Programme Specialist (Social Protection), P3, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

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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.

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The salary for this job should be between 74,649 USD and 97,747 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, opportunity.

How can you make a difference?

Under the supervision of the Emergency Manager, Cox’s Bazar Field Office, and technical oversight support from Chief of SPEAR, Dhaka, the post of Programme Specialist (Social Protection) will set up and/or adapt, implement and manage humanitarian cash/voucher interventions in response to the current crisis and act as technical expert on cash/voucher assistance in inter-agency forums on behalf of UNICEF. Also, support Government and BCO with technical assistance in the improvement of social assistance programs to optimize outcomes for children. The Programme Specialist will also support and coordinate adolescent programming in Cox’s Bazar Office.

Major duties and responsibilities:

1. Social Protection:

  1. Provide technical assistance to Government child-focused Social assistance programme -Mother and Child Benefit Programme (MCBP)
  2. To design, implement, monitor and evaluate Humanitarian cash and voucher assistance programmes:
  3. To represent UNICEF at inter agency coordination platforms and regularly present at different Cox’s Bazar-level cash-based response meetings

2. Adolescent Development and Participation (ADAP)

Provide the coordination and operational management of Adolescent Programming

3. Programme management as Social protection and ADAP Team lead

For details please see attached TOR: ToR_Programme Specialist (Social Protection).pdf

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

  • An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: Social Sciences, International Relations, Government, Public Administration, Public Policy, Social Policy, Social Development, Community Development, or another relevant technical field.
  • Five years of relevant professional work experience is required, focused on post-crisis recovery, complex emergencies, humanitarian response, including experience in early recovery.
  • Experience in emergency cash programing is required. Experience in designing, delivering, evaluation, systems strengthening, and policy advocacy of social protection systems is highly desirable.
  • Background/familiarity with emergency is considered as an asset.
  • Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language or local language of the duty station is considered as an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

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

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are...

  • Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness
  • Works collaboratively with others
  • Builds and Maintains Partnerships
  • Innovates and Embraces Change
  • Thinks and Acts Strategically
  • Drives to achieve impactful results
  • Manages ambiguity and complexity

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:

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

UNICEF does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.

Internal candidates may be given preference over external candidates. The term "Internal" refers to all staff members with fixed term, continuing or permanent appointments.

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

The complete vacancy announcements can be reviewed via UNICEF Careers website at https://jobs.unicef.org/en-us/listing/

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.

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