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UNICEF Internal Vacancy Notice: Chief Field Office, NOC - Biratnagar (Fixed Term)

Biratnagar

  • Organization: UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund
  • Location: Biratnagar
  • Grade: Mid level - NO-C, National Professional Officer - Locally recruited position
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Project and Programme Management
    • Managerial positions
  • Closing Date: Closed

 

The UNICEF Nepal Country Office is looking to engage a Chief of Field Office that will report to the Head of Office and be accountable for functions outlined in the job description.

If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.

For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.

Purpose of the Position

You will coordinate and manage the programme commitment of a medium size country programme with a broad range of projects, including programme/project formulation, design, planning and management, in accordance with Country Programme Recommendation and Country Programme Management Plan, focussed on achievement of UNICEF's Priorities.

You will ensure that area or country programmes are supported by knowledge management through data collection and analysis and complete, accurate reporting, and will help prepare the Situation Analysis. You will administer a consistent and transparent monitoring system; help analyze country level socio-political-economic trends and their implications for ongoing programmes and projects; and assist in establishing programme work plans. You will also undertake field visits to monitor and assess programme implementation.

Key Expected Results

  • Effective knowledge management and system developed and utilized to strengthen area/country programme management.
  • Situation Analysis prepared/updated, critical programme intervention point/measures identified, and programme work plans/recommendations prepared and incorporated. Programme reports prepared as required.
  • Programme funds optimally used.
  • Programme monitoring and evaluations effectively conducted to improve programme performance, and programme status report timely prepared. Gender/sex disaggregated data and inputs relevant to country programme provided as integral part of programming.
  • Rights-based and results-based programming approach fully incorporated into all phases of programme and projects processes.
  • Commitment and institutional capacities of the national and local partners effectively gained and established.
  • Rights perspective and advocacy at the national, community and family levels incorporated in policy analysis for establishing and elevating UNICEF’s credibility in national and international policy debates.
  • Effective partnership and collaboration achieved and maintained for advocacy, technical cooperation, programme development/management/coordination, information sharing and networking.

Qualifications of Successful Candidate

  • Advanced university degree in Social Sciences, International Relations, Government, Public Administration, Public Policy, Social Policy, Social Development, Community Development, or other relevant disciplines, with specialized training in conflict resolution
  • Five years of relevant professional work experience, including developing country work experience and field work experience, in programme design, planning and implementation.
  • Background/familiarity with emergency situations
  • Fluency in English and local working language of the duty

Competencies of Successful Candidate

Core Values

  • Commitment
  • Diversity and inclusion
  • Integrity

Core competencies

  • Communication [ll]
  • Working with people [ll]
  • Drive for results [ll]

Functional Competencies

  • Leading and Supervising [ll]
  • Formulating Strategies and Concepts [ll]
  • Analyzing [ll]
  • Relating and Networking [ll]
  • Persuading and Influencing [ll]
  • Creating and Innovating [ll] 

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organisation.

This vacancy is now closed.
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