Emergency Specialist, P-3, based in Amman #107430

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.

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.

How can you make a difference?

• Provide technical expertise to Country Offices and Regional Office on emergency preparedness and response.
• Provide technical expertise to Country Offices on Risk Informed Programming.
• Provide technical expertise to Country Offices on Accountability to Affected Populations.
• Help support the emergency response and preparedness work of the MENARO Humanitarian Section as needed
• All COs in MENA have quality preparedness plans meeting UNICEF minimum preparedness standards contributing to timely and quality emergency response
• All UNICEF Country Programmes in MENA are risk informed and the “risk lens” is strengthened in COs standard approaches to situation analysis and strategic planning
• All UNICEF humanitarian programmes in MENA comprehensively integrate accountability to affected populations

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

• Education: Advanced university degree (master's degree or equivalent) in political science, anthropology, sociology, social sciences, international relations, engineering or related field.  First level university degree with relevant combination of academic qualifications and experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

• Work Experience: A minimum of 5 years progressively responsible work experience in humanitarian action. Complementary experience in international development is desirable. Specialized training and experience in developing and implementing emergency preparedness and response plans in complex environments required. Experience working at country, regional and/or HQ level required. Experience working in emergency preparedness with UNICEF desirable. Experience of project implementation with strong accountability component and community engagement in complex environment required. Experience in resilience and disaster risk reduction desirable. Knowledge of UNICEF programme cycle and related procedure desirable. Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.

• Language Proficiency: Fluency in English is required, fluency in Arabic and/or French would be an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

View our competency framework at: http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

Remarks:

* 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.