Social Policy Officer, NO-2, Lome – Togo # 126788

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 youngster, in all places, day-after-day, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means surrender.

For each youngster, alternative

UNICEF Togo will start its subsequent Contry Program 2024 – 2026 which is structured round 5 elements (Little one Survival, Training, Little one Safety, Social Insurance policies, Program Effectiveness). The Social Insurance policies part will assist the nation scale back the variety of youngsters residing in financial and multidimensional poverty based mostly on the precept of leaving no youngster behind, together with throughout crises. The part will strengthen the capability of native governance buildings to plan and finances to supply efficient child-friendly social providers. This goal shall be achieved by strengthening the social safety system and supporting public funds (financing and execution of social sector budgets).

How are you going to make a distinction?

Key accountabilities:

• Bettering information on youngster poverty & vulnerability for elevated use for coverage and programme motion (Helps the gathering, evaluation and user-friendly presentation of information,  Make the most of collected information to provoke and help analyses on the macroeconomic context and consider its impression and implications for youngsters…)

 

• Strengthening social safety protection and impression for youngsters ( Helps the event of social safety insurance policies, laws and programmes, Helps technical companions and internally strengthening of built-in social safety techniques,  Collaborates to initiatives aiming at improved monitoring and analysis round social safety impression on youngster outcomes…)

 

• Bettering use of public monetary assets for youngsters ( Initiates and helps finances evaluation to tell UNICEF’s advocacy and technical help to Ministries of Finance, planning commissions and social sector ministries,  Undertakes and builds capability of companions for improved monitoring and monitoring of public expenditure to help transparency, accountability and efficient monetary flows for important service supply…)

 

• Strengthening capability of native governments to plan, finances, seek the advice of on and monitor child-focused social providers (Collaborates with the central and native authorities to strengthen capability on high quality information assortment, evaluation for coverage improvement, planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring of important social providers…)

 

• Strengthened advocacy and partnerships for child-sensitive social coverage (Helps right and compelling use of information and proof on the state of affairs of kids and protection and impression of kid targeted providers,  Collaborate to the institution of efficient partnerships with the Authorities, bilateral and multilateral donors, NGOs, civil society and native leaders, the non-public sector, and different UN companies to help sustained and proactive dedication to the Conference of the Rights of the Little one and to realize world UN agendas such because the Sustainable Growth Targets…)

 

• UNICEF Programme Administration (Helps handle and coordinate technical help round youngster poverty, social safety, public finance and governance, Helps and contributes to efficient and environment friendly planning, administration, coordination, monitoring and analysis of the nation programme…)

For extra particulars, please obtain the whole job description right here  GJP Social Policy Officer Level 2 rev.docx

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

• A College Diploma in Economics, Public Coverage, Social Sciences, Worldwide Relations, Political Science, or one other related technical area
• A minimal of two (2) years of related skilled expertise is required
• Creating nation work expertise and/or familiarity with emergency is taken into account an asset.
• Fluency in French and English is required. Information of one other official UN language or an area language is an asset.

For each Little one, you reveal…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin all the pieces we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Constitution: UNICEF Values

 

UNICEF competencies required for this submit are…

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

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 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 id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or every other 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 youngsters. 

Remarks:

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

UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the obligation station, which shall be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are additionally topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Must you 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 shall be cancelled.

All chosen candidates will bear rigorous reference and background checks and shall 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 extra data to conduct a background verify.

Authorities workers which might be thought-about for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities earlier than taking on an project with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the appropriate to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is just not obtained, or mandatory inoculation necessities will not be met, inside an affordable interval for any purpose.

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