Programme Specialist - Disability inclusion Field Support (P-3), PGLT - Disability (Temporary Appointment 9 months) # 00126194 (Fully Remote)

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 111,152 USD and 145,545 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.

Note: " The position is fully remote work modality and will be deployed at least 70% time to emergency countries. This position will be administratively linked to Nairobi, Kenya duty station. Post adjustment will be determined based on the preferred candidate's location. No installation to the duty station will be applicable and relevant entitlements will be adjusted based on lower of the two costs between the remote work location and Nairobi duty station."

Key factors exacerbating exclusion of children with disabilities from humanitarian response include their lack of visibility in data collection and analysis; limited reflection of disability inclusion requirements in budgets; and lack of accessibility of complaints and feedback mechanisms and community engagement processes. While guidance exists, in many settings, humanitarian actors do not have the practical skills and applied knowledge to deliver a fully inclusive response. Further, despite a broader localization agenda, local organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) are often not engaged as actors in the response. Ensuring a disability inclusive humanitarian response requires a multisectoral approach, with inclusion embedded throughout the Humanitarian Programme Cycle (HPC) as a responsibility of all humanitarian actors and delivered with persons with disabilities and their representative organizations at the center.

UNICEF has clear policy commitments to disability inclusive emergency preparedness and response, including as set out in the Core Commitments to Children in Humanitarian Action (CCCs) and Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy (DIPAS). There is also a wealth of guidance and other resources on the topic, various initiatives to strengthen implementation of policy commitments, and dedicated staff, mainly at global and regional levels. However, a key gap remains in availability of dedicated technical capacity at country level to drive implementation of guidance and realization of policy commitments in practice.

For every child, good climate for all……

This role will build UNICEF and partner capacity in the field to deliver an accountable and disability-inclusive humanitarian response that places affected populations at the centre.

This post will support UNICEF Country Offices both in cluster/ sector coordination and in programming, including through deployments (in-country or remote). Depending on the country context, the division of work between programming and coordination will differ and will be specified in the TORs for each mission

How can you make a difference?

Strengthen integration of disability inclusion and a broader people centered approach in all UNICEF emergency preparedness and response actions:

• Work with UNICEF COs to support a multisectoral approach to disability inclusion and accountability in:
  • Emergency preparedness planning
  • Needs analysis and situation assessment
  • Response planning
  • Budgeting and resource mobilization (including providing input to the Humanitarian Action for Children appeal)
  • Monitoring and reporting, including supporting collection and analysis of data disaggregated by age, sex, disability, location, and other context‑specific considerations, in all assessment, planning, monitoring and evaluation activities.
• Deliver capacity strengthening of UNICEF staff and partners on disability inclusive humanitarian action and support capacity strengthening on AAP, localization, gender equality and/or GBV risk mitigation and response;
• Improve availability of data on persons with disabilities and other population groups at heightened risk, including by:
  • Providing technical inputs to the design of data collection tools and methodology, including on disaggregation by sex, age and disability
  • Ensuring the inclusion of relevant disability inclusion indicators in needs assessments
  • Reviewing secondary data
  • Leading safety and accessibility audits and similar barriers assessment processes
  • Supporting key informant interviews and focus group discussions to ensure they are safe, accessible and inclusive
• Contribute to the production of strategic fundraising documents (such as flash appeals and proposals) and support appropriate channeling and spending of donor contribution on disability inclusion;
• Work with relevant colleagues to make AAP mechanisms, including complaints and feedback and community engagement safe and accessible;
• Strengthen partnerships with local and national OPDs on emergency preparedness and response, including through capacity strengthening and capacity sharing initiatives;
• Conduct a mapping of other key disability actors and identify opportunities to build new partnerships and collaboration;
• Document learning on country experience of strengthening disability inclusion and a broader people centered approach in emergency preparedness and response, to be added to a dedicated knowledge hub;
• Roll out existing tools and guidance and support contextualization where relevant. Contribute to the development of any new tools and resources (global, regional or country level) identified as needed by UNICEF COs;
• Where contextually relevant, support disability inclusive recovery and reconstruction, such as contributing to post-disaster needs assessments (PDNA).

Strengthen disability inclusion and a broader people centered approach in humanitarian coordination:

• Deliver capacity strengthening of UNICEF-led/ co-led cluster / AoRs / sector partners on disability inclusive humanitarian action and support capacity strengthening on AAP, localization, gender equality and/or GBV risk mitigation and response;
• Enhance or create mechanisms for multisectoral coordination on disability inclusion (e.g., establishing a working group and/or focal point system, or working with the Inter-sector disability/ inclusion task team where active, and strengthening inclusion in coordination mechanisms for other cross cutting concerns, such as AAP and GBV)
• Participate in cluster / AoRs / sector meetings and other processes to provide inputs on disability inclusion and a broader people centered approach in the HPC, including in:
  • Cluster strategy development
  • Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) and Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) development, including needs assessment processes
  • Training of cluster / AoR / sector partners
• Conduct a mapping of local and national OPDs and other key disability actors and identify opportunities to build new partnerships and collaboration, including through capacity strengthening and capacity sharing;

• Roll out existing tools and guidance and support contextualization where relevant. Contribute to the development of any new tools and resources (global, national or sub-national level) identified as needed by UNICEF led/ co-led clusters, sectors and AoR;

• Work with relevant partners to make AAP mechanisms, including complaints and feedback and community engagement safe and accessible

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

• An advanced university degree in Economics, Public Policy, Social Sciences, International Relations, Political Science, or another relevant technical field is required.
• A minimum of five years of A minimum of five (5) years of progressively professional experience in humanitarian action, with a focus on disability inclusion is required.
• A strong track record of contributing to delivery of humanitarian response in the field is desirable.
• Very good practical knowledge and understanding of disability inclusion in programming and humanitarian coordination, and at least one of the following- Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP), gender, localization and Gender Based Violence (GBV) risk mitigation and response.
• Experience in engaging in humanitarian coordination mechanisms is an asset.
• A proven experience of planning and facilitating training, workshops and other capacity building modalities.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-cultural environment and establish harmonious and effective working relationships.
• Fluency in English (written and verbal) is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian, French or Spanish) is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability (CRITA), and sustainability

Please click Here to view UNICEF's core values and Here to view our competency framework.

UNICEF competencies required for this post are.

• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (2)
• Works Collaboratively with others (2)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (2)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (2)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (2)
• Drive to achieve impactful results (2)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)

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 including 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, 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 promoting 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.

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.

“UNICEF only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed at http://www.whed.net/”

For more information on remuneration and benefits, please visit UNICEF’s Entitlements’ page. If you would like to find estimates for entitlements, you may use the online Salary Estimate Calculator

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