Country: United States of America
Closing date: 06 Apr 2017
UNICEF works in 190 countries and territories to protect the rights of every child. UNICEF has spent 70 years working to improve the lives of children and their families. Defending children's rights throughout their lives requires a global presence, aiming to produce results and understand their effects. UNICEF believes all children have a right to survive, thrive and fulfill their potential – to the benefit of a better world. For every child,a future.
The Chief Adolescent Development reports to the Deputy Director, Programmes, for general guidance and direction. The Chief is responsible for providing technical leadership and strategic direction to ensure that the rights of adolescents established under the Convention on the Rights of the Child are reflected in UNICEF's advocacy, policies, programme and humanitarian work. For more information Click Here
How can you make a difference? Lead a team of professionals to achieve the goals of UNICEF in the area of Adolescent Development and Participation. Provide technical inputs for the scaling up of national programmes in country offices seeking alignment with SP/SDGs targets. Leverage resources for adolescent-related work by identifying global partners and forging alliances. The Chief guides the achievement of sustainable and scalable results on adolescent-related programs/projects according to plans, allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM) and UNICEF's Strategic Plans, standards of performance and accountability framework.
Coordinate with all outcome areas seeking programmatic synergies across them. Promote shared understanding among all focus areas to ensure holistic policy development, coordinated planning, effective implementation, and concentrated results evaluation in support of adolescent-related work. Advocate and build programme partnership platforms at all levels needed in the global fora where UNICEF can make a difference for adolescents. This will involve:
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
For every Child, you demonstrate…
Our core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.
This position is classified as "rotational" which means the incumbent is expected to rotate to another duty station upon completion of their tour of duty,
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
How to apply:
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 organization. To apply, click on the following link http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=503655