Humanitarian Affairs Officer, NO1, Temporary Appointment, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia #127189 (364 days)

UNICEF works in a number of 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 international locations and territories, we work for each baby, in all places, daily, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means quit.

For each baby, a Champion

The basic mission of UNICEF is to advertise the rights of each baby, in all places, in every part the group does — in applications, in advocacy and in operations. The fairness technique, emphasizing probably 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 chance to outlive, develop and attain their full potential, with out discrimination, bias or favouritism. To the diploma that any baby has an unequal likelihood 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, schooling and safety of a society’s most deprived residents — addressing inequity — not solely will give all youngsters the chance to satisfy their potential but in addition will result in sustained development and stability of nations. That is why the deal with 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 improvement of countries.

How are you going to make a distinction?

Underneath the steerage and direct supervision of the Consultant, establishes and implements nation workplace emergency preparedness and response. The place may also work carefully with Local weather Change unit and oversee the Catastrophe threat discount programming within the workplace and foster relation with Nationwide Emergency Administration Company (NEMA) to make sure that all humanitarian clusters led by UNICEF are properly coordinated and have a correct EPRP.  The incumbent may also be answerable 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 state of affairs. The incumbent may also be certain that Sectorial Humanitarian Playbooks are developed to help the Humanitarian responses. S/he’ll report back to the Consultant

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES and DUTIES & TASKS 

Throughout the delegated authority and beneath the given organizational set-up, the incumbent could also be assigned the first, shared, or contributory accountabilities for all or a part of the next areas of main duties and key end-results.

Emergency Preparedness:

1.  Adopts satisfactory emergency preparedness measures by the event and updating of nation contingency plans and institution of early warning mechanisms, to make sure efficient preparedness and response to particular emergencies. And guarantee coaching and capability constructing for catastrophe threat discount.

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

3.  Gives help for technical recommendation associated to emergency preparedness and response, together with on programme administration associated points. Gives recommendation to the nation workplace within the implementation of emergency preparedness measures within the subject to strengthen preparedness and response mechanisms within the nation confronted with impending emergencies.

4. Develops and maintains databases on nation/regional info and make sure the stream of knowledge and communication essential for the planning and implementation of emergency preparedness and response administration. Identifies availability of assets in emergency inclined areas and set up logistics plans to be applied throughout an emergency operation, to make sure a well timed and efficient emergency response. 

5.  Assist,  organizes and conducts coaching for the workplace’s employees capability constructing in emergencies preparedness and response. Assists in creating and conducting emergency coaching programs. Gives coaching and/or briefing, as required. Participates in different emergency coaching workshops within the area, and builds up the emergency preparedness and response functionality of UNICEF employees in addition to implementing companions.

Emergency Response:

6.  Within the occasion of an emergency, takes immediate motion as a member of the Emergency Response Crew which is deployed instantly to determine UNICEF’s presence and implement the preliminary operational duties referring to emergency help. Instantly verifies the character and prolong of the emergency with employees, authorities officers, different UN businesses or native organizations and media.  Ensures that the workplace is supplied with efficient telecommunications facility and employees safety help in an emergency, as crucial. In coordination with the programme and operations teams, establishes contact with all UNICEF employees, their dependants and guests to make sure their security and whereabouts, and informs OPSCEN and the Regional Director of their standing.

7.  Participates and assists with evaluation of native emergency and safety state of affairs affecting youngsters and moms within the locality, together with the Regional Workplace, the HQ Divisions, and subject employees.  Visits the placement to conduct an preliminary tough evaluation of the magnitude of the disaster and its implications for youngsters and its affect on the group. Assesses the validity of the workplace preparedness plan and talent of the workplace vis-à-vis the present disaster in addition to fast and extra wants. Determines company priorities and an acceptable intervention (provide procurement, fund-raising and employees improvement) by UNICEF. Coordinates with different companions to make a speedy evaluation overlaying precedence areas as outlined by the Core Dedication for Kids in Emergencies.  Establishes contact with group teams, authorities, UN businesses, media and different companions to maintain abreast of emergency conditions.  

8. Applies the emergency preparedness and response plan as crucial, and identifies pressing staffing necessities and redeploys nation workplace employees as required. Executes the well timed supply of help and procurement of provides, displays the suitable and efficient use of UNICEF assets/inputs.  Iidentifies issues and constraints with a view to guarantee efficient venture supply. Certifies the disbursement of funds, displays expenditures and submits monetary standing experiences. Units up a reporting system and sends day by day state of affairs experiences to involved events.

Emergency Challenge:

9. Participates within the implementation of plans of motion and workplans for emergency tasks. Implements and manages venture actions. Undertakes subject visits to emergency venture areas, to evaluate native circumstances and monitor venture progress. Makes technical selections on venture administration (e.g., prompts, requests or reprogrammes allocation of emergency funds). Prepares inputs for appeals and updates associated to emergencies. 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 (e.g., pitch paperwork). Communicates and advocates on the state of affairs and desires of kids by native and worldwide media, as acceptable.

10. Identifies longer-term necessities of the emergency operation/interventions. Proposes a extra common operational and staffing construction to take over from the Emergency Response Crew.

11. Maintains steady, efficient and strategic coordination, communication, session and liaison with Authorities, UN businesses, NGOs, donors and allies to attraction for assist for youngsters and girls with particular wants ensuing from the emergency state of affairs requiring an efficient emergency response in all sectors. Identifies implementing/operational companions and establishes implementing preparations. Ensures that the UNICEF help is successfully supplied to the federal government with respect to sectoral coordination inside the framework of the cluster method and primarily based on the Core Dedication for Kids.

12. Participates in all humanitarian and restoration associated discussion board and retains administration knowledgeable of all humanitarian developments within the nation by way of insurance policies, technique, state of affairs developments, potential threats and alternatives/points in partnership.

13. Promotes 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 work plans, 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, worldwide legislation, public well being, vitamin, worldwide relations, enterprise administration or different associated disciplines. Ideally a mixture of administration, administration, and related technical fields.
• A minimal of two years of related skilled work expertise on the nationwide degree in well being, emergency, programme/venture improvement, planning, implementation, monitoring and overview is required.
• Confirmed working expertise on public well being coverage, particularly in relation to maternal and baby well being is required.
• Substantial expertise and success in excessive degree advocacy with senior authorities officers is required
• In depth and related work expertise in areas associated to youngsters’s well being, and kids’s rights is really helpful.
• Specialised coaching/expertise in emergency response administration extremely fascinating.
• Excellent interpersonal and public talking abilities are required.
• Wonderful analytical and writing abilities
• Excessive degree of demonstrable management abilities
• Monitor report of delivering prime quality outcomes beneath stress and talent to help and inspire groups in these conditions.
• Capability and expertise working collaboratively utilizing matrix administration.
• Excessive political acumen and wonderful networking abilities

For each Baby, you exhibit…

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: UNICEF Values

 UNICEF competencies required for this publish are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness (3) Drive to attain outcomes for affect (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others.

Through 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 international workforce should mirror the variety 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 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 using 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. 

Remarks:

This place has been assessed as an elevated threat position for Baby Safeguarding functions as it’s: a job with direct contact with youngsters, works straight with youngsters, is a safeguarding response position. Extra vetting and evaluation for elevated threat roles in baby safeguarding (doubtlessly together with further prison background checks) applies.

UNICEF’s energetic dedication in the direction of range and inclusion is important to ship one of the best outcomes for youngsters. For this place, eligible and appropriate candidates are inspired to use.

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 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). 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 will probably be cancelled.

All chosen candidates will bear 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 supply further info to conduct a background verify.

Authorities workers which can be thought of for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities earlier than taking over an project with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the appropriate to withdraw a proposal of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance isn’t obtained, or crucial inoculation necessities usually are not met, inside an affordable interval for any purpose.

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