UNICEF works in over 190 international locations and territories to avoid wasting youngsters’s lives, defend their rights, and assist them fulfill their potential, from early childhood by means of 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 workers various alternatives for private and skilled improvement that can assist them develop a satisfying profession whereas delivering on a rewarding mission. We satisfaction ourselves on a tradition that helps workers thrive, coupled with a horny compensation and advantages package deal.
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For each child, good well being and progress in a sustainable atmosphere
The basic mission of UNICEF is to advertise the rights of each child, in every single place, in every little thing 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 signifies 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 satisfy their potential but additionally will result in sustained progress and stability of nations. This is why the deal with fairness is so very important. It accelerates progress in the 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.
UNICEF began operation in Cambodia in 1952 and opened first nation workplace in 1973 in Phnom Penh. More info on what we do in Cambodia is obtainable at https://www.unicef.org/cambodia/.
How are you able to make a difference?
You can be accountable for managing and supervising all phases of well being and vitamin parts inside the nation programme, from strategic planning and formulation to supply and reporting of outcomes. You will lead and handle a medium sized staff of pros in the direction of the achievement of concrete and sustainable leads to help of the Royal Government of Cambodia’s Health Sector Strategic Plan, National Strategy for Food Security and Nutrition and Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Roadmap.
You may also lead the event of strategic alliances with stakeholders together with donors, for advancing the Healthy Environments for Healthy Children (HEHC) agenda in Cambodia as part of an total precedence focus on non-communicable illnesses that includes a number of sectors inside authorities.
To qualify as an advocate for each child you should have…
Minimum necessities:
- Education: An superior college diploma (Master’s or greater) in public well being/vitamin, pediatric well being, household well being, well being/vitamin analysis, international/worldwide well being and vitamin, coverage and/or administration, environmental well being sciences, biostatistics, socio-medical, well being schooling, epidemiology, vitamin, dietary epidemiology, well being sciences, or one other well being and nutrition-related science area.
- Work Experience: A minimal of eight years of related skilled expertise in a creating nation in a number of of the next areas is required: public well being/vitamin planning and administration, neonatal and child well being/vitamin care, common well being protection, meals methods. Direct fingers on expertise in help of nationwide governments within the areas of UHC or meals methods important.
- Skills: Advanced partnerships and negotiations abilities are important.
- Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required.
Desirables:
- Experience in well being/vitamin programme/challenge improvement and administration in a UN system company or group is an asset.
- Coordination abilities particularly in sector coordination at nation degree is an asset
- Good understanding of IFIs and bilateral donor nation engagement processes in center earnings international locations is an asset
- Developing nation work expertise and/or familiarity with emergency.
- Knowledge of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a neighborhood language is an asset.
For each Child, you exhibit…
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin every little thing 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-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.
This place has been assessed as an elevated threat function for Child Safeguarding functions as it’s both a job with direct contact with youngsters, a job that works instantly with identifiable youngsters’s information, a safeguarding response function, or an assessed threat function. Additional vetting and evaluation for elevated threat roles in child safeguarding (probably together with extra legal background checks) apply.
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 turn into a part of the group. To create a extra inclusive office, UNICEF gives paid parental go away, breastfeeding breaks, and affordable lodging for individuals with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the usage of versatile working preparations. Click here to study extra about versatile work preparations, well-being, and advantages.
According to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), individuals with disabilities embrace those that have long-term bodily, psychological, mental, or sensory impairments which, in interplay with numerous boundaries, 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 extend the variety of workers with disabilities by 2030. At UNICEF, we offer reasonable accommodation for work-related help necessities of candidates and workers 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 help in finishing the web application, please submit your request by means of the accessibility electronic mail button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF.
UNICEF doesn’t rent candidates who’re married to youngsters (individuals underneath 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and aims 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 advertise the safety and safeguarding of all youngsters. All chosen candidates will, subsequently, endure rigorous reference and background checks, and can be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules. Background checks will embrace 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, 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 can 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 should be inoculated as required or obtain a medical exemption from the related division of the UN. Otherwise, the choice can be canceled.
Remarks:
Candidates who utilized earlier don’t have to reapply.
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.
Government workers 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 proper to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance just isn’t obtained, or crucial inoculation necessities are usually not 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 is not going to ask for candidates’ checking account info.
Mobility is a situation of worldwide skilled employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the worldwide civil service.
All UNICEF positions are marketed, and solely shortlisted candidates can be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of. An inner candidate performing on the degree of the publish within the related practical space, or an inner/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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