2 VACANCIES FROM UNICEF

2 VACANCIES FROM UNICEF

I. Youth & Adolescent Development Specialist, P-4, Banda Aceh

Purpose of the Position

- You will lead the Education Section and accountable for designing,
planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluation of Education programme in
Banda Aceh Field office.
- You will develop, implement and monitor models at District and
Provincial levels for further replication by governments.
- You will provide technical assistance to the provincial and district
education departments in Aceh to improve the quality of and access to
education, promote the implementation of existing global and national
policies.
- You will promote the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the
programme management, delivery and accomplishment of programme goals and
objectives.

Key Expected Results
1. Timely sectoral analysis, input, support and collaboration to the Situation Analysis and its periodic update made for effective programme planning, development and management.
2. Knowledge management effectively promoted through drafting/finalizing key
Education sectoral programme documents and reports, sharing good practice,
lessons learned, and knowledge/information exchange.
3. Rights-based Education programming effectively promoted, and coherence, synergy and value added to programme management process through results-based management.
4. Sectoral work plan and activities formulated, implemented and monitored,
ensuring alignment with the defined programme strategies and approaches.
5. Programme delivery, evaluation and reporting carried out efficiently and transparently in compliance with the established guidelines and procedures.
6. UNICEF’s global goals effectively promoted through advocacy and policy dialogue in the Education sector.
7. Proper and timely UNICEF and Government accountability ensured regarding
supply and non-supply assistance as well as disbursement of programme funds
for the Education sector.
8. Effective communication and networking achieved through partnership and
collaboration.

Qualifications of Successful Candidate

- Advanced university degree in one or more of the disciplines relevant
to the following areas: Education, Primary Education, or a Social Sciences
fields relevant to international development assistance.
- Five years of progressively professional work experience at national
and international levels in field programmes relevant to Education
programmes. Experience working in the UN or other international development
organization an asset.
- Experience in national level development assistance is an asset.
- Background/familiarity with Emergency.
- Advanced knowledge of one or more of the technical areas of UNICEF
Education programmes.
- Advanced Technical Knowledge of the theories, principles and methods in
one of the following areas:
- Education; Primary Education, Economics, Social Sciences, and/or
related fields.
- Fluency in English and another UN language.

Competencies of Successful Candidate

- Communicates effectively to varied audiences, including during formal
public speaking.
- Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
- Sets high standards for quality of work and consistently achieves
project goals.
- Has good leadership and supervisory skills; co-ordinates group
activities, ensuring that roles within the team are clear.
- Translates strategic direction into plans and objectives.
- Analyzes and integrates diverse and complex quantitative and
qualitative data from a wide range of sources.
- Quickly builds rapport with individuals and groups; maintains an
effective network of individuals across organizational departments.
- Identifies urgent and potentially difficult decisions and acts on them
promptly; initiates and generates team- and department-wide activities.
- Demonstrates, applies and shares expert technical knowledge across the
organization.

Remarks Post effective 1 January 2011.
UNICEF is committed to diversity and gender equality in its workplace. Women and nationals of developing countries are strongly encouraged to apply. If you want a challenging career while improving the lives of children around the world UNICEF, the leading children’s rights organization, would like to hear from you.

Visit us at www.unicef.org/about/employ to register in our new e-Recruitment system and apply to this and other vacancies, quoting E-VN-2010-001775.
Applications must be received by 27 August 2010. Please note that only candidates who are under serious consideration will be contacted. In the selection of its staff, UNICEF is committed to gender balance and diversity without distinction as to race, sex or religion, and without discrimination of persons with disabilities: well qualified candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

II. Nutrition Specialist (Child Survival), P-4, Banda Aceh

Purpose of the Position

- Under the overall guidance and direct supervision of the Chief of the
Field Office, in close coordination with the Country Office team, lead the
formulation, design, planning, establishment of strategic partnership,
implementation, monitoring and evaluation of an Integrated Nutrition and
Child Survival strategy (WASH, Health and Nutrition), particularly for the
implementation of models aiming in reducing the malnutrition (especially
stunting) in targeted locations, in close partnership with the Provincial
authorities for further Evidence based advocacy.
- Ensure overall efficiency and effectiveness of the project management,
delivery of the overall Nutrition, Health and/or Young Child Survival and
Development (YCSD) in the province Aceh, focussed on achievement of UNICEF’s
Organizational priorities.
- As head of the Unit, lead and supervise a group of professional and
support staff to develop and administer the sectoral and/or inter-sectoral
programme

Key Expected Results
1. Timely, regular sectoral data-driven analysis, input, support and collaboration to the Situation Analysis and its periodic update made for effective project planning, development and management.
2. Integrated area base programme models developed, aiming in the significant reduction of the malnutrition in targeted locations. Models well documented and ready for evidence based advocacy and possible replication & dissemination
3. Technical leadership, guidance and coordination provided to key government and non-government partners on national policies, strategies, processes and programs related to Health, including emergency preparedness and response, with a particular focus on relevant maternal, neonatal and child survival interventions (upstream activities).
4. Technical and operational leadership, guidance and coordination provided to key government and non-government partners on scaling-up tailored packages of maternal, neonatal and child survival interventions including the elaboration and implementation of detailed sectoral work-plans and budgets (downstream activities).
5. Government and non-government recipients accountable for UNICEF supply, non-supply and financial assistance.
6. Programme monitoring and Project delivery, evaluation and reporting carried out in a timely manner, efficiently, rigorously and transparently in compliance with the established guidelines and procedures.
7. Effective knowledge management through drafting/finalizing key Nutrition sectoral programme documents and reports, sharing good practice, lessons learned, and ensuring knowledge/information exchange. a) documentation and dissemination of lessons learned, b) development and implementation of appropriate capacity building strategies, c) technical leadership, guidance and coordination of operational research.
8. Integration of rights-based approaches and humanitarian principles in Nutrition programmes implementation and program management.
9. UNICEF’s global goals and Nutrition and Health-related MDGs effectively promoted through advocacy and policy dialogue in the Health sector.
10. Effective communication, networking and leveraging achieved through partnership and collaboration with government, UN and non-government partners.

Qualifications of Successful Candidate

- Advanced university degree in one of the disciplines relevant to the
following areas: Public Health & Nutrition, Health Sciences, International
Health & Nutrition, Public Health & Nutrition Policy and Management, Family
Health & Nutrition, Nutritional Epidemiology, Health & Nutrition Education,
Health & Nutrition Promotion and Disease Prevention, Public Health, Health
Emergency Preparedness, or other relevant discipline(s).
- Eight years of relevant professional work experience.
- Developing country work experience.
- Background/familiarity with Emergency.
- • Advanced knowledge of one or more of the technical areas of UNICEF
programmes.
- • Advanced Technical Knowledge of theories, principles and methods in
one of the following areas: Public Health? & Nutrition, International Health
& Nutrition, Public Health & Nutrition Policy and Management, Population and
Family Health & Nutrition, Public Health Preparedness, Health Emergency
Preparedness Nutritional Epidemiology,? Nutrition Research, Biostatistics,
Biochemistry, Socio-medical Sciences, ? Health & Nutrition Education, Health
& Nutrition Promotion and Disease Prevention, Educational Interventions in
Health & Nutritional Care
- Fluency in English and another UN language

Competencies of Successful Candidate

- Communicates effectively to varied audiences, including during formal
public speaking.
- Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
- Sets high standards for quality of work and consistently achieves
project goals.
- Has good leadership and supervisory skills; co-ordinates group
activities, ensuring that roles within the team are clear. Translates
strategic direction into plans and objectives.
- Analyzes and integrates diverse and complex quantitative and
qualitative data from a wide range of sources.
- Quickly builds rapport with individuals and groups; maintains an
effective network of individuals across organizational departments.
- Identifies urgent and potentially difficult decisions and acts on them
promptly; initiates and generates team- and department-wide activities.
- Demonstrates, applies and shares expert technical knowledge across the
organization.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and gender equality in its workplace. Women and nationals of developing countries are strongly encouraged to apply. If you want a challenging career while improving the lives of children around the world UNICEF, the leading children’s rights organization, would like to hear from you.

Visit us at www.unicef.org/about/employ to register in our new e-Recruitment system and apply to this and other vacancies, quoting E-VN-2010-001767.

Applications must be received by 27 August 2010.

Please note that only candidates who are under serious consideration will be
contacted. In the selection of its staff, UNICEF is committed to gender balance and diversity without distinction as to race, sex or religion, and without discrimination of persons with disabilities: well qualified candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.