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Mission and objectives
For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments
Context
UNICEF Cote d’Ivoire is seeking to hire a UNV who will provide critical support to the coordination and Data Management of a KFW funded resilience project in northern Cote d’Ivoire. The main objective of this programme is to Strengthen the resilience capacities (anticipation, prevention, absorption, adaptation and transformation) of social services, communities and individuals, in relation to shocks and crises and the realization of the rights and full potential of children and adolescents. The UNV is expected to support the office efforts in promoting strong partnerships and collaboration among stakeholders to facilitate data collection, sharing and use, to ensure timely and effective programme management. In addition to duty station specific vaccine requirements, appointments are subject to confirmation of fully vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the appointment. It does not apply to UN Volunteers who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their contracts. UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for UN Volunteers with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process and afterwards in your assignment.
Task description
Under the direct supervision of the Chief Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, and in collaboration with the Chief WASH, technical lead of the KFW supported resilience programme in the northern Cote d’Ivoire, the Chief of Korhogo sub-national office and colleagues in various sections where relevant, the incumbent will support the coordination and Data Management of the programme for a strategic, adequate, coherent, and effective implementation. Within the delegated authority and under the given organizational set-up, the incumbent may be assigned the primary, shared, or contributory accountabilities for all or part of the following areas of major duties and key end-results: 1. Coordination of the programme • Establish and maintain an appropriate programme coordination mechanism • Facilitate inter-sectoral coordination between UNICEF programme components at central and sub-national levels, namely through coordination meetings, harmonized mission plans. • Support the collaboration and coordination with other key stakeholders in Tchologo and Bounkani (GIZ, UNDP, IOM…) and donors. • In support to the Chief of Korhogho sub-national office and in collaboration with the Monitoring and Evaluation UNV in Korhogho office, and the PME team at central level, coordinate the programme planning, monitoring, and reporting (consolidated work plans, field missions, budget monitoring, donor reports, etc.) • In collaboration with the programme technical lead at central level and the Chief of Korhogho office, facilitate UNICEF management and donors field visits (ToRs, Background documentation, trip reports, etc.) 2. Knowledge/Information Management • Categorize and structure knowledge to make it easily accessible, leveraging technology tools and platforms such as SharePoint team sites. • Develop learning/knowledge products, including on innovative approaches, lessons learnt and good practices. • Produce and disseminate relevant information (periodic trend analysis reports, infographics, etc.) • Liaise with local and national authorities on data – particularly to assess and access existing information. • Liaise with UNICEF PME team to gather and share information – especially for background data and sources of information. • Develop simple and effective methods to share information appropriately (ie not all stakeholders have access to the same type of information systems) using the Internet, e-mail groups, hard copies, verbal feedback at coordination meetings, and dissemination to affected communities as part of accountability to affected populations 3. Data Analysis • Work with sectoral teams on data analysis and visualization requirements for the programme results data for use by Government partners, the Country Management Teams (CMTs), Programme Country Team (PCTs) and the Donors. • Identify data from all corporate and external sources and support data integration from various sources to create a unified and comprehensive dataset for the programme. • Jointly with sectoral colleagues, develop analytical models and results dashboards that combine and collate the programme results data. • Create visualizations (e.g., interactive geo maps, graphs, charts, heatmaps) that add programmatic value by highlighting current status, trends, convergence, trajectories, and gaps.
