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For every child, Care

How can you make a difference? 

Purpose

The incumbent, in this role, will be responsible for ensuring overall efficiency, effectiveness, and the delivery of results on social protection interventions in line with UNICEF's Core Commitment for Children in Emergencies (CCCs) and national and international humanitarian standards.

Key Functions and Accountabilities

• Provide support and technical assistance on humanitarian cash transfer initiatives to the respective Oromia Regional Bureau of Labor and Social Affairs (BoLSA), from design to production of concrete results, and in line with the regional context.
• Provide support and technical assistance on development cash transfer initiatives, including nutrition-sensitive social protection programs, to the Oromia Regional Bureau of Labor and Social Affairs (BoLSA), from design to implementation, monitoring, and production of concrete results, and in line with the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and regional context.
• Provide support and technical assistance to the Bureau of Labor and Social Affairs (BoLSA) on implementing financial inclusion plus interventions for both humanitarian and development cash transfers, including liaising with the civil society organization (CSO) and financial service provider (FSP) partners engaged in the program implementation.
• Conduct regular operational analysis of the implementation of HCT and other social protection programmes, including market assessments, identifying potential modalities of payment and delivery.
• Provide technical support and training to the government to implement HCT to respond drought, displacement, and other shocks in the region.
• Provide technical support and training to the government to implement other social protection cash grants to support expansion of development social protection initiatives.
• Ensure effective coordination with other sectors at the field office level for the roll-out of the pilot child grant with nutrition, health, child protection, and other services linkages.
• Provide quality assurance and identify solutions.
• Advise on UNICEF strategic positioning on cash in emergencies, based on best practices in your respective region.
• Participate and contribute to the discussions of the Regional Cash Working Group (CWG).
• Undertake cash feasibility assessments, where relevant, to inform UNICEF cash programmes in the region, and/or contribute to partners design efforts to ensure that HCT programmes are child centered.
• Integrate cash feasibility into existing sectorial and multisector assessments.
• Integrate and introduce HCT in UNICEF Emergency programming by designing new relevant sector specific and multisector responses.
• Conduct risk assessments and propose risk mitigation measures for the use of cash in emergencies in the specific context of the region.
• Ensure Accountability to Affected Population (AAP) is streamlined across the programme implementation cycle with attention to information sharing to beneficiaries, community inclusion in programme implementation, complaints and response mechanism and continuous learning, and propose innovative solutions for inaccessible communities.
• Ensure analysis of complaints and feedback received through different communication channels and ensure follow up by implementing partners.
• Participate in market monitoring and contribute to the development and update of the area cash profile.
• Support BoLSA to facilitate the engagement of households participating in the cash transfer program in income generation activities (IGAs) through implementation of financial inclusion activities, including establishment and operation of Self-Help Groups (SHG) and linkages with favorable financing products from the FSPs.

• Establish effective partnerships with the Government, NGOs, civil society and other UN agencies to support implementation of PSNP including the shock-responsive component and complementary social protection programming.
• Support the Oromia Sub-National Cash Working Group by organizing regular meetings and fostering coordination among stakeholders.
• Participate in and contribute to Oromia Inter-Cluster Coordination Group meetings, representing UNICEF and the Cash Working Group.
• Coordinate and harmonize UNICEF supported humanitarian cash transfer initiatives. This includes both direct support to government partners as well as support to UNICEF teams working on child protection, nutrition, education, health, and WASH.
• Integrate cash feasibility into existing sectorial and multisector assessments.
• Provide support to strengthening strategic partnerships around UNICEF-supported humanitarian and development cash transfer initiatives.
• Work as a UNICEF resource person with cluster partners on the development of thinking on enhancing HCT and engaging in opportunities in HCT programming.
• Provide recommendations and advice for potential partnerships and collaboration with partners, including UN agencies and national partners.
• Conducting partnership capacity assessments and developing partner agreements as needed.
• Actively participate and represent UNICEF in regional coordination forums such as the Regional Cash Working Group, and any other relevant interagency group which might be established.

• Support BoLSA in the effective implementation of social protection system with focus on shock-responsive and other cash plus interventions.
• Support BoLSA to effectively deliver and monitor humanitarian and other cash transfers in line with government and UNICEF guidelines and protocols.
• Coordinate with government and UNICEF field offices and programme sections to ensure workplan deliverables are on-track.
• Support the annual work plan development with relevant government partners (e.g., MoWSA) at Federal and Regional levels.
• Facilitate capacity-building activities for staff and partners involved in the cash transfer programs.
• Support government through programme visits and other joint monitoring process to strengthen implementation and accountability.
• Support the learning and advocacy efforts for scale-up of HCT and other social protection programmes, including the financial inclusion component for resilience-building.

• In close collaboration with the Monitoring and Planning focal points, ensure the establishment and implementation of a sound monitoring system for the HCT and other social protection programmes.
• Coordinate and contribute to conducting effective post-distribution monitoring (PDM).\
• Undertake field visits to monitor and assess programme implementation and decide on required corrective action.
• Produce knowledge management products for the cash transfer programmes through data collection and analysis, complete and accurate reporting as well as generating and documenting lessons learned.
• Conduct verification of payments in close collaboration with the P and E focal points unit.
• Ensure all applicable HACT risk management measures for HCT and other social protection cash transfers are implemented.
• Prepare programme reports required for management, donors, budget reviews, programme analysis, annual reports, etc.

• Risk Analysis and Mitigation: The Officer support in risk analysis and mitigation measures into the overall management of support. This includes identifying potential risks and developing strategies to mitigate them.
• Planning, Coordination, and Monitoring: Support effective and efficient planning, management, coordination, monitoring, and evaluation of the shock responsive programme

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Minimum requirements:

Education: 

• A university degree in one of the following fields is required: Economics, Public Policy, Social Sciences, Social Policy, Development, or another relevant technical field.

Work Experience: 

• A minimum of two (2) years of experience in providing programmatic and operational support to cash transfer programs, preferably in both humanitarian and social protection contexts. Experience with shock-responsive social protection is desirable.
• Background and/or familiarity with emergency is considered as a strong asset.
• Proven track record of building and maintaining strong relationships with partners.
• Resourcefulness, flexibility, and the ability to prioritize and manage a significant workload under pressure.
• Strong analytical, communication, and presentation skills.
• Experience in working within government-led programmes.
• UN work experience is an advantage.

Language Requirements: Fluency in English and the local language is required. Knowledge of any other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, or Spanish) is an asset.

Desirables:

• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency. 

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

Builds and maintains partnerships (1)

Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (1)

Drive to achieve results for impact (1)

Innovates and embraces change (1)

Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

Thinks and acts strategically (1)

Works collaboratively with others (1)

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UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

We offer a wide range of measures to include a more diverse workforce, such as paid parental leave, time off for breastfeeding purposes, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.

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Remarks:

As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.

UNICEF’s active commitment to diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable female candidates and persons with disability are encouraged to apply.

Government employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government positions before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason. 

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