UNICEF
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
Disasters, climate change, and environmental degradation present significant and escalating threats to the well-being of children globally, jeopardizing the progress achieved in child survival and development. Over a billion children are exposed to severe risks from climate and environmental hazards such as heatwaves, floods, and cyclones. Consequently, it is imperative for countries to establish climate-resilient, low-carbon social services encompassing water and sanitation, healthcare, education, nutrition, social protection, and child protection to tackle current threats and prepare for increasingly severe impacts.
In alignment with our commitment to protect children and young people worldwide, UNICEF is launching its Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (SCAP) 2023 – 2030. The SCAP prioritizes urgent climate action through systematic change in partnership with public and private sectors to prioritize the needs of children and young people and build their resilience to the climate threats at hand. The SCAP strives to mainstream sustainability and climate action both internally and externally, through protecting the lives, health and well-being of children and their communities; empowering children with developmental opportunities and skills; and reducing emissions and the environmental footprint within UNICEF.
UNICEF is committed to ensuring that policies are inclusive of children and young people’s perspectives and rights and address their unique vulnerabilities to ensure that their health, safety, and well-being are protected now and in the future.
For every child, Hope for all……
Under the close supervision and guidance of the supervisor, the Results and Resources officer shall have the following responsibilities: 1) Tracking and evaluation SCAP programming and its progress across UNICEF and 2) Co-ordinating resource needs and allocations for successful SCAP implementation across the organisation.
How can you make a difference?
Monitoring And Assessing SCAP Progress
- Develop and implement results frameworks and tools for monitoring UNICEF climate and sustainability programmeming
- Systematically monitor and review core strategic indicators reported by UNICEF country offices, ensuring they accurately reflect the progress and challenges in implementing the SCAP.
- Analyze these indicators to identify trends, gaps, and areas for improvement, providing actionable insights and recommendations to enhance programme effectiveness and alignment with strategic goals.
Reviewing Country Office Annual Reports
- Conduct thorough reviews of annual reports submitted by UNICEF country offices, assessing the integration and effectiveness of sustainability and climate change strategies within their regional contexts.
- Evaluate the outcomes and impacts highlighted in these reports, comparing them against established benchmarks and objectives to gauge overall success and areas needing attention.
Compiling Progress And Annual Reports
- Compile comprehensive progress and annual reports detailing UNICEF’s global achievements and challenges in relation to the sustainability and climate change agenda.
- Ensure these reports effectively communicate the scope of work, key accomplishments, lessons learned, and strategic recommendations to both internal and external audiences, including stakeholders and partners.
Compilation Of Best Practices
- Gather and document best practices from various UNICEF programmes and initiatives focused on sustainability and climate change, creating a repository of successful strategies, methodologies, and case studies.
- Share these best practices internally to promote learning and replication of effective approaches across different regions and programmes.
Strengthening Knowledge Management And Decision-Making
- Support in the enhancement of knowledge management related to UNICEF’s sustainability and climate change work, ensuring that crucial information, data, and insights are accessible and usable for staff across the organization.
- Support knowledge-sharing sessions, webinars, and workshops to disseminate key findings, innovative approaches, and new sustainability and climate action research.
- Actively engage in internal and external meetings, bringing a results-oriented and resource-focused perspective to sustainability and climate action discussions.
- Provide expert insights on resource allocation, efficiency, and the effectiveness of sustainability initiatives, contributing to strategic planning and decision-making processes.
- Collaborate with various stakeholders, including programme teams, regional offices, and external partners, to ensure that discussions and decisions are aligned with UNICEF’s sustainability goals and resource capabilities.
All of the above will be performed in close collaboration with HQ programme teams and divisions and with UNICEF regional and country offices.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
- An advanced university degree in climate change, environmental science, engineering, disaster management, International Development, International Relations, Government, Public Administration, Public Policy, Social Policy or other relevant disciplines is required
- A minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in areas related to monitoring, evaluation, resource management and reporting is required
- Familiarity with children’s rights in the context of climate change, environmental degradation and disaster risk reduction
- Knowledge on climate, environment, and DRR impacts, assessments, and adaptation solutions considered an asset
- Expertise in monitoring, reporting, evaluation, and developing related tools, as part of a global/regional role in support of other country offices will be considered an asset.
- Experience working on CEED issues within UNICEF or other international development agencies is considered an asset.
- Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability (CRITA), and sustainability
Please click Here to view UNICEF’s core values and Here to view our competency framework.
UNICEF competencies required for this post are.
- Nurtures, Leads and Manages People (1)
- Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (2)
- Works Collaboratively with others (2)
- Builds and Maintains Partnerships (2)
- Innovates and Embraces Change (2)
- Thinks and Acts Strategically (2)
- Drives to achieve impactful results (3)
UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to including everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.
We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority, and discrimination.
UNICEF is committed to promoting the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.
Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.
UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance.
Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid).
Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF.
UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.
“UNICEF only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed at http://www.whed.net/”
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- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
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