&E:
Support the monitoring and analysis of youth engagement methods, campaigns and platforms. Assist within the preparation of related reviews.
7. Project and finances administration:
Support the day-to-day supply of key initiatives/ workstreams, growing and monitoring venture plans to make sure progress and handle obstacles and bottlenecks. Support efficient finances administration, projections and monitoring.
8. Youth Engagement capability constructing & Knowledge Management:
Support the implementation of capability constructing and data administration efforts. Assist within the improvement of trainings and workshops; and develop and disseminate case research and different data administration merchandise.
9. Stakeholder engagement:
Research present and potential companions. Assist and preserve a database of formal and casual partnerships and networks whose assist is crucial to reaching targets. Support the move of data to key stakeholders.
10. Others:
Undertake different key duties as required.
Impact of Results
The effectivity and efficacy of assist supplied by the Youth Engagement Officer:
- Increased capability to interact younger folks as advocates and champions for kids’s rights via flagship campaigns and platforms.
- Strategic, revolutionary, efficient and interesting packages with elevated and strong participation of younger folks, in the end serving to to attain key advocacy targets for the group.
- A constructive social norms change amongst younger folks, laying the groundwork for sustained supporter engagement.
To qualify as an advocate for each child you should have…
Minimum necessities:
Education:
University diploma in Communications, Marketing, Journalism, International Relations, Social Policy, International Development, or one other associated subject.
Work Experience:
- At least two (2) years of related skilled work expertise in advocacy/ programming or communications targeted on younger folks is required.
- Experience in supporting the event and implementation of youth engagement methods, with particular, measurable and timebound targets and efficiency indicators.
- Demonstrated expertise in supporting and/or managing initiatives to completion, together with growing and implementing clear processes.
- Demonstrated expertise in designing content material for youth audiences and/or group moderation of youth targeted platforms.
- Experience in supporting the efficient functioning of a staff.
- Knowledge of kids’s rights, public coverage, worldwide improvement and humanitarian points.
- Knowledge of child safeguarding and ethics of working with kids and youth.
Language Requirements:
- Fluency in English and Ukrainian is required.
Desirables:
- Developing nation work expertise and/or familiarity with emergency.
- Experience working for an advocacy or campaigning group e.g. nationwide or worldwide NGO, UN or different multilateral group is an asset.
- Experience in supporting coaching and facilitation is an asset.
- Experience working in a growing and emergency surroundings is an asset.
- Knowledge of one other official UN language or a neighborhood language is an asset.
For each Child, you reveal…
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 attain outcomes for impression
(4) Innovates and embraces change
(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity
(6) Thinks and acts strategically
(7) Works collaboratively with others
(8) Nurtures, leads and manages folks
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 range of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, no matter their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, 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 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 below 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and targets 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 shall be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Selected candidates could also be required to supply 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 shall be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may be topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be chosen for a place with UNICEF, you both should 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 employees is the need of securing the very best requirements of effectivity, competence, and integrity.
UNICEF’s energetic dedication to range and inclusion is vital to ship the most effective outcomes for kids. For this place, eligible and appropriate folks with disabilities are inspired to apply.
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This place is predicated 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.
Youth Engagement Officer, Fixed Term, NO-2, Kyiv, Ukraine, #131246
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