Temporary Appointment – Adolescent Development Officer, NOA, #127715, Dili, Timor-Leste (Open for Timorese Nationals only)

UNICEF works in among the world’s hardest locations, to achieve 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 every single place, each day, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means surrender.

For each youngster, Champion

The elemental mission of UNICEF is to advertise the rights of each youngster, in every single place, in all the things the
group does — in packages, 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 signifies 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 youngster 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 in
the well being, diet, 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 in addition will result in sustained development and stability
of nations. That is why the concentrate on 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 Youngster,
whereas additionally supporting the equitable improvement of countries.
 
Learn how UNICEF programmes drives change for youngsters in Timor-Leste by visiting https://www.unicef.org/timorleste. 

How will you make a distinction?

Beneath supervision of Chief Social, Coverage, Monitoring and Analysis (SMPE),  offers skilled technical, operational and administrative help all through the programming course of by the applying of theoretical and technical expertise in researching, accumulating, analyzing and presenting technical programme data and studying organizational guidelines, rules and procedures, to help the event and formulation of the adolescent improvement and participation programmes/tasks inside the Nation Programme. Particularly, the publish can have a powerful concentrate on adolescent and youth civic participation.

Key Capabilities, accountabilities and associated duties/duties:

1. Help to programme improvement and planning

  • Analysis and analyze regional and nationwide political, well being, social and financial improvement developments. Gather, analyze, confirm and synthesize data to facilitate programme improvement, design and preparation.
  • Put together technical studies and inputs for programme preparation and documentation, guaranteeing accuracy, timeliness and relevancy of data.
  • Facilitate the event/institution of adolescent improvement and participation programme targets, goals, methods and results-based planning by analysis, assortment, evaluation and reporting of associated data for improvement planning and precedence and aim setting.
  • Present technical and administrative help all through all levels of programming processes by executing/administering a wide range of technical programme transactions and getting ready supplies/documentations in accordance with organizational guidelines, processes and techniques for programme planning, outcomes based mostly planning (RBM) and monitoring and evaluations.
  • Put together required documentations/supplies to facilitate the programme overview and approval course of.

2. Programme administration, monitoring and supply of outcomes

  • Work intently and collaboratively with colleagues and companions to gather/analyze/share data on implementation points, counsel options on routine programme implementation and submit report back to alert applicable officers and stakeholders for higher-level intervention and/or choice. Hold document of studies and assessments for simple reference and/or to seize and institutionalize classes discovered.
  • Take part in monitoring and analysis workout routines, programme critiques and annual programme critiques with authorities and different counterparts and put together minutes/studies on outcomes for comply with up motion by greater administration and different stakeholders.
  • Monitor and report on the usage of adolescent improvement and participation programme sources (monetary, administrative and different property), confirm compliance with accepted allocation/targets, organizational guidelines, rules/procedures and donor commitments, requirements of accountability and integrity. Report on points recognized to make sure well timed decision by administration/stakeholders. Observe up on unresolved points to make sure decision.
  • Put together inputs for programme/donor reporting.

3. Technical and operational help to programme implementation

  • Undertake area visits and surveys and share data with companions/stakeholders to evaluate progress and supply technical help to related officers for decision. Report on essential points, bottlenecks and potential issues for well timed motion to attain outcomes.
  • Present technical and operational help to authorities counterparts, NGO companions, UN system companions and different nation workplace companions/donors on the applying and understanding of UNICEF and adolescent improvement and participation insurance policies, methods, processes and greatest practices to help programme implementation, operations and supply of outcomes.

4. Networking and partnership constructing

  • Construct and maintain efficient shut working partnerships with authorities counterparts and nationwide stakeholders by lively sharing of data and information to facilitate programme implementation and construct capability of stakeholders to attain and maintain outcomes on adolescent improvement and participation programmes/tasks.
  • Draft communication and data supplies for CO programme advocacy to advertise consciousness, set up partnerships/alliances and help useful resource mobilization to make sure the adolescent improvement and participation programmes/tasks are adequately resourced and supported.
  • Take part in applicable inter-agency (UNCT) conferences/occasions on programming to collaborate with inter-agency companions/colleagues on UNDAF operational planning and preparation of adolescent improvement and participation programmes/tasks and to combine and harmonize UNICEF’s place and techniques with the UNDAF improvement and planning course of.
  • Analysis data on potential donors and put together useful resource mobilization supplies and briefs for fund elevating and partnership improvement functions.

5. Innovation, information administration and capability constructing

  • Determine, seize, synthesize and share classes discovered for information improvement and to construct the capability of stakeholders.
  • Apply modern approaches and promote good apply to help the implementation and supply of concrete and sustainable programme outcomes.
  • Analysis, benchmark, and report on greatest and cutting-edge practices for improvement planning of data merchandise and techniques.
  • Take part as useful resource particular person in capability constructing initiatives to reinforce the competencies of purchasers/stakeholders.

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

  • A college diploma in one among these fields is required: anthropology, psychology, sociology, training or one other related technical area.
  • A minimal of two years {of professional} expertise in social improvement planning and administration in adolescent improvement associated areas is required.
  • Expertise working in a creating nation is taken into account as an asset.
  • Related expertise in a UN system company or group is taken into account as an asset.
  • 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 Youngster, you reveal UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin all the things 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.

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 international workforce should mirror the range 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 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 goals 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 the direction of range and inclusion is essential to ship the most effective outcomes for youngsters. For this place, eligible and appropriate candidates are inspired to use.

UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the responsibility station, which will likely 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 likely be cancelled.

All chosen candidates will endure rigorous reference and background checks and will likely 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 offer extra data to conduct a background examine.

Authorities staff 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 correct to withdraw a proposal of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance isn’t obtained, or obligatory inoculation necessities aren’t met, inside an affordable interval for any purpose.

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

Marketed: 09 Feb 2024 Tokyo Normal Time
Deadline: 22 Feb 2024 Tokyo Normal Time

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