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UNICEF is looking to hire Representative, D-2
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
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.
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The Representative serves as the accredited representative of UNICEF in the country and reports to the Regional Director for general direction and oversight. The Representative is responsible for establishing dialogue with the Government to develop the framework of cooperation in the country and for working closely and collaboratively with the Government and national institutions, UN Mission and UN Country team, other stakeholders and partners, to develop the Government-UNICEF Country Programme of Cooperation in active support of efforts to advance children’s rights as established under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, other international treaties/frameworks, the SDGs, and UN intergovernmental bodies.
As head of the Country Office, the Representative is responsible for providing leadership and vision to the UNICEF Country Office team in managing and leveraging resources for the achievement of results and realization of the rights of children. The Representative leads and oversees the various programme sectors and operations teams ensuring delivery of quality results in accordance with UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action, standards of performance and accountability framework, ethics and integrity. The Representative is accountable for upholding UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability and ensuring the establishment and maintenance of a non-discriminatory, inclusive and nurturing working environment for all staff and personnel, to enable them to effectively and efficiently deliver high-quality results for children.
This position is available from end of 2024.
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The Representative’s key functions and accountabilities include:
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Brief country context:
The Republic of South Sudan has great economic potential and opportunities to secure the economic prosperity of its population, including oil and mineral wealth, and an important agricultural sector with abundant livestock and fertile land. However, the long history of conflict as well as deep rooted political and tribal divides, corruption, and lack of transparency has greatly stalled social and economic development.
In August 2022, the Government of South Sudan unilaterally announced a 2-year extension of the Transitional Government to implement the outstanding Articles of the Revitalized Peace Agreement, a move that has raised concerns among international community in the ability of current leaders to sustain peace and ensure a smooth and peaceful transition to new Government.
The national economy is facing rising debt and significant depreciation of the South Sudanese Pound (SSP), what some believe to be real signs of potential hyperinflation. Since the onset of the global economic crisis and the continued signs of volatility in the national economy, the situation is expected to worsen during 2023, especially for the most vulnerable populations and push more people into deeper poverty.
On the humanitarian front, South Sudan continue to face deteriorating conditions. The situation is worsened by endemic violence, conflict, access constraints and operational interference, public health challenges such as measles and cholera outbreaks and climatic shocks resulting in extraordinary flooding and localized drought. These in turn have a severe impact on people’s livelihoods, hamper access to education and water, sanitation and hygiene and health services. Protection concerns remain high, especially for women and girls. People affected by violence have limited access to formal justice as well as restriction in their movement and access to basic needs such as food.
The country programme implementation strategy will adopt a risk-informed approach programming which will allow for contextual analysis and build an effective link where possible to humanitarian action. Starting from 2023, the UNICEF country progamme will offer a vision aligned to the revised National Development Strategy to build – rather than substitute for – capacity in social services delivery. As such this will be a core contribution of UNICEF to a humanitarian development peace nexus strategy aligned with other UN agencies and positioning UNICEF as a key actor for investing in capacity building of government institution to gradually take ownership of social service delivery by contributing public funds and reducing the reliance on Official Development Aid (ODA).
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This position is classified as “rotational” which means the incumbent is expected to rotate to another duty station upon completion of their tour of duty.
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.
This position has been assessed as an elevated risk role for Child Safeguarding purposes as it is either: a role with direct contact with children, works directly with child, is a safeguarding response role or has been assessed as an elevated risk role for child safeguarding. Additional vetting and assessment for elevated risk roles in child safeguarding (potentially including additional criminal background checks) applies.
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 also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.
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.
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