UNICEF works in a number of 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 international locations and territories, we work for each baby, in every single place, day by day, to construct a greater world for everybody.
And we by no means hand over.
For each baby, A Champion
The elemental mission of UNICEF is to advertise the rights of each baby, in every single place, in every thing the group does — in applications, 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’s 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 satisfy their potential but additionally will result in sustained development and stability of nations. Due to this fact, 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 improvement of countries.
II-Job organizational context:
The Generic Job Profile for the Programme Assistant on the G-5 stage is for use in a UNICEF workplace, in one of many programme sections.
This GJP covers a broad vary of features, nevertheless, relying on the context, the incumbent might give attention to all, some, or just one or two areas with nice depth. As well as, there could also be further features not talked about within the GJP. If so, this may be made clear in work plans and/or particular person efficiency plans.
III-Goal for the job:
Underneath the shut supervision and steering of the supervisor, the programme assistant helps the respective part (s) by finishing up a spread of procedural, administrative, and operational duties, to assist develop, implement, and monitor their nation programme, guaranteeing well timed and efficient supply that’s in step with UNICEF guidelines and laws.
How will you make a distinction?
• Facilitating the processing of contracts for consultants, distributors and exterior companions that help the workplace in programme supply.This consists of getting ready and submitting paperwork, finishing needed kinds and templates, importing TOR’s in VISION, and making needed logistical preparations. Retains vendor lists, companions, and advisor rosters up-to-date.
•Accumulating invoices and submitting paperwork for approval and thereafter processing in VISION and Service Gaterway.
• Getting ready and sustaining information, paperwork and management plans for the monitoring of venture/programme implementation and monetary expenditures.
•Supporting the administration of administrative provides and workplace tools.
•Sustaining workplace calendar and arranging conferences. Taking minutes of conferences and maintaining the correspondence of the staff nicely organized.
•Offering journey help to workers members in part for journey preparations and entitlements primarily based on the group’s guidelines and insurance policies. Liaising with related journey focal factors to make sure that the group obtains the perfect service and worth for all journey.
•Sustaining and updating a system which displays the absence of workers.
•Getting ready and sustaining information pertaining to programme planning and improvement for his/her respective part.
•Finishing up transactions in VISION guaranteeing programme outcomes, actions and programme coding are as per annual work plans (AWPs) and makes amendments and alterations as per part revisions when needed.
•Supporting capability improvement actions, conferences and conferences by making the logistical preparations, by participating with facilitators, caterers and hosts; arranging instances by liaising with individuals over availability; liaising with price range focal factors and part over prices and desires; and getting ready background supplies for individuals.
To qualify as an advocate for each baby you should have…
Training:
Completion of secondary training is required, ideally supplemented by technical or college programs associated to the work of the group.
Expertise:
A minimal of 5 years of progressively accountable administrative or clerical work expertise is required.
For this place, a bachelor’s diploma from a acknowledged tutorial establishment in a related area might change three years of associated work expertise. A grasp’s diploma might change further two years.
Language Necessities:
Fluency in French is required. Data of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, English, Russian or Spanish) or an area language is an asset.
For each Baby, you reveal…
UNICEF core values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief, Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) and core competencies in Communication, Working with Folks and Drive for Resultsunderpin every thing we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Constitution: https://uni.cf/UNICEFValues
The UNICEF competencies required for this put up are…
i) Core Values
• Care
• Respect
• Integrity
• Belief
• Accountability
• Sustainability
ii) Core Competencies (For Employees with Supervisory Obligations) *
- Nurtures, Leads and Manages Folks (1)
- 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)
Or
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 realize impactful outcomes (1)
*Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)
*The 7 core competencies are relevant to all workers. Nonetheless, the competency Nurtures, Leads and Managers folks is simply relevant to workers who supervise others.
VI. Abilities
• Thorough information of UNICEF administrative insurance policies and procedures.
• Sturdy organizational, planning, and prioritizing expertise and skills.
• Excessive sense of confidentiality, initiative, and logic.
• Potential to work successfully with folks of various nationwide and cultural backgrounds.
• Coaching and expertise utilizing MS Phrase, Excel, PowerPoint and different UNICEF software program akin to SharePoint
• Sturdy workplace administration expertise.
Remarks:
UNICEF is dedicated to range and inclusion inside its workforce, and encourages all candidates, no matter gender, nationality, non secular and ethnic backgrounds, together with individuals dwelling with disabilities, to use to develop into part of the group.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and goals of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict baby safeguarding ideas. All chosen candidates shall be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas and can subsequently endure rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to offer further data to conduct a background verify.
Solely shortlisted candidates shall be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of.
UNICEF and different UN Companies shall be shifting to the brand new United Nations Home, presently underneath development in Diamniadio, 30 kilometers from downtown Dakar.
Marketed: 06 Dec 2023 Greenwich Customary Time
Deadline: 20 Dec 2023 Greenwich Customary Time
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