Emergency Specialist (Humanitarian Delivery), (P-3), Temporary Appointment (6 months), Buea, Cameroon, #112728 201 views0 applications


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.

For every child, Hope.

The purpose is two-fold:

1) to strengthen and sustain access competencies and practices to extend UNICEF reach to children in greatest need, and

2) to support North-West South-West (NWSW) coordination for integrated humanitarian response while encouraging and supporting inter-cluster response within the overall coordination structure.

Towards this purpose and reporting to the Chief of Field Office (CFO), Buea, the Emergency Specialist (Humanitarian Delivery) will make use of available data and information management tools, consult with key humanitarian stakeholders and apply organizational access guidance for complex emergency environments while engaging closely with the OCHA-led Access Working Group. The product will be a sustained engagement and access strategy relevant to the operating environment.

This will include quality control and strengthening of existing integrated response approaches targeting hard to reach areas and identifying opportunities for expansion with a wider coalition of partners and stakeholders including the framework of inter-cluster coordination forum.

UNICEF piloted a Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM)-like approach in June 2019 and will expand on this model in 2020. However, a complex access situation and difficult operating environment has limited the capacity of UNICEF partners to access target populations sufficiently and in a timely manner. Operating closer to scale has also been a challenge. This RRM-like strategy has been limited to UNICEF and implementing partners only, and not collaborative with other humanitarian actors, although discussions are ongoing with other agencies, including WFP. Drawing from this experience, UNICEF is revising its strategy on reaching people in hard to reach areas to adopt a more effective, integrated and scale-based strategy involving additional humanitarian actors.

In working to strengthen humanitarian access to children, UNICEF has heavily relied on its implementing partners to facilitate access, both for programme delivery and UNICEF staff access for assessment and monitoring. This has not been without challenges. In recent months, it has become clear that the Non-State Armed Groups (NSAGs) prefer speaking directly to UNICEF given suspicions as to whether such assistance comes from the government or not. This applies at all levels of the NSAGs. A risk informed, fit for purpose strategy needs to be advanced towards greater acceptance and results for children.

Broadly, the Emergency Specialist (Humanitarian Delivery) will spend 50% of his/her time on access facilitation and 50% of his/her time on supporting the integrated response of UNICEF in coordination with the existing UNICEF NW/SW team including two Emergency Specialists (Buea and Bamenda) and Programme Officers, presently based in Buea.

Under the supervision of the CFO, the Emergency Specialist (Humanitarian Delivery) will identify both programme access and delivery constraints and enablers, and will consolidate information, undertake analysis, advice in support of the overall Cameroon Country Office emergency response for North-West and South-West regions. This will build upon existing UNICEF response, current access and acceptance approaches and enable a more effective strategy in coordination with the OCHA-led Access Working Group (WG).

The Emergency Specialist (Humanitarian Delivery) will also support the CFO in monitoring response against humanitarian targets (including cluster).

How can you make a difference?

  • Work closely with Emergency Specialists and Programme Officers (POs) to strengthen integrated response both as UNICEF and within inter-cluster coordination in the NW/SW regions. This will include having an overview of all the UNICEF interventions based on which he/she will provide strategic guidance to POs and Emergency Specialists in the implementation of UNICEF response strategy. Day to day liaison will be maintained with other UN agencies and inter-cluster forum to support coherence and identify opportunities. He/she will support the CFO in needed follow up with programme staff.
  • Work closely with UNICEF staff and partners in comprehensive access mapping and assessment. This will entail identifying the root causes of inaccessibility at the local level, supporting analysis to understand the conflict dynamics among the stakeholders and parties to the conflict. Based on requisite mapping and analysis, he/she will develop and support the implementation of an access strategy, including by adapting, building on, identifying or developing new access and/or programme strategies to increase the number of children reached and support the successful delivery of UNICEF’s humanitarian assistance to populations in need with a focus to those in hard to reach areas. He/she will engage with all the stakeholders to facilitate access and represent UNICEF in the access WG where he/she will contribute to the development of common principled access strategy for the UN.
  • Support humanitarian access-related capacity building and training for implementing partners and concerned UNICEF staff, including on humanitarian principles, access monitoring, dialogue with non-state entities, programme criticality, and humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination.

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

  • An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Humanitarian assistance, Risk Management, Political Science, International Relations, or related area.*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.
  • A minimum of five (5) yearsof relevant professional experience inhumanitarian action, including advocacy and access.
  • Demonstrated understanding of humanitarian access related analytical processes is essential.
  • UN and/or international humanitarian programming experience in complex emergencies is required.
  • Experience of coordinating multi-sectoral/multi-cluster programmes is an asset.
  • The incumbent will possess analytical and information management skills and will be able to interpret data and access information, and analyses complex political situations and dynamics.
  • Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of French is an advantage. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication (II), Working with People (II) and Drive for Results (II).

The functional competencies required for this post are…

  • Deciding and Initiating Action [II]
  • Relating and Networking [III]
  • Applying Technical Expertise [II]
  • Analyzing [III]
  • Coping with Pressure and Setbacks [III]

View our competency framework at

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

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 also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

Remarks:

* Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

* The successful candidate for this emergency recruitment MUST be available to commence work within 31 days of receivingan offer.

* Please note that this is a non-family duty station.

* Employment is conditional upon receipt of medical clearance, any clearance required, the grant of a visa, and completion of any other pre-employment criteria that UNICEF may establish. Candidates may not be further considered or offer of employment may be withdrawn if these conditions are unlikely to be met before the date for commencement of service.

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UNICEF is a leading humanitarian and development agency working globally for the rights of every child. Child rights begin with safe shelter, nutrition, protection from disaster and conflict and traverse the life cycle: pre-natal care for healthy births, clean water and sanitation, health care and education.

UNICEF has spent nearly 70 years working to improve the lives of children and their families. Working with and for children through adolescence and into adulthood requires a global presence whose goal is to produce results and monitor their effects. UNICEF also lobbies and partners with leaders, thinkers and policy makers to help all children realize their rights—especially the most disadvantaged.

The United Nations Children's Fund is a United Nations (UN) programme headquartered in New York City that provides humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries. It is one of the members of the United Nations Development Group and its executive committee.

UNICEF was created by the United Nations General Assembly on 11 December 1946, to provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries that had been devastated by World War II. The Polish physician Ludwik Rajchman is widely regarded as the founder of UNICEF and served as its first chairman from 1946. On Rajchman's suggestion, the American Maurice Pate was appointed its first executive director, serving from 1947 until his death in 1965. In 1953, UNICEF's mandate was extended to address the needs of children in the developing world and became a permanent part of the United Nations System. At that time, the words "international" and "emergency" were dropped from the organization's name, making it simply the United Nations Children's Fund, or popularly known as "UNICEF".

UNICEF relies on contributions from governments and private donors, UNICEF's total income for 2008 was US$3,372,540,239. Governments contribute two-thirds of the organization's resources. Private groups and some six million individuals contribute the rest through national committees. It is estimated that 92 per cent of UNICEF revenue is distributed to programme services.UNICEF's programmes emphasize developing community-level services to promote the health and well-being of children. UNICEF was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1965 and the Prince of Asturias Award of Concord in 2006.

Most of UNICEF's work is in the field, with staff in over 190 countries and territories. More than 200 country offices carry out UNICEF's mission through programmes developed with host governments. Seven regional offices provide technical assistance to country offices as needed.

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0 USD Yaounde CF 3201 Abc road Fixed Term , 40 hours per week United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

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.

For every child, Hope.

The purpose is two-fold:

1) to strengthen and sustain access competencies and practices to extend UNICEF reach to children in greatest need, and

2) to support North-West South-West (NWSW) coordination for integrated humanitarian response while encouraging and supporting inter-cluster response within the overall coordination structure.

Towards this purpose and reporting to the Chief of Field Office (CFO), Buea, the Emergency Specialist (Humanitarian Delivery) will make use of available data and information management tools, consult with key humanitarian stakeholders and apply organizational access guidance for complex emergency environments while engaging closely with the OCHA-led Access Working Group. The product will be a sustained engagement and access strategy relevant to the operating environment.

This will include quality control and strengthening of existing integrated response approaches targeting hard to reach areas and identifying opportunities for expansion with a wider coalition of partners and stakeholders including the framework of inter-cluster coordination forum.

UNICEF piloted a Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM)-like approach in June 2019 and will expand on this model in 2020. However, a complex access situation and difficult operating environment has limited the capacity of UNICEF partners to access target populations sufficiently and in a timely manner. Operating closer to scale has also been a challenge. This RRM-like strategy has been limited to UNICEF and implementing partners only, and not collaborative with other humanitarian actors, although discussions are ongoing with other agencies, including WFP. Drawing from this experience, UNICEF is revising its strategy on reaching people in hard to reach areas to adopt a more effective, integrated and scale-based strategy involving additional humanitarian actors.

In working to strengthen humanitarian access to children, UNICEF has heavily relied on its implementing partners to facilitate access, both for programme delivery and UNICEF staff access for assessment and monitoring. This has not been without challenges. In recent months, it has become clear that the Non-State Armed Groups (NSAGs) prefer speaking directly to UNICEF given suspicions as to whether such assistance comes from the government or not. This applies at all levels of the NSAGs. A risk informed, fit for purpose strategy needs to be advanced towards greater acceptance and results for children.

Broadly, the Emergency Specialist (Humanitarian Delivery) will spend 50% of his/her time on access facilitation and 50% of his/her time on supporting the integrated response of UNICEF in coordination with the existing UNICEF NW/SW team including two Emergency Specialists (Buea and Bamenda) and Programme Officers, presently based in Buea.

Under the supervision of the CFO, the Emergency Specialist (Humanitarian Delivery) will identify both programme access and delivery constraints and enablers, and will consolidate information, undertake analysis, advice in support of the overall Cameroon Country Office emergency response for North-West and South-West regions. This will build upon existing UNICEF response, current access and acceptance approaches and enable a more effective strategy in coordination with the OCHA-led Access Working Group (WG).

The Emergency Specialist (Humanitarian Delivery) will also support the CFO in monitoring response against humanitarian targets (including cluster).

How can you make a difference?

  • Work closely with Emergency Specialists and Programme Officers (POs) to strengthen integrated response both as UNICEF and within inter-cluster coordination in the NW/SW regions. This will include having an overview of all the UNICEF interventions based on which he/she will provide strategic guidance to POs and Emergency Specialists in the implementation of UNICEF response strategy. Day to day liaison will be maintained with other UN agencies and inter-cluster forum to support coherence and identify opportunities. He/she will support the CFO in needed follow up with programme staff.
  • Work closely with UNICEF staff and partners in comprehensive access mapping and assessment. This will entail identifying the root causes of inaccessibility at the local level, supporting analysis to understand the conflict dynamics among the stakeholders and parties to the conflict. Based on requisite mapping and analysis, he/she will develop and support the implementation of an access strategy, including by adapting, building on, identifying or developing new access and/or programme strategies to increase the number of children reached and support the successful delivery of UNICEF’s humanitarian assistance to populations in need with a focus to those in hard to reach areas. He/she will engage with all the stakeholders to facilitate access and represent UNICEF in the access WG where he/she will contribute to the development of common principled access strategy for the UN.
  • Support humanitarian access-related capacity building and training for implementing partners and concerned UNICEF staff, including on humanitarian principles, access monitoring, dialogue with non-state entities, programme criticality, and humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination.

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

  • An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Humanitarian assistance, Risk Management, Political Science, International Relations, or related area.*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.
  • A minimum of five (5) yearsof relevant professional experience inhumanitarian action, including advocacy and access.
  • Demonstrated understanding of humanitarian access related analytical processes is essential.
  • UN and/or international humanitarian programming experience in complex emergencies is required.
  • Experience of coordinating multi-sectoral/multi-cluster programmes is an asset.
  • The incumbent will possess analytical and information management skills and will be able to interpret data and access information, and analyses complex political situations and dynamics.
  • Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of French is an advantage. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication (II), Working with People (II) and Drive for Results (II).

The functional competencies required for this post are...

  • Deciding and Initiating Action [II]
  • Relating and Networking [III]
  • Applying Technical Expertise [II]
  • Analyzing [III]
  • Coping with Pressure and Setbacks [III]

View our competency framework at

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

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 also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

Remarks:

* Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

* The successful candidate for this emergency recruitment MUST be available to commence work within 31 days of receivingan offer.

* Please note that this is a non-family duty station.

* Employment is conditional upon receipt of medical clearance, any clearance required, the grant of a visa, and completion of any other pre-employment criteria that UNICEF may establish. Candidates may not be further considered or offer of employment may be withdrawn if these conditions are unlikely to be met before the date for commencement of service.

2020-01-24

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