Accountability to Affected Populations

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• Support the operationalization of UNICEF technical note on localization in humanitarian action, the
• strategic document for the localization agenda
• Support country offices to identify opportunities for strategic engagement with local actors, as well as
• barriers that may hinder their engagement with UNICEF
• In conjunction with other sections, lead the development of localized surge capacity (e.g. local-level
• emergency response teams/roster of local first responders) to complement other institutional
• mechanisms and ensure faster response to children’s needs during crisis
• With supply team, explore local supply and logistics preparedness including arrangements to promote
• local production and local procurements
• Contribute to the documentation of country case studies on the operationalization of the localization
• agenda
• Work closely with cluster coordinators to identify and support opportunities to connect local CSOs with
• cluster coordination at national and sub-national level

• Support Country offices in ensuring a) inclusive needs assessments, planning and monitoring, b) inclusive
• and safe access to information and services and c) children at risk of exclusion, including children with
• disabilities, across all genders, ages, and nationalities, including refugees and internally displaced –
• participate in the design of programmes and in the decisions that affect their lives
• Liaise with RO sections to support inclusive preparedness and response

• Facilitate capacity building to strengthen the knowledge of, and commitment to AAP/CE approaches forUNICEF and partner staff
• Develop context-specific capacity building materials by contextualizing global and national tools and
• support capacity strengthening on inclusive and localized humanitarian response.
• In collaboration with Planning and Reports teams, facilitate AAP inclusive monitoring and reporting
• efforts across MENA
• Identify opportunities to integrate AAP into existing training and tailor content to specific audiences.
• Facilitate staff capacity strengthening (including orientation sessions) on localization, and disseminate
• global and regional guidance
• Support and coordinate operationalization of UNICEF local partners capacity institutional strengthening
• guidance to facilitate local actors’ ability to respond to results for children.
• Collaborate with internal, regional and global partners to update, harmonize, link and coordinate
• activities, tools and processes designed to enhance communication and community engagement in
• humanitarian response including use of multiple media and communication platforms
• Maintain and strengthen partnerships and stakeholder engagement through networking and proactiv
• collaboration and engagement with strategic partners including NGOs, including the organization of
• marginalized groups – women, children, displaced and stateless people, refugees, people with
• disabilities, and people of all genders and sexualities, local authorities, community and religious leaders
• and others to promote accountability to affected population.

• Explore and enhance opportunities for inter-agency collaboration on AAP.
• Serve as the primary focal point with headquarters, participate in monthly AAP Technical Group meeting,
• support preparations of the bi-annual Steering Group meeting for MENARO
• Lead regular AAP and Localization meetings with all COs in the region
• Liaise with other relevant colleagues in Regional Offices to ensure coherence and consistence in
• operationalizing UNICEF AAP global strategy in close collaboration with headquarters (EMOPS Geneva,
• AAP lead)
• Liaise with other relevant colleagues in Regional Offices to ensure coherence and consistence in
• operationalizing UNICEF Localization approach in close collaboration with headquarters (EMOPS HPS
• lead)
• Coordinate with other cross-cutting/people-centred specialists and focal points e.g. PSEA, gender,
• disability inclusion etc., and harmonize training, approaches, and advocacy
• Represent UNICEF at inter-agency Working Groups, clusters and other relevant fora in formulating and
• articulating AAP/CE and Localization plans and outcomes and in disseminating key results and lessons
• learnt
• Identify and build partnerships with global/regional institutional pools of expertise who could contribute
• to advancing AAP and Localization agendas
• Explore and enhance opportunities for Inter-Agency collaboration on localization, and support clusters
• to increasingly integrate localization in humanitarian action

• Support Country Offices (remotely or on the ground) in conducting inclusive needs assessment to
• understand community information needs, communications preferences, community dynamics, social
• norms, cultural beliefs, superstitions and other anthropological factors that could impact programmes
• Support Country Offices in ensuring systematic collection and analysis of key community feedback data
• through integration of core AAP questions in cluster assessments, surveys and other data collection tools
• and activities and their inclusion in IMEP, ensuring it is routinely disaggregated by age, sex, and disability
• Support the analysis and dissemination of community perception surveys of UNICEF and quality of

• Facilitate the implementation and documentation of innovative practices, approaches and latest
• technology on multiple media and social/digital platforms and networks that are appropriate/available
• for the humanitarian context and audience (e.g. U-Report)
• Institutionalize/share best practices and knowledge, including for the VoC pilot, through the MENA
• compendium of AAP practices with global/regional/national/local partners and stakeholders to build
• capacity of partners and disseminate these products to key audiences including donors and national and
• global partners
• Coordinate the documentation of good practices and lessons learnt, on the different components of the
• localization approach

• Advanced University degree in one of the following fields: social and behavioral sciences, anthropology, psychology, international relations or other related disciplines. Preferably a combination of management, administration and relevant technical fields.

• Eight years of progressively responsible professional work experience at national and international levels in Humanitarian programme/project development.
• Work experience in complex emergencies is required.
• Demonstrable field experience in developing and implementing evidence-based AAP strategies and interventions in humanitarian contexts.
• Experience in designing and facilitating participatory capacity-building sessions at different levels with diverse, multicultural teams. Professional field experience in strategic engagement with local actors, on the operationalization of a comprehensive localization agenda.
• Demonstrable field experience in advancing inclusive emergency preparedness and response.

• Fluency in English and fluency of another official UN language (Arabic and/or French) is required.

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