UN Adolescent Development Specialist Careers – United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

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Job Title:        Adolescent
Development Specialist
Organization: United
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Duty Station: Uganda
Grade: NOC
About US:
The United Nations
Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is mandated by the UN general assembly to advocate for
the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and expand
their opportunities to reach their full potential. Together with our partners,
we work in 190 countries and territories to translate that commitment into
practical action, focusing special effort on reaching the most vulnerable and
excluded children, to the benefit of all children, everywhere.
Job Summary:  The Adolescent Development Specialist reports
to the Chief Field Office (Level 4) for guidance and general supervision. The Specialist
provides support to country office colleagues and internal and external
partners and stakeholders throughout the programming processes by providing
technical, administrative and operational support to country office colleagues
and internal and external partners and stakeholders to ensure that adolescent
development and participation and child rights established under the Convention
on the Rights of the Child, international treaties/framework and UN
intergovernmental bodies, are integrated in UNICEF’s advocacy, policies,
programmes and humanitarian work. The Specialist contributes to achievement of
concrete and sustainable results on adolescent development related
programmes/projects according to plans, allocation, results based-management
approaches and methodology (RBM) and UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of
performance and accountability framework.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • Provide support to programmes development and planning
  • Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
  • Technical and operational support to programme implementation
  • Networking and partnership building
  • Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
  • The ideal candidate for the United Nations UNICEF Adolescent Development
    Specialist job opportunity should hold an advanced university degree in
    one of the following fields is required: anthropology, psychology,
    sociology, education or another relevant technical field.
  • At least five years of professional experience in social development
    planning and management in adolescent development related areas is
    required.
  • Experience working in a developing country is considered as an
    asset.
  • UNICEF’s core values: Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication,
    Working with People and Drive for Results.
  • Competencies:
    Leading and supervising, Formulating strategies and concepts, Analyzing,
    Relating and networking, Deciding and Initiating action, Applying
    technical expertise.
NB:
UNICEF is committed to gender equality in its mandate and its staff; qualified
female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. UNICEF is a smoke free
environment.
How to Apply:
All suitably
qualified and interested Ugandan Nationals who wish to join the United Nations
UNICEF in the aforementioned capacity are encouraged to apply online at the
link below.
Deadline: 31st January 2019
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