Brief details about UN jobs in Cameroon – Chief Field Operations:
- Organization: UNICEF – United Nations Children’s Fund
UN jobs in Cameroon – Chief Field Operations
| Copyright - Location: Yaoundé
- Grade: Mid level – P-4, International Professional – Internationally recruited position
- Occupational Groups:
- Operations and Administrations
- Managerial positions
- Closing Date: 2023-06-30
About UNICEF:
Information about the organization that has offered the UN jobs in Cameroon – Chief Field Operations job:
UNICEF, or the United Nations Children’s Fund, is an agency of the United Nations that donate humanitarian and developmental support to children over the world. It was originally initiated in 1946 to give emergency food and healthcare to children and mothers in countries devastated by World War II. UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to defend the rights of every child, especially those who are vulnerable. Its activities include giving immunizations, disease prevention, and treatment for children and mothers with HIV, as well as strengthening childhood and maternal health. UNICEF relies wholly on voluntary contributions from governments and private donors.
Tasks of UN jobs in Cameroon – Chief Field Operations:
- Beneath the overall guidance of the Deputy Representative, undertake an assessment of conditions resulting from emergency situations affecting children and women in Cameroon, determine priority for interventions, and identify problems and constraints in order to ensure effective response and service delivery; prepare project proposals and contribute to the preparation of the consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal, Humanitarian Workplan, CERF submission and other connected documentation as necessary. Participate in the development of strong donor contacts and relations, monitoring and updating emergency programme funding priorities and provide support to Representative in fundraising activities;
- As an interface to the Deputy Representative, provide overall leadership, guidance and direction for the development of proper operational strategies, day-to-day programme implementation, and in consultation with the Chief Social Policy, M&E, continuous monitoring and regular reporting by zonal offices for programme implementation and management;
- Help two zonal offices in effective work planning, implementation of activities, office organization, regional operations and logistics; including creating a strong link to UN security functions including DSS and facilitate the use of the UN Security Management System for UNICEF staff; meet with government officials to facilitate operations of the zonal offices. Supervise Chiefs of Field Offices;
- As part of the senior administration team, and taking into consideration field realities, ensure the integration of regular and emergency programme sectors in all stages of the programming process, i.e., the situation analysis/annual needs assessments, CPD and CPAP, Zonal offices work plans whenever applicable, programme strategy, planning monitoring and evaluation, and courses for action for achievement of emergency, early recovery and development programmes objectives;
- In coordination with the programme cluster and Chiefs of Zonal offices, participate with government and NGO partners in the growth of strategies, methodologies and identification of new operational approaches for improving programme delivery in emergencies, early recovery and development activities;
- Develop contingency plans together with Programme and Operations sections, and facilitate the operationalization of the plan including monitoring its implementation and follow up on agreed actions. Coordinate and help the efforts of the Programme section Emergency Focal Persons through regular emergency meetings, to handle specific emergency issues in support of the Government preparedness and response efforts.
- Under the overall guidance of the Deputy Representative, interact with government and other partners, donors, NGOs, UN and bilateral agencies in the different stages of emergency programme preparedness and field performance ; follow up on implementation of recommendations and agreements related to field implementation.
- Contribute to the Knowledge Management function of the office by assisting in coordination and inter-sectoral exchange of field information and background between programme sections and zonal offices including the identification of specific advocacy issues and approaches with counterparts, NGOs and donors.
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Qualifications of UN jobs in Cameroon – Chief Field Operations:
- Advanced University Degree in Social Sciences, Public Administration, International Relations, Business Administration, Public Health, Education, or other connected technical fields.
- 8 years of progressive background at national and international levels in field operations management with a strong background in complex humanitarian operations.
- Fluency in French and English.
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