Project Assistant (Risk Communication and Community Engagement)

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Mission and objectives

UNICEF works to help the children of Indonesia reach their full potential. We assist our partners to monitor and measure progress against these rights via the child-focused Sustainable Development Goals, with an emphasis on the most vulnerable children. Our programme interventions are rights-based, cut across different sectors, respond to the specific needs of girls and boys and address the vulnerabilities and strengths of children in their first and second decades of life. UNICEF has a strong on-the-ground presence in Indonesia, with seven regional and sub-regional offices. These are primarily in areas with the greatest disparities and service gaps. They complement our high-level policy and programme advice with practical support for planning, financing and service delivery, especially to advocate for quality, equity and sustainability. Indonesia has the world’s fourth largest child population. UNICEF's presence in the country means we have the potential to impact more than 80 million children. We take this responsibility seriously and are committed to ensuring that children and adolescents – the building blocks of Indonesia’s future – have an equal chance in life.

Context

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. UNICEF’s Risk Communication and Community Engagement Indonesia is among the countries in southeast Asia most-affected by COVID-19. In addition to the direct impact of COVID-19 on children, the indirect impact of the pandemic on Indonesia’s 80 million children and their daily lives has been severe and widespread. Throughout 2020 and 2021, UNICEF Indonesia continued to work closely with the Government of Indonesia and partners to address the immediate and longer-term effects of COVID-19 on children. UNICEF’s Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) response to COVID-19 in Indonesia follows a dual approach: 1) Support to the government-led COVID response by providing direct support to national authorities responsible for the response (strengthening and enhancing the voice of national authorities), which has enabled UNICEF to influence and shape the country’s RCCE response, and achieve greater reach, and 2) Rolling out a UNICEF-led response through UNICEF platforms and networks, which complement the government’s voice and interventions.

Task description

* Interested candidates regardless of ages are highly encouraged to apply. Although UN Volunteer Specialist candidates are usually min. 27 years old, applications from candidates who are less than 26 years old could be considered too. Candidates will be reviewed based on the motivation, relevant education and work experience including previous volunteering and internship. Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of SBC Specialist or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the Project Assistant UNV for Administrations and Operations of RCCE will: • Support the review process of activity budgets proposed by the Implementing Partners (IP) for RCCE activities; reviewing quarterly Funding Authorization and Certificate of Expenditure (FACE) submission to ensure General Guidelines (PEDUM), Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers (HACT) and partnership procedures are followed. • Support the improvement of the capacity of implementing partners in financial management of UNICEF funds (procurement, book-keeping, bank book, bank reconciliation, recording expenses & document filling, etc.). • Support implementing partners in documenting changes of activity budgets. • Support implementing partners in the preparation of spot checks or audit, including the fulfillment of PSEA procedures. • Support smooth operations of UNICEF RCCE team. • Perform other relevant functions, as required. Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers programme mandate within their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their work. As such, UN Volunteers should dedicate a part of their working time to some of the following suggested activities: • Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day); • Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country; • Provide annual and end of assignment self-reports on UN Volunteer actions, results and opportunities. • Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.; • Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers; • Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible. Results/expected outputs: o Financial management support to implementing partners is strengthened; operations of UNICEF RCCE team are supported o Lessons learned, and best practices are shared