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UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for personal and professional development that will help them develop a fulfilling career while delivering on a rewarding mission. We pride ourselves on a culture that helps staff thrive, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

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For every child, a Champion

In Burundi, UNICEF has a very diverse portfolio of responsibilities but all with the same objective which is to assist the Government and other stakeholders to fulfill children’s economic, social, cultural, political, and civil rights. The UNICEF country program in Burundi aims to improve the lives of children and women in the following key areas: Child and maternal health, Nutrition, Education, Child Protection, Water, sanitation and hygiene, Social Policy and Advocacy, Adolescent empowerment and community resilience, and Humanitarian response.

How can you make a difference? 

Programme design and planning:

• Support the development of planning documents and programme proposals that reflect disability-inclusive approaches, ensuring alignment with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the UNICEF disability inclusion policy and strategy (DIPAS), including for emergency responses.
• Suggest disability-related indicators and targets in programme plans and performance monitoring frameworks, including for emergency responses.
• Review partnership documents with an inclusion lens and support the establish of dedicated partnerships focused on disability inclusion in close collaboration with the programme sections, including with organizations of persons with disabilities (OPD), including for emergency responses.

Monitoring, evaluation and reporting:

• Work with programme sections to increase the collection, analysis, and use of disaggregated data or specific indicators on children with disabilities in programme monitoring and evaluation.
• Review Terms of Reference (ToRs) for evaluations, research studies, and surveys and make suggestions to ensure that disability inclusion is adequately addressed.
• Compile and analyze inputs to quarterly reports against the disability inclusion workplan, identifying key achievements, challenges, and areas requiring further attention.
• Contribute to the end-year reporting and other reporting exercises ensuring that the work of UNICEF in Burundi is accurately represented.
• Collaborate with the Communication Section to develop materials that highlight good practices in disability-inclusive programming, ensuring these are disseminated internally within UNICEF and externally to partners, donors, and the broader development community.

Coordination and capacity building:

• Provide technical guidance and support to sectoral programmes of the UNICEF Country Programme on disability programming in all areas of work.
• Provide capacity building to UNICEF staff and partners to enhance their understanding and implementation of disability-inclusive programming.
• Participate in inter-agency fora and inter-agency capacity-building activities on disability inclusion.

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here:  TOR TA - Disability Inclusion Officer FV.pdf

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

Minimum requirements:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Business and Economics, Social Sciences, International Relations, Political Science, Natural Sciences, Health Sciences, Education or another relevant technical field.
• Work Experience: At least 2 years of relevant work experience in the field of disability inclusion, preferably within international development or humanitarian settings. Experience working in programme design, implementation, and monitoring, with a focus on disability inclusion, is required.
• Language Requirements: Fluent in French and Kirundi with an elementary level in English.

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…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships

(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness

(3) Drive to achieve results for impact

(4) Innovates and embraces change

(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity

(6) Thinks and acts strategically

(7) Works collaboratively with others 

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.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority, and discrimination. UNICEF is committed to promoting the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be selected for a position with UNICEF, you either must be inoculated as required or receive a medical exemption from the relevant department of the UN. Otherwise, the selection will be canceled.

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 people 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. 

UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. An internal candidate performing at the level of the post in the relevant functional area, or an internal/external candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, may be selected, if suitable for the post, without assessment of other candidates.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.