Apply for Generic Vacancy Announcement: Programme Assistant, GS-5, Gaza, State of Palestine Unicef Job Vacancy | Unicef Careers

For each child, hope

UNICEF within the State of Palestine works to uphold the rights of youngsters to entry companies and safety, from early childhood by to adolescence. Our goal is to make sure that each child within the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, together with East Jerusalem, irrespective of background or circumstance, has an equal likelihood to fulfil their potential.

In the previous years, UNICEF within the State of Palestine has achieved a excessive attain and engagement by its communication channels. UNICEF-SoP wish to construct on this and proceed partaking with our viewers, who aren’t solely search info however are prepared to have essential conversations on essential points regarding youngsters’s wellbeing and rights. 

How are you able to make a difference?

Under the shut supervision and steering of the supervisor, the programme assistant helps the respective part (s) by finishing up a variety of procedural, administrative, and operational duties, to assist develop, implement and monitor their nation programme, making certain well timed and efficient supply that’s per UNICEF guidelines and rules.   

III. Key capabilities, accountabilities and associated duties/duties

Summary of key capabilities/accountabilities:

• Facilitating the processing of contracts for consultants, distributors and exterior companions that help the workplace in programme supply. This contains making ready and submitting paperwork, finishing essential varieties and templates, importing TOR’s in VISION, and making essential logistical preparations. Keeps vendor lists, companions, and marketing consultant rosters up-to-date.
• Collecting invoices and submitting paperwork for approval and thereafter processing in VISION and Mycase.
• Preparing and sustaining data, paperwork and management plans for the monitoring of undertaking/programme implementation and monetary expenditures.
• Supporting the administration of administrative provides and workplace gear.
• Maintaining workplace calendar and arranging conferences. Taking minutes of conferences and preserving the correspondence of the crew properly organized.
• Providing journey help to employees members in part for journey preparations and entitlements primarily based on the group’s guidelines and insurance policies. Liaising with related journey focal factors to make sure that the group obtains the very best service and value for all journey.
• Maintaining and updating a system which screens the absence of employees.
• Preparing and sustaining data pertaining to programme planning and growth for his/her respective part.
• Carrying out transactions in VISION making certain programme outcomes, actions and programme coding are as per annual work plans (AWPs), and makes amendments and alterations as per part revisions when essential.
• Supporting capability growth actions, conferences and conferences by making the logistical preparations, by partaking with facilitators, caterers and hosts; arranging instances by liaising with individuals over availability; liaising with funds focal factors and part over prices and wishes; and making ready background supplies for individuals.

IV. Impact of Results

S/He helps the part within the compilation and coordination of key work merchandise, making certain deadlines are met and that established guidelines and procedures are adopted. The help supplied by the programme assistant subsequently creates the strongest potential administrative platform from which the nation programme can then be delivered. The key outcomes have an effect on the general efficiency of the nation workplace and success within the implementation of undertaking/programme actions.

V. Skills

• Thorough data of UNICEF administrative insurance policies and procedures.
• Strong organizational, planning and prioritizing expertise and talents.
• High sense of confidentiality, initiative and logic.
• Ability to work successfully with individuals of totally different nationwide and cultural backgrounds.
• Training and expertise utilizing MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and different UNICEF software program resembling SharePoint
• Strong workplace administration expertise. 

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

Educations

Completion of secondary training is required, ideally supplemented by technical or college programs associated to the work of the group.

A bachelor’s diploma from a acknowledged educational establishment in a subject related to the place could substitute three years of associated work expertise. A grasp’s diploma could substitute an extra two years.

Experience

A minimal of 5 years of progressively accountable administrative or clerical work expertise is required.

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.

For each Child, you show…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin all the pieces we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this publish 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 totally different ranges.

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived youngsters and our world workforce should replicate the variety of these youngsters. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or some other private attribute.
We provide a wide range of benefits to our staff, together with paid parental depart, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of versatile working preparations.
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 advertise the safety and safeguarding of all youngsters. 

Remarks:

This place is situated in Gaza and any provide of appointment is topic to the candidate’s means to take up the place on the obligation station inside an affordable interval.

In the present evolving emergency context, this place can be primarily based in Gaza the place medical services have been negatively affected and particular person persistent and/or severe medical situations can’t be adequately addressed.

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 energetic dedication to range and inclusion is essential to ship the very best outcomes for youngsters. For this place, eligible and appropriate feminine candidates are inspired to apply.

Mobility is a situation of worldwide skilled employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the worldwide civil service.

This is required for all posts requiring the next training diploma. “UNICEF solely considers greater instructional {qualifications} obtained from an establishment accredited/acknowledged within the World Higher Education Database (WHED), an inventory up to date by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The checklist might be accessed at http://www.whed.net/

Only shortlisted candidates can be notified and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of.

The GVA is open to all (inside and exterior candidates)

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 precise to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance just isn’t obtained, or essential inoculation necessities aren’t met, inside an affordable 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 won’t ask for candidates’ checking account info.

All UNICEF positions are marketed, and solely shortlisted candidates can be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of. An inside candidate performing on the degree 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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