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In current years UNICEF has elevated its give attention to younger folks. The UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2018−2021 acknowledges the entire spectrum of younger folks, together with younger adults or youth over 18, and contains in its Change Strategies “supporting young people and children as agents of change.” Taking its cue from the strategic plan, the Global Communication and Advocacy Strategy 2019−2021 (GCAS) asserts the vital position that younger folks can play within the profitable realization of UNICEF’s mandate, and descriptions the necessity to take heed to, co-create and collaborate with younger folks and create significant engagement alternatives for them to make a difference. Being vital drivers of change, kids and younger persons are important companions and contributors to each the event and implementation of UNICEF’s Strategic Plan 2022 2025. With a brand new and impressive SP, UNICEF intends to be deliberate and dedicated in totally involving kids and younger folks in creating the options to speed up the belief of the SDGs and driving change ahead.
Job organizational context: Montenegro is home to roughly 85,000 adolescent women and boys, making up 13.8% of the nation’s inhabitants. They are largely uncared for in insurance policies, rules and providers as a selected age group. Being the second most vital developmental stage in a life cycle, adolescence gives huge alternatives for realizing the complete potential of a child. Opportunities for adolescent participation in coverage making and/or service design are nonetheless scarce, and UNICEF is working arduous to enhance the panorama and supply adolescents and youth the alternatives they want for a profitable life and profession. More on UNICEF Montenegro actions in adolescent empowerment and participation will be found here.
The Adolescent Development Officer, NO-1 might be working in UNICEF CO Montenegro the place the Adolescent Development Programme is a significant part of the brand new UNICEF Montenegro Country Programme, beneath Outcome Skilled, Empowered and Well-supported Children, Adolescents and Young People. The Officer stories to the Adolescent Development Officer, NO-2, as their direct supervisor, and works within the Education and ADAP part beneath Education Officer NO-2, as chief of part. The Officer cooperates with colleagues in several sectors, together with operations to assist advance cross-sectoral priorities as part of the Country Programme.
Purpose for the job: The Officer offers skilled technical, operational and administrative help all through the programming course of via the application of theoretical and technical abilities in researching, accumulating, analyzing and presenting technical programme data and studying organizational guidelines, rules and procedures, to assist the event and formulation of the adolescent growth and participation programmes/initiatives throughout the Country Programme.
How are you able to make a difference?
Summary of key capabilities/accountabilities:
1. Support to programme growth and planning
2. Programme administration, monitoring and supply of outcomes
3. Technical and operational assist to programme implementation
4. Networking and partnership constructing
5. Innovation, data administration and capability constructing
1. Support to programme growth and planning
– Research and analyze regional and nationwide political, well being, social and financial growth developments. Collect, analyze, confirm and synthesize data to facilitate programme growth, design and preparation.
– Prepare technical stories and inputs for programme preparation and documentation, making certain accuracy, timeliness and relevancy of knowledge.
– Facilitate the event/institution of adolescent growth and participation programme objectives, goals, methods and results-based planning via analysis, assortment, evaluation and reporting of associated data for growth planning and precedence and purpose setting.
– Provide technical and administrative assist all through all phases of programming processes by executing/administering quite a lot of technical programme transactions and getting ready supplies/documentations in accordance with organizational guidelines, processes and methods for programme planning, results-based planning (RBM) and monitoring and evaluations.
– Prepare required documentations/supplies to facilitate the programme assessment and approval course of.
2. Programme administration, monitoring and supply of outcomes
– Work intently and collaboratively with colleagues and companions to gather/analyze/share data on implementation points, recommend options on routine programme implementation and submit report back to alert applicable officers and stakeholders for higher-level intervention and/or choice. Keep file of stories and assessments for straightforward reference and/or to seize and institutionalize classes realized.
– Participate in monitoring and analysis workout routines, programme opinions and annual programme opinions with authorities and different counterparts and put together minutes/stories on outcomes for observe up motion by larger administration and different stakeholders.
– Support monitoring and reporting on using adolescent growth and participation programme sources (monetary, administrative and different property), confirm compliance with authorised allocation/objectives, organizational guidelines, rules/procedures and donor commitments, requirements of accountability and integrity. Report on points recognized to make sure well timed decision by administration/stakeholders. Follow up on unresolved points to make sure decision.
– Prepare inputs for programme/donor reporting.
3. Technical and operational assist to programme implementation
– Undertake discipline visits and surveys and share data with companions/stakeholders to evaluate progress and supply technical assist to related officers for decision. Report on important points, bottlenecks and potential issues for well timed motion to realize outcomes.
– Provide technical and operational assist to authorities counterparts, NGO companions, UN system companions and different nation workplace companions/donors on the application and understanding of UNICEF and adolescent growth and participation insurance policies, methods, processes and finest practices to assist programme implementation, operations and supply of outcomes.
4. Networking and partnership constructing
– Build and maintain efficient shut working partnerships with authorities counterparts and nationwide stakeholders via lively sharing of knowledge and data to facilitate programme implementation and construct capability of stakeholders to realize and maintain outcomes on adolescent growth and participation programmes/initiatives.
– Draft communication and data supplies for CO programme advocacy to advertise consciousness, set up partnerships/alliances and assist useful resource mobilization to make sure the adolescent growth and participation programmes/initiatives are adequately resourced and supported.
– Participate in applicable inter-agency (UNCT) conferences/occasions on programming to collaborate with inter-agency companions/colleagues on UNDAF operational planning and preparation of adolescent growth and participation programmes/initiatives and to combine and harmonize UNICEF’s place and techniques with the UNDAF growth and planning course of.
– Research data on potential donors and put together useful resource mobilization supplies and briefs for fund elevating and partnership growth functions.
5. Innovation, data administration and capability constructing
– Identify, seize, synthesize and share classes realized for data growth and to construct the capability of stakeholders.
– Apply modern approaches and promote good apply to assist the implementation and supply of concrete and sustainable programme outcomes.
– Research, benchmark and report on finest and cutting-edge practices for growth planning of information merchandise and methods.
– Participate as useful resource particular person in capability constructing initiatives to boost the competencies of shoppers/stakeholders.
Impact of Results: The assist, analysis and technical evaluation offered by the incumbent strengthens the advocacy, planning and formulation of adolescent growth and participation programmes. The achievement of concrete and sustainable outcomes from these programmes contribute to achievement of UNICEF objectives within the nation to advertise the complete and lively participation of adolescents in figuring out their important wants, selling their rights to a protected surroundings and defending their rights to survival, growth and well-being in society. Achievements in programmes and initiatives in flip contribute to sustaining/enhancing the credibility and skill of UNICEF to offer programme providers for moms and kids that promotes better social equality and inclusion within the nation.
To qualify as an advocate for each child you should have…
Minimum necessities:
Education:
- A college diploma in one of many following fields is required: economics, psychology, sociology, schooling or one other related social science.
- An superior diploma within the above-mentioned can be thought of an asset.
Work Experience:
- A minimal of 1 12 months {of professional} expertise in social growth planning and administration in adolescent growth associated areas is required.
- Experience working in a creating nation is taken into account as an asset.
- Relevant expertise in a UN system company or group is taken into account as an asset.
- Extensive expertise in coordination and implementation of nationwide methods and legislative frameworks for adolescents and youth empowerment, participation, and employability (no less than three initiatives to be listed in motivation/cowl letter or CV) .
- Excellent data and expertise in working with worldwide and European frameworks, requirements, steerage, and assist mechanisms for adolescents and youth empowerment, participation, and employability (checklist two related working expertise in motivation/cowl letter or CV).
Language Requirements: Fluency in Montenegrin and English is required.
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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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Adolescent Development Officer (NoA) Fixed Term Appointment, Podgorica Montenegro, publish# 130958
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