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For every child, Hope
The main purpose of this assignment is to implement Somalia Country climate change workplan and reinforce capacities of the UNICEF and its partners in implementing and scaling up low-carbon humanitarian response, resilience building and development and in strengthening its climate change sensitive, environmentally friendly programme aligned with UNICEF’s global strategy on climate energy and environment.
It will help to better plan and implement opportunities for UNICEF in integrated humanitarian responses, climate change response, environmental action, disaster risk reduction and resilience as a pathway between humanitarian aid and development.
It will support quality of climate change programming through collection of evidence and data to organize them to highlight challenges, best practices, and identification of new opportunities.
Work with section, coordinate and report on implementation of integrated solutions throughout the programme cycle. To develop and maintain broader partnerships on climate change and ensure coordination of UNICEF’s work across sectors and in particular WASH with relevant partners.
Finally, under the guidance of the Resilience Specialist and in collaboration with the Deputy Representative Operations, in the Climate Change-Environment specialist provide professional technical assistance and support to ensure reduce UNICEF environmental and carbon footprint in delivering programs.
How can you make a difference?
KEY FUNCTIONS, ACCOUNTABILITIES AND RELATED DUTIES/TASKS
Programme Implementation and Coordination of Climate, Environment and Energy activities
Climate Finance, partnerships and resource mobilization and provide linkages to regional and global
Technical and operational support for programme implementation
Networking and partnership building
Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
IMPACT OF RESULTS
The support provided by the specialist will explore the opportunities of UNICEF in climate change. She/he will facilitate the shift to a climate resilient programme and enable the country office to achieve nexus between humanitarian and development of the country programme.
Specific results:
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…
During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels with our competency framework
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 include 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 measures to include a more diverse workforce, such as paid parental leave, time off for breastfeeding purposes, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.
UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). 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 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 is required for IP positions and will be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be selected for a position with UNICEF, you either must be inoculated as required or receive a medical exemption from the relevant department of the UN. Otherwise, the selection will be canceled.
Remarks:
As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.
UNICEF’s active commitment to diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable female are encouraged to apply.
Government employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government positions 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 does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.
In this role, you will collaborate with colleagues across multiple locations. For effective collaboration, we encourage flexible working hours that accommodate different time zones while prioritizing staff wellbeing.
All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. An internal candidate performing at the level of the post in the relevant functional area, or an internal/external candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, may be selected, if suitable for the post, without assessment of other candidates.
UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable female candidates are encouraged to apply.
Eligible UNICEF International Professional (IP) Staff Members on fixed-term, continuing or permanent contracts applying to a Temporary Appointment, which is dedicated to L3 (or L2) Response, may be able to retain a lien and their fixed-term entitlements. The conditions of the temporary assignment will vary depending on the status of their post and their current tour of duty, and relocation entitlements may be limited as per the relevant policies.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Advertised: E. Africa Standard Time
Deadline: E. Africa Standard Time
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