Deputy Representative

UNICEF works in 190 countries and territories to protect the rights of every child. UNICEF has spent 70 years working to improve the lives of children and their families. Defending children's rights throughout their lives requires a global presence, aiming to produce results and understand their effects. UNICEF believes all children have a right to survive, thrive and fulfill their potential – to the benefit of a better world.

How can you make a difference?

Under the overall guidance and supervision of the Representative, the Deputy Representative:

• provides strategic direction and coordination of effective engagement in social policy dialogue with Government, parliament, civil society, private sector and other partners, advocating for increased public resources towards child related policies and programmes and improved child rights realisation in the country. Coordinates the office knowledge generation and dissemination strategy. Ensures that equity and a gender equality perspective is mainstreamed in all aspects of substantive work across the country programme.
• is accountable for programme  coordination and managerial guidance for all stages of programme formulation, planning, design and implementation of the country programme focused on achievement of UNICEF organisational priorities in a middle income country, consistent with the organization’s mission, goals, strategies, and priorities.
• provides guidance  on knowledge management and guidance for the formulation, planning, design, and implementation of the integrated  monitoring, evaluation and research plan of the country programme, in collaboration with the sectoral programme chiefs and the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer.
• facilitates policy dialogue with government and other partners on strategic priorities for social development and inclusion, advocates for adequate and effective social budgets that benefit children, and provides guidance in the formulation, design, and implementation, monitoring and evaluation of national  programmes contributing to sustainable decentralization of social services and local capacity building, in collaboration with the sectoral programme chiefs.

Key functional accountabilities include:

• Rights-Based and Results-Based management approach
• Knowledge management and policy coordination
• Policy and programmes development and dialogue
• Programme development and management
• Partnership, coordination and collaboration 
• Optimum use of programme resources

For more details, refer to the attached Generic Job Profile Generic Job Profile Deputy Rep for CEECIS P4.docx

To qualify as a champion for every child you will have…

- an advanced university degree in Social Sciences, International Relations, Government, Public Administration, Social Development, Development Planning, or other relevant disciplines.

- at least eight years responsible relevant experience in human-rights based area of public sector social policy and development and programme management, including UN system field experience in strategic programme management in an international development context.

- Experience in programme development, monitoring and implementation preferably in a middle income country with significant ethnic or geographic disparities 

- experience in development of upstream programme strategies that lead to documented progressive realization of the rights of children in the short and medium term.

- Oral and written proficiency in English is required.  Knowledge of another official UN language or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…
Our core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.