Senior Programme Associate job at UNICEF
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Vacancy title:
Senior Programme Associate

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Management ]

Jobs at:

UNICEF

Deadline of this Job:
23 December 2021  

Duty Station:
Within Zambia , Lusaka , South - Central Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, December 10, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
How can you make a difference?
Under the supervision and guidance of the Chief Education, the senior programme associate supports the respective section through providing a range of procedural, administrative, and operational support in developing, implementing, executing and monitoring their country programme, ensuring effective and timely delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations. The senior programme associate will lead and support the education section’s financial management, monitoring and reporting, and will provide capacity building to the counterparts and partners from national to sub-national level in the are of financial management and reporting in line with UNICEF HACT requirements as well as the basic financial rules and regulations of the government.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:
• Support to programme development, planning and execution.
• Support to monitoring and reporting of programme results
• Support in resource mobilization
• Support in knowledge management and capacity building
To read the detailed description, open the attached document: JD – Snr Prog. Associate Education .pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have:
• Completion of secondary education (full Grade 12 school certificate). University level degree is an asset.
• A minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible administrative, office management, Finance, human resources, supply or any other relevant function.
• Good handling of data and spreadsheets using excel is required.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language or local language of the duty station is considered as an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate
UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and 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)

To view our competency framework, please visit here.
Click here to learn more about UNICEF’s values and competencies.
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 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:
Shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Advertised: 10 Dec 2021 South Africa Standard Time Deadline: 23 Dec 2021 South Africa Standard Time

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 84

Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
To apply for this job please visit https://jobs.unicef.org/en-us/job/546845/senior-programme-associate-gs7-fixed-term-appointment-lusaka-zambia-post-no-8995-req-546845


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Job Info
Job Category: Management jobs in Zambia
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 23 December 2021
Duty Station: Lusaka
Posted: 10-12-2021
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 11-12-2021
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 11-12-2061
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