Emergency Specialist, P4, Fixed Term, #64923, Yangon, Myanmar (Open to Non-Myanmar National Applicants Only)

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, in all places, on daily basis, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means surrender.

For each baby, Security

UNICEF Myanmar

The elemental mission of UNICEF is to advertise the rights of each baby, in all places, in every thing the group does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The fairness technique, emphasizing essentially the most deprived and excluded youngsters and households, interprets this dedication to youngsters’s rights into motion. For UNICEF, fairness implies that all youngsters have a possibility to outlive, develop and attain their full potential, with out discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the diploma that any baby has an unequal probability in life — in its social, political, financial, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There may be rising proof that investing within the well being, training and safety of a society’s most deprived residents — addressing inequity — not solely will give all youngsters the chance to meet their potential but additionally will result in sustained development and stability of nations. That is why the give attention to fairness is so important. It accelerates progress in the direction of realizing the human rights of all youngsters, which is the common mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Conference on the Rights of the Baby, whereas additionally supporting the equitable growth of countries

How are you going to make a distinction?

Underneath the path and steering of the Consultant, coordinates general nation workplace emergency preparedness and response. Accountable for the event, planning, implementation, monitoring and analysis of the emergency interventions, together with fund-raising for emergency actions, to make sure the survival and well-being of youngsters and moms and affected communities in emergency.  Supplies coordination and help for coverage and programme planning and administration in UNICEF supported emergency programme.

Key features and accountabilities of the place (detailed job description connected):  GJP- # 64923 Emergency Specialist Level 4.doc

Emergency Preparedness

1.  Ensures that sufficient emergency preparedness measures are taken by way of the event and updating of nation contingency plans and institution of early warning mechanisms, which results in simpler preparedness and response to particular emergencies.

2.  Participates within the formulation and growth of plans of motion in preparation and response to emergencies, and screens compliance of all sectors with emergency plans of motion, together with monetary assets. Ensures coordination of the administration of emergency preparedness and response.

3.  Supplies coverage and program recommendation associated to emergencies, together with on administration associated points. Supplies path and steering to the nation workplace within the implementation of emergency preparedness measures, which strengthens preparedness and response mechanisms within the nation confronted with impending emergencies.

4. Develops and maintains databases on nation/regional info, and ensures the circulation of data and communication essential for the planning and implementation of emergencies. Identifies availability of assets in emergency susceptible areas and establishes logistics plans to be carried out throughout an emergency operation, to make sure a well timed and efficient emergency response. 

5.  Assists in creating and conducting emergency coaching programs particularly designed for regional standby Emergency Response Groups; participates in these programs with the Group, and participates in different emergency coaching workshops within the area, resulting in build-up within the emergency preparedness and response functionality of UNICEF employees and implementing companions. Plans, organizes and conducts coaching for the workplace’s employees capability constructing in emergencies preparedness and response.

Emergency Response

6.  Within the occasion of an emergency, takes immediate motion as Group Chief or member of the Emergency Response Group which is deployed instantly to ascertain UNICEF’s presence and implement the preliminary operational duties regarding emergency help. Ensures that the workplace is supplied with efficient telecommunications facility and safety help for the employees in an emergency, as mandatory. In coordination with the programme and operations teams, establishes contact with all UNICEF employees and their dependants and guests to make sure their security and whereabouts, and informs OPSCEN and the Regional Director of their standing.

7. Assesses native situations ensuing from the emergency scenario affecting youngsters and their households within the nation. Leads and/or participates in wants evaluation missions together with the Regional Workplace, the HQ Divisions, and subject employees, with a view to decide priorities and an applicable intervention by UNICEF. Participates in Inter Clusters Coordination Group conferences for emergency response and contributes to assessing the disaster and humanitarian scenario within the nation with particular regard to the survival, safety and wellbeing of youngsters, adolescents and girls.

8. Helping the Consultant within the Humanitarian Nation Group conferences making certain that Clusters beneath the general accountability of UNICEF are effectively represented.

9. Assists the (Deputy) Consultant in emergency operations oversight and program administration to make sure that the funding, price range, administration, reporting, and subject presence coordination are managed effectively and successfully with clear accountabilities.

Emergency Undertaking

10.  Prepares inputs for appeals and updates associated to emergencies in addition to undertaking proposals for emergency. Works with program sections and senior administration to mobilize donor response and restoration/rehabilitation-related funding, together with annual or multi-annual humanitarian appeals and paperwork.

11.  Establishes longer-term necessities of the emergency operation/interventions. Plans and develops a extra common operational and staffing construction to take over from the Emergency Response Group.

12.  Maintains steady, efficient and strategic coordination, communication, session and liaison with Authorities, UN businesses, NGOs, donors and allies to enchantment for help for youngsters and girls with the particular wants ensuing from emergency conditions requiring efficient emergency responses in all sectors. Identifies implementing/operational companions and establishes implementing preparations.  Ensures that the UNICEF help is successfully offered to the federal government with respect to sectoral coordination throughout the framework of the cluster method and primarily based on the Core Dedication for Kids.

13. Represents UNICEF in all humanitarian and restoration associated discussion board on the strategic stage and retains administration knowledgeable of all humanitarian developments within the nation by way of insurance policies, technique, scenario developments, potential threats and alternatives/points in partnership.

14. Ensures that catastrophe prevention, mitigation, preparedness and response methods are mainstreamed within the nation workplace’s workplans. Prepares sectoral enter for the nation programme paperwork, plan of motion, annual workplans, and all associated paperwork of the workplace’s Emergency Preparedness and Response. Contributes in the direction of the preparation of the State of affairs Evaluation and the Nation Programme Doc. 

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

• Superior 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. Ideally a mix of administration, administration, and related technical fields.
• Eight years of progressively accountable skilled work expertise on the nationwide and worldwide ranges in programme/undertaking growth, planning, implementation, monitoring, analysis and administration.
• Earlier experiences in coping with non-state actors, localization method and implementation of humanitarian entry methods.
• Creating nation work expertise (for IP) or subject work expertise (for NO).
• Specialised coaching/expertise in emergency response administration extremely fascinating.
• Fluency in English is required. Data of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian or Spanish) or a neighborhood language is an asset.

For each Baby, you exhibit…

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

UNICEF core competencies required for this put up are:

• Nurtures, Leads and Manages Individuals (2)
• Demonstrates Self Consciousness and Moral Consciousness (2)
• Works Collaboratively with others (2)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (2)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (2)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (2)
• Drive to realize impactful outcomes (2)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)

In the course of 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 variety of these youngsters. The UNICEF family is committed to including everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or another 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 selling the safety and safeguarding of all youngsters. All chosen candidates will, subsequently, endure rigorous reference and background checks, and will probably be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to supply further info to conduct a background test.

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 may be topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Authorities staff which are thought-about for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities earlier than taking on an task with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the precise to withdraw a proposal of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance shouldn’t be obtained, or mandatory inoculation necessities aren’t met, inside an inexpensive interval for any purpose.

The VA is open to all inner candidates.

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

Comment

Please observe that the appointment to this put up is topic to approval of the visa utility by the visa authorities of Myanmar. The visa utility usually takes 3-12 months, and is often rejected. Since this put up requires bodily presence on the obligation station, the profitable candidate will solely obtain a conditional provide of appointment till the visa utility is accredited, which will probably be rescinded if the applying is ultimately rejected. There isn’t a compensation to the profitable candidate throughout the utility course of, or an expectation of placement to a different put up within the occasion of visa rejection. Inner candidates will stay on their present put up till the visa is accredited. It’s requested that solely candidates who can adjust to the above situations apply.