UNICEF

Position: Programme Associate (Nutrition & WASH)

Job Time: Full-Time

Job Type: Contract

Place of Work: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Posted date: 1 hour ago

Application Deadline: Mar, 9/2022 (13 days left)

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For every child, a voice

Ethiopia's extensive community-based programmes, social protection schemes, and the country's capacity to respond to emergencies explain some of the remarkable success in meeting most of the nutrition-related Millennium Development Goals targets. Despite this progress, more than 5.4 million Ethiopian children under the age of five are affected by stunting (38%), one out of 10 children under five are suffering from wasting (approximately 2 million children), and malnourished adults adolescents, who represent 1 out of every 3 adolescent girls and pregnant women, tend to grow up to become malnourished adults and give birth to small babies. Given the urgency to accelerate and expand the delivery of integrated interventions to address wasting and stunting in infants and young children, UNICEF and its partners seek to increase the coverage and quality of selected high-impact interventions that will improve maternal and child nutrition.

How can you make a difference?

The nutrition and WASH sections have many projects that require support, including 29 active grants in the nutrition section alone, some of which are short-term and require close follow-up, as well as large multi-sectoral grants, where the nutrition section takes the lead in compiling reports, following the overarching utilization, and providing urgent financial updates. The Programme Associate will thus provide support to the implementation, monitoring and reporting of programmatic aspects, as well as budget and utilization tracking of multi-sectoral and multi-year programmes and grants in the nutrition and WASH section. More specifically, the selected candidate will perform the following:

Programme Planning:

• Support the unit heads and budget owners in preparing budget proposals. This will be in the form of preparing a standard budget estimate consisting of detailed activities along with an average cost for each.
• In consultation with Programme Officers (POs), prepare Annual Work Plans (AWPs) guidance to regions by preparing a summary table indicating available funds by output and activity, donor conditions and any other additional information as required.
• Extract yearly and biannual detailed implementation plans and develop tracking sheets to ensure timeliness of implementation.
• Support the development of programme cooperation agreements (PCAs) including preparation of programme documents and financial proposals and ensure they are in line with the donor agreements.
• Prepare expenditure plans in consultation with respective sections and field offices and share regular guidance on which grants to prioritize based on expiry dates.
• Provide support to the respective sections in the timely preparation and submission of fund disbursement requests to donors.

Programme and Budget Monitoring:

• Monitor budget implementation plans and provides regular updates, and flag lagging implementation. This could be through organizing quarterly meetings with field offices as well as partners involved in the respective projects. In addition, conduct field visits and provide other programme monitoring support to the respective sections.
• Conduct programmatic visits to PCA partners in coordination with POs and monitor implementation progress and quality of deliverables.
• Develop grant monitoring tools that consist of specific activity by output by region and by grant, which is instrumental in visualizing allocations and monitoring expenditures by different categories.
• Generate expenditure updates from insight on a regular basis and check if there are ineligible costs and alert section heads to take timely action. This must be done prior to the reporting period.
• Conduct budget analysis for grants and monitor if utilization is in line with expenditure plans and discuss areas of concern with Section heads and assist in taking timely corrective measures. The analysis should be presented in the form of graphs, figures, and any other visualization techniques.
• Develop budget tracking checklists for each of the PCAs within the respective sections and follow utilization accordingly and provide timely feedback.

Reporting:

• Support the Nutrition Manager in collecting reports from the field, partners and contractors that will be used as inputs for donor reports.
• Provide support in preparing updates for a quarterly meeting with partners and this includes programmatic and utilization updates.
• Develop brief activity descriptions for creating FCs, POs, or payments in Vision under the Power of Nutrition grant, that are in line with the proposal. This way, it will be practical to link or evaluate the expenditure listing generated from the system against the respective budget proposals.
• Support unit heads and POs in developing budget reports for submission to donors, categorizing them into activities stipulated in the budget proposal or agreed on utilization report template.
• Prepare presentations on budget expenditure using figures, graphs, and any other illustration for ease of visualization and follow up.

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

• Completion of secondary education is required, preferably supplemented by technical or university courses related to the work of the organization.
• A minimum of 7 years of relevant professional work experience in administrative or clerical work experience is required.
• Fluency in English required, including writing, and editing skills
• Prior experience in program support functions is an asset
• Fluency in Amharic as one of the major local languages of the duty station is highly desirable
• Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are...

• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)
• Works Collaboratively with others (1)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (1)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)
• Drive to achieve impactful results (1)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (1

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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. Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

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 be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. 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.

Remarks:

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