Programme Specialist (Resilience), P4, Fixed Term, Mogadishu, Somalia

Contract

This is a P-4 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 7 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 90,970 USD and 117,287 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, Resilience

How can you make a difference?

Under the supervision of the Deputy Representative (Programme), and in close coordination with other programme Section Chiefs, the Programme Specialist (Resilience) is responsible for supporting the integration and coordination of resilience approaches in the UNICEF Somalia programme focusing on multi-sectoral and multi-agency convergence and programming to promote resilient households, with sustained access to social services for children through periods of shock and crisis. The Programme Specialist (Resilience) will serve as Coordinator/Secretariat to the office wide Resilience Task Force chaired by the Deputy Representative (Programme). The Programme Specialist (Resilience) will also play a key role in donor relations and partnership building linked to resilience portfolio as an integral part of the implementation of Country Programme.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

• Facilitate overall programme design and implementation of resilience approaches for UNICEF Somalia Country Office through the Resilience Task Force, ensuring work plan and activities are formulated, implemented, and monitored. Support the Zonal Offices in designing zonal specific resilience building programmes based on their specific risk profile, conflict analysis, partnerships, government capacity and programme priorities.

• Act as the organizational focal point for the Joint Resilience Programme (JRP) and all other cross-sectoral and Inter-Agency resilience programmes, like the joint resilience project with WFP and FAO.

• Support inter-sectoral partnership and capacity building, including training and on-the-job technical support and mentoring on resilience (including links to risk informed programming) within the country office including field office teams, and with partners using tools and guidance from UNICEF and other agencies and partners.

• Provide support to UNICEF Programme to integrate resilience approaches across the programme cycle (planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation) and to work closely with the other UNICEF sectors, including the Programme Chief’s to ensure the planning and realisation of complementary programming and transitions.

• Provide support to the Deputy Representative (Programme) to maintain and develop broader partnerships on resilience and ensure strategic linkages and coordination of UNICEF’s work in resilience with relevant partners including key donors.

• Support knowledge management, M & E, and lessons learnt arising from implementation of resilience approaches through drafting/finalizing key documents, reports, updates and briefing notes; sharing good practices, lessons learned, and knowledge/information exchange; managing office partnerships with research institutions and other knowledge partners to ensure continued generation of evidence baselines.

• Carry out other related duties as required by the Deputy Representative (Programme).

Impact of Results

Makes decisions on project management, especially for mainstreaming Resilience Building programs, within the framework of objectives and in coordination with Resilience Task Force, to ensure project delivery meets targeted goals and objectives, especially with a focus on the Joint Resilience Project with WFP and FAO. Decisions taken affect the nature of UNICEF’s cooperation and the nature of work in Resilience building, Global partnerships in Education and other UNICEF Somalia Programmes. Such decisions have operational implications and can significantly influence collaboration with other similar initiatives going on in Somalia.

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

• An Advanced University degree in one of the following fields: social sciences, public administration, law, public health, nutrition, international relations, business administration or other related disciplines. Preferably a combination of management, administration, and relevant technical fields.
• A minimum of eight years of progressively responsible professional work experience at the national and international levels in programme/project development, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and administration.
• Developing country work experience (for IP) or field work experience (for NO).
• Specialized training/experience in resilience programme management highly desirable.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Fluency in English and a second UN language; Local working language of the duty station an asset (for IP).

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

To view our competency framework, please visit

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

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:

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:

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.