Internal and External Advertisement, Chief Field Operations, P5, Yangon, Myanmar, post number 42083

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 151,447 USD and 189,798 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, Dedication

UNICEF has been in Myanmar for almost 70 years, working with Government to help put in place policies and strategies that support improvements for children, with a focus on the most vulnerable. Since 2016, progress on reforms has been slower than anticipated and government has remained highly centralized. Pockets of profound poverty persist across the country and there has also been a sharp escalation of conflict in Rakhine, Kachin and Shan States, with an increase in grave human rights violations. Therefore the UNICEF Myanmar Country Office (MCO) continues to work with Government at the central and sub-national levels, as well as with NGOs and communities, to ensure that children are reached by essential services, including those children that are affected by conflict and natural disasters.

The Chief of Field Operations is a key management role based in the country office, responsible for the leadership, coordination and management of programme and operations at the sub-national level, as well as management of field offices (FO) and sub-offices (SO), with a focus on strengthening programming and operations at the sub-national level to ensure delivery of services in areas where child deprivation and vulnerability are the most acute.

How can you make a difference?

The Chief of Field Operations is responsible for overseeing the delivery and monitoring of the Myanmar Country Programme at the sub-national level through the provision of strategic guidance, oversight and coordination of programme interventions to ensure that the rights of children and women are upheld by duty bearers and right holders across Myanmar. The incumbent is responsible for providing strategic guidance and administrative oversight of the Chiefs of Field Office (CFO) and ensuring they are represented and participate effectively at the senior management level.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

• Provide leadership and guidance to the delivery of the Country Programme at the sub-national level
• Provide overall leadership and guidance to ensure effective decentralization
• Provide strategic oversight and coordination of UNICEF field operations
• Provide leadership and guidance to strengthen HRBA, conflict-sensitivity and HDN programming
• Provide oversight and coordination of emergency preparedness and response at the field level

For more details please see the Job Description at the link below

Specific JD Chief of Field Operations P5 Yangon Myanmar Final.pdf

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

• An Advanced university degree in any of the following: Social Sciences, International Relations, Human Rights, Public Administration, Business Administration, Public Health or Education.
  • A first university degree with a relevant combination of academic qualifications and experience may be accepted in lieu of advanced university degree.
• At least ten years of progressively responsible professional work experience at the national and international level in both development and humanitarian settings on programme development and delivery.
• Experience of supporting programme delivery at the level of field or zonal offices
• Experience of right-based and results-based programming.

• Experience of conflict-sensitivity and HDN an asset.

• Extensive experience of successful organizational and people management with a sound track record of good supervisory and change management skills

• Developing country work experience and experience with emergency is considered an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, 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 UNICEF competencies required for this post are...

Core competencies

• Communication (Level 3)
• Working with People (Level 3)
• Drive for Results (Level 3)

Functional Competencies:

• Leading and Supervising (Level 3)
• Formulating Strategies and Concepts (Level 3)
• Analyzing (Level 3)
• Relating and Networking (Level 3)
• Persuading and Influencing (Level 3)

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

Click here to learn more about UNICEF’s values and competencies.

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.

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