Internal/ External Advert: Social Policy Officer, NO-B, Surabaya, Indonesia, for Indonesians only (126043)

Contract

This is a NO-2 contract. This kind of contract is known as National Professional Officers. It is normally only for nationals. It's a staff contract. More about NO-2 contracts.

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, innovation

This position provides technical support and assistance in all stages of social policy programming and related advocacy from strategic planning and formulation to delivery of concrete and sustainable results. This includes programmes aimed at improving: (a) innovative financing resources to mobilize and leverage funds for development, with a focus on investing in the well-being of children, (b) the capacity of local governments and other related stakeholders at subnational in Public Financial Management, specifically in planning, budgeting, reporting, and monitoring child-focused spending and social services which will contribute to leveraging the innovative finance, (c) advocacy and partnerships for child-sensitive social policy, and (d) UNICEF programme management at field office.

This will encompass both direct programmes work with government and civil society partners as well as linkages and support to teams focused on innovative finance, public finance, education, health, nutrition, child protection, water and sanitation, climate, adolescents, and gender innovative financing resources, capacity of local governments, advocacy and partnerships for child-sensitive social policy, and UNICEF programme management at field office.

How can you make a difference?

Under the leadership of the Chief Field Office Surabaya (FO Surabaya), the Social Policy officer will also receive technical guidance from the Social Policy Specialist on Public Finance and Innovative Finance-Jakarta office to deliver:

1. Enhancing innovative financing resources to mobilize and leverage funds for development, with a focus on investing in the well-being of children which will cover majority in East Java as well as in other potential provinces.

• Develops innovative financing mechanisms at subnational through to implementation to expedite progress towards achieving results for children and young people under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This includes examining feasibility, co-designing mechanisms, evaluating innovative financing cases, developing work plans, and conducting financial modelling.
• Provides inputs and recommendations for project proposals, policy advice and technical support for programme implementation, conducts feasibility analyses, identifies areas for support and intervention, and supports capacity development strategies at subnational level.
• Supports development of new partnerships and innovative solutions to harness the potential of financing for achieving the SDGs, particularly on thematic municipal bonds or sukuk. This includes exploring opportunities in financial markets and the sustainable investing sector to complement and extend the impact of public sector funding, particularly at subnational level.
• Collaborates with local authorities to enhance capacity in the preparation of municipal bonds/sukuk issuances or other non-traditional bonds such as impact bonds, policy analysis for leveraging innovative finance, and monitoring the impact of innovative financing on child-focused essential social services under the SDGs, with a focus on community participation and accountability.
• Supports the operationalization of UNICEF's innovative finance strategy at subnational level.

2. Strengthening the capacity of local governments and other related stakeholders at subnational in Public Financial Management, specifically in planning, budgeting, reporting, and monitoring child-focused spending and social services. This will contribute to the optimal management of municipal bonds/sukuk.

• Collaborates with central and local authorities to enhance policies, planning, budgeting, consultation and accountability processes to ensure that decisions and child-focused service delivery more closely respond to the needs of local communities and optimizes the use of proceed of innovative finance at subnational level. This includes engaging new partners such as Bappenda (the Local Revenue Agency), BKAD (Asset and Finance Management Agency), Bank Jatim (local government-owned banks), Bank Indonesia Wilayah (local Bank Indonesia), in addition to Bappeda, and others.
• Collaborates with central and local authorities to strengthen capacity on quality data collection, analysis for policy development, planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring of essential social services, with emphasis on community participation and accountability, including proactively taking part in Musrenbang Kabupaten, Kota, Provinsi (Development Planning Meetings at the municipal and provincial level).

3. Strengthening advocacy and partnerships for child-sensitive social policy at FO Surabaya.

• Supports correct and compelling use of data and evidence on the situation of children in Indonesia and the coverage and impact of child-focused services in support of the social policy programme and the country programme overall.
• Establishes effective partnerships with the government, bilateral and multilateral donors, NGOs, civil society and local leaders, the private sector, and other UN agencies to support sustained and proactive commitment to the Convention of the Rights of the Child and to achieve global UN agendas, such as the SDGs and Child Friendly Initiative.
• Identifies other critical partners, promotes awareness, and builds capacity of partners, and actively facilitates effective collaboration within the UN family.

4. UNICEF programme management at FO Surabaya.

• Helps manage and coordinate technical support around social policy, public finance, and governance to ensure it is well planned, monitored, and implemented in a timely fashion to adequately support scale-up and delivery. Ensures risk analysis and risk mitigation are embedded into overall management of the support, in close consultation with UNICEF programme sections, cooperating partners, and governments.
• Supports and contributes to effective and efficient planning, management, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the country programme. This includes promoting convergence, cross-cutting, and mainstreaming agenda, which reflected in Annual Management Priority (AMP) and Field Office Management Priority (FOMP). Ensures that social planning project enhances policy dialogue, planning, supervision, technical advice, management, training, research and support as well as that the monitoring and evaluation component strengthens oversight of the social sectors and provides support to sectoral and decentralized information systems.

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

• A university degree, ideally in one of the following fields: Finance, Business with a finance major, Economics, Public Policy, or another relevant technical field.
• A minimum of two years’ relevant professional experience in a financial area is required.
• Experience working in capital markets is considered a strong asset.
• Background in working at an international organization is a plus

• Fluency in both English and Indonesian in both writing an oral is required. Knowledge of another official UN language is considered as an asset.

  TOR TA SP NOB Surabaya for TMS.pdf

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 promote 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:

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. 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. This vacancy is open for Indonesians only.