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This is a NO-2 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-2 contracts.

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, better future. Learn about what we do to create a fair chance for every child in Thailand, click here.

How can you make a difference?

Children in Thailand are highly vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change and environmental degradation. UNICEF as the UN agency mandated to protect the rights of every child, including children’s environmental rights, intends to launch a comprehensive assessment on children and climate change as part of its contribution to national climate and environmental efforts, with a focus on children’s unique vulnerabilities, needs and perspectives in Thailand.

The incumbent will contribute to the objective of the country programme 2022-2026 of supporting improved government capacity to implement effective child-focus, shock-and gender-responsive programmes to protect all children from social, climate and environmental risks. Working under the supervision of Deputy Representative and in close collaboration with the different sections, the incumbent will specifically support UNICEF engagement on environment and climate for and with children across Early Childhood Development, education, child protection, adolescent development, social policy programme components.

Major Responsibilities

  1. Evidence generation, situation analysis and technical guidance to staff and programme partners on climate change and environmental risks facing children
  • Map and maintain overall knowledge on the policies and regulatory frameworks, institutions, programme activities and partnerships, including at subnational level, relevant to child rights realization from the perspective of environment and climate.
  • Identify objectives, actions and best practices for protecting children from climate change and environmental risk globally and locally and provide necessary technical assistance and capacity development to staff and partners for their adoption.
  • Coordinate identification and addressing of gaps in the evidence base around the impact of climate change on child rights in Thailand across ECD, education, child protection, adolescent development, social policy and social protection programmes in the country.
  1. Advocacy and partnership development
  • Establish strong working relationships with relevant ministries and government counterparts aimed at supporting national priorities and advancing UNICEF’s environment and climate action portfolio
  • Support communication, dissemination of evidence, and awareness raising regarding climate change, environmental degradation and child rights in Thailand and provide grounded inputs into key national climate and environment policy dialogues.
  • Identify partners and entry points for strategic engagement and policy advocacy regarding climate change impact on children for engagement including sun-national level. Establish close collaboration with national and subnational authorities, NGOs community groups, other partners and children themselves to keep abreast with climate-related initiatives and efforts, collect information, identify problems and constrains, and advocate for tangible solutions for children.
  • Support the development of platforms and opportunities that empower children as agents of changes with an active role in addressing climate-related risks by exercising their views, opinions and concerns, identifying and working on solutions and promoting environmentally sustainable lifestyles.
  • Identify funding opportunities and support UNICEF programmes in accessing climate-related funding from existing and emerging sources, including public private partnerships, innovative climate finance and leveraging of non-financial contributions for climate aims. Develop concept notes for fundraising for climate change adaptation and mitigation proposal as well as inputs to proposals from all programmes as needed.
  1. Management and coordination support for programme development and implementation
  • Substantive lead UNICEF efforts at cross-sectoral integration of environment and climate change and development of effective programmatic response at all levels from strategy development to design and costing specific interventions.
  • Manage distinct projects in the environmental and climate action portfolio and support a network of programme focal points in the coordinated implementation and optimal use funds of environment-focus interventions.
  • Liaise and build effective programmatic partnerships with other stakeholders active in climate change and environmental sustainability in Thailand for programmatic coordination, lessons learned and good practice.
  • Participate in relevant UN agencies and development partners’ climate change working groups to ensure linkages/ knowledge exchange with regional and global stakeholders.
  1. Results-based planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting
  • Coordinate and be ultimately responsible for effective knowledge management systems (data collection, monitoring, report generation, evaluation and tasks related to documenting the programme process with partners) regarding UNICEF environment and climate action.
  • Ensure that child-focused environmental and climate action are appropriately intergrade into results-based programme workplans, progress against set objectives and targets is monitored and jointly reviewed with government to ensure achievement of quality and sustainable results.
  • Prepare inputs to annual reports, results assessments and specific programme/ project and reports to update management, partners and allies, including relevant briefs and reports for decision making purposes by UNICEF management.

Qualifications of Successful Candidate

Education:

  • Minimum Master’s degree in environment, climate science, social and economic development, public health, public administration or another relevant technical field. A bachelor’s degree in combination with 2 additional relevant years is also considered.

Experience:

  • Minimum of two years of direct professional work experience at the national level in programme/project development. Preferably 5 years experience with focused areas related to development cooperation on climate change adaptation and mitigation, environment or socio-economic development.
  • Demonstrated experience in applying results-based management required.
  • Familiarity with government and administration regulations and experience working with sub-national governments is considered an advantage.

Language and Computer literacy:

  • Fluency in Thai and English (valid TOEIC score of at least 855: Listening and Reading section) is required.
  • Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office application

    For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in 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, and 8) Nurtures, leads and manages people (applicable for supervisor and manager’s role).

The core competencies required for this post are…

  • Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)
  • Works Collaboratively with others (1)
  • Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)
  • Innovates and Embraces Change (1)
  • Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)
  • Drive to achieve impactful results (1)
  • Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

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

Successful candidate will be offered an attractive remuneration package under the UN system.

Only shortlisted candidates with pre-screening according to child safeguarding will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Please send application together with P-11 and Performance Evaluation Reports (PERs) of the last two years no later than 26 May 2022

FORM P11.doc

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.

UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children.

For gender balance in the workforce, Thai National male qualified candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

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.

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