Job Title: Programme Officer (Education and Child Protection)
Organization: UNICEF
Job no: 565408
Contract type: Fixed Term Appointment
Level: NO-2
Location: Afghanistan
Categories: Education, Programme Management
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to
reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend
their rights. To help them fulfil their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every
child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child, "Learning"
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Purpose for the job: Under the
supervision of the Head of Outpost and Technical Supervision of Education
Specialist and Child Protection Specialist in CR-Kabul, the Education
and Child Protection Officer provides professional technical, operational and
administrative assistance throughout the programming process for education and
child protecton programmes/projects within the Country Programme from
development planning to delivery of results, preparing, executing, managing and
implementing a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks to
facilitate programme development, implementation, programme progress
monitoring, evaluating and reporting.
Key functions, accountabilities and related duties/tasks
- Support
to program development and planning
- Programme
management, monitoring, and delivery of results
- Technical
and operational support to programme implementation
- Networking
and partnership building
- Innovation,
knowledge management, and capacity building
1. Support to programme development and
planning
- Contribute
to the preparation and updating of the situation analysis for the
development, design and management of education and Child Protection
related programmes/projects. Research and report on development trends
(economic, social, health etc.) and data for use in programme development,
management, monitoring, evaluation and delivery of results.
- Contribute
to the development and establishment of sectoral programme goals, objectives,
and strategies and results-based planning through research, collection,
analysis, and reporting of education, child protection and other related
information for development planning and goal setting.
- Provide
technical and administrative support throughout all stages of programming
processes by executing and administering a variety of technical programme
transactions, preparing materials and documentations, and complying with
organizational processes and management systems, to support programme planning,
results-based planning (RBM) and monitoring and evaluation of results.
2. Programme management, monitoring and
delivery of results.
- Work
closely and collaboratively with internal colleagues and partners to
collect, analyze and share information on implementation issues.
- Suggest
solutions on routine programme implementation and submit reports to alert
appropriate officials and stakeholders for higher-level intervention
and/or decisions. Keep record of reports and assessments for easy
reference and/or to capture and institutionalize lessons learned.
- Participate
in monitoring and evaluation exercises, programme reviews and annual
sectoral reviews with government and other counterparts and prepare
minutes/reports on results for follow up action by higher management and
other stakeholders.
- Monitor
and report on the use of sectoral programme resources (financial,
administrative and other assets), verify compliance with approved
allocation, organizational rules, regulations/procedures and donor
commitments, standards of accountability and integrity. Report on issues
identified to ensure timely resolution by management/stakeholders. Follow
up on unresolved issues to ensure resolution.
- Prepare
draft inputs for programme/donor reporting.
3. Technical and operational support to
programme implementation
- Undertake
field visits and surveys and share information with stakeholders to assess
progress and refer to relevant officials for resolution. Report on
critical issues, bottlenecks and potential problems for timely action to
achieve results.
- Provide
technical and operational support to government counterparts, NGO
partners, UN system partners and other country office partners/donors on
the application and understanding of UNICEF policies, strategies,
processes and best practices on education and child protection related
issues to support programme implementation, operations and delivery of
results.
4. Networking and partnership building
- Build
and sustain effective close working partnerships with government
counterparts and national stakeholders through active sharing of
information and knowledge to facilitate programme implementation and build
capacity of stakeholders to achieve and sustain results on education and
child protection programmes.
- Draft
communication and information materials for CO programme advocacy to
promote awareness, establish partnerships and alliances, and support fund
raising for education and child protection programmes.
- Participate
in appropriate inter-agency (UNCT) meetings and events on programming to
collaborate with inter-agency partners on UNDAF operational planning and
preparation of education and child protection programmes/projects and to
integrate and harmonize UNICEF’s position and strategies with the UNDAF
development and planning process.
- Research
information on potential donors and prepare resource mobilization
materials and briefs for fund raising and partnership development
purposes.
5. Innovation, knowledge management and
capacity building
- Contribute
to identifying, capturing, synthesizing, and sharing lessons learned for
knowledge development and capacity development of stakeholders.
- Apply
innovative approaches and promote good practice to support the
implementation and delivery of concrete and sustainable programme results.
- Research
and report on best and cutting edge practices for development planning of
knowledge products and systems.
- Participate
as a resource person in capacity building initiatives to enhance the
competencies of clients/stakeholders.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will
have…
- A
university degree in one of the following fields is required: education,
psychology, sociology or another relevant technical field.
- A
minimum of two years of professional experience in programme planning,
management, and/or research in education is required.
- Experience
working in a developing country is considered as an asset.
- Relevant
experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an
asset.
- Fluency
in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic,
Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an
asset.
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust,
Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we
do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
UNICEF competencies required for this post are...
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships(2) Demonstrates
self-awareness and ethical awareness(3)Drive to achieve results for
impact(4)Innovates and embraces change(5) Manages ambiguity and
complexity(6)Thinks and acts strategically(7)Works collaboratively with others.
During the recruitment process, we test candidates following
the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework
and its different levels: competency
framework here.
UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged
children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those
children. The
UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their
race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion,
nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.
We offer a wide
range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding
breaks and reasonable
accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the
use of flexible working arrangements.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the
aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual
exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and
discrimination. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding
of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous
reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these
standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of
academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be
required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.
Remarks:
UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion
is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position,
eligible and suitable Females are encouraged to apply.
UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance.
Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be
facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are also
subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2
(Covid). Government employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are
normally required to resign from their government before taking up an
assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of
appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not
obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a
reasonable period for any reason.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to
the next stage of the selection process.
Advertised: 03 Sep 2023 Afghanistan
Standard Time
Deadline: 17 Sep 2023 Afghanistan Standard Time
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