Programme & Planning Specialist, Abuja

Programme & Planning Specialist
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Closing date: 10 Sep 2010
Location: Nigeria - Abuja

Purpose of the Position
Overall, you will coordinate and manage the planning, monitoring and evaluation commitment of the country programme with a broad range of projects, including programme formulation, design, planning and management focused on achievement of UNICEF's Organizational priorities.

Key Expected Results
1. Country programme management strengthened by effective knowledge management and system.
2. You will prepare and update Situation Analysis, critical programme intervention measures identified, and programme work plans andrecommendations prepared and incorporated. Programme reports prepared as required.
3. Programme funds optimally used.
4. You will plan, monitor and evaluate programme effectively conducted to improve programme performance, including under emergency situations, and programme status report timely prepared.
5. Rights based and results based programming approach fully incorporated into all phases of programme and projects processes.
6. Commitment and institutional capacities of the national and local partners effectively gained and established.
7. Rights based evidence and advocacy at the national, community and family levels incorporated in policy analysis for establishing and elevating UNICEF's credibility in national and international policy debates.
8. Effective partnership and collaboration achieved and maintained within UN and with other development partners for advocacy, technical cooperation, programme development, management, and coordination information sharing and networking.

Qualifications of Successful Candidate
Advanced university degree in Social Sciences, International Relations, Government, Public Administration, Public Policy, Social Policy, Social Development, Community Development, or other relevant disciplines, with specialized training in conflict resolution.
Eight years of relevant professional work experience. Developing country work experience. Background/familiarity with Emergency.
Design and management of field research.
Vulnerability and capacity analysis and contingency planning.
Rights-based and Results-based approach and programming in UNICEF.
UNICEF programme policy, procedures and guidelines in the Manual.

Mid-Term Strategic Plan (MTSP)
Fluency in English and another UN language.

Competencies of Successful Candidate
Communicates effectively to varied audiences, including during formal public speaking.
Sets high standards for quality of work and consistently achieves project goals.
Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
Has good leadership and supervisory skills; co-ordinates group activities, ensuring that roles within the team are clear.
Analyzes and integrates potentially conflicting numerical, verbal and other data from a number of sources.
Translates strategic direction into plans and objectives.
Demonstrates and shares detailed technical knowledge and expertise.
Creates organization-wide processes to help ensure that all adhere to procedures and policies.
Adjusts team or department's approach to embrace changing circumstances.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and gender equality in its workplace. Women and nationals of developing countries are strongly encouraged to apply.

How to apply
If you want a challenging career while improving the lives of children around the world UNICEF, the leading children's rights organization, would like to hear from you.
Visit us at http://www.unicef.org/about/employ to register in our new e-Recruitment system and apply to this and other vacancies, quoting E-VN-2010-001918. Applications must be received by 10 September 2010.
Please note that only candidates who are under serious consideration will be contacted.