Emergency Manager at UNICEF

UNICEF

Position: Emergency Manager

Deadline: October, 04/2023

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 fulfil 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.

Ethiopia is situated in the Horn of Africa and is the second most populous country on the continent with an estimated population of 115 million. It borders six African countries: Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan, and covers 1,104,300 square kilometres. Approximately 85 per cent of the population lives in rural areas. Ethiopia represents a melting pot of ancient cultures with Middle Eastern and African cultures evident in the religious, ethnic, and language composition of its people.

Over the past two years, children and their families across Ethiopia faced multiple and complex emergencies, such as the conflict in northern Ethiopia and the drought, which resulted in millions of people in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. UNICEF has programmes in Child Protection, WASH, Health, Nutrition, Social Policy, and Education and serves over 15 million children in Ethiopia. Join UNICEF Ethiopia to contribute to improving the lives of children and women.

For every child, Integrity

How can you make a difference?

Purpose of the job

• Provide support to coordination of UNICEF's emergency response in public health crisis and other emergency situations.

• Oversee various aspects of field programme operations and humanitarian matters within the office and management of all field programme operations.

• Lend expertise to policy and strategy development, fundraising and external engagement, as needed.

Summary of Key Functions and Accountabilities

Under the general guidance of the Chief of Field Operations and Emergency, the position will provide support to the coordination of UNICEF's emergency response in public health crisis and other emergency situations. Additionally, it involves overseeing various aspects of field programme operations and humanitarian matters within the office and management of all field programme operations. The position will furthermore lend expertise to policy and strategy development, as well as on fundraising and external engagement, as needed.

Key accountabilities include:

• Participate in rapid needs assessment in collaboration with the government and other humanitarian actors.

• Lead the development of emergency strategies and response plans at the national and field levels in close collaboration with government, UN and NGO partners, in alignment with the Core Commitments for Children (CCCs).

• Participate in resource mobilization and emergency programme management, particularly in the development of concept notes, donor reports, situation analyses, situation reports, and indicator tracking related to emergency management in accordance with UNICEF's guidelines within the

• Collaborate with sectoral and cross-sectoral emergency focal points to ensure that sectoral programmes in all regions of an emergency are coherent and in alignment with UNICEF's country programme and CCCs, and compliant with emergency procedures.

• Continuously analyze the context, define priorities for intervention and identify any changes that may be required to adjust and/or scale up the emergency operations.

• Work towards maximizing humanitarian access, realization of child rights and monitoring of violations including human security issues and staff security within the organizational context with partners.

• Oversee the provision of managerial field-based guidance, coaching and mentoring to response teams. In specific cases, the incumbent may be tasked with providing leadership and supervision to field-based teams.

• Undertake work on a roving basis, with frequent field visits to assess, monitor and direct progress.

Job Requirement

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Public Health, Humanitarian Affairs, Public Administration/Public Policy, Affairs, or a related technical field.

• A minimum of Eight [8] years of relevant professional experience at national and international levels. Experience in emergency preparedness and response at the field level, preferably with UNICEF, is an asset.

• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergencies is considered an asset.

• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

Core Values:

• Care

• Respect

• Integrity

• Trust

• Accountability

• Sustainability

Core Competencies:

• 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)

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.

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 include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic. For this position, eligible and suitable female candidates are encouraged to apply.

We offer 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 promote 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.

Remarks:

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 are also 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.

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

Eligible UNICEF International Professional (IP) Staff Members on fixed-term, continuing or permanent contracts applying to a Temporary Appointment, which is dedicated to L3 (or L2) Response, may be able to retain a lien and their fixed-term entitlements. The conditions of the temporary assignment will vary depending on the status of their post and their current tour of duty, and relocation entitlements may be limited as per the relevant policies.

How to Apply

• Register using THIS LINK