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For each child, Education.
UNICEF has been working in Cameroon since 1975 to permit ladies and kids to completely notice their rights to growth with out restriction, as enshrined within the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. UNICEF gives monetary and technical help to Cameroon throughout seven areas to completely notice the rights of girls and kids. These areas embody Health, HIV/AIDS, Water-sanitation-Hygiene, vitamin, schooling, child safety, and social inclusion. UNICEF focuses primarily on youngsters and probably the most weak and excluded households. The job is immense however not insurmountable; it requires the vitality of all stakeholders in Cameroon and outdoors of Cameroon: ladies, males, youth and kids, authorities, technical and monetary companions, donors, civil society, the non-public sector, parliamentarians, and communities. Everyone is invited to take part within the wrestle to fulfill the challenges that lie forward. Together, we are going to act for Cameroon, a rustic that summarizes the challenges and hopes of Africa.
For extra details about UNICEF Cameroon, please click on here.
How are you able to make a difference?
The Education Officer beneath the supervision of Chief Field Office Maroua will present skilled technical, operational, and administrative help all through the programming course of for schooling programmes/initiatives inside the nation programme, from growth planning to supply of outcomes, getting ready, executing, managing and implementing quite a lot of technical and administrative programme job to facilitate programme growth, implementation, program progress monitoring, evaluating and reporting.
He/ she shall be accountable for the under actions:
- Support to programme growth and planning
- Programme administration, monitoring, and supply of outcomes
- Technical and operational help to programme implementation
- Networking and partnership constructing
- Innovation, data administration and capability constructing
If you want to know extra about this place, please assessment the entire Job Description right here:
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: schooling, psychology, sociology, or one other related technical.
- Work Experience: A minimal of two years {of professional} expertise in programme planning, administration, and/or analysis in each growth and emergency contexts is required.
- Language Requirements Fluency in French and English is required. Knowledge of one other official UN language or the native language of the obligation station is taken into account an asset.
Desirables:
- Experience working in a creating nation is taken into account an asset.
- Relevant expertise in a UN system company or group is taken into account an asset.
- Experience in having labored within the North and Far North context is an asset.
- Developing nation work expertise and/or familiarity with emergency
For each Child, you exhibit…
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 realize outcomes for impression
(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.
This place has been assessed as an elevated danger position for Child Safeguarding functions as it’s both a task with direct contact with youngsters, a task that works instantly with identifiable youngsters’s knowledge, a safeguarding response position, or an assessed danger position. Additional vetting and evaluation for elevated danger 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, no matter gender, nationality, spiritual or ethnic background, and individuals with disabilities, to apply to change into a part of the group. To create a extra inclusive office, UNICEF provides paid parental go away, breastfeeding breaks, and affordable lodging for individuals with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages using 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 limitations, 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 net application, please submit your request via the accessibility electronic 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 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, bear rigorous reference and background checks, and shall be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas. Background checks will embody 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 shall 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 should be inoculated as required or obtain a medical exemption from the related division of the UN. Otherwise, the choice shall be canceled.
Remarks:
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 one of the best outcomes for youngsters. For this place, eligible and appropriate feminine candidates are inspired to apply.
Government workers who’re thought-about for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities positions earlier than taking over an task with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the best to withdraw a proposal of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance isn’t obtained, or vital inoculation necessities should not met, inside an affordable interval for any purpose.
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 info.
CO particular: visa residence necessities: i.e.: UNICEF shall not facilitate the issuance of a visa and dealing authorization for candidates into consideration for positions on the nationwide officer and basic service class.
All UNICEF positions are marketed, and solely shortlisted candidates shall 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.
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Education Officer, NOB, Fixed Term, Maroua, Cameroon #104572 (Only for Cameroon nationals)
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