The UNICEF West and Central Africa Regional Office (WCARO) is now recruiting a full-time dedicated resource person to provide programmatic and operational support to priority countries in the region to strengthen social protection and HCT delivery in fragile settings and emergencies.
The regional office post is based in Dakar, Senegal. The post holder will be part of the regional Social Policy team, which provides technical support and oversight to UNICEF country programmes in the fields of social protection, including cash transfers, public finance for children, local governance, and child poverty. The post contributes critically to the unit’s work on social protection, with a special focus on fragile settings and emergencies.
The supervisor of the post is the Regional Social Policy Advisor. At the regional level, the staff member will work closely with the Emergency team, the RO’s Cash Task Force, and sector focal points. At global level, the team member will be part of UNICEF’s global Child Poverty and Social Protection team, and work closely with the global Humanitarian Cash Transfer Team. The staff member will support the RO to provide overall regional guidance as well as provide direct support to priority country offices in the region.
The candidate, under the supervision of the Gender and Development Specialist, will
provide technical support to ensure the integration of gender perspectives in all phases of
immunisation programming. The specialist will work closely with the EPI to plan, implement,
and monitor gender-based immunisation programmes at national and provincial levels. The
candidate will also oversee gender programming activities agreed upon by the government,
UNICEF, and Gavi. This involves improving (a) national gender-responsive programming to
enhance vaccination coverage; (b) implementing, monitoring, and evaluating the HPV
vaccine introduction plan while incorporating the priority of girls; (c) integrating gender
perspectives in preparedness and response to health epidemics; (d) fostering partnerships
with women's groups and organizations at the local level to ensure programming is
responsive to the needs and interests of women and girls. This includes direct program work
with government and civil society partners, as well as support for working groups on SBC,
health, child protection, and education.
Greece Country Office is looking for a National Consultant on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse & Accountability to Affected Population to support the cross-cutting areas of PSEA and AAP that need to be embedded in reaching the national targets for all children, concerning health, education, social protection, child protection, justice and youth employability.
Under the general guidance of the Chief Field Office Manakara with matrix reporting to the Chief Social Policy, the officer is accountable for providing technical support and assistance in all stages of social policy programming and related advocacy from strategic planning and formulation to delivery of concrete and sustainable results.
UNICEF in Vientiane, Lao PDR is looking for an Individual National Consultancy to support and build the capacity of Ministry of Health in planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of preventive interventions implemented through health system. The duration of this assignment is 9.5 months starting as soon as possible and the consultant will be work at the UNICEF office in Vientiane, Lao PDR.
The UNICEF West and Central Africa Regional Office (WCARO) is now recruiting a full-time dedicated resource person to provide programmatic and operational support to priority countries in the region to strengthen social protection and HCT delivery in fragile settings and emergencies.
The regional office post is based in Dakar, Senegal. The post holder will be part of the regional Social Policy team, which provides technical support and oversight to UNICEF country programmes in the fields of social protection, including cash transfers, public finance for children, local governance, and child poverty. The post contributes critically to the unit’s work on social protection, with a special focus on fragile settings and emergencies.
The supervisor of the post is the Regional Social Policy Advisor. At the regional level, the staff member will work closely with the Emergency team, the RO’s Cash Task Force, and sector focal points. At global level, the team member will be part of UNICEF’s global Child Poverty and Social Protection team, and work closely with the global Humanitarian Cash Transfer Team. The staff member will support the RO to provide overall regional guidance as well as provide direct support to priority country offices in the region.
The candidate, under the supervision of the Gender and Development Specialist, will
provide technical support to ensure the integration of gender perspectives in all phases of
immunisation programming. The specialist will work closely with the EPI to plan, implement,
and monitor gender-based immunisation programmes at national and provincial levels. The
candidate will also oversee gender programming activities agreed upon by the government,
UNICEF, and Gavi. This involves improving (a) national gender-responsive programming to
enhance vaccination coverage; (b) implementing, monitoring, and evaluating the HPV
vaccine introduction plan while incorporating the priority of girls; (c) integrating gender
perspectives in preparedness and response to health epidemics; (d) fostering partnerships
with women's groups and organizations at the local level to ensure programming is
responsive to the needs and interests of women and girls. This includes direct program work
with government and civil society partners, as well as support for working groups on SBC,
health, child protection, and education.
Greece Country Office is looking for a National Consultant on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse & Accountability to Affected Population to support the cross-cutting areas of PSEA and AAP that need to be embedded in reaching the national targets for all children, concerning health, education, social protection, child protection, justice and youth employability.
Under the general guidance of the Chief Field Office Manakara with matrix reporting to the Chief Social Policy, the officer is accountable for providing technical support and assistance in all stages of social policy programming and related advocacy from strategic planning and formulation to delivery of concrete and sustainable results.
UNICEF in Vientiane, Lao PDR is looking for an Individual National Consultancy to support and build the capacity of Ministry of Health in planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of preventive interventions implemented through health system. The duration of this assignment is 9.5 months starting as soon as possible and the consultant will be work at the UNICEF office in Vientiane, Lao PDR.