Programme Officer

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• Support to program/project development and planning
• Program management, monitoring and delivery of results
• Advisory services and technical support
• Advocacy, networking and partnership building
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

• Supporting implementation of the capacity building of organizations of persons with disabliteis (OPDs), through support in leading the overall implementation and supporting coordination, facilitating meetings, conducting training sessions to OPDs and organizing consultations.
• Supporting the development and planning of program/projects directed at children with disabilities with programme sections on sectorial areas related to education, health, social protection and child protection, including cross-sectorial areas of gender, disaster preparedness and youth participation.
• Providing technical inputs on disability inclusion into country programming phases, including strategic planning, SitAns, strategic moments of reflection, CPDs, CPMPs, midterm reviews, extended annual reviews and disability inclusion reviews.

• Supporting indicator identification, measurement and performance tracking on disability priorities, including on programmes related disability inclusion, humanitarian response, emergencies and gender targeted programmes with focus on women and girls with disabilities.
• Supporting monitoring of the UNICEF programmes implemented by the programme and cross-sectorial colleagues.
• Participate in cross-sectoral collaboration and coordination on key programmatic results on disability, ensuring coherence, maximization of synergies and efficiency in utilization of resources and delivery of results.
• Participating in the strengthening of the quality of research and evidence building on disability inclusion related programming.

• Leading CO reasonable accommodation efforts to ensure accessibility of PWDs to the office and advising on accommodation efforts for UNICEF organized events implemented offsite.
• Contributing to CO fundraising efforts on disability inclusion and providing technical support and advocacy to reporting and follow-up on international and regional disability commitments made by the country, including on the monitoring of the CO Disability Inclusion Strategy, CO Action Plan on Disability Inclusion and UN Disability Scorecard.
• Promoting the engagement of Organizations of Persons with Disabilities in programme planning, monitoring, and implementation
• Supporting the development of adequate emergency preparedness measures that reflect disability inclusion needs and the development and conducting of training that incorporates disability inclusion issues is secotorial areas.

• Liaising and consulting with sections, government, and other external partners to support convergence and develop partnerships in disability programming, in areas related to health, education and social and child protection sectors.
• Supporting communication and advocacy events on disability inclusion and partnership building with national stakeholders including on emerging priorities such as disability assessment and determination
• Supporting building and maintenance of internal and external partnerships and networks in the development of harmonized, disability inclusive programme interventions.
• Supporting mapping of potential new partnerships and leverage existing partnerships to accelerate disability inclusive program implementation at the country level in determined priority areas, including partnership with OPDs and self-initiative parents groups.

• Bringing best practices in disability programming and measurement though conducting learning sessions for UNICEF and its partners.
• Supporting documentation and sharing of the country-level experience in disability inclusive programming and lessons learned.
• Bringing best practices in disability inclusive programming and measurement to the attention of sectoral colleagues
• Supporting management and HR in the development of systems, tools and processes to enhance their understanding and adoption of disability inclusive behaviors and to support implementation of the global disability inclusion standards.

• Sectoral and cross-sectoral programmes/projects on disability inclusion are effectively and efficiently supported and implemented through the timely and systematic provision of coordination and technical related expertise.
• The performance of the related programmes are timely monitored, analysed and evaluated, and the findings of the measurement and research are integrated into the planning and reporting. Programmatic financial resources allocated to related programming and results are effectively planned and managed for cost-efficient utilisation.
• Knowledge, information and best practices on effective disability inclusive programming is generated, managed and shared within internal networks and with external partners to support programmes in changing context.
• Related needs for emergency preparedness are identified and integrated into the emergency programme planning and implementation.

• University degree in the social sciences (i.e. sociology, demography, psychology, political science, social policy or economics), public health, public policy, public administration, international development, or in an area relevant to UNICEF’s sectoral work (e.g. Health, Nutrition, WASH, Education, Child Protection, Social Inclusion, HIV/AIDs, etc.).
• Lived experience of disability be it with the child or with self is an asset.
• Excellent understanding of CRPD principles and local context, and experience in programmes targeting persons with disabilities demonstrated by work experience.
• Experience working with OPDs and self-initiative parents groups of children with disabilities.
• Experience working in the UN system is an advantage.
• Proven successful experience in conducting trainings especially for OPDs.
• Good analytical and report writing skills.
• Fluency in Uzbek and Russian. Knowledge of English is an asset.

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