JOB POST: Program Officer at UNICEF, Bhubaneshwar: Apply by Mar 11

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2021-03-02 16:23:21

JOB POST: Program Officer at UNICEF, Bhubaneshwar: Apply by Mar 11

UNICEF, India is looking to hire individuals for the role of Program Manager in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha for administering the program.

About UNICEF

UNICEF, also known as the United Nations Children’s Fund, is a United Nations agency responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide. The agency is among the most widespread and recognizable social welfare organizations in the world, with a presence in 192 countries and territories.

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone: This is what UNICEF does!

Key Functions/Accountabilities

Serves as UNICEF State Office’s focal point for risk-informed programming, DRR, resilience building, climate change, and emergency management and contributes to the Country Office Emergency Preparedness Plan and Situation Analyses.
Refines and maintains an updated Child centered disaster risk profile and monitors disaster impact on children and critical social service delivery systems.
Promotes and facilitates a child-centered disaster risk reduction governance system (integration of child-centered DRR in State Government Disaster Management and sector strategies, plans, and coordination mechanisms at all levels).
Provides technical support to UNICEF sector colleagues and State Government to risk inform sector development policies and programs to reduce child deprivations (focus on education, WASH, health, nutrition, child protection, social protection). In this regard, ensures that disaster prevention, mitigation, preparedness, and response strategies are mainstreamed in the State Office’s work plans.
Identifies platforms and supports them to empower children and adolescents as agents of change.
Help leads UNICEF preparedness and response action (in collaboration with State Government, Inter-Agency Group of NGOs, and other partners).
Engages in partnership building and evidence generation as well as knowledge management, advocacy and communication, monitoring and evaluation and reporting.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Programme Development
Technical Support
Networking and Partnership Building
Program Management and Monitoring
Knowledge Management and Research
Self-Development

Job Requirements

University degree from a recognized University in any of the following disciplines: social sciences, disaster risk management, civil engineering, earth sciences, agriculture, public administration, law, public health, nutrition, WASH, international relations, business administration or other related disciplines.
Minimum of two years’ relevant work experience at the state or national level in programme/ project development, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation or administration is required.
Relevant practical experience in managing projects related to disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation or resilience building is an asset.
Past experience of working in the UN or other international development organization is an asset.
Fluency in English required. Knowledge of other Indian or another official UN language or local language of the duty station is considered as an asset.

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