Chief Field Office

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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.

Key End-results Expected:

As per the UNICEF Venezuela Accountability Framework, the CFO key end-results are the following:

• Effective management of UNICEF presence, staff and assets in the Area of Responsibility
• Effective knowledge management systems adopted in coordination with the PME team and utilized to strengthen area/country programme implementation.
• Situation Analysis prepared and updated; critical programme priorities and implementing strategies identified; contribution to annual work plans, and field contribution plans reported.
• Programme and operational funds assigned to the FO, in accordance with the Accountability Framework and ToAs optimally used.
• Programme monitoring and evaluations effectively conducted to improve programme performance, and programme status reports timely prepared.  Gender/sex disaggregated data and inputs relevant to the country programme and contribution plans are provided as an integral part of programming.
• Rights based and results-based programming approach fully incorporated into all phases of programme and project processes.
• Commitment and institutional capacities of the sub-national and local partners effectively supported
• Rights perspective and advocacy at the national, community and family levels incorporated in policy analysis for establishing and elevating UNICEF’s upstream work at national level and in contribution to international policy debates.
• Effective partnerships and collaboration achieved and maintained for advocacy, technical cooperation, programme development/management/coordination, information sharing and networking.

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

Minimum requirements:

Education:

• An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: social sciences, international relations, public administration, government and public relations, public or social policy, sociology, social or community development, or another relevant technical field. *A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree.

Work Experience:

• A minimum of five years of professional work experience in programme management, planning, monitoring and evaluation, project administration or another relevant area is required
• Experience working in a developing country is considered as an asset.
• Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset.
• Familiarity background with emergency is considered as an asset.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in Spanish is required. Working knowledge of English is an asset. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French or Russian) is an asset.

Source: https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/578674

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