UNICEF works in among the world’s hardest locations, to succeed in the world’s most deprived youngsters. To save lots of their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential.
Throughout 190 nations and territories, we work for each little one, in all places, every single day, to construct a greater world for everybody.
And we by no means surrender.
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“Knowledge saves lives. Knowledge change lives.” Efficient use of knowledge is a significant catalyst in making sooner progress on the SDGs (Sustainable Growth Targets), powering the work of governments and all companions to raised fulfil the rights of the two.4 billion youngsters on the earth.
The Division of Knowledge, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring (DAPM) was established in 2019 to drive choice making and organizational studying, enhance effectiveness and achievement of outcomes of UNICEF and its companions to understand the rights and enhance the life of each little one. DAPM promotes knowledge and monitoring to realize transformative influence on youngsters’s lives.The Division is accountable for driving, shaping and guiding UNICEF’s evidence-informed evaluation, strategic planning, programme monitoring and organizational efficiency administration. As such, DAPM permits the group to ship on ends in a extra coherent method, primarily based on agile and contextualized programming course of, and on knowledge, proof, and evaluation, in addition to the applying of human-rights primarily based and results-based administration approaches.
Inside DAPM, the Knowledge Workforce (DaT) which consists of the places of work of Chief Knowledge Officer and Chief Statistician, helps the entire knowledge and analytical perform throughout UNICEF each to make UNICEF simpler and impactful in its work, and to help governments and different actors to make a much bigger distinction within the lives of youngsters.
On the one hand, the Chief Statistician’s Workplace leads on analytics of knowledge about youngsters to feed UNICEF programming and advocacy and produces priceless world public items of knowledge and statistics on youngsters. However, the Workplace of the Chief Knowledge Officer works throughout all UNICEF divisions and thru regional places of work to nation places of work each to assist UNICEF create and maintain (1) the safeguards to determine and scale back to a minimal the dangers and potential harms to youngsters and UNICEF workers, beneficiaries and donors inherent in knowledge and digital know-how, to endure a accountable and secure digital and knowledge transformation; (2) a strong governance of all types of knowledge at UNICEF to allow all of UNICEF to leverage all related knowledge in service of higher choices and outcomes for kids.
The significance of the function of Chief Knowledge Officer is even larger within the fast-changing atmosphere through which ever extra highly effective AI (Synthetic Intelligence) instruments can be found, which require cautious curation and use of knowledge. The CDO (Chief Knowledge Officer) will work with UN (United Nations) system on “UN 2.0” which incorporates each higher digital transformation and strategic use of knowledge; contributing to the World Digital Commons, to supporting authorities use of knowledge via the SG’s Excessive Influence Initiative of Knowledge which is able to feed into the Summit of the Future, all as methods to affect broader choices and mechanisms to help the nice use of knowledge for kids.
Thus, the Chief Knowledge Officer’s Workplace/Workforce is accountable for:
How will you make a distinction?
Underneath the supervision of the Director, DAPM, the Chief Knowledge Officer gives mental, managerial, technical and advocacy management in UNICEF for the secure use of cutting-edge instruments and platforms in addition to all types of knowledge at world, regional and nation ranges inside the general mission of UNICEF to advertise the rights of each little one. The put up can also be the senior place with authority in UNICEF to promulgate and uphold requirements of duty and ethics in knowledge produced or utilized by any a part of UNICEF. Moreover, the Chief Knowledge Officer leads and manages the crew, together with mobilization of the sources they should perform. The Chief Knowledge Officer’s Workplace/Workforce consists of the Knowledge Governance & Technique Unit (together with Knowledge Safety & Privateness) and the Knowledge Communications Unit. Additionally it is matrixed with the Programme Effectiveness Workforce’s Safeguarding Unit.
Underneath the supervision of the Director, DAPM, the Chief Knowledge Officer will:
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UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief and Accountability(CRITAS)underpin every thing we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Constitution: UNICEF Values
UNICEF competencies required for this put up are…
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness(3)Drive to realize outcomes for influence(4)Innovates and embraces change(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity(6)Thinks and acts strategically(7)Works collaboratively with others(8)Nurtures, leads and manages folks.
Through the recruitment course of, we take a look at candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its totally different ranges: competency framework here.
UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived youngsters and our world workforce should replicate the range of these youngsters. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or every other private attribute.
We provide a wide range of benefits to our staff, together with paid parental depart, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the usage of versatile working preparations.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and targets of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF is dedicated to advertise the safety and safeguarding of all youngsters. All chosen candidates will, subsequently, endure rigorous reference and background checks, and can be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to supply extra info to conduct a background test.
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Mobility is a situation of worldwide skilled employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the worldwide civil service.
UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the responsibility station, which can be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are additionally topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Must you be chosen for a place with UNICEF, you both should be inoculated as required or obtain a medical exemption from the related division of the UN. In any other case, the choice can be cancelled.
Authorities workers which might be thought-about for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities earlier than taking over an task with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the precise to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance just isn’t obtained, or vital inoculation necessities are usually not met, inside an affordable interval for any cause.
Solely shortlisted candidates can be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of.
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