Purpose of the Position
UNICEF is the Cluster Lead Agency for the WASH Cluster, the Nutrition Cluster, Child Protection Working Group, and co-lead for the Education Cluster and GBV AoR. This is a UNICEF Generic Vacancy Announcement (GVA) for the Talent Groups for Cluster/AoR Coordinator (WASH, Education, Nutrition, Child Protection and GBV) at P-3 and P-4 levels. Talent Groups at UNICEF are lists of pre-vetted, highly qualified professionals intended to expedite recruitment processes as positions become available. After undergoing a rigorous selection process, successful candidates will be placed in a Cluster Corordinator Talent Group at either P-3 or P-4 level. While placement in a Talent Group does not guarantee a position with UNICEF, as positions become available in UNICEF globally, successfully placed candidates in the Talent Groups will be reviewed and if found suitable, will be offered placement (in a Country Office, Regional Office or Headquarters location) through a direct selection process.
The purpose of these posts is to provide leadership and facilitate the processes that will ensure a well-coordinated, strategic, adequate, coherent, and effective response by participants at country level for one of the abovementionned Clusters and/or AoR.
Key Expected Results
The post holder has joint responsibility with the Cluster Lead Agency, resourcing partners and all cluster participants at the national and sub-national level for the efficient management and functioning of the Area of Responsibility encompassing the following:
- Establish and maintain an appropriate humanitarian coordination mechanism;
- Strengthen pre-existing sectoral coordination through increased predictability and accountability;
- Build complementarity of partner actions: avoiding duplication and gaps;
- Ensure adequate resources are mobilized and are equitably allocated for the effective functioning of the cluster and its response;
- Effective and comprehensive integration of relevant cross-cutting issues, including age, gender, environment and HIV/AIDs;
- Maintain flexibility within the cluster to respond to changes in the operating environment, evolving requirements, capacities and participation;
- Effectively use and transfer information to, from and between cluster participants and other stakeholders;
- Interact with other clusters (including through inter-cluster coordination fora), humanitarian actors, government counterparts, and relevant authorities for operational planning, engagement and active contribution of operational partners;
- Be accountable to the affected population through effective and inclusive consultative and feedback mechanisms.
- Monitor performance of the core cluster functions.
- Where there is both a national and a sub-national cluster, the post holder will ensure that there is effective communication, reporting, engagement and coordination between the two levels
Qualifications of Successful Candidate
EDUCATION
- University degree, preferably at an advanced level, in a subject area relevant to the cluster
- Extensive work experience relevant to this post may be considered as a replacement for formal qualifications
- Formal training in cluster coordination an advantage
WORK EXPERIENCE:
- Five (P-3) to eight (P-4) years progressively responsible humanitarian work experience with UN and/or NGO, including programme management and/or coordination in the first phase of a major emergency response relevant to the cluster
- Extensive work experience outside the humanitarian sector which is relevant to this post may be considered as a replacement for humanitarian experience.
LANGUAGE:
- Fluency in English is required
- Arabic or French or another UN language an asset
Competencies of Successful Candidate
Understands key technical issues for the cluster sufficiently well enough to be able to:
- engage with cluster participants
- make full use of their experience and knowledge
- guide strategy and plans
- communicate and advocate on important issues
HOW TO APPLY:
If you would like to make an active and lasting contribution to build a better world for children, please apply to the link below no later than 24 March, 2015.
If you have not yet registered with UNICEF Employment, please click on the link below and complete the Registration form. https://careers.unicef.org/registration
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.
