Programme Officer, P-2, TA (364 days), Programme Coordination, PFP, Geneva, Switzerland

Contract

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.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 106,558 USD and 144,732 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 fulfil 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 Champion

The purpose of this job is to provide overall support across the Programme Coordination team’s strategy, which is “Connecting the Field with the Private Sector”. UNICEF is a large and decentralized organization, with a complex structure of HQ, Regional Offices, Country Offices, and National Committees. The dialogue between all of these parties is critical to successful partnerships, but the ways in which they are currently achieved could be streamlined and more strategic. This post would support the three pillars of strategy on content, capacity building, and systems, focusing on content coordination across the team, institutionalizing flagship training initiatives for use across NatComs, Regional Offices, Country Offices, and PFP, and supporting programme visits. This work is critical to support the diverse set of stakeholders that the Programme Coordination Team supports – from programmatic experts to fundraisers and partnership colleagues across National Committees.

How can you make a difference?

The main tasks are to support the Programme Coordination Team to effectively and strategically engage the UNICEF programmes with the private and public sectors. The tasks will cut across all pillars of the Team’s strategy.

1. Content coordination

The Programme Coordination Team releases programmatic content – global and regional investment cases, proposals, and concept notes frequently (approximately every 10-14 days). This content is fully approved by technical specialists and senior management across Programme Group, DAPM, Regional Offices and Country Offices, as appropriate. It is critical to have a consistent content development process that includes specific steps for reviewing drafts and finalizing the content across team members. Given the decentralized nature of the team and volume of content being produced, there is a need for improved monitoring of this process and engagement with team members and certain points to ensure the highest quality documents are produced and released. At the outset, a standard monitoring process will need to be developed with the Chief of the Programme Coordination outlining the who, when, and how content is drafted, shared and finalized on the team and ensuring that the best practices are included in content. The monitoring process will involve a regular (weekly) touch point with each of the team members responsible for developing content to ensure the process is followed and reporting back at the weekly team meeting.

2. Institutionalizing programmatic training offerings

The Programme Coordination team hosts a flagship training called the Programme Masterclass as well as a number of other training opportunities. These have been developed since 2018 and hosted numerous times with various audiences/participants based on demand for topics or alignment with content being developed by the Team. The materials and content for the trainings have been well organized, however, there is a need to institutionalize the content and develop packages of materials that can be shared with National Committees, PFP, PPD, ROs, and COs. This will require a full review of the training materials available and the development of corresponding “how to” guides to facilitate each training to ensure it can be used without the need of the Programme Coordination Team. This activity is key for the sustainability of the Team’s strategy. This work will include mapping all of the programmatic trainings that the Team has developed, identifying the prioritized offering for institutionalizing in collaboration with the supervisor and in consultation with internal and NatCom needs, and creating packaged offering for wider sharing. Creating the packages of training will involve revising (if needed) session plans and content e.g. PPTs, one-pagers, drafting facilitator guides, and finalizing the package for release to the intended audience. Packages will be revised based on feedback.

3. Programme visit support

A new Procedure for Programme Visits has been drafted for use with National Committees, PFP, and Regional Offices/Country. This procedure outlines the types of visits, criteria for participant, financing of visits, and overall roles and responsibilities for hosting and receiving offices. To finalize and implement the new Procedure, multiple actions need to take place from a global consultation with National Committees and Country Offices to development of training materials with offices as part of the implementations and ongoing guidance on the Procedure. This role will support the finalization and implementation of the Procedure with support from the supervisor.

DELIVERABLES:

• Effectively monitor the content on the team through agreed-upon KPIs with the supervisor and the wider team.
• Develop a facilitator’s handbook for the Programme Masterclass and guidance on developing and hosting programmatic/thematic webinars.
• Manage the consultation process for the Programme Visit Procedure and develop the corresponding training materials for the implementation.

Estimated Duration of the contract

• 364 Days

Reporting To:

• Programme Specialist, Programme Coordination, PFP Geneva, Switzerland

Working Place:

• Geneva, Switzerland

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

Education:

• A first-level university degree in one of the following fields: communications, social sciences, marketing, public relations, business administration and management.

Experience:

• A minimum of 2 years of progressively responsible professional work experience in private sector engagement/Fundraising with project management, internal communications, and event planning, preferably with international experience.
• Proven track record of developing, managing, and optimizing internal processes in coordination with various stakeholders.
• Strong planning/organizing, and networking/relating skills.
• Strong writing skills, with a strong preference for knowledge and experience in writing for UNICEF private sector audiences.
• Monitoring experience is an asset.
• Training and development experience, including capacity building an asset
• Has highest-level communication skills, including engaging and informative formal public speaking.
• Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
• Demonstrates and shares detailed technical knowledge and expertise.
• UN/UNICEF experience an asset

Language requirements:

• Fluency in English (verbal and written) is required. Knowledge of an additional UN Language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish) is considered an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

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

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)
• Drives to achieve impactful results (1)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (1) are required.

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 PFP-Geneva is currently reviewing organizational changes; therefore, the exact future location of the post is still under consideration/to be determined. Candidates may be asked to commence duties remotely. Should the selected candidate be assigned and relocate to Geneva, they may later be asked to relocate and be assigned to another location during the initial contract or assignment period.

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 may also be 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.

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