Career Opportunities at UNICEF

Key Tasks And Responsibilities Include The Following

• Programme Development and Coordination
• Provide oversight for timely payments of health frontline workers payments in Nigeria and DRC and other country offices as required.
• Develop, review and maintain work plans with time frames and deadlines for key activities; based on its changing and emerging needs; ensure standard operating procedures are developed.
• Support relevant colleagues, remotely and in person to manage UNICEF Implementing partners and coordinate with relevant government offices in the field.
• Conduct regular operational analysis of the programme, identify areas of poor performance, bottlenecks, and identify solutions such as design improvements, additional trainings and technical support.
• Ensure relevant analysis of complaints and feedback received through different sources and ensure implementing partners relevant follow up.
• Prepares relevant programme reports required for management, donors, budget reviews, programme analysis, annual reports, etc.
• Establish and supervise programme work plans and monitor progress and compliance.
• Monitoring
• Works closely with the relevant colleagues to implement a sound monitoring and evaluation system for the Frontline workers payment; undertakes field visits to monitor and assess programme implementation and decides on required corrective action.
• Provide guidance to the relevant colleagues on the integrated use of a diversified set of data collection tools and methodologies including leveraging existing government and implementing partner systems,
• Produce relevant knowledge management products on the cash transfer programme through data collection and analysis, complete and accurate reporting as well generating and documenting lessons learned.
• Ensure the timely preparation of annual program status reports.
• Partnership, Coordination and Collaboration
• Develop partnership and collaboration with internal and external counterparts, including those of the UN and national partners, in order to improve the ability to collect and disseminate development data and information, exchange information on programme/project status.
• Collaborate with the Operations Section to establish and maintain sound internal controls supportive of programming endeavors and to coordinate financial and supply management requirements and accountability.
• Maintain close collaboration with Regional Advisers and HQ Officers (Polio and Humanitarian Cash Transfers HQ team) for effective overall coordination on programmes

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Advanced university degree in international development, social sciences, public policy, public health, or relevant field
• Work Experience / Skills: Eight years of relevant professional work experience.
• Developing country work experience is required.
• Background/familiarity with Emergency and Humanitarian Cash Transfers.
• Experience in coordinating grievances redressal mechanisms in cash transfers / large scale individual payments programme
• Ability to work independently and respond to feedback in a timely and professional manner.
• Experience in polio immunization frontline workers payments programmes is an asset.
• Experience in emergency programme implementation.
• Demonstrated knowledge in use of cash in emergencies.
• Familiarity with UNICEF’s programmes in emergency contexts preferred.
• Experience in multi-stakeholder co-ordination and facilitation.
• Excellent communication & presentation skills (written & verbal) across multiple audiences with the ability to influence others while working in a multicultural, multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity.
• High motivation, and dedication to deliver results within strict timeframes.
• Language Requirements: Fluency in English as a working language. Knowledge of French is highly recommended.

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Key Tasks And Responsibilities Include The Following
Staffing and Talent Acquisition Outbreak Response

• Provide support to outbreak-affected countries and regions in sourcing, recruitment, and deployment of surge
• Proactively support regional and country office colleagues in affected countries in fast-track recruitment of staff members and technical experts/consultants
• Use existing talent pipelines to address HR needs and strengthen pipeline options for surge and staffing in Polio Outbreak Response in relevant areas of expertise
• Support the development of different staffing concepts/strategies based on the nature and scope of the Polio Outbreak
• Support the management of the global polio outbreak response roster, including shortlisting of candidates, interviews, reference checks, and maintaining the information in TMS.

Staffing monitoring and reporting

• Support in mapping and monitoring of human resources responding to Polio outbreaks in terms of geographic areas, volume, roles, functional areas, contract type, and level
• Support preparing staffing reports capturing these parameters for internal and external use
• Support tracking staff and third-party deployments to outbreak countries for response activities
• Support matrix management to optimize human resource deployment for effective and timely outbreak response

​​​​​​​Strategic HR Business Partnering and guidance

• Provide guidance to colleagues in affected countries on HR in Emergencies, specifically on surge and fast-track recruitments
• In collaboration with the HR Business Partner, Polio Eradication Programme, New York, strengthen full cycle HR support to the Outbreak Response Team in Nairobi

Minimum Requirements

• Education: A University Degree in human resource management, business management, international relations, psychology, or another related field is required.
• Work Experience: At least two (2) years of professional experience in human resource management in an international organization and/or large corporation is required.
• Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required.