Organization: UN Children's Fund
Country: Brazil
Closing date: 21 Dec 2016
If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world’s leading children’s rights organization would like to hear from you.
For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children’s survival, protection and development. The world’s largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.
Purpose of the Position
The Chief Social Policy and Monitoring & Evaluation supports and advises the Representative and Country Management Team in developing strategies and policy agenda for the designated areas of responsibilities. Responsible for establishing and managing relationships with key external counterparts and for providing technical leadership, advice, and capacity building to programmes. Facilitates application, adaptation and achievement of UNICEF global and regional goals, polices, and strategies in the area of social policy agenda of UNICEF Brazil. Provides the representative with innovative guidance including expert advice, vision, knowledge articulating policies and strategies, situation appraisal, budget analysis, M&E, harmonization of programme strategy, South-South Cooperation, capacity building, networking and creation of strategic partnership with international and national experts.
Key-End Results
Programme policy agenda, strategies, and approaches for the country programme are developed. Representative, Deputy Representative, Programmes and the Country Management Team are advised on strategy, approach and policy agenda for effective advocacy and policy influencing. Effective communication, partnerships and networking are guided to enhance harmonized programme interventions in social policy areas among programmes and to expand networks with international and national experts.
Up-to-date technical expertise is maintained, expanded, and disseminated in the country office and shared with national institutions/partners through respective programmes.
UNICEF’s effective representation and advocacy by the Representative on programme goals and strategies with high level and senior government officials, multi-lateral agencies, bi-lateral agencies, NGOs, other UN agencies, and donors are supported with a high quality and strong technical advice.
Key Accountabilities and Duties & Tasks
1. Advisory Capacity Policy Development and management
Exercise advisory role and provide guidance in policy and strategy development. Manage the Social Policy, M&E, and South-South unit to ensure coherence with all other sections and units. Advise and support the Representative, the Deputy Representative (Programme), and programme managers in the area of social policy and advocacy. Develop recommendations and position papers for use by the Representative in the development of UNICEF country social policy agenda and strategy. In collaboration with Policy Planning and Evaluation:
Advice the Representative by contributing to the formulation, refinement, adaptation, articulation and communication of UNICEF Brazil’s social policy strategies, priorities and approaches.
Provide to the Representative and Deputy Representative the analyses of social policy development trends and related political developments, with a particular analysis of their effect on children.
Facilitate harmonization of strategies and approaches in the achievement of programme goals in close collaboration with the Deputy Representative.
2. Knowledge Management and generation
Monitor developments in technical area, as well as political and social developments, at the national and sub-national levels. Contribute to the Social Policy knowledge generation by trend analysis in Social Policy area, capturing determinants of the trends and their implications for country programming.
Identify and synthesize good practices for Social Policy internationally and ongoing programmes in close coordination with the Policy Planning and Evaluation section who lead and coordinate UNICEF Brazil’s Knowledge Management strategy.
Document investment cases for leveraging resources for Social Policy.
As required by the CPD, produce evidence and data on the most excluded groups for use in planning programmes and advocacy.
3. Technical Leadership
Establish and manage technical relationships with key external counterparts.
Provide advice by combining cutting-edge technology and programme innovation with operational and political perspectives that empower and position UNICEF programmes in Social Policy for the scaling up of UNICEF’s Social Policy strategy implementation, through a results based approach.
Provide specific technical support to assure high quality in all aspects of activities of all programme in the area of social policy.
Advise the programmes to strengthen capacity for planning and budgeting Social Policy strategy.
4. Advocacy and leveraging
Support the Representative in articulating advocacy issues on programme goals and strategies with high level and senior government officials, multi-lateral agencies, bi-lateral agencies, NGOs, other UN agencies, and donors with a high quality and strong technical advices.
Develop the advocacy strategy for and monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals by supporting analysis of adequate information and indicators and research programmes.
5. Networking and Partnerships
Identify strategic alliances, and influence policy development to support implementation of social policy agenda with Policy Planning and Evaluation programme and other programmes to enhance UNICEF’s technical leadership role in the development of harmonized programme interventions.
Support the Representative, Deputy Representative Programme and BCO Programme sections, forging and strengthening strategic alliances for social policy with various international and regional partners and policy think tank.
Qualifications of Successful Candidate
An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Social Sciences, International Relations, Political Science, International Finance, public relations, media, communication, or other relevant disciplines.
A minimum of eight (8) years of relevant professional work experience in social policy, advocacy, strategic partnerships, capacity building in programmes and monitoring and evaluation is required.
Prior experience in a similar function and/or policy development in one sector is an asset.
Developing country work experience is required.
Fluency in English (written & verbal) is required. Knowledge of local language – Portuguese (or fluency in at least 2 Roman languages) is highly desired.
Knowledge of an additional UN Language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) is considered an asset.
Competencies of Successful Candidate
Core Values
Commitment
Diversity and Inclusion
Integrity
Core competencies
Communication – Level III
Working with People- Level III
Drive for Results- Level III
Functional Competencies
Analyzing – Level III
Planning and Organizing – Level III
Leading and Supervising – Level II
Formulating Strategies and Concepts – Level III
Relating and Networking – Level III
Persuading and Influencing – Level III
To view our competency framework, please clickhere.
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organisation.
How to apply:
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organization. To apply, click on the following link http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=499896
