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• Assesses trends in socio-economic and fiscal
  policy environment and provide analytical guidance to management on best
  options to leverage action and resources for children and women in the
  development process.
• Interacts with senior level policy makers to
  ensure that the rights of children and women are centre stage and
  prioritised in the development agenda including. Provide technical advice
  to senior programme staff, government officials and other partners on
  social policies and budgetary allocations based on sound analysis and coherent
  programmable action plans.
• Offers leadership, guidance and direction for
  evaluation of the country programme through periodic meetings,
  individually ad in groups, with the various sectoral team members. Ensures
  exchange of information, experience, identifies new strategies and courses
  of action to accelerate/improve delivery of services and achieve programme
  requirements and objectives. Reviews country programme documents, UNDAF,
  SWAPs and draws lessons to guide UNICEF and its partners towards
  accelerated achievement of various targets within a human rights approach
  to development including gender.
• Manages the activities leading to the
  preparation of the situation analysis for the social policy programme, and
  its periodic update. Formulates programme goals and objectives and
  develops strategies. Supervises preparation of the social policy inputs to
  the country programme documents, such as the CPD, CPMP, UNDAF etc. a
  special focus is given to cross-sectoral policies such as public
  administration reform and governance, poverty reduction strategies, social
  and impact assessments of economic policies. Identifies and defines new
  policy areas for UNICEF engagement.
• As head of a large section, responsible for the
  overall development and establishment of the workplan, monitoring compliance,
  strategic budget management and providing support and guidance to make
  sure objectives are met. This entails identification of internal human
  resource requirements, training and performance planning and monitoring.

• The Chief Social Policy for the UNICEF Country
  Programme should possess an advanced university degree in Social Sciences
  or a related technical field
• The applicant must possess a good first level
  university degree with a relevant combination of academic qualifications
  and experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• At least ten years of progressively responsible
  relevant work experience at the national and international levels in
  programme planning and management in a related field, with emphasis on
  strategic planning.

• Communicates effectively to varied audiences,
  including during formal public speaking.
• Creates and encourages a climate of
  team-working and collaboration in a multi-cultural environment.
• Consistently achieves high-level results,
  managing and delivering projects on-time and on-budget.
• Has good leadership and supervisory skills;
  co-ordinates group activities, ensuring that roles within the team are
  clear.
• Analyzes and integrates diverse and complex
  quantitative and qualitative data from a wide range of sources.
• Identifies urgent and potentially risky decisions
  and acts on them promptly; initiates and generates organization-wide
  activities.
• Sets, develops and revises organizational
  strategy and develops clear visions of the organization’s future
  potential.
• Quickly builds rapport with individuals and groups;
  maintains an effective network of 
  individuals across organizational departments.
• Negotiates effectively by exploring a range of
  possibilities.

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