Representative, D-2, Jakarta, Indonesia

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This is a D-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 16 years of experience, depending on education.

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The salary for this job should be between 198,606 USD and 239,371 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, dedication.

The Representative serves as the accredited representative of UNICEF in the country and reports to the Regional Director for general direction and oversight. The Representative is responsible for establishing dialogue with the Government to develop the framework of cooperation in the country and for working closely and collaboratively with the Government and national institutions, stakeholders and partners, to develop the Government-UNICEF Country Programme of Cooperation in active support of efforts to advance children’s rights as established under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, other international treaties/frameworks, the SDGs, and UN intergovernmental bodies.

As head of the Country Office, the Representative is responsible for providing leadership and vision to the UNICEF Country Office team in managing and leveraging resources for the achievement of results and realization of the rights of children. The Representative leads and oversees the various programme sectors and operations teams ensuring delivery of quality results in accordance with UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance and accountability framework, ethics and integrity. The Representative is accountable for upholding UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability, and ensuring the establishment and maintenance of a non-discriminatory, inclusive and nurturing working environment for all staff and personnel, to enable them to effectively and efficiently deliver high-quality results for children.

Given the growing importance of private sector fundraising, the Representative has an essential role to play leading the mobilization of resources from the private sector towards funding the Country Programme and to mobilize resources for the organization globally.

How can you make a difference?

  • Developing and planning the Country Programme.
  • Leading and managing the CO, including its 7 field outposts, including driving cross-functional collaboration between programme, communication, fundraising and operations teams, with aligned objectives.
  • Monitoring and quality control of the Country Programme.
  • Representation and external relations at global/national level.
  • Support to the Resident Coordinator and UN Country Team.
  • Leading private sector fundraising and partnerships.
  • Cultivating relationships with private sector partners and donors.
  • Leading innovation, knowledge management and capacity building.
  • Safety, security and well-being of staff, programmes and organisational assets.

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

Qualifications:

  • An Advanced University Degree in social sciences, international relations, government and public relations, public or social policy, sociology, social or community development or other related fields.
  • A minimum of 15 years of professional experience that combines intellectual and managerial leadership in development cooperation at the international level, some of which served in middle income countries is required.
  • Relevant professional experience in any UN system agency or organization is an asset.
  • Proven track record in successfully leading senior, multi-sectoral teams required.
  • Experience in emergency programming an asset, as the country is prone to natural disasters.
  • Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language or a local language is an important asset.

Person Profile:

  • The post will require a good people manager who is politically astute and intellectually curious regarding issues and topics extending beyond the role of the post.
  • The person must have excellent communication and influencing skills, combined with a culturally sensitive approach to interact with people in a diverse country of multi religion and multi ethnicity.
  • Emotional intelligence and self-reflection is essential to maneuver in a complex social and political environment.
  • The post needs a leader who can inspire commitment and guide the team to make decisions that make an impact on work that we do for the children in a country with a strong government in the lead.
  • Openness is important but tact and diplomacy is necessary when dealing with complex issues. Working experience in the Asian context is an advantage.
  • Well-developed skills in building relationships with and influencing external partners and donors at a senior level (ministerial level in the public sector, C-suite level in the private sector).

Country Typology:

  • Country Income Level: Indonesia is a lower middle income country.
  • Duty Station: Jakarta is an “A”, family, and non-emergency duty station.
  • Office Size: approximately 300 personnel (staff, consultants and UNVs).
  • Annual Budget: approximately $25 million – that can double for emergency response.
  • Good for 1st Time Rep: No
  • Schooling: There are several IB and other international schools. Please check the below link for information on schools and living in Indonesia. http://www.expat.or.id/

Brief country context: The situation of children and women in Indonesia has made substantial improvement over recent years. National trends, however, mask significant disparities across geographic regions and different groups of society. Due to the large size of the country, these disparities, although at times small in percentage, often equate to large numbers. This challenge is exacerbated by the geographic spread of the population across 17,000 islands and a distance of over 5,000 km from west to east which is central to efforts to realize children’s rights in Indonesia. Indonesia has around 85 million children, or one-third of the national population, which is the fourth-largest of any country. These children have witnessed impressive economic gains of approximately 4-10 per cent per year for several decades. Demographically, Indonesia’s declining fertility and mortality rates mean that the so called ‘demographic divide’ between birth rates and life expectancies will diminish by the 2030s, while the large young population will continue to sustain considerable momentum for future economic growth. This growth, however, has been accompanied to date by rising inequality and urbanization; about 53 per cent of the population now live in urban areas, a trend which is projected to continue well into the future. Meanwhile, there are still alarmingly high levels of both extreme poverty (14.5 percent) and moderate poverty (48.7 percent). Hundreds of thousands of children are impacted each year by natural and human-induced disasters and that number is likely to increase due to the accelerating impact of climate change. UNICEF in Indonesia operates from a head office in Jakarta, with seven field locations that are co-located with local government partners. The country is the 4th most populous in the world and the biggest in Southeast Asia. Key partners include ten national line ministries, over 80 civil society organizations, several private sector companies, UN agencies, youth and religious groups, sub-national government, media and others. UNICEF has a long history of cooperation in the country, dating back to 1948. In such a large and rapidly growing middle income country, UNICEF cooperation in Indonesia focuses on policy and technical advice, systems strengthening, capacity development, evidence generation and partnership engagement to support the advancement and fulfillment of child rights.

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.

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are...

  • Builds and maintains partnerships
  • Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
  • Drive to achieve results for impact
  • Innovates and embraces change
  • Manages ambiguity and complexity
  • Thinks and acts strategically
  • Works collaboratively with others
  • Nurtures, leads and manages people

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

Click here to learn more about UNICEF’s values and competencies.

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.

Added 2 years ago - Updated 2 years ago - Source: unicef.org