UN Volunteer Jobs – Planning Officer (United Nations Affairs) – United Nations Children’s Fund

Job Title: Planning Officer (United Nations Affairs)

Organisation: United Nations Children’s Fund

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About Organisation:

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: Under the direct supervision of the Planning and Monitoring Specialist and matrix management to the Deputy Representative, the National UNV Planning Officer (UN Affairs will support UNICEF’s strategic coordination efforts on implementation of the UNSDCF with sister UN agencies in Uganda. This will include convening and coordinating programme teams towards UNSDCF common planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting requirements and will support the Deputy Representative in convening and coordinating broader UN agencies engagement under UNSDCF Outcome and Result groups where UNICEF is the lead. The UNV will also support Programme teams that have integrated/joint programmes with sister UN agencies within the UNSDCF.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Under the supervision of the Planning and Monitoring Specialist, the United Nations Volunteer (UNV) will undertake the following tasks below:
• United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) Planning, Monitoring, and Reporting Processes
• Leads the coordination, quality review, and finalization of UNICEF inputs to One UN Workplan/Joint Programmes; ensuring compliance with specific assigned objectives of the UNSDCF.
• Provides quality assurance for all UNICEF inputs across UNSDCF Outcomes and Outputs and ensures quality of consolidated United Nations (UN) agencies’ inputs in UNINFO for Outcomes chaired by UNICEF.
• Provides strategic and sound technical inputs towards UN monitoring and evaluation (e.g., Results-Based Management (RBM) Group) initiatives to establish benchmarks, performance indicators, and other UNICEF/UN system indicators, to assess and strengthen performance accountability, coherence, and delivery of concrete and sustainable results on integrated programmes.
• Responsible for all Knowledge Management (KM) efforts towards UNICEF’s contribution to the UNSDCF maintaining an active repository of cross-referenced Programme Work Plans, Reports, presentations, and KM products.
• Effectively monitors UNICEF’s contributions to integrated programme approaches to assess progress, identify bottlenecks and potential problems; providing timely updates and suggested solutions to relevant UNICEF leads for timely decisions to resolve issues.
• Strategic support to the UNICEF Chairs of Results Group, Integrated Programmes, or UN Deputies Group
• Supports UNICEF senior management (Representative and Deputy Representative) in all coordination efforts bringing together collaborative efforts of participating UN agencies towards joint planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting on specific Outcome and Result groups of UNSDCF chaired by UNICEF, including acting as Secretariat for the Outcome and Result groups chaired by UNICEF.
• Provides strategic support to the UNICEF Deputy Representative (DRP), in meetings with UN agencies for programme/project review and follows up on implementation of recommendations and agreements.
• Provides technical advice and support to the UNICEF Chairs on consultations with the government and donors on policy, planning, and coordination of development assistance; ensuring coherence in all initiatives UNICEF is invested in, within the UNSDCF.
• Supports the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) Programme and Operations Management Team as needed to ensure coherent and harmonized approaches on UNICEF programming and operational issues are adopted when practical.
• At the request of the Senior Management Team (SMT), supports various national and UN meetings as well as regional coordination of UN activities.
• Provides technical support and/or written guidance to key UNICEF staff / Chairs on policies, strategies, best practices, and approaches on integration to support programme development planning, implementation, and delivery of results.
• Participates in strategic discussions, meetings, and workshops and supports the drafting of evidence-based papers and inputs to influence approaches on integrated UNICEF support to the UNSDCF.
• Submits and prepares updates and reports to UNICEF Management and Section Chiefs to keep them informed on UNSDCF and Joint UN programme progress; with timely escalation, advice, and solutions on potential issues.
• Advocacy, networking, and partnership building for UNICEF
• Builds and strengthens strategic partnerships for UNICEF through networking and advocacy with UN system agencies to reinforce cooperation and/or pursue opportunities to promote goals and achieve sustainable and broad results on integrated approaches.
• Participates in inter-agency discussions and planning to ensure organizational position, interests, and priorities are fully considered and integrated in the UNSDCF development planning and agenda-setting process.
• Collaborates with inter-agency partners and colleagues in the UNSDCF planning and preparation of programmes and projects including emergency preparedness.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

Age

• 18-80
• Required experience
• 7 years

Nationality

• Candidate must be a national, legal resident or hold refugee status in the country of assignment.
• Assignment requirements
• Relevant experience
• 7 years

Languages

English, Level: Fluent, Desirable

• Required education level
• Master’s degree in Development Planning, Social Sciences, Statistics, Monitoring and Evaluation, or another relevant technical field.
• Competencies and values

Accountability

• Adaptability and flexibility

Creativity

• Judgement and decision-making
• Planning and organising

Professionalism

Self-management

• Skills and experience
• Professional experience in one or more of the following areas is required:
• Social development programme planning
• Communication for development
• Public advocacy
• Other related areas
• Relevant experience in a United Nations (UN) system agency or organization is considered an asset.
• Area(s) of expertise
• Administration, Development programmes, Economics and finance
• Driving license
• –

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and Interested applicants should apply online at the link below.

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Level of Education: bachelor degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 96