Emergency Specialist, NO3, Lusaka, Zambia, Temporary Appointment 6 months (Open to Zambian nationals only)

UNICEF works in a few of the world’s hardest locations, to achieve the world’s most deprived youngsters. To save lots of their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential.

Throughout 190 international locations 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.

UNICEF Zambia is a medium-sized Nation Workplace, with simply over 100 workers. The Nation Programme 2023-2027 promotes the rights of each baby and reaches essentially the most deprived youngsters in Zambia. UNICEF works with the Authorities of the Republic of Zambia to enhance social insurance policies and techniques, and on the bottom to ensure that these techniques attain all youngsters, with a selected emphasis on essentially the most weak.

The UNICEF Programme of Cooperation with the Authorities of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) is designed to handle and mitigate the specter of poverty the nation’s youngsters face whereas responding to the wants with interventions addressing the a number of causative elements.

To search out out extra about UNICEF’s work in Zambia, please go to https://www.unicef.org/zambia/.

For each baby, Safety

The UNICEF Programme of Cooperation with the Authorities of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) is designed to handle and mitigate the specter of poverty the nation’s youngsters face, whereas responding to the wants with interventions addressing the a number of causative elements.

To search out out extra about UNICEF’s work in Zambia, please go to https://unicef.sharepoint.com/sites/ZMB/SitePages/About-us(1).aspx 

How are you going to make a distinction?

The incumbent will set up and implement nation workplace emergency preparedness and response. Liable for the event, planning, implementation, monitoring and analysis of the emergency interventions to make sure the survival and well-being of kids and moms, and the affected communities in an emergency scenario. 

Key perform, accountabilities, and associated duties/duties

KEY END-RESULTS

1. Emergency preparedness is successfully organized along with institution of nation contingency plans and early warning mechanisms. 

2. Emergency preparedness and response plans addresses gender points that could be anticipated to accentuate throughout emergencies. 

3.  Emergency plans of motion are developed, and compliance and coordination of all sectors with the plans are applied.

4.  Technical recommendation on emergencies and programme administration associated to implementation of emergency preparedness measures are successfully supplied.

5. Emergency preparedness and response, and a constant move of knowledge of the humanitarian scenario are successfully coordinated throughout the workplace.

6. Substantive enhancements are made within the emergency preparedness and response functionality of UNICEF workers and implementing companions by way of conduct of efficient coaching actions.

7. Within the occasion of an emergency, UNICEF’s presence is promptly established and the preliminary emergency operational duties are successfully executed, together with provision of assist for data communication expertise, telecommunications facility and all workers safety associated help within the nation workplace.

8. Wants evaluation is successfully carried out to find out priorities and an applicable intervention by UNICEF based mostly on the native emergency scenario affecting youngsters, their households and group.

9. Well timed supply of help and provides is supplied, pressing staffing necessities are recognized, and the suitable use of UNICEF sources is monitored for efficient undertaking supply.

10. Emergency appeals and undertaking proposals are ready, and concerted efforts are put ahead to mobilize donor response and restoration/rehabilitation-related funding.

11. Longer-term necessities of the emergency operation/interventions are decided to construct an everyday operational and staffing construction.

12. Steady, efficient and strategic coordination, communication, session and liaison are maintained with Authorities, UN businesses, NGOs, donors and allies in assist of the particular wants of kids and ladies affected by emergency conditions throughout the framework of the cluster strategy and based mostly on the Core Dedication for Kids.

13. Administration is stored knowledgeable of humanitarian developments in related insurance policies, scenario developments, potential threats and alternatives/points within the nation.

14. Emergency preparedness and response methods are mainstreamed within the nation workplace’s workplans.  Sectoral enter is supplied for all associated paperwork for the workplace’s Emergency Preparedness and Response, in addition to for the State of affairs Evaluation and the Nation Programme Doc.

Please evaluation the small print within the connected job Profile for the place:   Zambia Emergency Specialist NOC.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for each baby you should have…

• Superior College diploma in one of many following fields: social sciences, public administration, worldwide regulation, public well being, vitamin, worldwide relations, enterprise administration or different associated disciplines. Ideally a mix of administration, administration, and related technical fields.
• 5 years of progressively accountable skilled work expertise on the nationwide and worldwide ranges in programme/undertaking improvement, planning, implementation, monitoring, analysis and administration.
• Growing nation work expertise (for IP) or area work expertise (for NO).
• Specialised coaching/expertise in emergency response administration extremely fascinating.
• Fluency in English is required. Information of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian or Spanish) or a neighborhood language is an asset.

For each Youngster, you display…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin every part we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Constitution: https://uni.cf/UNICEFValues

 UNICEF competencies required for this put up are…

• Demonstrates Self Consciousness and Moral Consciousness (1)
• Works Collaboratively with others (1)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (1)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)
• Drive to attain impactful outcomes (1)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

Throughout the recruitment course of, we take a look at candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its completely 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 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 selling the safety and safeguarding of all youngsters. All chosen candidates will, due to this fact, endure rigorous reference and background checks, and will probably 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 extra data to conduct a background test.

Remarks:

• UNICEF’s energetic dedication to variety and inclusion is vital to ship one of the best outcomes for kids.
• Solely shortlisted candidates will probably be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of.
• UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the obligation station, which will probably 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 workers which might be thought-about for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities earlier than taking over an project with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the correct to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance isn’t obtained, or needed inoculation necessities usually are not met, inside an inexpensive interval for any motive.
• “UNICEF solely considers larger instructional {qualifications} obtained from an establishment accredited/acknowledged within the World Increased Training Database (WHED), a listing up to date by the Worldwide Affiliation of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Instructional, Scientific and Cultural Group (UNESCO). The listing could be accessed at http://www.whed.net/”

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