Emergency Officer, (NO-2), Baku, Azerbaijan, Fixed Term Appointment (FT), open for nationals of Azerbaijan

UNICEF works in among the world’s hardest locations, to achieve the world’s most deprived youngsters. To avoid wasting their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential.

Throughout 190 nations and territories, we work for each baby, all over the place, daily, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means surrender.

For each baby, safety

How are you going to make a distinction?

Below the supervision of and in common session with the supervisor, implement nation workplace emergency preparedness and response. Answerable for the technical contribution to the event, planning, implementation, monitoring and analysis of the emergency interventions to advance the survival and well-being of youngsters and moms and affected communities in an emergency state of affairs. 

Emergency Preparedness

Gives skilled help in threat evaluation to determine emergency-prone situations/conditions and contribute to early warning and well timed emergency preparedness.

Assists within the formulation of plans of motion in preparation and response to emergencies. Gathers info on finest practices in emergency conditions for the preparation of contingency plans. Screens compliance of all sectors with emergency plans of motion.

Identifies formal and casual sources of knowledge. Collects, interprets and analyses all accessible knowledge on the evolving emergency state of affairs and its implications for the emergency operation. Retains the efficient movement of knowledge and communication essential for the planning and implementation of emergency measures. Identifies the provision of assets in emergency-prone areas

Assists in organizing and conducting employees coaching for the workplace’s capability constructing in emergency preparedness and response.  Gives briefing, as required. Participates in different emergency coaching workshops within the area, and contributes to enhancement of the emergency preparedness and response functionality of the workplace employees.

Emergency Response

Within the occasion of an emergency, promptly assists in implementing the preliminary operational duties regarding emergency help. Instantly collects dependable info to confirm the character and lengthen of the emergency with employees, authorities officers, different UN businesses or native organizations and media.  Follows up to make sure that the workplace is supplied with efficient telecommunications facility and employees safety help in an emergency, as obligatory. Contacts all UNICEF employees and their dependants and guests to make sure their security and whereabouts, and promptly informs the top of the workplace, supervisor and different emergency employees of their standing as required.

Assists supervisor with evaluation of native emergency and safety state of affairs.  Visits the situation to conduct an preliminary tough evaluation of the magnitude of the disaster and its implications for kids, moms and the neighborhood. Assists with the evaluation of the validity of the emergency preparedness plan and talent of the workplace vis-à-vis the present disaster in addition to fast and extra wants. Gives enter in and contributes towards figuring out priorities and an acceptable intervention by UNICEF. Coordinates with different companions to make a fast evaluation overlaying precedence areas as outlined by the Core Dedication for Kids in Emergencies.  Establishes contact with neighborhood teams, authorities, UN businesses, media and different companions to maintain the nation workplace of emergency conditions.  

Participates in Implementing the emergency preparedness and response plan as obligatory.  Assists in figuring out pressing staffing necessities and redeploying nation workplace employees. Follows up with the well timed supply of help and procurement of provides, and displays the suitable and efficient use of UNICEF assets. Identifies issues and constraints in venture supply.  Sends each day state of affairs stories to involved events.

Explosive Ordnance Threat Schooling (EORE)

Leads and participates within the implementation of plans of motion and workplans for the EORE program and tasks. Undertakes discipline visits to venture areas, to evaluate native situations and monitor venture progress. Carries out venture administration. Prepares inputs for appeals and updates associated to emergencies. Coordinates with program sections employees and others to mobilize donor response and EORE-related funding, together with humanitarian appeals and paperwork (e.g., pitch paperwork). Communicates and advocates on the state of affairs and desires of youngsters by way of native and worldwide media, as acceptable.

Collects and analyses classes realized from UNICEF’s EORE implementation and contributes in the direction of the adoption of the very best practices and requirements for longer-term interventions. Assists in figuring out longer-term necessities of EORE interventions.

Works with different colleagues to be sure that EORE,  catastrophe prevention, mitigation, preparedness and response methods are mainstreamed within the nation workplace’s work plans. Assists within the preparation of sectoral enter for the nation programme paperwork, plan of motion, annual work plans, and different associated paperwork of the workplace’s Emergency Preparedness and Response. Gives technical enter within the preparation of the State of affairs Evaluation and the Nation Programme doc, as required. 

To qualify as an advocate for each baby you’ll have…

  • College diploma in one of many following fields: social sciences, public administration, legislation, public well being, vitamin, worldwide relations, enterprise administration or different associated disciplines is required.
  • Two years of related skilled work expertise on the nationwide and/or worldwide ranges in program/venture growth, planning, implementation, monitoring, analysis or administration is required.
  • Expertise main tasks and packages, together with mine motion and explosive ordnance threat education schemes is required.
  • Growing fieldwork expertise is required.
  • Coaching/expertise in emergency response administration is extremely fascinating.
  • UNICEF insurance policies and technique to deal with on nationwide and worldwide emergency points, significantly regarding conflicts, pure disasters, and restoration is fascinating.
  • Frequent technical information on Core Commitments for Kids in Emergencies is fascinating.
  • Fluency in English and Azerbaijani languages is required.

For each Little one, you display…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin the whole lot 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 affect (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 individuals

Through the recruitment course of, we take a look at candidates following the competency framework. Familiarise 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 variety of these youngsters. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or some other private attribute.
We provide a wide range of benefits to our staff, together with paid parental go away, 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 aims 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, due to this fact, endure rigorous reference and background checks, and shall be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to offer further info to conduct a background test.

Remarks:

UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the responsibility station, which shall 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). Authorities staff 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 best to withdraw a proposal of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is just not obtained, or obligatory inoculation necessities will not be met, inside an affordable interval for any purpose.

Solely shortlisted candidates shall be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of.

Marketed: 28 Nov 2023 Azerbaijan Commonplace Time
Deadline: 04 Dec 2023 Azerbaijan Commonplace Time

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