Public Partnerships Officer, P-2, TA (Part Time), Public Partnerships Division (PPD), Brussels, Belgium Post #125850 Req

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.

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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, Results

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias, or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic, and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education, and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. Therefore, the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.

The EC Directorate Generals DG INTPA, DG NEAR and the EEAS’s Foreign Policy Instruments launched a large-scale business transformation and IT programme to manage the whole EU external relations portfolio of interventions effectively and efficiently. This system, known as "OPSYS", means a shift of mentality in the way EU aid works: a more transparent and results-based way of delivery cooperation.

It represents a quantum leap forward in terms of improved procedures, harmonized processes, and modern IT tools, with the goal of raising the effectiveness and visibility of EU cooperation.

OPSYS will cover the whole project cycle: from programming to final evaluation, all through its contracting and implementation phases. This presents a major change in which organizations previously applied for EC external action funding and reported against grants.

How can you make a difference?

One of the main functions of the UNICEF Partnership office in Brussels is to build capacity of regional and country offices’ staff to apply for EC funding and provide quality assurance and guidance on the process. Therefore, the Brussels partnership office is hiring a full-time individual contractor to provide support to its regional (RO) and country offices (COs) for the roll-out of OPSYS. The incumbent will guide country offices on the technical implications of OPSYS. The incumbent will:

1. support the Brussels office’s contribution management team in reviewing the log frame of proposals
2. COs and ROs in registering their contractual log frame in OPSYS
3. COs and ROs in identifying matching indicators (EU core indicators) to increase UNICEF’s visibility on the OPSYS platform as a key partner in working in partnership with the EU towards the SDGs
4. COs and ROs in reporting against the registered OPSYS log frame (EU aims to reach 100% coverage by the end of 2023)

Provide feedback to the EU OPSYS team as well as to the UNICEF Brussels team and M&E team in UNICEF HQ on shortcomings of respectively EU Core indicators and UNICEF CPD indicators as well as their feasibility to report to the SDG framework.

Key functions, accountabilities, and related duties/tasks:

Manage relationships and communication with EU OPSYS focal points

• Follow up on communication related to access rights of Brussels office and alignment process of indicators for ongoing projects by the EU
• Regular liaising with OPSYS focal points

Support country and regional offices/UBO for the roll-out of OPSYS:

• Conduct an assessment on country/regional offices needs for assistance in relation to OPSYS and develop a workplan, including on country offices and UBO accountabilities.
• Ensure continued familiarity with OPSYS and its continuously updated requirements.
• Update the UNICEF-OPSYS guidance note to support Regional and Country Offices with accompanying SOP. The SOP will clarify workflows and accountabilities of the Brussels Partnership Office Country and Regional Offices in OPSYS with regards to quality assurance of proposals, log-frames, agreements and reports submitted through the system.
• Provide structured and on demand remote guidance and support to Regional and Country Offices on the use of OPSYS, registration process, including identification of OPSYS indicators versus UNICEF standard indicators.
• Design a way to ensure that approved EU-UNICEF documents uploaded in the UNICEF Donor Report Tracker Report are automatically aligned with those submitted in OPSYS to ensure that both systems are fully synchronized and showing final EU-UNICEF approved versions.
• Support advocacy for the establishment of a Child marker in EU funding decisions and development actions to accurately account the EUs financial contribution in support of the EU strategy on the Rights of the Child and Child Rights in general.
• Ensure the use of Nexus specific indicators for EU development actions that are taking place in the common Emergency and Development space.

Support the Brussels Office Development Section upon request.

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in economics, political science, finance, education, or a related field. 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.
• A minimum of two (2) years of professional experience is required
• Familiar with Results Based Management and log frames
• Proven experience delivering on-line training
• Ability to work independently and within a set time frame.
• Strong analytical skills
• Knowledge of EU external action and funding requirements are desirable
• Fluency in written and oral English; Knowledge of a second language such as French would be an asset.
• Computer literacy (Office 365, Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point, SAP)
• Fluency in English and another EU language. Additional EU languages are an asset.

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…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others.

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:

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 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.

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