Current Job Openings at the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

How can you make a difference?

The Implementing Partnership Management Officer (HACT) is responsible for providing technical and administrative support to ensure quality, effective, and efficient management of implementing partnerships, and financial reporting for GAVI Health System Strengthening (HSS) in line with respective operational policies and procedures. 

The Implementing Partnership Management Officer (HACT) will also contribute to developing capacities for SPHCDA personnel and team consultants in financial management, maintaining and making use of accounting software.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

• Support to implementing partnership management
• Quality assurance
• Analysis, monitoring and reporting
• Innovation, knowledge management, and capacity building

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have

• A university degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration and/or a professional accounting qualification e.g., CPA, ICAN, and ACCA is required.
• A Master’s degree in the above disciplines is an advantage.
• A minimum of five years of professional financial management experience in a reputable organization is required.
• In-depth knowledge of internal auditing and accounting systems is required.
• Understanding of ERP experience will be an added advantage.
• Experience of UN/ UNICEF will be an asset.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Experience with training and facilitation of group learning processes. Proficiency in Excel /MS Office is desired.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language or a local language is an asset

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How can you make a difference?

The Adolescent Development Specialist is based in the Country Office, where the adolescent development and participation programme is a critical component of the Country Programme. The Adolescent Development Specialist reports to the Gender and Development Manager (P4) for guidance and general supervision.

The Specialist provides support to country office and field office colleagues and internal and external partners and stakeholders throughout the programming processes by providing technical, administrative and operational support to ensure that adolescent development and participation and child rights established under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, international treaties/framework and UN intergovernmental bodies, are integrated into UNICEF’s advocacy, policies, programmes and humanitarian work.

The Specialist contributes to the delivery of concrete and sustainable results on adolescent development-related programmes/projects according to plans, allocation, results-based-management approaches and methodology (RBM) and UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance and accountability framework.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:

• Support to development and planning of programmes
• Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
• Technical and operational support to programme implementation
• Networking and partnership building
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

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

• An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: anthropology, psychology, sociology, education or another relevant technical field.
• A Bachelor’s degree with an additional two years of relevant work experience may be accepted.
• A minimum of five years of professional experience in social development planning and management in adolescent development-related areas is required.
• Experience engaging adolescents and young people through various platforms (formal/non-formal spaces, digital/non-digital platforms, etc.).
• Proven ability to build and maintain partnerships with adolescent and youth-led/focused networks and organisations.
• Experience working in a developing country is considered as an asset.
• Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.