• Country: Kenya
• No of vacancies: N/A
  
• Salary: N/A 
• Organization: UNV
• Gender: Both
• Deadline: 2024-01-24

Details
Mission and objectives
UNICEF, also known as the United Nations Children’s Fund, is a United Nations agency responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide. The agency is among the most widespread and recognizable social welfare organizations in the world, with a presence in 192 countries and territories. UNICEF’s activities include providing immunizations and disease prevention, administering treatment for children and mothers with HIV, enhancing childhood and maternal nutrition, improving sanitation, promoting education, and providing emergency relief in response to disasters.

Context
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.

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs, advocacy, and operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action.

The Social Policy team works on the analysis and advocacy of social and economic policy contexts, child poverty, public finance, and social protection

Task description
The UNV will be a valued, core, and equal member of the UNICEF regional Social Policy team, supporting our work on social policy and social protection and interacting with offices across the region. The position is responsible for the following activities:

1. Supporting and leading consolidation and presentation of key regional data on social policy and analysis
2. Supporting research and analysis activities
3. Supporting visualisation of social policy data and information to support knowledge management on key issues, using a range of tools and approaches
4. Supporting data and knowledge management for the section, including updating the external website and ensuring shared site is kept up-to-date and relevant
5. Supporting organization of the Social Policy Regional Network Meeting and supporting regional webinars
6. Engaging and communicating with COs as required and potentially supporting via an in-country visit

Furthermore, UN Volunteers are required to:

· Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day);
· Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country;
· Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participation in ongoing reflection activities;
· Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.;
· Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers;
· Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.

Results/Expected Outputs

1. Outputs related to consolidated and presented regional data on social policy and their analysis
2. Contributions completed on research and analysis activities
3. Completion of knowledge management and visualisation products of social policy data and information such as infographics, briefs, drafting articles etc
4. Up-to-date external website and shared team site
5. Successful Social Policy Regional Network Meetings and regional webinars
6. Completed engagement with COs and potentially supporting via one in-country visit during the year

Eligibility criteria
Age
18 – 26

Nationality
Candidate must be a national or legal resident of the country of assignment.

Requirements
Required experience
1 years of experience in policy, analysis, research, data visualisation, public administration, finance etc

Area(s) of expertise
Administration, Social work, Economics and finance

Driving license
–

Languages
English, Level: Fluent, Required

Required education level
Bachelor degree or equivalent in Economics, Finance, Public Administration, Social Policy, Business, Statistics/Data, Development, Research, etc

Competencies and values
i) Core Values (Required)

Care
Respect
Integrity
Trust
Accountability
Sustainability

ii) Core Competencies (Required)

Builds and maintains partnerships (1)
Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (1)
Drive to achieve results for impact (1)
Innovates and embraces change (1)
Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)
Thinks and acts strategically (1)
Works collaboratively with others(1)

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