EOI - Chief Planning, P-4, FT, Kinshasa, DRC

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 146,826 USD and 189,301 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, water

How can you make a difference?

1. Coordinates the Situation Analysis for the relevant programme areas and its periodic updates by monitoring and analyzing the social, political, and economic trends in the country, as they affect women and children.
2. Participates in the development of programme/project goals and objectives and planning the implementation of programme/project strategies.
3. Prepares programme documentation for the Country Programme Recommendation (CPR) and related documents such as, Plan of Operations, Project Plans of Action, Country Programme Summary Sheet(CPSS), Programme Summary Sheet (PSS), etc., ensuring consistency with objectives and goals.
4. Provides technical support for decentralization of the development and implementation of plans for the improvement of the situation of children and women.
5. Coordinates development of the workplans for the programme sector and ensures objectives and targets are achieved. Supervises staff, identifies training needs and provides on-the-job training.
6. Assists government authorities to plan and organize training programmes. Identifies training needs for the purpose of capacity building and sustainability of programme.
7. Undertakes field visits to monitor and evaluate programme implementation, as well as conduct periodic programme reviews with government counterparts and other partners. Identifies problems or alternative courses of action to accelerate/improve programme delivery.
8. Contributes to UNICEF’s participation in the CCA/UNDAF process, ensuring adequate input on the improvement of the well-being of children and women.

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Social Sciences or other related field.

  *A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree.

• A minimum of Eight years of relevant professional experience in social development, management, monitoring and evaluation
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Fluency in English and French is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

The functional competencies required for this post are:

• Nurtures, Leads and Manages People (2)
• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (3)
• Works Collaboratively with others (3)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (3)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (3)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (3)
• Drives to achieve impactful results (3)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (3)

View our competency framework at

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

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:

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

This is an EOI (Expression of Interest), only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.