Programme Officer United Nations Children's Fund Experience: 3 to 5 Years Kabul, Afghanistan Apply By: 30-10-2024

The ACO having secured funds for humanitarian cash transfer (HCT) activities, and to facilitate service delivery in priority sectors through payment of incentives, the Programme Officer is responsible for ensuring an agile and risk-managed project implementation strategy (design, planning, implementation and monitoring) is in place for cash transfer activities; will provide oversight, quality assurance for the project implementation cycle ensuring application of the respective operational policies and procedures. As part of the overall management approach, the Programme Officer is required to maintain a close partnership and dialogue with the relevant ACO Programme Sections. The Programme Officer will supervise at least one (1) Programme Officer (NOA) and a National UNV.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

 Knowledge Management for Programmes:

• Contribute to country programmes by supporting knowledge management through providing professional assistance in data collection and analysis, complete and accurate reporting as well as participation in the Programme Knowledge Network system of “lessons learned” and other corporate-level databases.
• Participate in information exchange with partners as well as in the development of training and orientation material by providing professional technical assistance.

 Programme Development and Management:

• Provide professional technical assistance in the preparation of the Situation Analysis for programme development and management by collecting and analyzing data and monitoring implementation progress. Contribute to the identification of critical intervention points and measures by administering a consistent and transparent monitoring system; analyze country level socio-political-economic trends and their implications for ongoing programmes and projects. Draft or prepare programme work plans as required.

Optimum Use of Program Funds:

• Monitors programme implementation progress and compliance.
• Monitors the allocation and disbursement of programme funds, making sure that funds are properly coordinated, monitored and liquidated.

 Programme Monitoring and Evaluations:

• Undertakes field visits to monitor and assess programme implementation and decides on required corrective action.
• Collaborate with partners to carry out a rigorous and transparent approach to evaluation and participate in the major programme evaluation exercises in consultation with the Representative, the Operations Officer, the Evaluation Officer, and others to improve efficiency and quality of programme delivery.

Rights-Based and Results-Based Programme Management Approach:

• Support rights-based programmes approach in the formulation of programme goals and objectives and development of strategies and implementation frameworks.
• Collaborate with partners and assist in the strengthening of quality of child rights-based programmes consistent and effective planning, design, implementation, monitoring and/or evaluation of programmes and projects.

Partner Capacity Building/Sustainability:

• Provide project implementing partners with technical assistance and support in planning and organizing training programmes for the purpose of capacity building and programme sustainability.
• Promote and maintain the building and reinforcing of the commitment and institutional capacities of the implementing partners by identifying these partners and partnerships and providing continuous supports, coordination and collaboration for sustainability.

Rights Perspective and Advocacy at the National, Community and Family Levels:

• Analyze programme related issues and policies from a children’s and women’s rights perspective and advocacy at the community and family levels for elevating credibility in national policy debates.
• Promote the organization goals of UNICEF through active advocacy and communication.

Partnership, Coordination and Collaboration:

• Facilitate partnership and collaboration with internal and external counterparts, including those of the UN and national partners, to improve the ability to collect and disseminate development data and information, exchange information on programme/project status and implementation and movement/distribution of supplies. Establish and maintain linkage to the Regional Programme Knowledge Network to ensure the availability of current and accurate programme data.
• Collaborate with the Operations Section to establish and maintain sound internal controls supportive of programming endeavors and to coordinate financial and supply management requirements and accountability.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Minimum requirements:

• University degree (bachelor) in Social Sciences, International Relations, Government, Public Administration, Public Policy, Social Policy, Social Development, Community Development, or other multi-disciplinary degree.
• Minimum Two years of relevant professional work experience is required.
• Experience in programme/project management, with a primary focus on managing large-scale cash transfer projects or programmes is required.
• Experience in emergency contexts is required.
• Experience in project financial management, including through use of financial management systems for project management (for example UNICEF’s ERP -VISION/FIORI/SAP) is required.
• Experience with NGOs and/or the UN is required.
• Experience in managing implementing partnerships and service providers for project implementation is an asset.
• Experience in managing monitoring or evaluative activities (i.e. post-distribution monitoring) for cash transfer projects is an asset.
• Experience in managing financial or programmatic risks in project implementation is an asset.
• Experience in managing a team is an asset.
• Fluency in English as a working language, and/or Dari or Pashto is required

Source: https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/576342