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Summary of the important thing features, accountabilities and associated duties or duties embody:
1. Policy and Strategic Development for Digital-enabled Programming,
2. Manage the Innovation perform and supply technical and programmatic help,
3. Engage and preserve partnerships and networks,
4. Knowledge Management,
5. Capacity Building.
1. Policy and Strategic Development for Digital-enabled Programming
1.1. Digital Transformation and Innovation Strategies
Provide management to growth of DX and innovation methods at RO and CO degree; together with governance and administration, Innovation Portfolio approaches, partnerships and useful resource mobilization, evaluation of gaps, alternatives and scale-up technique in help of CO priorities.
1.2. Participation in programme and administration processes
Integrate innovation into the programme planning lifecycle. Align with programme priorities (e.g. AWP) and attend planning conferences (PCM) to train practical accountabilities.
1.3. Leadership and Quality Assurance
Oversee growth and high quality assurance throughout planning and deployment of innovation initiatives; take part in establishing and sustaining requirements, documentation and help mechanisms.
2. Manage the Innovation perform, and supply technical and programmatic help:
2.1. Business Relationship Management
Manage Business and Programme Relationship companies to outline high-level necessities; doc and match necessities and information the design, growth and deployment of acceptable Innovative options.
2.2. Portfolio Coordination
Lead deployment of the Innovation portfolio strategy to options prioritised for UNICEF programming
2.3. Support and help design of Innovation interventions
Provide help and technical help to the Country Office within the identification, choice, idea design, deployment and sustainability of Innovation interventions to deal with bottlenecks in direction of the achievement of programme outcomes.
2.4. Identify and assess new Innovations
Assist programme sections to establish and assess new initiatives, or new phases of on-going initiatives, with instant potential to enhance UNICEF programming.
2.5. Solution procurement and analysis
Assist the overview of technical options to make sure UNICEF requirements are adopted; contribute to mission administration processes, era and overview of phrases of reference and vendor choice.
2.6. Deployment recommendation and help
Advisory and help with implementation technique, together with technical oversight, troubleshooting and the documentation of challenges and resolutions.
2.7. Design considering
Support human/user-centred design strategies to allow user-acceptance testing, analysis, documentation and evaluation.
3. Engage and preserve partnerships and networks
3.1. Engage and preserve partnerships and networks
Develop partnerships and networks with native answer suppliers, innovators, NGOs, cultural and non secular organisations, the non-public sector, native media and academia to construct and supply an area to nurture and take a look at revolutionary initiatives and construct native capability.
3.2. Advocacy and communications
Represent the nation workplace in exterior, inter-agency or companion boards on Innovation.
3.3. Proposal and partnership growth
Identify alternatives for useful resource mobilisation and new partnerships and lead proposal and partnership growth efforts in shut collaboration with different Regional Offices, the place relevant.
3.4. Provide recommendation and help to programme companions
Provide technical and operational help to a variety of stakeholders and companions on UNICEF insurance policies, practices, requirements and norms.
3.5. Standards and procedures for possession
Work with stakeholders to assist develop requirements, procedures and partnerships for Innovation interventions and their transition to related Government and Civil Society Institutions.
3.6. Transfer and skill-sharing for programme companions
Build and maintain efficient shut working partnerships with authorities counterparts and nationwide stakeholders by way of lively sharing and switch of information, expertise and instruments to foster and facilitate innovation-enabled programming.
3.7. Document localized companions and profiles
Develop a listing of potential nation particular Innovation companions and their profiles/areas of engagement to advertise and improve UNICEF objectives for outcomes for kids
4. Knowledge Management
4.1. Share classes discovered
Identify, seize, synthesize and share classes discovered from Innovation for integration into broader data growth planning, advocacy and communication efforts.
4.2. Landscape mapping
Maintain a list of Innovation interventions, belongings, sources and networks.
4.3. Monitoring, analysis and studying
Work with PME to make sure documentation and clear monitoring and analysis mechanisms for innovation together with baseline knowledge assortment, on-going monitoring, in addition to first part knowledge assortment and evaluation.
4.4. Contribute to Peer Support Networks
Contribute, share and collaborate with Office of Innovation, with regional and world innovation networks and actions.
5. Capacity Building
5.1. Data evaluation for proof era
Build capability of programme workers in analysing the big quantities of information generated by way of innovation initiatives together with the usage of knowledge visualization methods and analytics instruments.
5.2. Co-create acceptable options
Work instantly with part chiefs to co-create methods on how innovation can help the nation programme.
5.3. Provide coaching to stakeholders and end-users
Participate as useful resource individual in capability constructing initiatives to reinforce the competencies, capability and data throughout the programmes; practice UNICEF workers, companions, authorities counterparts and different finish customers in innovation approaches and methodologies.
5.4. Build consciousness round Innovation & Frontier Technology
Develop capabilities inside Country Office on acceptable use of frontier expertise and improvements comparable to UAVs, wearables, IoTs, cellular cash, blockchain and so on.
To qualify as an advocate for each child you should have…
Minimum necessities:
- Education : Advanced college diploma in International Affairs, International Relations, International Development, Business Management, Computer Science, Data Science, Information Management, or associated sensible expertise
- Work Experience: A minimal of 5 years {of professional} expertise in ICT administration, enterprise evaluation or related, in a big worldwide group and/or company.
- Experience with Programme, Digital, Product and / or Data Innovations in low bandwidth settings is required.
- Experience figuring out, designing, and implementing options for large-scale tasks with technical parts – together with supervising exterior distributors; accountability for enterprise evaluation, budgets, contracts, mission administration and procurement is required.
- Desirables
- Experience with Innovation methodologies, together with Human Centered Design and Agile / Iterative programme planning is fascinating.
- Experience with Open Source, Open Standards and Open Data is fascinating.
- Experience with Innovating on-top of mature Digital Public Goods, together with RapidPro, DHIS2, ODK and different applied sciences is fascinating.
- Field expertise, together with working with Government and Implementing Partners at nationwide degree is fascinating.
- Experience with growing partnerships and useful resource mobilization is fascinating.
- Exposure to UNICEF, UN or different INGO programmatic areas, together with (however not restricted to) well being, diet, child safety and/or schooling, and expertise in making use of technical options to deal with programmatic points is fascinating.
- Language Proficiency [ III ]
Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of one other official UN language is an asset.
For each Child, you show…
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin all the things 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 realize outcomes for affect
(4) Innovates and embraces change
(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity
(6) Thinks and acts strategically
(7) Works collaboratively with others
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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 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 embody those that have long-term 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. AtIn UNICEF, we offer reasonable accommodation for work-related help 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 help in finishing the web application, please submit your request by way of the accessibility e-mail button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF.
UNICEF doesn’t rent candidates who’re married to kids (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 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 kids. All chosen candidates will, due to this fact, bear rigorous reference and background checks, and might be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules. 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, and chosen candidates with disabilities could also be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their incapacity confidentially.
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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 variety and inclusion is crucial to ship one of the best outcomes for kids.
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Readvertisement-Innovation Specialist, P-3, Nairobi, Kenya (Eastern & Southern Africa Regional Office), Fixed Term #103104
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