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  • Posted: Jan 16, 2025
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    UNICEF is the world’s largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, ...
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    Social Policy Specialist (NICHE) NOC

    Improving data on child poverty & vulnerability for increased use for policy and programme action

    • Supports the collection, analysis and user-friendly presentation of data on multidimensional and monetary child poverty, including strengthening national capacity to collect routinely, report and use data for policy decision-making.
    • Provides timely, regular data-driven analysis for effective prioritization, planning, and development; facilitates results-based management for planning, adjusting, and scaling-up of the NICHE programme and other related social policy initiatives to reduce child malnutrition. 
    • Analyzes the macroeconomic context in support of the line Government Ministries, departments and Agencies and its impact on social development, emerging issues and social policy concerns, as well as implications for children, and proposes and promotes appropriate responses in respect of such issues and concerns, including government resource allocation policies and the effects of social welfare policies on the rights of children.

    Strengthening social protection coverage and impact for children

    • Supports the development of social protection policies, legislation and programmes with attention to increasing coverage of and impact on children, with special attention the most marginalized.  Identifies, generates and presents evidence to support this goal in collaboration with partners.
    • Promotes strengthening of integrated social protection systems, providing technical support to partners to improve the design of cash transfers and child grants and improve linkages with other social protection interventions such as health insurance, public works and social care services as well as complementary services and intervention related to nutrition, health, education, water and sanitation, child protection and SBC.
    • Supports the continuation and deepening of the multisectoral approaches to Social Protection, enhancing the systems linking to the needs of the children particularly in the early years.
    • Undertakes improved monitoring and research around social protection impact on child outcomes, and use of data and research findings for strengthening programme results.
    • Support the implementation of shock resposnsive, adaptive and gender responsive social protection, while aiming at scaling up success practices.

    Improving use of public financial resources for children

    • Undertakes budget analysis to inform UNICEF’s advocacy and technical assistance to Ministries of Finance, planning commissions, social sector ministries and counties to improve equitable allocations for essential services for children.  Works with sector colleagues to build capacity to undertake costing and cost effectiveness analysis on priority interventions to help inform policy decisions on child-focused investments.
    • Supports the identification of policy options for improved domestic financing of child-sensitive social protection interventions.
    • Undertakes and builds capacity of partners for improved monitoring and tracking of public expenditure to support transparency, accountability and effective financial flows for essential service delivery, including through support to district level planning, budgeting and public financial management as well as facilitating community participation.

    Strengthening capacity of local governments to plan, budget, consult on and monitor child-focused social services.

    • Where national decentralization processes are taking place, collaborates with central and local authorities to improve policies, planning, budgeting, consultation and accountability processes so that decisions and child-focused service delivery more closely respond to the needs of local communities.
    • Collaborates with the central and local authorities to strengthen capacity on quality data collection, analysis for policy development, planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring of essential social services, with emphasis on community participation and accountability.

      Strengthened advocacy and partnerships for child-sensitive social policy

    • Supports correct and compelling use of data and evidence on the situation of children and coverage and impact of child focused services – in support of the social policy programme and the country programme overall. 
    • Establishes effective partnerships with the Government, bilateral and multilateral donors, NGOs, civil society and local leaders, the private sector, and other UN agencies to support sustained and proactive commitment to the Convention of the Rights of the Child and to achieve global UN agendas such as the Sustainable Development Goals.
    • Identifies other critical partners, promotes awareness and builds capacity of partners, and actively facilitates effective collaboration within the UN family.

      UNICEF Programme Management

    • Manages and coordinates technical support around child poverty, social protection, public finance and governance ensuring it is well planned, monitored, and implemented in a timely fashion so as to adequately support scale-up and delivery. Ensures risk analysis and risk mitigation are embedded into overall management of the support, in close consultation with UNICEF programme sections, Cooperating Partners, and governments.
    • Supports and contributes to effective and efficient planning, management, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the country programme. Ensures that the social planning project enhances policy dialogue, planning, supervision, technical advice, management, training, research and support; and that the monitoring and evaluation component strengthens monitoring and evaluation of the social sectors and provides support to sectoral and decentralized information systems.

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

    Minimum requirements:

    • Education: An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: Economics, Public Policy, Social Sciences, International Relations, Political Science, or another relevant technical field.  
    • Work Experience: At least five years of relevant professional work experience is required. Experience in supporting a government led integrated Social Protection Programme cutting across more than one Ministry. Experience working in a developing country is considered as a strong asset. Background and/or familiarity with emergency/Shock responsiveness is considered as a strong asset.
    • Skills: Experience in evaluation of large social protection programmes in a fragile County/country context.
    • Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

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    Low Value Consultant: Facilitator for Health Network Meeting, ESARO

    Goal and Objective:

    Under the supervision of the ESARO Regional Health Advisor, and in close collaboration with members of the ESARO Health Section, the consultant will plan for and facilitate a dynamic and participatory 5-day Health Network Meeting, ensuring participant views are heard and discussions are open and engaging.  

    The goals of this meeting include:

    • To define strategic actions at the country and regional levels, based on best practices and lessons learnt from countries, to achieve country and regional health priorities. In particular, increase of immunization coverage, quality improvement of perinatal and newborn care, more equitable access to child health interventions, resilience, emergency preparedness and response to PHE.
    • To review the progress of previously agreed key policy, strategic and operational actions made during last Health network meeting with aim to further identify challenges, lessons learnt, opportunities and best practices towards regional knowledge management and exchange.
    • Through team building exercisers foster stronger cohesion, communication, and collaboration within the regional health network and scale for impact.
    • To exchange information on the latest global, regional, and country level health and cross-sectoral developments, key trends, partnerships, opportunities influencing child health programing in ESAR.
    • To discuss visioning for PHC oriented health systems strengthening and through deep dives of specific thematic areas identify programming priorities and approaches to scale, accelerate progress and achieve impact on child health and wellbeing through PHC approach.

    WORK ASSIGNMENT

    Activities and Tasks

    The contractor is expected to provide high-quality facilitation of the Health Network meeting.  Specifically, he/she will

    • Participate in planning meetings to finalize the meeting agenda, activities, and logistics prior to the Health Network Meeting. Provide strategic advice to refine the agenda with regard to flow, interactive participation and manageability from a facilitation perspective.
    • Meet with session leads, with a view toward providing strategic advice as to how best to run each session to ensure maximum engagement and participation and refine workshop methodologies and approaches.
    • Prepare a facilitation plan, as per the prescribed agenda and session plans.
    • Develop guidance for discussion panelists and presenters as well as meeting evaluation.
    • Design a plan for recording key actions and decisions during the meeting, and work with individual rapporteurs during the meeting to synthesize and compile key actions and feedback to the larger group in an engaging manner
    • Introduce and close out the meeting days and ensure transition between individual sessions.
    • Ensure the meeting sessions flow and stay within their prescribed time
    • Develop and lead icebreakers, energizers, and other team building activities, including a special team building session on the morning/first day of the meeting.
    • Organize and conduct a meeting assessment/evaluation; and prepare a short report documenting the meeting results and agreed actions

    DELIVERABLES

    Outputs/Deliverables 

    • Finalized meeting agenda and plan of facilitation, including advice for interactive activities / sessions.
    • Preparation and packaging of meeting materials on an online Health Section Network Meeting SharePoint site that will be set up by the Health Section.
    • Workshop is facilitated as per schedule.
    • Final network meeting workshop and evaluation report.

    QUALIFICATION OR SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

    • Advanced degree in a social sciences or related field (e.g., organisational development and/or communications)
    • At least five (8) years of progressively advanced experience in team development and meeting facilitation, including regional/global meetings/workshops.
    • Excellent communication and writing skills in English, including ability to convey detailed information in a clear manner to a diverse audience.
    • Software – Good knowledge of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
    • Full working knowledge of online and interactive meeting technology (e.g., Zoom, MS-Teams, Mentimeter, Slido, SharePoint, etc)
    • Previous working experience with UN and/or international organization desirable
    • Demonstrated ability to work in a multicultural environment and establish effective work relationships
    • Flexible and able to respond to and accommodate change easily.
    • Ability to work under pressure and respond to deadlines without sacrificing quality.

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    Chief Social Policy, P5, Fixed Term, USSC

    Managerial leadership

    • Establish the section’s annual work plan with the social policy team. Set priorities and targets and monitor work progress to ensure results are achieved according to schedule and performance standards.
    • Establish clear individual performance objectives, goals and timelines; and provide timely guidance to enable the team to perform their duties responsibly and efficiently. Plan and ensure timely performance management and assessment of the team.
    • Supervise team members by providing them with clear objectives and goals, direction and guidance to enable them to perform their duties responsibly, effectively and efficiently.

    Improving data on child poverty & vulnerability for increased use for policy and programme action

    • Oversees the collection, analysis and user-friendly presentation of data on multidimensional and monetary child poverty, including strengthening national capacity to collect routinely, report and use data for policy decision-making.
    • Provides timely, regular data-driven analysis for effective prioritization, planning, and development; facilitates results-based management for planning, adjusting, and scaling-up specific social policy initiatives to reduce child poverty. 
    • Analyzes the macroeconomic context and its impact on social development, emerging issues and social policy concerns, as well as implications for children, and proposes and promotes appropriate responses in respect of such issues and concerns, including government resource allocation policies and the effect of social welfare policies on the rights of children.

    Strengthening social protection coverage and impact for children

    • Develops social protection policies, legislation and programmes with attention to increasing coverage of and impact on children, with special attention the most marginalized.  Identifies, generates and presents evidence to support this goal in collaboration with partners.
    • Promotes strengthening of integrated social protection systems, providing technical support to partners to improve the design of cash transfers and child grants and improve linkages with other social protection interventions such as health insurance, public works and social care services as well as complementary services and intervention related to nutrition, health, education, water and sanitation, child protection and HIV.
    • Undertakes improved monitoring and research around social protection impact on child outcomes, and use of data and research findings for strengthening programme results.

    Improving use of public financial resources for children

    • Undertakes budget analysis to inform UNICEF’s advocacy and technical assistance to Ministries of Finance, planning commissions and social sector ministries to improve equitable allocations for essential services for children.  Works with sector colleagues to build capacity to undertake costing and cost effectiveness analysis on priority interventions to help inform policy decisions on child-focused investments.
    • Identifies policy options for improved domestic financing of child-sensitive social protection interventions.
    • Undertakes and builds capacity of partners for improved monitoring and tracking of public expenditure to support transparency, accountability and effective financial flows for essential service delivery, including through support to district level planning, budgeting and public financial management as well as facilitating community participation.

    Strengthening capacity of local governments to plan, budget, consult on and monitor child-focused social services.

    • Where the national decentralization processes are taking place, collaborates with central and local authorities to improve policies, planning, budgeting, consultation and accountability processes so that decisions are child-focused and service delivery more closely respond to the needs of local communities.
    • Collaborates with the central and local authorities to strengthen capacity on quality data collection, analysis for policy development, planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring of essential social services, with emphasis on community participation and accountability.

    Strengthened advocacy and partnerships for child-sensitive social policy

    • Oversees the correct and compelling use of data and evidence on the situation of children and coverage and impact of child focused services – in support of the social policy programme and the country programme overall. 
    • Establishes effective partnerships with the Government, bilateral and multilateral donors, NGOs, civil society and local leaders, the private sector, and other UN agencies to support sustained and proactive commitment to the Convention of the Rights of the Child and to achieve global UN agendas such as the Sustainable Development Goals.
    • Identifies other critical partners, promotes awareness, and builds capacity of partners, and actively facilitates effective collaboration within the UN family.

    UNICEF Programme Management

    • Manages and coordinates technical support around child poverty, social protection, public finance and governance ensuring it is well planned, monitored, and implemented in a timely fashion so as to adequately support scale-up and delivery. Ensures risk analysis and risk mitigation are embedded into overall management of the support, in close consultation with UNICEF programme sections, Cooperating Partners, and governments.
    • Ensures effective and efficient planning, management, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the country programme. Ensures that the social planning project enhances policy dialogue, planning, supervision, technical advice, management, training, research and support; and that the monitoring and evaluation component strengthens monitoring and evaluation of the social sectors and provides support to sectoral and decentralized information systems.

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

    Minimum requirements:

    • Education: An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: Economics, Public Policy, Social Sciences, International Relations, Political Science, or another relevant technical field.
    • Work Experience: A minimum of ten years of relevant professional experience is required

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