Localité : Etats-Unies / Atlanta Domaine : Suivi et évaluation Niveau : BAC + 4 Entreprise recruteur : UNICEF
Contract type: Temporary Appointment
Duty Station: New York
Level: P-3
Location: United States
Categories: Programme Management
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.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most comprehensive articulation of children’s rights ever produced, and the most ratified international human rights treaty in history. UNICEF’s Mission Statement, and Strategic Plan (2022-2025), reflects UNICEF’s unreserved commitment to promoting the rights of all children, everywhere, in recognition of the status of all children as full rights-holders, entitled to the full spectrum of their rights – economic, social, cultural, political and civil.
For every child, every right….
Under the direct supervision of the Global lead – Human Rights, the Programme Specialist (Human Rights) contributes to planning, design and implementation of the work of the Human Rights Unit to strengthen the mainstreaming of human rights and child rights across UNICEF programming, and to support human rights and child rights advocacy with Member States, UN entities, civil society and other key partners for the elevation of the child rights agenda.
How can you make a difference?
Technical Support:
Contributes to the Human Rights Unit’s provision of timely and quality technical advice to UNICEF country offices, regional offices and headquarters on the application of a human-rights based approach.
Contributes to the mainstreaming of child rights, and provision of technical advice to UN Human Rights fora and networks.
Partnerships, coordination and collaboration
Contributes to development of advocacy strategies for the elevation of child rights in interagency networks and global fora on human rights.
Proactively contributes to the development and strengthening of collaborative partnerships with Member States, civil society organisations, academia, and representatives of independent child rights institutions amongst others.
Supports coordination and collaboration within UNICEF Programme Group, between UNICEF Divisions and with UNICEF Regional and Country Offices.
Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
Contributes to the development and dissemination of technical guidance and capacity- building tools.
Contributes to the identification, documentation and sharing of knowledge, lessons learned, and good practices on human/child rights and rights-based programmes/initiatives through various platforms and modalities.
Programme Management
Contributes to effective and efficient planning, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the Human Rights Unit workplan
Contributes to the fulfillment of the Human Rights Unit’s internal reporting obligations.
Supports recruitment and supervision of consultants and interns.
Supports the management of allocation, disbursement, and monitoring of the Human Rights Unit financial resources.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Human Rights, law or international relations is required. Other advanced degrees will be considered only in cases of demonstrated extensive and relevant experience working in the field of human rights.
A minimum of 5 (five) years of progressively responsible professional experience in human rights, social development, child protection, and /or other related areas at the international level and Some of which preferably at the field level is required.
Experience in programme/project development and management is an asset.
Fluency in English (written and verbal) is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, or Spanish) is an asset.
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability (CRITA), and sustainability
Please click Here to view UNICEF's core values and Here to view our competency framework.
UNICEF competencies required for this post are.
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)
Drive to achieve impactful results (2)
Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)
UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to including everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.
We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.
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 is committed to promoting the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.
Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.
UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance.
Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid).
Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF.
UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.
“UNICEF only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed at http://www.whed.net/”
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.
Advertised: 01 Mar 2023 Eastern Standard Time
Deadline: 15 Mar 2023 Eastern Daylight Time
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