Organization: UNICEF – United Nations Children’s Fund
Location: Geneva | Istanbul | New York City
Grade: Senior level – P-5, International Professional – Internationally recruited position
Occupational Groups:
Medical Practitioners
Humanitarian Aid and Coordination
Emergency Aid and Response
Project and Programme Management
Managerial positions
Closing Date: 2024-12-19
Descriprion
The Chief, Humanitarian Field Support Section reports to the EMOPS Deputy Director for general guidance and direction. The incumbent is responsible for coordination, planning, development, and management of the Field support functions from strategic planning and formulation to the delivery of the strategic outcome and output results. The incumbent will give direction and supervision to a group of professionals and support staff to fulfil UNICEF’s field support’s goal and objectives. The incumbent is expected to be deployed to support optimal humanitarian response, ensuring implementation of high-impact interventions in acute and chronic emergencies, and providing guidance and direction on emergency issues.
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built, we offer our staff diverse opportunities for personal and professional development that will help them develop a fulfilling career while delivering on a rewarding mission. We pride ourselves on a culture that helps staff thrive, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
Responsibilities
1. Managerial Leadership:
– Establish the section’s annual work plan with the HFS team and set priorities and targets. Monitor work progress and 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, goals, direction, and guidance to enable them to perform their duties responsibly, effectively, and efficiently.
– Ensure timely and appropriate deployment of ERT staff members in support of country offices.
– Provide managerial guidance to the units in the section on general policy direction.
– Work closely with the HPS to ensure that field experiences feeds into emergency policy development and discussions about programme development and response.
– Identify and recommend human resources required for programmes. Ensure appropriate professional development and training of section staff and monitors implementation of training plans and staff development activities in the section.
2. Programme Development, Planning and Management:
– Ensure close contacts with country offices in emergency prone regions, emergency regional advisors, programme and other relevant HQ divisions for inter-sectoral coordination, exchange of information, and sharing of experience to achieve emergency programme objectives. Contribute to the preparation of annual/programme status reports and updates.
– Monitors humanitarian needs development at the international, national, regional levels. Documents trends and drafts position papers for use in the development of the UNICEF global emergency programme policy.
– Monitor the overall commitment, expenditure, and liquidation of programme funds in accordance with the programme budget allotments (PBA). Takes necessary action for optimum use of programme funds and support overall management through participation in management meetings within the office, to review major office operations, human resources, programme and administrative budget management.
3. Advocacy, Networking and Partnership Building:
– Participate and/or represents UNICEF in meetings with multi-lateral, bilateral agencies, and NGO’s when appropriate. Identifies strategic alliances, and influences policy development to facilitate achievement of programme goals.
4. Innovation, Knowledge Management and Capacity Building:
– Promote critical thinking, innovative approaches, and good practices for sustainable humanitarian field support programme/project initiatives through advocacy and technical advisory services.
– Keep abreast, research, benchmark, and implement best and cutting-edge practices in humanitarian crisis management and information systems. Institutionalize and share best practices and knowledge learned.
– Contribute to the development of policies and procedures and introduce innovation and best practices to ensure optimum efficiency and efficacy of sustainable programmes and projects.
– Lead, plan and/or implement capacity building initiatives to enhance the competencies of clients and stakeholders to promote sustainable results on humanitarian actions related programmes/projects.
– Keep abreast with the political and social developments and emerging humanitarian crisis in the geographic regions and advise Senior management on any issue that would require emergency response and strategic decision making.
5. Humanitarian Preparedness and Response Field Deployment Support:
– Deploy to the field on short notice to support emergency operations in response to crises or urgent situations. Expected to assist in the delivery of humanitarian response interventions, coordinate with relevant stakeholders, and provide on-the-ground expertise as necessary.
Impact of Results:
The efficiency and efficacy of support provided by the Chief, Humanitarian Field Support to the preparation, planning and implementation of humanitarian field support contributes to efficient and effective responses to humanitarian crises. This in turn contributes to maintaining and enhancing the credibility and ability of UNICEF to continue to respond during times of humanitarian crisis.
Requirements
Minimum requirements:
- Education: Advanced university degree in any of the following: Social Sciences, Public Administration, International Relations, Business Administration, Public Health, Education, or other fields related to the work of UNICEF.
- Work Experience: A minimum of ten years of relevant experience including having worked with the UN and/or NGO with specific focus on coordination and program management, emergency programme/project development, social development, management, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and administration.
- Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is considered as an asset.
Desirables:
- Emergency context work experience is an asset.
- Experience in a UN organization is an asset.
- Current knowledge of development issues, strategies, as well as programming policies and procedures in international development cooperation.
- Proven ability to conceptualize, innovate, plan and execute ideas, as well as to impart knowledge and teach skills.
- Leadership and organizational ability. Good analytical, negotiating, communication and advocacy skills.
- Computer skills, including internet navigation and various office applications.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a multicultural environment and establish harmonious and effective working relationships, both within and outside the organization.
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…
Nurtures, Leads and Manages People (2)
Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (2)
Works Collaboratively with others (2)
Builds and Maintains Partnerships (2)
Innovates and Embraces Change (2)
Thinks and Acts Strategically (2)
Drives to achieve impactful results (2)
Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)
All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. An internal candidate performing at the level of the post in the relevant functional area, or an internal/external candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, may be selected, if suitable for the post, without assessment of other candidates.
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