Assignment: Emergency Specialist (HFSS Desk Officer), P4, New York, EMOPS/HFSS, 7 months

Contract

This is a P-4 contract. This kind of contract is known as Professional and Director staff. It is normally internationally recruited only. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 7 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 171,387 USD and 220,969 USD.

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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 fulfill 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, Hope

The purpose of this assignment is to support the current ESAR Emergency Specialist Desk Officer at NYHQ and ensure effective coordination of HQ support to country and regional offices dealing with humanitarian crises (both rapid onset, chronic and fragile situations), and to gain a good understanding of inter-agency coordination systems, processes and dynamics related to this region. The incumbent will also liaise with relevant Divisions within HQ to provide timely information, including flagging bottlenecks for the completion of specific tasks for the region. The incumbent will report to the Chief of Humanitarian Field Support Section (HFSS).

How can you make a difference?

The Humanitarian Field Support Section (HFSS) aims to provide a ‘one-stop-shop” approach to coherent field support in humanitarian crises, in addition to strengthening the UNICEF’s field capacity in emergencies, humanitarian advocacy and engagement with integrated missions and presences. Within the framework of the OMP, the team will not only be instrumental in providing support to the field on principled humanitarian action and a strengthened integration of the protection of children dimension in our engagement but will also strive to focus on the quality of the response in close collaboration with key other EMOPS sections. The team is also instrumental in providing briefings, data and analysis to UNICEF senior leaders across the organisation to inform their decision making on behalf of strengthened UNICEF’s action for children in humanitarian contexts. The section coordinates closely with all other EMOPS Sections, and other HQ Divisions. HFSS provides effective and timely communication lines and support between EMOPS, ROs and COs and day to day coordination and oversight of headquarters’ support to country offices (technical guidance and engagement, humanitarian financing management of the EPF and GHT, inter-agency collaboration, direct guidance on global approaches on country specific crises, etc). The Section supports the EMOPS Director’s Office and OED with timely updates and analyses on humanitarian crises to inform decision-making. It coordinates the deployment of the Emergency Response Team.

Under the supervision of the HFSS Chief and in collaboration with the Emergency Specialist Desk Officer:

1. Coordinate support to and for COs/RO internally and with partners: HQ support to COs/RO in humanitarian crises (including L3 / L2 but also chronic and protracted crises, cross-regional, health emergencies, population displacement) is coordinated and tracked to ensure predictable, timely and effective support appropriate to different humanitarian contexts.

• Liaise with relevant divisions for adequate support in human resources, humanitarian financing, supplies, donor relations, communication, inter-agency collaboration, and technical guidance.
• Provide effective and timely support to COs and RO in developing and reviewing HACs, elaborating their contributions to the humanitarian programme cycle (HPC), RRRPs.
• Facilitate the organization, secretariat and follow up of Regional and Technical EMTs.

2.Advocate on behalf of COs: Systematic engagement with the RO and COs facing humanitarian crises to inform global, country-specific, inter-agency and other initiatives with a view to reinforce UNICEF’s actions on behalf of children in the field.

• Support the EMOPS Director's Office and Senior Management with timely updates and analyses of humanitarian crises including targeted advocacy to be used in inter-agency, donor and external partner meetings.
• Monitor and report on the activities of the UN General Assembly and the UN Security Council, in liaison with the Humanitarian Policy Section.
• Participate in inter-agency forums (IMTF, IATF) or bilateral meetings and conduct appropriate representation and advocacy with the Secretariat and other UN Agencies.
• Provide strategic inputs and follow up / monitoring of key files including the Regional Monthly Reviews (RMR) of COs in the region, Human Rights up Front (HRuF), Interagency Task Forces (ITAFs) etc.
• Contribute to the preparation of country specific Executive Committees / Deputy Committees (EC/DC).
• Contribute to the development of Inter-Agency internal and external papers and policies.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in one of the following fields: social sciences, public administration, law, public health, nutrition, international relations, business administration, or other related disciplines. Preferably a combination of management, administration, and relevant technical fields.
• A minimum of eight years of professional work experience at the national and international levels in programme/project development, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and administration.
• Emergency field experiences and team management experiences highly desirable.
• Writing and analytical skills are critical.
• 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 and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: https://uni.cf/UNICEFValues

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:

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

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 that 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.