Programme Specialist (Generation Unlimited), (NO-3), Beijing, China #127496 [Temporary Appointment for 364 days]

UNICEF works in among the world’s hardest locations, to achieve the world’s most deprived kids. 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 every single place, on daily basis, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means surrender.

For each baby, training

The elemental mission of UNICEF is to advertise the rights of each baby, in every single place, in every thing the group does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The fairness technique, emphasizing essentially the most deprived and excluded kids and households, interprets this dedication to kids’s rights into motion.

UNICEF’s training programme in China goals to make sure that all women and boys, particularly essentially the most marginalized, are studying and buying abilities that put together them for all times and the way forward for work, in an inclusive, wholesome and secure setting.

China is residence to second largest inhabitants of younger individuals globally, there are roughly 230 million younger individuals between the ages of 10 and 24, constituting 16.5 per cent of the full inhabitants. The nation is at present present process a profound demographic transition with an ageing inhabitants that more and more places stress on the youthful era, together with excessive competitors for academic and job alternatives. Youth unemployment is a urgent concern. 

Youth growth has been included into China’s nationwide methods. Medium-and Lengthy-term Youth Improvement Plan (2016-2025) is the primary set of nationwide tips for youth growth. In April 2022, State Council issued a white paper entitled “Youth of China within the New Period”. This systematically prioritizes well being and wellbeing, training, and abilities (high quality), employability and entrepreneurship (entry to first rate work and productive employment), and lively participation in social actions and world governance and participation.

By way of participation/civic engagement, globally younger individuals have turn into a driving power for societal change via social mobilization and significant participation – pushing for local weather motion, searching for racial justice, selling gender equality, and demanding dignity for all. Younger individuals in China have excessive potential to grab each alternative to take part in public coverage making and lead the ecosystem for youth growth (innovation capability, financial dynamism, infrastructure and connectivity, safety and governance).

The UN in China, in collaboration with Chinese language authorities and related stakeholders, is dedicated to addressing these points by selling equal alternatives for all younger individuals, with a specific deal with weak teams corresponding to women and younger ladies, youths with disabilities, rural youths, ethnic minority youths, migrant youths, and youths dwelling with HIV, amongst others.

How are you going to make a distinction?

The Programme Specialist (Era Limitless/GenU), underneath the supervision of the Chief Schooling, UNICEF China will work carefully with the federal government of China, the UN Residence Coordinator’s Workplace (RCO) and the UN Theme Group on Youth (UNTGY), different GenU companions and internally at UNICEF, with programme sections, significantly the Schooling, Youngster Safety, Communication, Public Partnership and Partnerships and Innovation staff.

This put up can be key in guaranteeing UNICEF China Nation Workplace performs a catalytic function in growing and supporting the profitable roll out of the GenU China technique and the achievement of its targets. She/he can be primarily based in Beijing with 10-20% journey to chose precedence provinces/counties.

Key capabilities, accountabilities and associated duties/duties

• Act as the important thing liaison between UNICEF China, the UNTGY and UNRCO, and the GenU partnership in China and on the worldwide degree to raised inform and catalyze the UN household to contribute to the China GenU technique and targets.
• Inform and outline UNICEF China and UNTGY’s contribution to the GenU China technique, via session and involvement of the related sections / items.
• Be certain that the GenU technique is built-in into UNICEF programme methods and aligned to outcomes for kids and adolescents in Schooling and different related programme sections.
• Help UNTGY secretariat to watch the implementation and progress of the China GenU strategic plan and guarantee well timed contribution from UNICEF CCO on agreed parts.
• Coordinate UNTGY and UNICEF China’s contribution to GenU with the RCO and different aligned UN businesses; and establish alternatives to scale with deal with co-creating and scale up revolutionary fashions, doubtlessly round adolescents/youth skills-building and entrepreneurship/employability, particularly within the inexperienced area.   
• Coordinate with UNICEF China Communications, part to make sure that communication of GenU actions and progress is undertaken through media, social media and youth engagement.
• Work with UNICEF Partnerships and Innovation (PI) part and the related departments/items of different UN businesses in China to help strategic useful resource mobilization and financing to help the acceleration of GenU actions in China.
• In coordination with nationwide host of GenU China, the UNTGY and RCO, interact related non-public sector and trade associations in cocreating and delivering scalable options with an enhanced deal with youth abilities and employability.
• Guarantee common progress reporting to UNICEF, UNTGY and the GenU International Secretariat primarily based in New York with regard to data sharing and integration of worldwide good and finest practices into the GenU China method.
• Act as total Focal Level for GenU in UNICEF China and preserve inner and exterior networks for the initiative.
• Symbolize UNICEF China/UNTGY at chosen boards to advertise the GenU China method and help stakeholder engagement.
• Carry out different associated duties as guided by the direct Supervisor.

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

• A sophisticated college diploma (Grasp’s or greater) in training, economics, sociology, Public Administration or one other related technical discipline.

• A minimum of 5 years of progressively accountable skilled work expertise at a senior degree in both non-public sector engagement, partnerships, youth-centred programmes or a associated discipline.

• Substantial demonstrable expertise of managing complicated multi-stakeholder initiatives.

• Demonstrated robust familiarity with social-economic, cultural and political setting in China, specifically associated to youth.

• Data of the China training, abilities and employability panorama is fascinating and former expertise with UNICEF or a UN company in a Nation Workplace setting can be a powerful benefit.

• Data of youth associated advocacy programmes and expertise in implementing multi-stakeholder partnerships – extremely fascinating.

• Capability to have interaction and negotiate with excessive degree personnel in governmental establishments, exterior businesses and personal sector executives.

• Data and community with SDG associated key stakeholders in China, the area and globally.

• Glorious monitoring, analysis and analysis abilities

• Glorious interpersonal communication abilities, writing means and administrative abilities.

• Capability to work in multidisciplinary groups.

• Fluency in English and Chinese language is required. 

 

For each Youngster, you display…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin every thing 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.

Through the recruitment course of, we check 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 kids and our world workforce should replicate the range of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, no matter their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, 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 advertise the safety and safeguarding of all kids. 

 

Remarks:

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

UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance. Appointments are additionally topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Do you have to be chosen for a place with UNICEF, you both have to be inoculated as required or obtain a medical exemption from the related division of the UN. In any other case, the choice can be cancelled.

All chosen candidates will endure rigorous reference and background checks and can 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.

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