Executive Officer, P-2, End Violence Against Children Secretariat (EVAC), New York

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This is a P-2 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 2 years of experience, depending on education.

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The salary for this job should be between 108,633 USD and 147,551 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 . . . Every year, over 1 billion children experience violence. Childhood violence undermines all other investments in children: in their health, education and development, often with negative lifelong consequences and intergenerational impact. Recognizing the devastating impacts of violence against children, in 2015 world leaders committed to end all forms of violence, abuse and neglect by 2030, as part of the Sustainable Development Goals. In July 2016, the UN Secretary-General launched the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children and an associated Fund.

The Partnership includes governments, UN agencies, international organizations, civil society, faith groups, private sector, foundations, academics and children themselves – uniting their voices, actions and resources in a unique public-private collaboration focused solely on ending all violence against children. In five years, the Partnership has helped to develop and promote the INSPIRE solutions to end violence; enrolled over 35 ‘Pathfinding’ countries; launched an innovative initiative with partners to end violence in and through schools; awarded $57 million in grants to tackle violence against children online, in schools, at home and in communities; welcomed over 600 organizations as members; and galvanized those working to end violence through collective advocacy and events including the inaugural End Violence Solutions Summit.

The COVID-19 pandemic has put children everywhere at even higher risk of violence and abuse and threatens to undermine progress made in recent years. But COVID-19 has also heightened awareness, inspired new collaborations and ways of working, and demonstrated the value of the End Violence Partnership as a global platform for collective and evidence-based advocacy, action and financing. Together, we have a window of opportunity to translate the rhetoric of building back better into a reality for children in the coming years.

How can you make a difference?

The core function of this role is to support the End Violence Executive Director to manage and deliver the priorities and objectives of the organization as effectively and efficiently as possible. Responsibilities include: ownership of the Executive Director’s schedule; commissioning and coordinating of briefings and presentations; assisting the Executive Director in the forward planning of his workload and proactively managing his time; liaising with internal and external stakeholders on behalf of the Executive Director; attending meetings on behalf of the Executive Director; proactively scheduling and servicing regular internal and external meetings, e.g. Leadership Team and governance meetings, in coordination with relevant team members; taking minutes of meetings; managing all aspects of the Executive Director’s travel; processing expenses on behalf of the Executive Director.

The ideal candidate will be a highly self-motivated professional with a proven ability to manage a demanding workload and multiple competing priorities within a complex, fast-paced organization. Experience working in the international development sector or a global partnership or organization would be an advantage. S/he will share the Partnership’s vision and enthusiasm to seize the unprecedented opportunity to make significant progress to end violence against children.

Support to office priority setting and decision making

• Assist in managing the flow of information to the Executive Director through the following actions and accountabilities: identifying priority matters that need to be urgently addressed; proposing actions; analyzing supporting documentation and summarizing most relevant points; contributing to ensuring that appropriate action is taken by the relevant responsible Leadership Team member/s on matters brought to the attention of the Executive Director.
• Liaise with Leadership Team members to secure timely and authoritative information relevant to matters requiring action, decisions or approval of the Executive Director.
• Ensure that the Executive Director is prepared for meetings and missions by coordinating draft talking points and by researching relevant information; and by establishing contacts (within and outside EVAC) on the subject matters to be discussed.
• Accompany the Executive Director to meetings and on missions in order to prepare notes on the discussions, ensure follow-up in matters raised, and support the supervisor with any relevant input.
• Contribute to coordinating drafts of position papers and other documents relevant to the activities of the Executive Director’s office.
• Ensure that high-level visitors of the Executive Director are appropriately addressed, that they receive background information as necessary, and that protocol is respected.
• Develop and maintain a monitoring system to store, retrieve and track critical correspondence, decisions, memoranda and other documents of the Executive Director’s office.

Support to governance, resource mobilization and external relations

• Research, collect and synthesize information to support the planning and facilitation of regular and ad-hoc meetings of and communication with governing bodies, donors and other partners.
• Assist the Executive Director in managing the flow of communication and support to the Board Chair/s and governing body members, including building and maintaining solid working relationships with peers in partner organizations.

• Collect, draft and/or organize materials and related documentations related to governance bodies and donors to ensure optimum impact, scale and sustainability of achievements/results. Assess and/or recommend appropriate information, updates and materials for initiatives involving governance bodies and external partners, including lists and profiles, verifying accuracy and quality of dissemination, including on the website.

  Support to events, meetings and conferences

• Manage the planning of key moments in the calendar of the Executive Director by ensuring key organisational and partner events, priorities and deadlines are reflected and updated as required.

• Contribute to preparations of logistics for events involving Executive Director and Leadership Team participation and follow up on the implementation of recommendations and actions by the relevant Leadership Team members.
• Coordinate preparation of background documents and materials for these meetings, as appropriate.

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

• A first university degree (Bachelor’s or higher) in Communication/Media, International Relations, Political Science, Public Administration, or another relevant field is required.
• A minimum of two (2) years of relevant professional experience in an executive office role, encompassing governance, external relations, public affairs or international development cooperation, preferably within the UN, or multi-stakeholder partnership context.
• Prior experience of working in coordination, planning, or executive administration for an organization/entity leader or member/s of a leadership team will be an asset.
• Proven drafting and editing skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• A proven ability to act with discretion and diplomacy is essential for this function.
• High standards of integrity and confidentiality.
• Proven ability to work effectively and efficiently as a team, coping with pressure and setbacks, as well as responding and adapting to change.
• Strong analytical skills, drive for results, as well as planning and organizing skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multicultural environment and establish harmonious and effective working relationships.
• Ability to work proactively and with minimal supervision, following instructions, procedures and policies, and keeps to schedules delivering work on time.
• Excellent time management skills to deal with conflicting and urgent priorities.
• Good knowledge of standard office software and tools.

• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) 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 UNICEF competencies required for this post are...

• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)
• Works Collaboratively with others (1)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (1)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)
• Drive to achieve impactful results (1)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

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.

Your appointment is limited to EVAC, a UNICEF hosted fund. While UN staff regulations and rules, as well as UNICEF policies and procedures, apply to you during your appointment, certain provisions therein may apply to you differently due to the limited scope of your appointment. In particular, you will not be subject to rotation exercise as per the Executive Directive on Staff mobility and rotation (CF/EXD/2015-002) or any revision thereof. In addition, during your appointment in EVAC, you will not be considered eligible for conversion to a Continuing Appointment as per UNICEF Administrative Instruction on Continuing Appointment (CF/AI/2017-002) or any revision thereof. In the event that your post is abolished, the priority granted and other support provided to staff on abolished posts in staff selection processes will only be extended to posts within EVAC and not to other posts in UNICEF.

External Candidates: To secure a UNICEF appointment, you will need to be selected in a competitive recruitment exercise. Upon selection for a UNICEF post outside of UNICEF hosted funds, the period you have served with the UNICEF hosted fund will count towards the calculation of the tour of duty in your duty station and eligibility for a continuing appointment.

UNICEF Candidates: To return to a UNICEF appointment, you will need to be selected in a competitive recruitment exercise. Upon selection for a UNICEF post outside of UNICEF hosted funds, the period you have served with the UNICEF hosted fund will count towards the calculation of the tour of duty in your duty station and eligibility for a continuing appointment.