Deadline: 30 March 2016
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Chief Youth & Adolescent Development in Mbabane, Swaziland.
The Chief Youth & Adolescent Development will work in coordination with Child protection, C4D, Gender, Communication, Education, HIV/AIDS, Health, Nutrition, WASH, Planning, Emergency and Monitoring & Evaluation to support development of a strategic framework for adolescents, across all sectors.
UNICEF works for a world in which every child has a fair chance in life.
Key Jobs Responsibilities
The Chief Youth & Adolescent Development will perform the following functions-
- Establish the Section’s annual work plan with the APLD team; set priorities/targets and performance measurement.
- Monitor work progress and ensure results are achieved according to schedule and performance standards.
- Establish clear individual performance objectives, goals and timelines; and provide timely guidance to enable the team to perform their duties responsibly and efficiently.
- Plan and ensure timely performance management and assessment of the Team.
- Supervise team members by providing them with clear objectives and goals, direction and guidance to enable them to perform their duties responsibly, effectively and efficiently.
- Coordinate work progress monitoring and ensure results are achieved according to schedule and performance standards and report to Deputy Representative critical issues for timely action.
- Provide technical assistance/advice to colleagues in the Section on all aspects of programming and implementation to enable colleagues to achieve program/performance objectives.
- Ensure emergency preparedness is contained in national programs/projects to ensure the protection and well-being of children in cases of armed conflict and natural disasters and other emergency situations.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- An Advanced University degree in international development, human rights, psychology, sociology, international law or other social science field is required.
- A minimum of 8 years of professional experience in social development planning and management in adolescent/child protection, education related areas and/other related areas at the international level some of which preferably were served in a developing country is required.
- Relevant experience in adolescent protection, education and HIV/AIDS programming for adolescents and related areas, program/project development and management in a UN system agency or organization is an asset.
- Experience in both development and humanitarian contexts are an added advantage.
- Fluency in English (written & verbal) is required.
- Knowledge of an additional UN Language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish) is considered an asset.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit their applications through online process.
For more information, please visit UNICEF.
