تاريخ النشر:2014-9-8
اخر موعد:2014-9-21
موقع العمل:صنعاء
اخر موعد:2014-9-21
موقع العمل:صنعاء
جهة العمل:UNICEF
INTERNAL/EXTERNAL VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT 24/2014
If you are a committed, creative Yemeni and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading child rights organization. UNICEF would like to hear from you.
Post Title: Chief Social Policy
Contract type: Fixed Term Appointment
Level of Post: NO-4
Duration: One Year, renewable
No of posts: One Post
Duty Station: Sana’a post # 1910
PURPOSE:
Under the direct supervision of the Deputy Representative, accountable for effective engagement in social policy dialogue focusing on child-sensitive social protection with the Government of Yemen (GOY) for programme development, advocating for increased public resource allocation and budgeting for social protection and social welfare. Advocate for sustainable decentralization of social protection and social welfare services and local capacity building in support of the goal of universal coverage of essential social protection and social welfare systems and the creation of a protective environment for children. Conducts data collection and analysis to fill information gaps and to strengthen capacity for advocacy. Provides technical and intellectual leadership, expert advice and technical support to GOY’s work on social protection & social welfare systems; Contributes to GOY overall efforts to promote social inclusion and enhance equity by addressing the economic and social vulnerabilities of children and their families, while focusing on the most excluded and marginalized.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Participates in child-sensitive social protection dialogue and development with the Government, engages in and establishes constructive dialogue and partnerships between international and local stakeholders to support the development of child-sensitive social protection policies and programmes contributing to the progressive realization of children’s rights and strengthening of implementation and monitoring mechanisms at all levels of society, and ensures that the services reach out in innovative, effective ways to those most vulnerable pockets of children and families that have been previously excluded and marginalized.
Promotes the advocacy for child-sensitive social protection reform, and supports the social welfare system for children.
• Monitors and updates current information on state budgeting and spending patterns for social protection programmes and decentralization status of social welfare services on an on-going basis to support advocacy for greater public resources and budget allocation for social protection & social welfare development, the prioritization of resource allocation for children, and universal coverage of essential social protection & welfare services for children, to ensure that they reflect the best interest of children.
• Where the national decentralization process is taking place, collaborates with the central and local authorities to assist in planning, policy discussion and service delivery closely responding to the needs of local communities.
Provides on-going support in making decentralization sustainable through adequate local support while keeping decentralized services both accessible and effective.
Collaborates with the central and local authorities to strengthen community-based capacity on quality data collection, analysis for policy development, planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring of social protection policy and programmes.
Develops programme plans of action for children at regional/governorate/ district levels; strengthens coordination between sectors and between different levels of government structures for policy implementation.
• Collects systematically quantitative and qualitative data for the sound and up-to-date assessment of the situation of the most vulnerable & marginalized children and women to provide the base-lines for result-based decisions on interventions and evaluations. Develops information systems for monitoring social protection indicators, with emphasis on community and participation of the most marginalized children.
Provides timely, regular data-driven analysis for effective prioritization, planning, and development; facilitates results-based management for planning, adjusting, and scaling-up specific social protection initiatives. Support maintenance of information system for monitoring gender/sex disaggregated data.
Analyzes the macroeconomic context of social protection programmes and its impact on social development, emerging issues and social protection concerns, as well as implications for children, and proposes and promotes appropriate responses in respect of such issues and concerns, including government resource allocation policies and the effect of social welfare policies on the rights of children
• Promotes and raises awareness on child-sensitive social protection with both the general public and with policy makers, utilizing effective information dissemination, mass media campaign, special events, and other means, to ensure local buy-in, commitment, and continued relevance of UNICEF programming. Highlight interventions to attain social protection goals which are designed to reduce gender inequalities.
• Establishes effective partnerships with the Government, bilateral and multilateral donors, NGOs, civil society and local leaders, the private sector, and other UN agencies to support sustained and proactive commitment to the Convention of the Rights of the Child and to achieve global UN agendas such as the Millennium Development Goals and the World Fit for Children (WFFC) agenda.
• Supports and contributes to effective and efficient planning, management, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the country programme, with attention to gender equality, identify and track gender inequalities and promote intervention to strengthen gender equality.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
• Master degree in Social Sciences, International Relations, Political Science, International Finance, Public Policy, or other relevant disciplines
• Eight years of relevant professional work experience.
• Background/familiarity with Emergency is an asset.
• Field work experience in programme implementation is an asset.
• Fluency in English and Arabic, both oral and written is required.
COMPETENCIES:
i) Core Values (Required)
• Commitment • Diversity and Inclusion • Integrity
ii) Core Competencies (Required)
• Communication [III] • Working with People [II] • Drive for Results [II]
iii) Functional Competencies (Required)
• Leading & Supervising [II] • Formulating Strategies and Concepts [II]
• Analyzing [III] • Relating and Networking [III]
• Persuading & Influencing [II] • Planning & Organizing [III]
Application Process
If you meet the requirements stated above, please send your application, enclosing comprehensive curriculum vitae, duly completed United Nations Personal History form (which can be downloaded from www.unicef.org/employ) (or download it by clicking here) stating telephone number, email address and detailed contact address quoting the vacancy number to: yemenhr@unicef.org not later than 21st September, 2014 For additional information on UNICEF, please visit our website: www.unicef.org
UNICEF, is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organisation.
UNICEF is a smoke-free environment.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Please See "Application Process" Above
Note: Covering Letter is REQUIRED for this vacancy, please submit yours along with your C.V
رابط المصدر:
http://www.yemenhr.com/home/apply/4718
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