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For each child, alternative
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How are you able to make a difference?
Under the final steerage of the Social Policy Specialist (PF4C), the incumbent is accountable for offering technical assist to the implementation, monitoring, and analysis of all levels of social coverage programming and associated advocacy associated to public finance for kids (PF4C). In the context of Sierra Leone, the affect of the Covid-19 pandemic, excessive ranges of inflation and the continued meals and gasoline disaster have negatively impacted households’ financial state of affairs and hampered the federal government’s means to ship social providers for kids. The ongoing pressure on households has demonstrated the significance of prioritising social sectors corresponding to Health, Education, Nutrition, Child Protection and Social Protection throughout the nation’s restricted fiscal area, prioritising kids in public spending via the state finances, whereas taking care to decrease the adverse implications of the debt state of affairs on probably the most susceptible strata. A seasoned PF4C Specialist is required to advise, affect and persuade resolution makers primarily based on tangible proof to set up extra protecting fiscal insurance policies for probably the most susceptible teams, taking them under consideration in an fairness-primarily based method in public spending.
Key Functions, Accountabilities and Related Duties/Tasks
- Improving information on child poverty & vulnerability for elevated use for coverage and programme motion
- Improving use of public monetary sources for kids
- Strengthening social safety protection and affect for kids
- Strengthening capability of native governments to plan, finances, seek the advice of on and monitor child-focused social providers
- Strengthened advocacy and partnerships for child-sensitive social coverage
- UNICEF programme administration
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To qualify as an advocate for each child you’ll 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 subject.
- Work Experience: At least 5 (5) years of related work expertise is required.
- Other expertise:
- Knowledge of public finance ideas together with worth for cash in social sectors, finances cycle and processes, and costing strategies
- Good analytical expertise, particularly utilized to economics and public finance.
- Advanced quantitative evaluation and capability to synthesize massive information units and data in a transparent and person-pleasant method.
- Strong expertise in offering technical help to nationwide and native authorities, together with via participatory approaches is fascinating.
- Familiarity with Public Financing for Children
- Excellent pc expertise and data of Microsoft Office Package, notably Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a neighborhood language 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 the whole lot we do and how 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-consciousness and moral consciousness
(3) Drive to obtain 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.
This place has been assessed as an elevated danger position for Child Safeguarding functions as it’s both a task with direct contact with kids, a task that works straight with identifiable kids’s information, a safeguarding response position, or an assessed danger position. Additional vetting and evaluation for elevated danger roles in child safeguarding (probably together with further prison background checks) apply.
UNICEF is dedicated to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, no matter gender, nationality, spiritual or ethnic background, and individuals with disabilities, to apply to grow to be a part of the group. To create a extra inclusive office, UNICEF presents paid parental go away, breastfeeding breaks, and affordable lodging for individuals with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages using versatile working preparations. Click here to study extra about versatile work preparations, nicely-being, and advantages.
According to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), individuals with disabilities embody those that have lengthy-time period bodily, psychological, mental, or sensory impairments which, in interplay with numerous limitations, 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 improve the variety of staff with disabilities by 2030. At UNICEF, we offer reasonable accommodation for work-associated assist necessities of candidates and staff with disabilities. Also, UNICEF has launched a Global Accessibility Helpdesk to strengthen bodily and digital accessibility. If you might be 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 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 primarily based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, spiritual or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is dedicated to promote the safety and safeguarding of all kids. All chosen candidates will, due to this fact, endure rigorous reference and background checks, and will probably be anticipated to adhere to these requirements and ideas. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Selected candidates could also be required to present 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 obligation station is required for IP positions and will probably 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 have to be inoculated as required or obtain a medical exemption from the related division of the UN. Otherwise, the choice will probably 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 crucial to ship one of the best outcomes for kids. For this place, eligible and appropriate feminine candidates or individuals residing with disabilities are inspired to apply.
Government staff who’re thought-about for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities positions earlier than taking on an task with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the appropriate to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance shouldn’t be obtained, or vital inoculation necessities usually are not met, inside an inexpensive interval for any purpose.
UNICEF doesn’t cost a processing price at any stage of its recruitment, choice, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and coaching). UNICEF is not going to ask for candidates’ checking account data.
All UNICEF positions are marketed, and only shortlisted candidates will probably be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of. An inside candidate performing on the stage of the publish within the related purposeful space, or an inside/exterior candidate within the corresponding Talent Group, could also be chosen, if appropriate for the publish, with out evaluation of different candidates.
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Social Policy Specialist (PF4C and Local Governance), NO-3, Freetown, Sierra Leone, # 131230 – open only to Sierra Leonean nationals
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