Job Vacancies at UNICEF

How can you make a difference?

• The Social Protection Specialist will be reporting to the Social Policy Manager who is at Level 4. In 2020, the UN in South Africa managed to obtain funding for accelerated development and implementation of the country’s social protection agenda. This is a cross-agency initiative and in the spirit of intra-UN cooperation, the designated post will service both UNICEF and UNWOMEN. The SDG Fund for Social Protection will initially fund this position, thus giving expression to our shared desire to collaborate to increase the impact of our work. The programme has an established platform within the UN and succeeded in putting together a broad coalition of relevant government and extra-government role-players in the social protection ecosystem.
• Under the general guidance of the supervisor, the incumbent is responsible for providing technical support to the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of all stages of social protection programming and related advocacy from strategic planning and formulation to delivery of concrete and sustainable results. This includes programmes aimed at improving (a) public policies to reduce child poverty; (b) social protection coverage and impact on children; and (c) any accountability measures to increase public participation and the quality, equity and coverage of social services; (d) strategies for greater access to social security for women operating in the informal sector. This encompasses both direct programme work with government and civil society partners as well as linkages and support to teams working on education, health, child protection, water and sanitation, women in informality and HIV. 

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

• Strengthening social protection coverage and impact for children
• Improving data on child poverty and vulnerability for increased use for policy and programme action
• Strengthened advocacy and partnerships for child-sensitive social policy
• Coordinate cross-agency activities in the SDG Fund for Social Protection 
• To qualify as a/an [champion or advocate] for every child you will have…

An advanced university degree (Master’s level) in one of the following fields is required: Economics, Public Policy, Social Sciences, International Relations, Political Science, or another relevant technical field.
*A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree. (This is optional)

• A minimum of five years of relevant professional work experience is required. 
• Experience of working in a developing country is considered as a strong asset.
• Experience in navigating the social protection ecosystem in the country

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.

UNICEF Competency Framework:

• Nurtures, Leads and Manages People (1); Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (2)
• Works Collaboratively with others (2); Builds and Maintains Partnerships (2)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (2); Thinks and Acts Strategically (2)
• Drives to achieve impactful results (2); Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)

Functional Competencies:

• Analyzing (3)
• Persuading & Influencing (2)
• Planning & Organizing (3)

 How to apply…

Interested and qualified candidates are requested to submit their application to the following link: https://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=540373 by 14 June 2021

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How can you make a difference? 

• The Health Manager reports to the Chief of Health/Nutrition/CSD for general guidance and supervision. S/He is responsible for supporting the Chief in managing the health section and leading the management, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of the health programme; specifically, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) and the immunization programme within the country programme. S/He provides technical guidance and operational support throughout the programming process to facilitate the achievement of concrete and sustainable results, according to plans, allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM), organizational Strategic Plans and goals, standards of performance, and accountability framework. 

Summary of key functions/accountabilities: 

• MNCH Programme development, planning, management and implementation monitoring
• Provide technical support to National, Provincial and district Departments of Health on MNCH programme implementation.
• Advocacy, networking and partnership building with government, UN organizations, civil society and Non-government organizations working in MNCH programme implementation
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building of government, civil society and Non-government organizations working in MNCH programme implementation
• In conjunction with National, Provincial and district Departments of Health; Improve execution of health operational plans among target district health management teams in project districts, including support for capacity building, mentoring and monitoring of the implementation of the plans
• Support improvement and disaggregation of data for children at different levels across the child health continuum (national, province, district, facility) to facilitate use of data for planning, monitoring and course correction among target district health management teams in South Africa
• Improve government understanding of the Evidence Based Planning/ Bottleneck Analysis (EBP/BNA) methodology and increased insights on how the EBP/BNA methodology could assist the National Department to support planning and health systems strengthening for the National Health Insurance
• Support the alignment with ongoing initiatives across the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health continuum of care.

To qualify as a/an [champion or advocate] for every child you will have…

An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: public health/nutrition, pediatric health, family health, health research, global/international health, health policy and/or management, environmental health sciences, biostatistics, socio-medical, health education, epidemiology or another relevant technical field.
*A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree

• Training in fundraising, brand management and/or direct marketing required. NGO Management an asset. Knowledge of Children’s Rights and Business is an asset.
• A minimum of eight years of professional experience in one or more of the following areas is required: public health/nutrition planning and management, maternal and neonatal health care, or health emergency/humanitarian preparedness.
• Experience working in a developing country is considered as an asset.
• Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset.
• Fluency in English is required.  Knowledge of another official UN language or local language of the duty station is considered as an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…  

UNICEF’s values: Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA);

• UNICEF Competency Framework: Building and managing partnerships; Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness; Drive to achieve results for impact; Innovates and embraces change; manages ambiguity and complexity; thinks and acts strategically; and works collaboratively with others.

How to apply…

Interested and qualified candidates are requested to submit their application to the following link: https://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=538579 by 06 June 2021