Programme Specialist, NOC, New Delhi, India, Post No. 125990 (This position is for Indian Nationals only)

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This is a NO-3 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-3 contracts.

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For Every Child, AN ADVOCATE...

How can you make a difference?

If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.

Passport to Earning (P2E) is a flagship skilling platform which will provide young people (15-24 years old) with free, job-relevant skills, and position them for job opportunities. It is a Public-Private-Youth Partnership (PPYP) hosted by UNICEF, through Generation Unlimited and co-founded by Microsoft, which aims to connect youth to opportunity by upskilling them towards entrepreneurship, employment and social impact. P2E is planned for roll-out to 10 selected countries, with India being the first and expected to be the largest country for implementation. Facilitated by YuWaah and UNICEF India Country Office, P2E will be implemented in the India with the aim of impacting 5 million young people through providing them with the right 21st century skilling courses and relevant opportunities. P2E will specially focus on women, rural and peri-urban, and other underserved communities.

The purpose of the position is to provide support in leading and coordinating the P2E platforms planning, partnership coordination and operationalization. Under the general supervision of the Chief of YuWaah and Youth Development and Partnerships and technical oversight of COO Programme Manager of YuWaah and P2E Lead Consultant, the incumbent will ensure provisioning (both curated and developed) of courses that are best suited to meet the needs of young people This position will work closely with YuWaah team regional and global teams as well as P2E funding and technical partners for the planning, workstream advancement, implementation, stakeholder management, team management, platform management, curation and development of content , mobilisation and outreach to partners and youth.

The platform is scheduled for roll-out by September 2021. To provide support in kick-starting P2E, UNICEF and YuWaah is currently on-boarding a Programme Specialist (P2E) who will help in leading and coordinating the P2E platforms planning, partnership coordination and operationalization. Under the supervision of Programme Manager YuWaah, the Programme Specialist will also advise and support on integration of P2E with the YuWaah aggregator platform being developed and with work on creating content repository for 21st century skills. This objective of this position is to plan, workstream advancement, implement, stakeholder management, team management, platform management, curation of content on the platform through a well-defined process, mobilisation and outreach to partners and youth. The post will also play an important role in jumpstarting relations building with the different partners and stakeholders. The role needs domain knowledge on implementing eLearning platforms, and direct involvement in scale implementation of training processes on the ground.

Major Roles and Responsibilities:

Project Alignment and management:

• Manage, coordinate and support all implementation activities related to P2E including the governance structure, regional/HQ offices and P2E partners; Support the YuWaah team in India to deploy Passport to Earning (P2E) as part of the focus on skills for life and livelihood including partnerships
• Content Management: Direct content curation and review processes on P2E, to ensure it meets education standards and legal/ethical concerns.
• Monitoring and Knowledge management:Oversee all knowledge management, monitoring and reporting activities related to P2E.
• Technology management: Interface with agencies involved in ensuring the P2E platform is operational.
• Partnerships management: Identification and on-boarding of Partners for operationalization of P2E
• Mobilisation and outreach management: Alignment with UNICEF state offices, and national and state partners including Government for mobilization, promotion and outreach of P2E.
• Effectively manage multiple Stakeholders and Partners – including funding and other collaborating agencies – to ensure the resources (technological, human resources, etc.) needed are available for managing P2E program
• Review identified and perceived risks pertaining to the platform and undertake necessary mitigation strategies Project Alignment and management including partnerships
• Facilitate creation of a clear detailed implementation plan to result in 5,000,000 course completions in conjunction with the key stakeholders, including periodic milestones
• Define and outlined key expectations of all key stakeholders associated with the launch of P2E in India, including roles, responsibilities and timelines
• Facilitate the development and implementation of the mobilization and outreach plan Recruitment and On-boarding Partners
• Support the process and onboard P2E tech support and content
• Support the alignment with key partners (Ministries, UNICEF state offices, Accenture, Microsoft and
• implementing partners)
• Identify, contract and onboard partners for outreach, mobilization, facilitation
• Ensure training of partners on mobilization, technology and content.

Content Management

• Create linkages on other UNICEF / YuWaah initiatives for curating content P2E.
• Ensure curation of Partner content to contribute towards the content
• Ensure development of Content Curation Strategy, including what structures and systems to be put in place for content reviewing, validating etc.

P2E Tech Platform

• Serve as key focal point and coordinator for P2E technology and partners, including content creators and other UNICEF stakeholders.
• Ensure definition of portal instances to accommodate various stakeholders and their requirements for courses.
• Ensure required training/workshops for relevant officials and teachers.
• Set up processes to provide technical support to users and stakeholders at key moments of engagement, e.g. support sourcing and uploading content , creating categories, courses, and lessons, and providing analytical reports from data aggregated by the platform.
• Contribute and manage knowledge resources and support general knowledge sharing by producing knowledge management resources, organizing activities to ensure sharing, exchange and collaboration and documenting lessons learned, challenges, and good practices.
• Ensure monitoring, financial and other regular reports to Country Office, Pacific multi-country office, Regional Office and global teams; Oversee and provide inputs to monitoring exercises for internal and external stakeholders and funders of the P2E (grants’ reports, annual results report, needed updates, etc.).
• Scope complimentary ICT for learning and EdTech tools that could be integrated to support Passport to
• Earning related technology efforts.
• Review identified and perceived risks pertaining to the platform and undertake necessary mitigation strategies

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

EDUCATION:

• Advanced degree in project management, information technology, communication, education, youth development or other relevant field OR A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• At least five years of progressively responsible and relevant professional work experience in project/program management in ed-tech, youth development or related fields for large initiatives and experience in multi-stakeholder consultations and coordination related to learning and skilling. Working experience with non-profit organizations required.
• Knowledge of the UN system and familiarity with UNICEF programme activities is desirable.

LANGUAGES:

Fluency in English & Hindi (written and verbal) is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Strong organizational, planning and prioritizing skills and abilities
• Familiarity with existing and emerging ed-tech platforms
• Prior experience in program managing at least one large scale technology-based solutions with multiple modules and stakeholder/user groups
• Experience in LMS and content management on LMS
• Experience working with UN/international organizations including conducting training and developing training packages.
• Good technical understanding and familiarity with information management systems.
• Demonstrated ability and experience in coordination, and able to work under pressure is required.
• Prior experience in coordinating with multiple partners and external groups for undertaking integration with various third-party systems and platforms

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…

• Nurtures, Leads and Manages People (1)

• 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)

• Drives to achieve impactful results (2)

• Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)

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:

• This position is based in New Delhi (India). The vacancy is open to Indian Nationals only.
• This vacancy is open for internal and external candidates.
• This is a Temporary Appointment and the selected applicant will have a 364 days Temporary Appointment contract.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be notified and advance to the next stage of the selection process, which involves various assessments.
• 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/.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. 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.