Temporary Appointment (7.5 Months): National Committee and Governance Specialist, P3, #113162, PFP, Geneva, Switzerland

Join UNICEF PFP’s Governance Team and work on good governance as an enabler of results for children. We are looking for a skilled professional who is deeply passionate about nonprofit governance and can contribute to best practice governance content and provide high quality advice to our stakeholders to help deepen awareness and engagement in support of safeguarding our mission.

Purpose of the Job:

This Temporary Appointment (International P-3 level) tentatively from April 2020 to November 2020 is a maternity leave replacement to support a continued governance guidance to and implementation of UNICEF’s agenda by National Committees across all governance subject matters.

Under the leadership and guidance of the PFP’s Chief of Governance, the National Committee and Governance Specialist will be responsible to devise optimized governance implementation support to National Committees, to support and monitor National Committees’ progress against governance objectives; and to support coordination of PFP’s internal risk management. The position is office-based, involving occasional travel.

How can you make a difference?

MAIN TASKS:

DELIVERABLES:

• Guidance and technical support provided to allocated National Committees (and support to PPF’s Chief of Governance with other National Committee, as required), and related reporting completed.
• Completion of PFP’s mid-year risk exercise supported.
• Select guidance documents and information materials researched and updated.

Estimated Duration of the contract:

• 7.5 months, tentatively starting early April 2020

REPORTING TO:

• The incumbent will report to PFP’s Chief of Governance, who will provide overall direction, guidance and senior level decision-making. The incumbent will provide support and advice to the supervisor and while s/he will work with a high degree of independence, is expected to regularly share information and advise the supervisor of emerging problem areas and issues.

WORKPLACE:

• Geneva, Switzerland

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

Education:

• An advanced university degree in law, business, corporate governance, audit, or other related fields is required.
• A first level university degree in a relevant field combined with 7 years of professional experience may be
  accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.

Experience:

• Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible professional experience at the international level in law, audit, not-for-profit or corporate governance is required.
• Experience in risk management, and knowledge and information management are an asset.
• Knowledge of UNICEF and the unique National Committee structure is an asset.

• Knowledge of concepts related to organizational (especially nonprofit) governance structures and processes globally, and of latest developments and practical aspects of nonprofit governance areas, including embedding risk management into organizational cultures.

Language Requirements:

• Excellent English writing skills

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

The functional competencies required for this post are...

Core Values

• Care
• Respect
• Integrity
• Trust
• Accountability

Core competencies:

• Communication (L III)
• Driver for Results (L III)
• Working with people (L II)

Functional Competencies:

• Applying Technical Expertise (L III)
• Formulating Strategies and Concepts (LII)
• Learning and Researching (LII)
• Relating and Networking (LII)
• Planning and Organizing (LII)
• Analyzing (LII)

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:

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 also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

For more information on remuneration and benefits, please visit UNICEF's Entitlements page.  If you would like to find estimates for entitlements, you may use the online Salary Estimate Calculator. 

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