Chief Adolescent Empowerment and Community Resilience (P4 ), Bujumbura, Burundi,#12316 (Temporary Appointment)

The Chief AECR reports to the Deputy Representative for general guidance and direction. The Chief supports country office programming processes by providing expert technical advice and operational support to country office colleagues and internal and external partners and stakeholders to ensure that children and adolescent development and participation established under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, international treaties/framework and UN intergovernmental bodies, are integrated in UNICEF’s advocacy, policies, programmes and humanitarian work. The Chief contributes to the achievement of sustainable and scalable results on adolescent and SBC related programmes/projects according to plans, allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM) and UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance and accountability framework.

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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.

For every child, empowerment

One in every four Burundians is an adolescent. This group is growing faster than all the other age groups and is projected to reaching 3.4 million in 2030 (ISTEEBU 2017). When this phenomenon called “demographic dividend” occurs in a population, a window of opportunity opens for spectacular economic growth through increased productivity, greater household savings, and lower costs for basic social services provided to children. However, this demographic dividend will be acquired only if strategic investment is made towards equipping this important cohort of adolescent with skills and knowledges enabling them to contribute fully to the development of their families and communities while reaching their full potential. Unfortunately, there are significant barriers to young people accessing education and training. Additionally, there are widespread concerns about the relevance and the quality of education and training.
The Chief of AECR in Burundi manages a full section with two mandates: 1) promote adolescent learning to earning and participation 2) provide technical expertise and support in SBC and Risk Community and Community Engagement to accelerate sectors’ achievements in support to the Country Programme .

How can you make a difference?

1. Country Programme planning and development

2. Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results

3. Advocacy, networking and partnership building

4. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: anthropology, psychology, sociology, political science, communication for development, education or another relevant technical field;
• A minimum of eight years of professional experience in development, planning and management of adolescent young people’s participation, skills development, entrepreneurship or the creation of employment opportunities for adolescents;
• Additional experiences in social development planning, social and behavior change communication/communication for development will be an asset;
•  Familiarity with UNICEF procedures and systems;
• Experience in inclusion and equity approaches including on gender equality and children with disabilities or other minority groups will be an asset;
• Proven track record in working with a diverse range of partners including NGOs, other UN agencies;
• Experience working in a developing country is considered as an asset;
• Fluency in French and English.

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

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others (8)Nurtures Leads and Manages People.

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.

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 benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.
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 promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, 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.

Remarks:

UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable female applicants are encouraged to apply.

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

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