Overview
This role will provide support to the coordination of UNICEF's emergency response in crisis situations, through deployment to affected country offices. The position will provide support to overall leadership, guidance and direction to the UNICEF Emergency Response Team for programme planning, implementation and analysis to emergency programmes.
Key Responsibilities
- As agreed with the Representative, help represent UNICEF in discussions with inter-agency partners, donors, government, non-state entities, and other relevant actors to advocate and negotiate for, and assist in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of, humanitarian assistance and coordination.
- Coordinate inputs for preparation of response and/or contingency plans – including UNICEF led cluster plans - to ensure timely delivery of humanitarian assistance as per CCC benchmarks, including issues of gender equality, PSEA and disabilities.
- Provide support to inter-agency policy consultations to ensure a coordinated timely response and to ensure evolution of programme focus in sync with context changes. Coordinate with RO/HQ to establish a clear position and coherent strategy.
- Disseminate humanitarian policies, internal and inter-agency strategies and operational guidelines to guide UNICEF humanitarian response to children affected by emergencies, including both armed conflict and natural disasters situations.
- Collaborate with sectoral and cross sectoral programme officers to ensure that humanitarian programmes are coherent with UNICEF's country programme and its Core Commitments for Children in Emergencies (CCCs) are met.
- Incorporate field reality to strengthen/ improve UNICEF's humanitarian capacity, mechanisms, procedures, guidance, tools, programme policies and advocacy.
- Support CO preparedness through to the analysis of the Emergency Preparedness Platform(EPP) for those considered high risk in the horizon scanning. Support development of preparedness and response plans for incipient crisis COs.
- Support UNICEF's engagement with global clusters including on standards and guidelines, identifying common bottlenecks across humanitarian situations and escalation of issues for IASC discussion/decision
Required Experience
- At least 8 years of relevant work experience at national and international levels in humanitarian response is required.
- Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.
- Experience in Humanitarian Access which could include humanitarian negotiation, access sensitive operational planning, actor mapping, networking and relationship management with state and non-state entities, context analysis, and other relevant experience is desired.
- Experience in emergency preparedness is an asset.
- Experience in writing advocacy briefs, to effect change and report writing is an asset.
Qualifications
- Master or equivalent (Advanced University Degree) in any of the following: Social Sciences, Public Administration, International Relations, Public Health, Education, or other fields related to the work of UNICEF is required.
- 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. This is applicable to internal (FT, Continuing and Permanent) staff only.
