Chief Planning, Monitoring and Reporting, P-5, Baghdad, Iraq (post no. 22212)

Contract

This is a P-5 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 10 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 152,777 USD and 191,465 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, a Champion!

How can you make a difference?

The Chief of Planning, Monitoring and Reporting is responsible for the articulation and delivery of UNICEF Iraq's programme strategy and results through undertaking effective planning, monitoring and evaluation; exercising a supporting role, providing guidance, coordination and leadership in policy and strategy development; managing the 2023 MICS survey; effective programme finance and partnership management; and overseeing and managing resource mobilization, grants management and reporting and relationship management with donors and PPD. To give support to programme delivery with the inter-agency frameworks and yearly appeal processes and the UN country team in support of the attainment of the SDGs, through accountability on: - Accurate, coherent and reliable up to date information and data disaggregated by gender on the situation of children's and women's rights in Iraq and how they may contribute to the attainment of the SDGs; and managing the 2023 MICS survey. - Monitoring the performance of UNICEF-supported programmes including their relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability, and in Iraq's context, their coverage, coordination and coherence. - Ensuring that all programmes are effectively monitored on a regular basis and there is sufficient capacity and clarity on how programme staff can carry out the monitoring function. - Ensuring that good effective partnerships are in place and HACT quality assurance activities are monitored, analysed and reported on systematically. - Appropriate plan and monitoring of resources mobilized including analysis of prospective resource mobilization opportunities in support of programme implementation.

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

- Advanced university degree (Master's degree or higher) in social sciences or other relevant disciplines is required. - Ten (10) years of relevant professional work experience, including both International and national work experiences. - Practical training in programme management, survey and research analysis, or applied statistical data analysis in social sciences an asset. - At least one instance of exposure to emergency programming, including preparedness planning is required. - Fluency in English is required; knowledge of Arabic is a strong asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS).

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Remarks:

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children.

UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable from underrepresented demographic group will be prioritized.

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 also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. 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.

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

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.