Learning & Development Specialist, P-3, DAPM

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 140,639 USD and 184,155 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

This position is within the Programme Effectiveness Team section of the Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring, reporting to the Chief of the Learning and Knowledge Exchange. The Division aims to ‘drive decision making and organizational learning for now and the future, improve effectiveness and achievement of results of UNICEF and its partners to realize the rights and improve the life of every child’. The priorities of the Programme Effectiveness Team include a) reforming programme monitoring, and strengthening partnership and risk management across all contexts, b) enhancing programme effectiveness by simplifying and improving the quality and impact of programming, including through digital transformation, and c) reinforcing organizational learning on delivering results for children at scale, and building strong knowledge management and exchange.

How can you make a difference?

Under the supervision of the Chief, OLKM, the Learning and Development Specialist will be responsible for coordination and development of learning programmes to strengthen the capacity of UNICEF staff in areas of work relating to the mandate of the Division including on programme effectiveness and UNICEF’s data work. The incumbent coordinates with DAPM sections and units to translate technical content into coherent learning packages using a mix of approaches and promote the uptake of learning programmes through a variety of tools available, as well as supporting teams to identify learning needs, identify approaches to address them and to support evaluation of learning programmes undertaken.

Key Accountabilities and Duties & Tasks

1. Development and Delivery of Learning Programmes to deliver on the DAPM priorities

Based on identified needs, assist in the design and implementation of innovative and focused staff development strategies capable of delivering real performance gains in the Organization using a mix of approaches, including formal and informal learning. Implement cost-effective approved range of courses by mobilizing internal resources such as AGORA. Identify external resources to support capacity development of UNICEF staff and partners, where strategic. Communicate learning to staff through a variety of channels.

2. Identification of Learning Needs

Monitor and analyse organizational learning needs relating to DAPM’s mandate. Support the development of tools and coordinate the assessment of existing competencies as well as identify current and future learning needs in emerging areas of UNICEF’s programme effectiveness and data work. Support skills building among staff across the organisation, contributing to a strengthened data function, strengthened monitoring function, enhanced knowledge management function, with specific attention to ensuring such capacities are available at country office, regional office and headquarters levels.

3. Co-opting and Managing Vendor Relations

While much of the design and roll-out of learning programmes will be managed by the incumbent and colleagues within the division, the incumbent will also manage the processes of procuring service(s) to support learning by developing Terms of Reference, coordinating review of proposals and co-option of vendors and institutions. Coordinate and manage the interface between external training providers and UNICEF ensuring that the training given meets staff needs and contributes to the acquisition/development of competencies required for effective implementation of the SP.

4. Assessment of Learning Programmes

Assess quality of and results achieved through ongoing learning programmes and ensure consistency of delivery methods. Update content in collaboration with subject matter experts. Use assessment(s) to develop lessons learned to ensure that the assessment(s) contribute to improved future products.

5. Partnership Building

Work closely with colleagues in other units in the division in identifying and establishing partnerships with institutions and other organizations to leverage on their strengths and to ensure that learning developed within UNICEF is widely shared as appropriate and that UNICEF staff can access and benefit from the already existing learning programmes.

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in education, adult learning or other relevant disciplines including, Educational Technology, Management of Non-Profit Organizations, Human Resources Development, International Relations, Development Studies.
• A minimum of five (5) years of relevant professional experience in adult learning.
• Excellent written and oral communication
• Experience in developing on-line, face-to-face and blended learning programmes for adult audiences.
• Strong project management, coordination and collaboration skills and sound research skills.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity 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, Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS).

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are...

• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (II)
• Works Collaboratively with Others (II)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (II)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (II)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (II)
• Drives to Achieve Impactful Results (II)
• Manages Ambiguity and Complexity (II)

To view our competency framework, please visit 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.

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:

Duties may be performed remotely.

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.