Job Title: Planning Specialist
Organisation: United Nations
International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
Grade: P-4
Vacancy Number: E-VN-2014-000479
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
Reports to: Deputy
Representative
Representative
About UNICEF:
For 60 years, UNICEF is the world’s leading children’s rights
organization and 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.
organization and 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.
Job Summary: The Planning
Specialist will provide leadership to the Planning Section and guidance to the
PCR Managers, Chiefs of Field Offices, Zonal
and Sectoral specialists on all aspects of the country programme needs
for planning, monitoring and evaluation, including those related to UN
Delivering-as-One in Uganda. The incumbent will work in close collaboration with
the Chief of Social Policy and Evaluation to ensure timely implementation of
all planned studies, assessments and evaluations during the country programme
period, including the MTR, rolling situation analysis and end of cycle
evaluation, and integration of results/outcome in the rolling work plans and
budgets, and annual programme progress and other reports.
Specialist will provide leadership to the Planning Section and guidance to the
PCR Managers, Chiefs of Field Offices, Zonal
and Sectoral specialists on all aspects of the country programme needs
for planning, monitoring and evaluation, including those related to UN
Delivering-as-One in Uganda. The incumbent will work in close collaboration with
the Chief of Social Policy and Evaluation to ensure timely implementation of
all planned studies, assessments and evaluations during the country programme
period, including the MTR, rolling situation analysis and end of cycle
evaluation, and integration of results/outcome in the rolling work plans and
budgets, and annual programme progress and other reports.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Stay abreast with the situation of
children and women in Uganda, and ensure collection, analysis and
dissemination of updated data and information on child survival,
protection and development in the country, with emphasis on updated human rights-based district specific
situation analysis for the 58 UNICEF districts for additional emphasis. - Ensure continuous flow of information on
the situation to the Dep. Representative, the Representative and the PCR
Managers for policy development, planning, advocacy and resource
mobilization. - Offer substantive technical support to the
Deputy Representative for the new country programme process, including
preparation of strategy note, country programme document (CPD), country
programme plan of action (CPAP) and coordination of UNICEF inputs to the
UN Country Assessment, UNDAF strategies/outcomes or UNDAF Action Plan and
Joint Programmes, ensuring coherence with UNICEF CPD/CPAP and emerging
needs of children. - The Planning Specialist will be also responsible
for the development and continuous updating of HRAP based planning and
monitoring guidelines for the country programme and ensure that they also
reflect decentralization of government planning procedures, participatory
planning approaches and indicators for community and district monitoring. - Ensure timely preparation and integration
of UNICEF inputs into the District Development Plans for the 58 districts of additional emphasis, GOU
Sector plans and UNICEF/GOU Rolling Work Plans for both districts and
nationwide support. Ensure synchronization of the UNICEF support with the
GOU planning cycles. - Offer assistance and guidance and
procedures to the area programme managers and project officers, districts
on all aspects of program planning and monitoring according to UNICEF’s,
policies, guidelines and operational procedures, especially those
specifically developed for the CP. - Ensure timely implementation and effective
monitoring of UNICEF inputs (cash, supply, contract, training, and travel)
and participate in quarterly and annual reviews and planning exercises for
the 58 districts supported by the CP on a rotating basis and the national
level meetings when needed. Undertake frequent CP monitoring visits to the
58 districts to assess the effectiveness and cost efficiency of UNICEF
assistance to the districts for planning monitoring and adjustment of
strategies and approaches. - Ensure establishment of an effective
district based monitoring system for regular assessment of community and
district specific targets and outcomes related to CP goals and ensure
linkage between lower government and district and national monitoring systems.
- Establish capacity building monitoring
system at district level which reflects UNICEF’s contribution to the
individual districts in terms of training, management support,
communication and logistics and other items which are supposed to enhance
and facilitate country programme implementation. - Provide backstopping to the Reports
Specialist to ensure timely submission of donor, progress and any other
reports requested by the Deputy Representative or the Representative’s
office.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- The Planning Specialist should possess an
advanced university degree in Social Sciences or other related field. - At least eight years (8) years of
progressively responsible relevant work experience in programme planning,
administration, monitoring and evaluation. - Fluency in English and another UN working
language. Knowledge of the local working language of the duty station
would be an asset.
Personal Competencies:
- Possess high-level communication skills,
including engaging and informative formal public speaking. - Ability to work effectively in a
multi-cultural environment. - Sets high standards for quality of work
and consistently achieves project goals. - Good leadership and supervisory skills;
co-ordinates group activities, ensuring that roles within the team are
clear. - Easily and quickly builds rapport with
individuals and groups; maintains an effective network of individuals across organizational
departments. - Translates strategic direction into plans
and objectives. - Negotiates effectively by exploring a range
of possibilities. - Demonstrates and shares detailed technical
knowledge and expertise. - Seeks and proposes opportunities for
advancing UNICEF`s mission.
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.
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:
All suitably qualified candidates who desire to work in the prestigious
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in the
aforementioned vacancy should express their interest by visiting the United
Nations web recruitment portal below.
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in the
aforementioned vacancy should express their interest by visiting the United
Nations web recruitment portal below.
Deadline: 14th March,
2014
2014
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