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Emergency Officer- Junior Professional Officer, P2, Yangon, Myanmar (Open to Norwegian Citizens Only)

Job no: 578591

Position sort: Fixed Term Appointment

Location: Myanmar

Division/Equivalent: Bangkok (EAPRO), Thailand

School/Unit: Myanmar

Department/Office: Yangon, Myanmar

Categories: Emergency

UNICEF works in over 190 international locations and territories to save youngsters’s lives, defend their rights, and assist them fulfill their potential, from early childhood by adolescence.

At UNICEF, we’re dedicated, passionate, and happy with what we do. Promoting the rights of each child is not only a job – it’s a calling.

UNICEF is a spot the place careers are constructed: we provide our employees various alternatives for private {and professional} improvement that can assist them develop a satisfying profession whereas delivering on a rewarding mission. We delight ourselves on a tradition that helps employees thrive, coupled with a sexy compensation and advantages bundle.

Visit our web site to study extra about what we do at UNICEF.

For each child, Hope

UNICEF Myanmar Youtube Channel – https://youtu.be/JcCzi5xBC_c?si=FWfQID3Ui8C6gT2k

UNICEF Myanmar Website – https://www.unicef.org/myanmar/take-action/work-us

How are you able to make a differen c e?

Under the direct supervision of the Emergency Manager, the Emergency Officer will help the implementation of UNICEF Myanmar’s emergency preparedness and response interventions. S/he’ll contribute in the direction of the event, planning, implementation, capability constructing, monitoring and analysis, fundraising, and the general coordination of humanitarian interventions to advance the survival and well-being of kids, moms and affected communities in an emergency setting. The JPO will help the Emergency Manager within the coordination of UNICEF-led clusters/areas of duty and inter-agency duties.

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

Key capabilities, accountabilities, and associated duties/duties:

Emergency Preparedness

• Provides skilled help in threat evaluation to determine emergency-prone circumstances/conditions and contribute to early warning and well timed emergency preparedness.
• Assists within the formulation of plans of motion in preparation and response to emergencies. Gathers data on greatest practices in emergency conditions for the preparation of contingency plans. Monitors compliance of all sectors with emergency plans of motion.
• Identifies formal and casual sources of knowledge. Collects, interprets and analyses all out there information on the evolving emergency scenario and its implications to the emergency operation. Keeps the efficient circulate of knowledge and communication essential for the planning and implementation of emergency measures. Identifies availability of sources in emergency susceptible areas
• Assists in organizing and conducting employees coaching for the workplace’s capability constructing in emergency preparedness and response. Participates in different emergency coaching workshops within the area and contributes to enhancement of the emergency preparedness and response functionality of the workplace employees.

Emergency Response

• In the occasion of an emergency, promptly assists in implementing the preliminary operational duties relating to emergency help. Immediately collects dependable data to confirm the character and lengthen of the emergency.
• Assists supervisor with evaluation of native emergency scenario, together with implications for youngsters, moms and the neighborhood. Assists with the evaluation of the validity of the emergency preparedness plan and skill of the workplace vis-à-vis the present disaster in addition to speedy and extra wants. Provides enter in and contributes towards figuring out priorities and an applicable intervention by UNICEF. Coordinates with different companions to make a speedy evaluation protecting precedence areas as outlined by the UNICEF Core Commitment for Children in Emergencies.
• Participates in implementing the emergency preparedness and response plan as essential. Assists in figuring out pressing staffing necessities and redeploying nation workplace employees. Follows up with the well timed supply of help and procurement of provides and displays the suitable and efficient use of UNICEF sources.

Emergency Project:

• Participates within the implementation of plans of motion and workplans for emergency mission. Prepares inputs for appeals and updates associated to emergencies. Coordinates with wider UNICEF employees and others to mobilize donor response and restoration/rehabilitation-related funding, together with humanitarian appeals and paperwork.
• Works with different colleagues to guarantee that catastrophe prevention, mitigation, preparedness and response methods are mainstreamed.

Minimum necessities:

• Norwegian Citizenship.

Education:

• A college diploma in one of many following fields is required: social sciences, public administration, regulation, public well being, diet, worldwide relations, enterprise administration or different associated disciplines.

Work Experience:

• A minimal of two years {of professional} expertise on the nationwide and/or worldwide ranges in programme/mission improvement, planning, implementation, monitoring, analysis or administration.
• Developing nation work expertise and/or familiarity with humanitarian contexts.
• Training/expertise in emergency response administration

Technical Knowledge:

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• Knowledge of wider UN and UNICEF’s insurance policies and techniques to tackle nationwide and worldwide emergency points
• Knowledge of world humanitarian points, particularly relating to ladies and youngsters
• Knowledge of UNICEF’s Core Commitments to Children
• Knowledge of the newest developments and traits in emergency preparedness and response administration associated discipline

Skills

• Strong technical expertise in modifying, reporting and consolidation of high quality paperwork and experiences.
• Strong qualitative and quantitative analytical expertise.
• Demonstrated coordination expertise are an asset

Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required.

Desirables:

• Relevant expertise in a UN system company or group is taken into account as an asset.
• Knowledge of one other official UN language or native language of the responsibility station is taken into account as an asset.

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin the whole lot 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 obtain 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 totally different ranges.

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived youngsters and our international workforce should replicate the range of these youngsters. The UNICEF household is dedicated to embrace everybody, no matter their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or every other private attribute.

We provide a variety of measures to embrace a extra various workforce, corresponding to paid parental depart, day without work for breastfeeding functions, and cheap lodging for individuals with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the usage of versatile working preparations.

UNICEF doesn’t rent candidates who’re married to youngsters (individuals below 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and targets of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority, and discrimination. UNICEF is dedicated to selling the safety and safeguarding of all youngsters. All chosen candidates will bear rigorous reference and background checks and might be anticipated to adhere to these requirements and ideas. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Selected candidates could also be required to present further data to conduct a background check.

UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the responsibility station is required for IP positions and might be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments can also 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 have to be inoculated as required or obtain a medical exemption from the related division of the UN. Otherwise, the choice might be canceled.

Remarks

This is a Junior Professional Officer place open to Norwegian nationals solely. The JPO coaching programme consists of the next studying components:

• JPO Orientation Programme – Designed in the direction of improvement {of professional} expertise and private insights into efficiency and collaboration and create and understanding of how the group capabilities and carries out its missions world wide
• E-learning alternatives in efficiency administration
• E-learning alternatives on primary UNICEF programmes & operational methods: assimilate UNICEF’s approaches to programming and operations; thematic programme areas in addition to cross-cutting perform areas;
• JPO Coaching & Mentoring Programme – pushed by particular person wants and focused in the direction of insights into organizational tradition and focused coaching alternatives and help.
• Stretch assignments- alternative, usually from two to max of six months that goes past the present description and creates a possibility to study new expertise in a special Duty Station, Division or Section
• Career Transition Programme tailor-made to help the JPOs of their remaining yr with their future profession aspirations
• The JPO place features a Duty journey and coaching allowance (DTTA) of $4000 per yr which can be used for studying actions associated to the task and profession improvement.

To study extra in regards to the JPO Programme, please go to the next hyperlink: Junior Professional Officer Programme | UNICEF Careers

Only shortlisted candidates might be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course 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 essential to ship the very best outcomes for youngsters. For this place, eligible and appropriate candidates from all various profiles are inspired to apply.

Government staff who’re thought-about 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 isn’t obtained, or essential inoculation necessities should not met, inside an affordable interval for any purpose.

UNICEF doesn’t cost a processing payment 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 data.

All UNICEF positions are marketed, and solely shortlisted candidates might 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.

Additional details about working for UNICEF could be discovered right here.

Advertised: Jan 29 2025 Myanmar Standard Time

Application shut: Feb 28 2025 Myanmar Standard Time