Internal/External Vacancy Announcement: Reports Specialist, P3, Position, Maputo, Mozambique

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 106,002 USD and 138,801 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, a future

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.

The Country Programme of Cooperation between the Government of Mozambique and UNICEF (CPD) for 2022-2026 aims to support Mozambique to accelerate efforts towards achieving the targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and meeting its commitment to respect, protect and fulfil the rights of children, in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action. It derives from the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF), 2022–2026 and aligns with the Government Five-Year Plan 2020–2024, the National Development Strategy 2015–2035 and relevant sector policies and programmes.

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How can you make a difference?

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nation.

Job organizational context:

UNICEF in Mozambique has been successful in mobilizing resources during the current programme cycle, due both to external factors and solid relationships with key donors. Nevertheless, different exercises, including the country programme evaluation (CPE) highlight the need for strengthened quality of reporting and accountability for results at the outcome level. In 2021 alone, UNICEF Mozambique managed the process of review and submission of more than 100 donor reports, a large number of high value proposals and agreements, including complex joint programme agreements.

Considering the expansion of the country programme and the complex development and humanitarian context, with a multifaceted partnership landscape of traditional donors, multilaterals, National Committees, private sector entities, foundations, platforms, complex coordination platforms and innovative funding and financing mechanisms, among others, UNICEF Mozambique has established a Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Unit, which will support efforts to accelerate Agenda 2030 for children in Mozambique.

Key objectives of the UNICEF Mozambique Partnerships and Resource Mobilization strategy (2022-2026), which guides the work of the Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Unit include:

1. Sustain a strong base of public sector partners and strengthen fundraising, to financially support the country programme outcomes, and engage in high level advocacy actions for child rights, across the humanitarian-development spectrum;
2. Strengthen public and private sector engagement and expand partnerships across platforms and stakeholders to leverage the child rights agenda in Mozambique;
3. Spearhead models and scale up innovative partnership strategies and synergies (e.g., innovative financing), to increase investments in children and leverage financing to achieve Agenda 2030 for children in Mozambique.

Purpose of the position:

Under the supervision of the Partnerships Manager (Resource Mobilization), the incumbent will be accountable for monitoring and writing donor reports for all programme funds falling under UNICEF Mozambique Country Office. The incumbent will also be responsible for monitoring the schedule of reports, ensuring timely and quality submission of reports; coordinating, editing/writing and submitting funding proposals to donors, and drafting and negotiating funding agreements as per donors’ framework agreements; and ensuring the timely preparation and dissemination of other mandatory and special reports, as well as briefing documents and corporate publications relating to programme activities in support of UNICEF’s mission in the country.

For more information on the responsibilities, please see the job description attached.

P3 Reports Specialist.pdf

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

• A Master’s degree in in social sciences, development, planning, communication, or related field.
• A minimum of five years of relevant work experience at national and international level, ideally (but not essentially) including familiarity with emergency programmes.
• Work experience in international development, and of international donor relations, ideally at country level.
• Proven excellent verbal and written communication skills, including demonstrated experience of drafting, editing and finalizing donor proposals, donor reports or other comparable documents.
• Proven excellent organizational skills, with the ability to coordinate between multiple internal and external stakeholders, and to put in place and maintain systems to ensure that deadlines are consistently met and donor conditions complied with.
• Proven ability to implement clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies, identify priority activities, adjust priorities as needed to meet organizational goals.
• Demonstrated ability to adjust to unexpected challenges and proposing countermeasures accordingly.
• Knowledge of current theories and practices in fundraising/marketing, partnerships and or corporate communication and experience with commercial marketing and fundraising is an asset.
• Knowledge and experience of working with business and human rights in particular children’s rights is an asset.
• Knowledge and experience of working with UN collaboration and partnerships with IFI’s (World Bank, IMF etc.) is an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, French or another Latin language is a strong asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: https://uni.cf/UNICEFValues

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

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 and (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 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.

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 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:

UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable candidates are encouraged to apply.

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

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