United Nations UNICEF Career Jobs – Programme Specialist

Vacancy
Announcement No.: 
VN/PBR/2013/28
Organisation: United Nations
Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Reports to: Chief Zone Office
Duty Station: Gulu, Uganda 
Job Summary: The Programme
Specialist will be responsible for the planning, implementation, monitoring and
evaluation of programme activities related to achieving results for children in
the selected group of districts.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
  • The incumbent will provide technical advice and
    assistance and capacity building programmes to UNICEF Partners;
  • Analyze and evaluate data and take corrective
    action when necessary, to meet programme/project objectives;
  • Participate in the development of the work
    plan, ensuring compliance with specific assigned objectives;
  • Coordinate supply and non-supply assistance and
    ensure proper and timely accountability;
  • Participate in inter-sectoral collaboration
    with other programmes;
  • Prepare the sectoral documents and write
    Programme Status reports as required:

Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • The applicant should hold an advanced
    university degree in any of the following: Social Sciences, Public
    Administration, International Relations, Business Administration, Public
    Health, Education, or other fields related to the work of UNICEF.
  • Five years of progressively responsible
    professional work experience in social development, project
    administration, monitoring and evaluation, some at international level.
  • Proven ability to work under pressure in
    stressful/ difficult conditions.
  • Fluency in English is required and strong
    written and verbal communications skill therein strongly desirable.
Core Competencies:
Core Values: Commitment;
Diversity and Inclusion; Integrity
Core Competencies (Required): Communication; Working with People; Drive for
Results
Functional Competencies (Required):
Leading and Supervising; Formulating Strategies and Concepts; Analyzing;
Relating and Networking; Applying Technical Expertise; Planning and organizing.

How to Apply:
  1. ONLY Ugandan
    Nationals will be considered
  2. UNICEF is
    committed to gender equality in its mandate and its staff; qualified
    female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
  3. Applications
    will be considered only if accompanied by an updated CV and P11 form, as
    well as the most recent performance evaluation report.
  4. If applications
    are sent by email, please clearly indicate the position applied for and
    use this order to name your file attachments: Firstname_Lastname followed
    by document e.g. Gold_MukasaP11 or Gold_MukasaCV or
    Gold_MukasaApplication.
  5. UNICEF is a
    smoke free environment.
  6. Only short
    listed candidates will be contacted.
Applicants
interested in the above position should send their resume to:
Human
Resource Specialist,
UNICEF
Kampala, Uganda,
Plot 9,
George Street,
P.O.
Box 7047, Kampala-Uganda.
Via
email to: ugderecruit@unicef.org 
Deadline: 15th
November, 2013

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