Emergency Specialist (Political Risk Analysis) P-3, NYHQ, EMOPS (125734)

Contract

This is a P-3 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 5 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 140,639 USD and 184,155 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

As emergencies become more frequent, the expectations of UNICEF to deliver on the Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action (CCCs) in a timely and effective manner will continue to increase. Emergency preparedness significantly enhances UNICEF’s ability to meet these expectations and save time and resources in the response. In 2018 EMOPS created the Risk Analysis and Preparedness Section to bring together organizational elements focused on ensuring that UNICEF is prepared and ready to respond to all forms of hazard and threats that could create humanitarian needs for children and those who care for them, and/or affect humanitarian operations. This includes developing UNICEF’s ability to anticipate hazards and their outcomes to trigger preparedness and readiness actions. This position contributes to this goal.

The Emergency Specialist (Political Risk Analysis) is based in UNICEF Headquarters, Office of Emergency Programmes (EMOPS), Risk Analysis and Preparedness Section (RAPS) and reports to the Emergency Specialist (Risk Analysis). This post will work directly with DO on political analysis for Level 3 and Level 2 crises.

How can you make a difference?

The Emergency Specialist (Political Risk Analysis) will facilitate UNICEF’s global political risk monitoring and analysis, including research and analysis of political, administrative and legislative risks potentially affecting UNICEF’s humanitarian response, focusing on fragile or otherwise high-risk settings including UNICEF’s corporate priority emergency responses. The Emergency Specialist will research and draft analytical reports, liaise with key partners, and support the development UNICEF’s analytical systems and related analytical capacity, policies and technologies.

The main responsibilities include:

Manage day-to-day relations with an externally contracted political risk firm, and support contract administration

• Schedule in person and video-call briefings in liaison with the Director’s Office and external service provider; ensure readouts are shared appropriately
• Coordinate feedback to and communications with the external service provider regarding briefings, and horizon scanning products

Produce briefings for senior UNICEF managers on political risk, in varied formats and modalities

• Monitor, research and analyse information related to political, legislative and administrative risk that could affect UNICEF operations
• Develop briefings about political risk in media such as written documents, briefing notes, visuals, and audio/video
• Ensure that briefing materials are integrated into other Risk Analysis and Preparedness Section products, including interagency work
• Ensure confidential management of sensitive materials
• Work directly with the EMOPS Director’s Office on political analysis for Level 3 and Level 2 crises

Liaise with other EMOPS sections including OPSCEN, Humanitarian Field Support, and the Director’s office, and with other parts of UNICEF, regarding political risk

• Regularly communicate with other sections, and other staff in the Risk Analysis and Preparedness section, using or producing political risk or otherwise relevant information, to ensure common understandings and avoid duplication
• Consult with other sections as relevant in the production of briefing materials as above

Enhance UNICEF collection and collation of political risk information through improved use of technology in collaboration with OPSCEN

• Identify and exploit opportunities to develop technological solutions related to political risk information collection, filtering, storage, and analysis
• Support integration of the above into existing and new systems in the Risk Analysis and Preparedness Section

Build partnerships with external actors in the political risk analysis space to enhance UNICEF’s access to information.

• Identify partners that could enhance UNICEF’s political risk analysis outputs, and develop and manage informal and formal partnerships as appropriate

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

• Advanced degree in political science, economics, international relations or another relevant science/social science field.
• At least eight years of experience in international political risk analysis, with emphasis on fragile/high-risk environments.
• Experience producing political risk briefings for senior management
• Demonstrated data analysis skills
• Experience with a humanitarian agency is an asset
• Experience in economic risk analysis is an asset
• Ability to code using tools such as Python, SQL, Databricks, etc., and connect these to e.g. PowerBI is an asset
• Fluency in English is required; proficiency in Arabic and French language is highly desirable.

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: 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 promotin 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 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.

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