UNICEF works in over 190 nations and territories to save lots of youngsters’s lives, defend their rights, and assist them fulfill their potential, from early childhood by adolescence.
At UNICEF, we’re dedicated, passionate, and pleased with what we do. Promoting the rights of each child isn’t just a job – it’s a calling.
UNICEF is a spot the place careers are constructed: we provide our employees numerous alternatives for private {and professional} improvement that can assist them develop a satisfying profession whereas delivering on a rewarding mission. We pleasure ourselves on a tradition that helps employees thrive, coupled with a lovely compensation and advantages bundle.
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For each child, Health.
The basic mission of UNICEF is to advertise the rights of each child, in all places, in all the pieces the group does — in packages, in advocacy and in operations. The fairness technique, emphasizing probably the most deprived and excluded youngsters and households, interprets this dedication to youngsters’s rights into motion. For UNICEF, fairness implies that all youngsters 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 youngsters the chance to meet their potential but additionally will result in sustained progress and stability of nations. This is why the give attention to fairness is so important. It accelerates progress in direction of realizing the human rights of all youngsters, 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.
How are you able to make a difference?
Under the shut supervision and steerage of the supervisor, you assist the respective part(s) by finishing up a spread of procedural, administrative, and operational duties to assist develop, implement, and monitor their nation programme, guaranteeing well timed and efficient supply that’s according to UNICEF guidelines and laws.
Summary of key features/accountabilities:
- Facilitating the processing of contracts for consultants, distributors and exterior companions that assist the workplace in programme supply. This contains getting ready and submitting paperwork, finishing obligatory types and templates, importing TOR’s in VISION, and making obligatory logistical preparations. Keeps vendor lists, companions, and advisor rosters up-to-date.
- Collecting invoices and submitting paperwork for approval and thereafter processing in VISION and Mycase.
- Preparing and sustaining information, paperwork and management plans for the monitoring of venture/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 staff properly organized.
- Providing journey help to employees members in part for journey preparations and entitlements based mostly 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 worth for all journey.
- Maintaining and updating a system which displays the absence of employees.
- Preparing and sustaining information pertaining to programme planning and improvement for his/her respective part.
- Carrying out transactions in VISION guaranteeing programme outcomes, actions and programme coding are as per annual work plans (AWPs), and makes amendments and alterations as per part revisions when obligatory.
- Supporting capability improvement actions, conferences and conferences by making the logistical preparations, by participating with facilitators, caterers and hosts; arranging instances by liaising with members over availability; liaising with funds focal factors and part over prices and wishes; and getting ready background supplies for members.
To qualify as an advocate for each child you’ll have…
Minimum necessities:
- Education: Completion of secondary schooling is required, ideally supplemented by technical or college programs associated to the work of the group. A bachelor diploma could change 3 years of related work expertise and Masters diploma could change 2 years.
- Work Experience: A minimal of 5 years of progressively accountable administrative or clerical work expertise is required.
- Skills:
Thorough data of UNICEF administrative insurance policies and procedures.
Strong organizational, planning and prioritizing expertise and talents.
High sense of confidentiality, initiative and common sense.
Ability to work successfully with folks of various nationwide and cultural backgrounds.
Training and expertise utilizing MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and different UNICEF software program equivalent to SharePoint
Strong workplace administration expertise.
- Language Requirements: Fluency in French is required. Knowledge of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, English, Russian or Spanish) or a neighborhood language is an asset.
For each Child, you display…
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-consciousness and moral consciousness
(3) Drive to attain 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 completely different ranges.
UNICEF is dedicated to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, regardless of 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 affords paid parental depart, breastfeeding breaks, and affordable lodging for individuals with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages using versatile working preparations. Click here to be taught extra about versatile work preparations, properly-being, and advantages.
According to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), individuals with disabilities embrace those that have lengthy-time period bodily, psychological, mental, or sensory impairments which, in interplay with varied obstacles, could 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 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’re an applicant with a incapacity who wants digital accessibility assist in finishing the net application, please submit your request by 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 goals 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, spiritual or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is dedicated to advertise the safety and safeguarding of all youngsters. All chosen candidates will, subsequently, bear rigorous reference and background checks, and will probably be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas. Background checks will embrace 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 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 should be inoculated as required or obtain a medical exemption from the related division of the UN. Otherwise, the choice will probably be canceled.
Remarks:
Previous candidates needn’t reapply as their authentic application will probably be duly thought of
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 variety and inclusion is crucial to ship the very best outcomes for youngsters. For this place, eligible and appropriate male candidates 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 over an project with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the appropriate to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance just isn’t obtained, or obligatory 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.
All UNICEF positions are marketed, and solely 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 put up within the related purposeful space, or an inside/exterior candidate within the corresponding Talent Group, could also be chosen, if appropriate for the put up, with out evaluation of different candidates.
Additional details about working for UNICEF could be discovered here.
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