Consultant - Programme Assistant, G-5, Public Partnerships Division, New York (6 months)

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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 Division of Public Partnerships (PPD) works to enhance UNICEF's position as a partner of choice for children's rights among governments and public actors around the world. The division is doing this by connecting UNICEF™s positioning of children in intergovernmental and multilateral fora and negotiations to the engagement with governments and public institutions (including IFIs) as resource, policy and programme partners. A key premise for PPD is that the engagement with countries should be based on multiple levels of partnerships, including around resource mobilization and policy advocacy.

How can you make a difference?

Under the supervision and guidance of the UN Partnerships and Humanitarian teams supervisors, the Programme Assistant is responsible for executing a broad variety of routine tasks and some specialized for the respective section, requiring thorough knowledge of UNICEF administrative procedures, processes and policies.

Responsibilities and Main Tasks

• Focal point for team’s budget – regular monitoring and reporting.
• Oversight of staff contracts, support recruitment processes and focal point for vendor issues.
• Focal point for team’s knowledge management.
• Travel requests and approvals – guidance and assistance for the team.
• Focal point for organization and coordination of meetings

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

• Completion of secondary education is required, preferably supplemented by technical or university courses related to the field of work.
• A minimum of five (5) years of provision of administrative support services is required.
• Training and experience using MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other UNICEF software such as SharePoint; knowledge of integrated management information systems required.
• Non-US candidates must be in possession of a US G4 visa or be a US permanent resident/citizen.
• Provision of administrative support services is required.
• Training and experience using MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other UNICEF software such as SharePoint; knowledge of integrated management information systems required.

• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

  Duration of agreement: 6 months

Schedule and Duty Station: Full-time virtual/possible on-site work at UNICEF Headquarters, 3 United Nations Plaza, New York guided by the preference of the candidate and the organisation’s plan for re-opening of the NYHQ premises.

Visa: Consultants working at NYHQ, must have a valid G-4 visa prior to their arrival. The UN will not register a Consultant who is on a different type of visa (i.e. visitor’s visa). Consultants employed at NYHQ who are not on a G-4 visa must take immediate action to obtain a G-4 visa and register with the UN accordingly. No visas will be facilitated by UNICEF.

Travel: No Travel is expected for duration of the contract.

Insurance: Consultants and individual contractors are fully responsible for arranging, at their own expense, all insurance, such as life, health and other forms of insurance, covering the period of their services as they consider appropriate. They are required to certify that they are covered by medical/health insurance.

How to Apply:

Qualified candidates are requested to upload a resume/cv, P-11 form (which can be downloaded from our website at http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/P11.doc ) and their daily/monthly rate by 7 December 2021. Please also indicate your availability in your cover letter.

Applications submitted without a financial proposal will be disqualified.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

Functional Competencies:

• Analyzing (I)
• Learning and Researching (I)
• Planning and organizing (I)
• Following Instructions and Procedures (I)

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 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.

Remarks:

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

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.