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ob no: 577191
Contract type: Fixed Term Appointment
Duty Station: Pretoria
Level: G-6
Location: South Africa
Categories: Programme Management, Administration, Financial Management, Health and Nutrition
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.
Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.
For every child, survival and development.
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.
South Africa, a upper-middle-income country, is making progress in healthcare, education access and social inclusion. However, challenges persist in child rights, poverty, health, malnutrition, HIV, quality education and access to clean water and sanitation which are compounded by humanitarian risks from climate change.
The goal for current Health and Nutrition Programme of UNICEF South Africa Country Office is that by 2025, girls and boys, including the most deprived, receive an integrated package of quality and equitable maternal newborn and child health, HIV/AIDS and nutrition care and services.
As a Programme Associate, you will be carrying out a range of programme support functions to help develop, implement and monitor the Health and Nutrition Programme, ensuring effective and timely delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations.
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.
How can you make a difference?
Under the supervision and guidance of the Chief of section, the programme associate works in close collaboration with a range of staff in the Country Office, external partners and other UN agencies in support of programme design and delivery. S/he provides regular feedback on the status of projects through monitoring milestones and advises on improvements to keep activities on track.
Summary of key functions/accountabilities:
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Education: Completion of secondary education is required, preferably supplemented by technical or university courses related to the work of the organization.
Experience: A minimum of six years of administrative or programme associate work experience is required.
Desirables:
Skills:
Language:
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
Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic background, and persons with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization. To create a more inclusive workplace, UNICEF offers paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements. Click here to learn more about flexible work arrangements, well-being, and benefits.
According to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory impairments which, in interaction with various barriers, may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others. In its Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy 2022-2030, UNICEF has committed to increase the number of employees with disabilities by 2030. At UNICEF, we provide reasonable accommodation for work-related support requirements of candidates and employees with disabilities. Also, UNICEF has launched a Global Accessibility Helpdesk to strengthen physical and digital accessibility. If you are an applicant with a disability who needs digital accessibility support in completing the online application, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF.
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 based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, 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, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.
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.
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 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.
Advertised: 14 Nov 2024 South Africa Standard Time
Deadline: 31 Dec 2024 South Africa Standard Time
Job no: 577199
Contract type: Temporary Appointment
Duty Station: Pretoria
Level: NO-3
Location: South Africa
Categories: Health
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child, survival and development.
South Africa, a upper-middle-income country, is making progress in healthcare, education access and social inclusion. However, challenges persist in child rights, poverty, health, malnutrition, HIV, quality education and access to clean water and sanitation which are compounded by humanitarian risks from climate change.
The goal for current Health and Nutrition Programme of UNICEF South Africa Country Office is that by 2025, girls and boys, including the most deprived, receive an integrated package of quality and equitable MNCH, HIV/AIDS and nutrition care and services.
As a Health Specialist, you will lead UNICEF’s work of supporting the Government to strengthen PHC.
How can you make a difference?
The Government of South Africa has renewed its commitment to improve access to healthcare, focusing on Primary Healthcare Service. The ultimate objective of UNICEF’s health programme is to contribute to health system strengthening (HSS) through primary health care (PHC) oriented programming including community based primary health care.
The UNICEF South Africa Country Office offers an exciting and rewarding career opportunity for you to join our dynamic Health and nutrition team where you will be responsible for managing HSS project.
Working under the overall guidance and supervision of the Chief of Health and Nutrition, the Health Specialist is expected to nurture close collaboration with government partners at the national and sub-national level, UN agencies, private sector, academia and development partners. The Health Specialist will also work closely with the UNICEF South Africa colleagues responsible for Health, Nutrition, HIV/AIDS and other relevant sections to effectively drive the PHC agenda.
This position offers a unique opportunity for a qualified, motivated and committed individual to make a significant impact on children’s health and nutrition. By excelling professionally, you will contribute to the overall achievement of transformative results for children by delivering on the following key responsibility areas, but not limited to:
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Education:
Experience:
Skills:
Desirables:
Language:
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
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 (8) Nurtures, leads and manages people.
During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic background, and persons with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization. To create a more inclusive workplace, UNICEF offers paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements. Click here to learn more about flexible work arrangements, well-being, and benefits.
According to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory impairments which, in interaction with various barriers, may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others. In its Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy 2022-2030, UNICEF has committed to increase the number of employees with disabilities by 2030. At UNICEF, we provide reasonable accommodation for work-related support requirements of candidates and employees with disabilities. Also, UNICEF has launched a Global Accessibility Helpdesk to strengthen physical and digital accessibility. If you are an applicant with a disability who needs digital accessibility support in completing the online application, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF.
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 based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, 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, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.
Remarks:
The position is not considered an elevated risk role. However, UNICEF reserves the right to conduct further vetting/assessment within the scope of child safeguarding as appropriate.
UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Appointments are also 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 cancelled.
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.
Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
To effectively contribute to the delivery of results for the children of South Africa, the UNICEF South Africa Country Office operates within a dynamic and results-oriented setting. We foster an environment characterised by creativity, innovation, collaboration, teamwork, a commitment to professional growth, and a safe workspace. Consequently, we are actively searching for individuals who are driven to enact tangible change and dedicated to serving South Africa’s children with resourcefulness, resilience, agility, and a commitment to professional excellence.
Advertised: 14 Nov 2024 South Africa Standard Time
Deadline: 31 Dec 2024 South Africa Standard Time
Job no: 577242
Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: Pretoria
Level: Consultancy
Location: South Africa
Categories: Adolescent Development, Education, Early Childhood Development
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child, education.
Education | UNICEF South Africa
Due to the forever increase of different kinds of violence in schools DBE in 2014 working in close collaboration with UNICEF and in partnership with the Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention (CJCP) developed the School Safety Framework (NSSF) which was approved by the Minister of Basic Education in April 2015. The NSSF was developed in order to provide an all-inclusive strategy to guide schools, districts, and provinces to establish early warning signals to violence in schools, develop school safety plans, monitor the implementation of the plans, and report violent incidences using standardized school safety indicators. It also provides a platform for engagement of key partners in the community to ensure overall safety in schools.
The overall aim of the NSSF is to create a safe, violence and threat-free, supportive learning environment for learners, educators, principals, school governing bodies and administration. The broad objectives of this NSSF are to:
It is important to also note that the NSSF is not a duplication of already existing policies and strategies already mentioned above but rather it consolidates all of these and provides the thread that links them all together to enable schools to respond to all forms of violence (which include Corporal punishment, Sexual abuse, Gender-Based Violence, Assault, different forms of bullying including cyberbullying, xenophobia, homophobia and gang violence, just to mention a few) holistically.
Additionally, the NSSF adopts the Ecological Risk Model which provides a structure within which violence and its complex relationships can be understood and addressed. Its value lies in the fact that the theory recognises that there is an interplay between various individual, relational, community and societal factors. Violence in schools is therefore viewed as the result of an accumulation of risk factors that operate on these various levels. The combination of risk and protective factors is influenced by the external environment and impacts on how any individual adapts to their environment.
The NSSF has the training manual and implementation tools. The manual provides a detailed account of how each of these tools are administered which includes:
As mentioned above, the NSSF was approved by the Minister of Basic Education in April 2015. Following the approval of the NSSF in 2015 a series of capacity development workshops covering 44 education districts were conducted in all nine provinces reaching over 1,500 master trainers. Since 2015 to date at least 47,000 copies of the NSSF were printed and distributed nationwide by UNICEF.
In 2018 UNICEF further supported 472 provincial, districts officials including educators, learners and SGBs members reaching 250 schools in Northern Cape, North West, Eastern Cape and Kwa-Zulu Nata (KZN) provinces.
Between 2022 and 2023, the following number of schools (School Management Teams (SMT), members of School Governing Bodies (SGB), educators and learner) were physically trained on the NSSF: 1441 schools were trained in the North West, 3220 schools were trained in KZN, 229 schools were trained in Gauteng, 535 schools were trained in Northern Cape, 508 schools were trained in Mpumalanga, 1483 schools were trained in the Eastern Cape, 151 schools were trained in the Western Cape, 18 schools were trained in the Free State.
The DBE together with its partner the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute further developed an NSSF digital training course for school communities, to enable access to the training anywhere in the country. The course has been accredited by the South African Council of Educators (SACE). As a result, educators will receive 15 Professional Development Points (PDP) for successfully completing the course. The DBE released a circular in September 2022, compelling all school-based personnel and school safety committees to complete the digital training by 31 March 2023. To date, over 130 000 people have completed the course.
How can you make a difference?
The appointed service provider will conduct an evaluability assessment of the NSSF under the general supervision of the Adolescent Development Specialist (Education and Adolescent Development) with close technical inputs and insights from PMRE with overall guidance from Chief of Education. The assignment will also be delivered in close collaboration with the Department of Basic Education (Director: School Safety).
The main purpose of the Evaluability Assessment (EA) of the NSSF
Despite the government’s several announcements, including its advocacy efforts regarding the existence and implementation of the Framework since 2015, no major evidence-generation effort has been conducted to evaluate its effectiveness or impact. As a result, the extent to which the framework has achieved its intended objectives remains to be seen. Since its adoption and approval, the Framework has never been evaluated and it is difficult to tell if the intervention is successful without a formal evaluation.
UNICEF policies expect interventions to be evaluated. UNICEF’s Performance Review calls for periodic independent evaluations of interventions intended to support government efforts in realising the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential.
The evaluation of the NSSF will assist in identifying the effectiveness of the intervention regarding performance levels, achievement of results and lessons learned. However, before the actual evaluation is conducted it is important to perform an Evaluability Assessment (EA) which is intended to assess if its practical to do the actual evaluation, how much the evaluation will cost, and what elements of the NSSF needs to be evaluated. Therefore, the main purpose of the EA for the NSSF is to assess the strategic and technical soundness of the proposed evaluation.
The objectives of the evaluability assessment of the NSSF are:
Period to be covered:
The assessment will cover the period since the NSSF was approved by the Minister (April 2015) to date. However, the assessment timeframe should be informed by the available information in the form of reports on the programme implementation and other supporting documents which include work plans, mission and workshop reports, programmatic documents, provincial and districts reports, baseline surveys, monitoring data (which could be obtained from Annual School Readiness Surveys, South Africa School Administration and Management System [SASAMS]) as well as information from Learner Unit Record Information and Tracking System [LURITS]), country data and any other information relevant to the programme.
Geographic coverage:
The assessment is intended to cover the whole country, starting with national consultation with officials from relevant government departments, to provincial and district officials as well as representatives from School Management Teams (SMT), School Principals, School Governing Bodies (SGB), Representative Council of Learners including ordinary learners and educators.
Programme Focus:
Evaluability assessments will intentionally focus narrowly on the technical elements surrounding programme logic and measurement (e.g., the existence of a theory of change, monitoring, and evaluation plans, the SMART indicators, and data availability).
Summary of the key activities for the EA:
Review and evaluability assessment questions:
The EA will answer the following list of tentative questions in the two dimensions of EA:
Evaluability Assessment Approach and Methodology
The EA for the purposes of this assignment will follow the approach suggested by the DFID Working Paper on Evaluability Assessment that identified these dimensions of evaluability:
The assessment will be conducted by utilizing mixed method approach
One of the first methods to be utilized will include desk-review of the documents, which may be expanded in discussion with stakeholders. The documents will include the programmatic documents, provincial and districts reports, annual School Readiness Surveys, South Africa School Administration and Management System (SASAMS), including reports from the Learner Unit Record Information and Tracking System (LURITS).
Individual and group interviews will also be conducted. Particularly, key informant interviews with the representatives of national institutions responsible for implementation and reporting of different results and/or interventions of the NSSF will need to be conducted. Round-table discussions and individual consultations with development partners, implementing partners and CSOs active in the field of violence prevention and response in schools will also be needed to understand their perspective, issues they raise, validate the TOC and develop recommendations.
Deliverables
Limitations include:
The assessment should be conducted via virtual consultations when possible or by adhering to the restrictions and requirements of the country and institutions when a physical meeting is organized.
The final report should include the executive summary, background, progress on the deliverables, monitoring and evaluation, lessons learned, challenges and mitigating factors, recommendations, next plans and timelines, annexes. All the documents including the final report should be written in English and submitted electronically to the supervisor (Adolescent and Youth Development Specialist)
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).
To view our competency framework, please visit here.
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic background, and persons with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization. To create a more inclusive workplace, UNICEF offers paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements. Click here to learn more about flexible work arrangements, well-being, and benefits.
According to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory impairments which, in interaction with various barriers, may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others. In its Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy 2022-2030, UNICEF has committed to increase the number of employees with disabilities by 2030. At UNICEF, we provide reasonable accommodation for work-related support requirements of candidates and employees with disabilities. Also, UNICEF has launched a Global Accessibility Helpdesk to strengthen physical and digital accessibility. If you are an applicant with a disability who needs digital accessibility support in completing the online application, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF.
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 based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, 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, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.
Remarks:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.
Advertised: 18 Nov 2024 South Africa Standard Time
Deadline: 02 Dec 2024 South Africa Standard Time
All the best with your applications
To apply, click on the link at the end of the posts and all the…
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