Overview
The Programme Specialist (Emergency Coordination) is responsible for coordinating and tracking the implementation of a multi-sectoral emergency programme across South Sudan, ensuring coherent implementation across sectors and alignment between Juba-based sections, field offices, and implementing partners.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate implementation across sectors, states, and counties to ensure timely, integrated delivery of services
- Align Juba sections and field offices to resolve operational bottlenecks and address implementation gaps
- Ensure geographic prioritization of interventions based on severity, access, and evolving needs
- Identify underperformance and drive corrective actions, including escalation where required
- Support acceleration of delivery in lagging areas, with a focus on high-severity and hard-to-reach locations
- Monitor use of funds, procurement activities, and logistical arrangements against implementation progress
- Evaluate the situation on the ground to identify new needs or bottlenecks
- Develop and operationalize a multi-sectoral monitoring plan adapted to access and security constraints
- Coordinate monitoring efforts across sections, partners, and field offices
- Undertake or coordinate field monitoring missions, including in high-risk or hard-to-reach areas
- Verify implementation progress and service delivery on the ground
- Identify gaps in coverage, particularly affecting displaced populations, returnees, and vulnerable groups
- Establish and maintain a centralized system to track implementation across sectors and locations
- Consolidate data from sections, field offices, and partners into a coherent, real-time overview of programme performance
- Analyse trends related to access, displacement, seasonality, and operational constraints
- Produce regular situation updates, dashboards, and reporting inputs for internal management and donors
- Maintain structured coordination mechanisms across sections and field offices
- Ensure alignment with inter-agency response through close liaison with OCHA, clusters, and partners
- Represent UNICEF in relevant USG-OCHA programme related interagency meetings
- Strengthen coordination between programme and operations (supply, logistics, access) to enable delivery
Required Experience
- Minimum five years of relevant professional experience in programme coordination / management of complex programmes/projects across sectors and stakeholders.
- Demonstrated experience in UNICEF or UN humanitarian operations in L2/L3 contexts.
- Strong experience working with OCHA and inter-agency coordination and funding mechanisms.
- Prior experience in South Sudan or comparable complex, high-risk and access-constrained environments is required.
Qualifications
- Master or equivalent (Advanced University Degree) in Social Science, Public Administration, Development Studies, International Relations and any other related fields.
- A Bachelor or equivalent (First Level University Degree) in a relevant area combined with 2 additional years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
