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    Emergency Specialist - Nairobi, Kenya - United Nations Children's Fund

    United Nations Children's Fund
    United Nations Children's Fund Nairobi, Kenya

    3 days ago

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    The position reports to the Regional Advisor, Emergency, and is responsible for ensuring that multi-country emergency preparedness and response is well supported and coordinated, especially in the Horn of Africa. The incumbent will ensure that the quality policy and program planning related to emergency preparedness and response as well as the risk-informed programming are implemented to promote resilience for countries in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region (ESAR) and the Regional Office (RO).

    The incumbent will:

    • Supports the Regional Advisor, Emergency, to manage L2 and L3 Emergency Management Team (EMT) meetings, including Horn of Africa as well as Regional Director/ Deputy Regional Director (DRD) briefings.
    • Provide high quality input to the development of critical analysis of emergency risk in the region.
    • Provide technical advice to Country Offices on developing capacity building strategies for national partners (government at the national and sub national levels, civil society and community actors) to enhance their capacity for emergency preparedness and response guided by the Core Commitments for Children.
    • Provide technical advice to Country Offices on integrating risk-informed programming to promote resilience into Programme planning processes.
    • Provide technical advice and quality assurance to Country Offices and Inter-Agency Humanitarian Country Teams on planning, monitoring, and reporting for Humanitarian Action including:
    • The development of Inter-Agency Strategic Response Plans and Country and Regional chapters of the Humanitarian Action for Children (HAC) report.
    • Regular reporting of UNICEF Country Offices using the Humanitarian Performance, Management System (HPMS) and regular Situation Reports (SITREPs).

    Ensure that timely and priority operational and programmatic support is provided by ESARO to designated Country Offices affected by emergencies by:

    • Mobilizing, coordinating, and deploying technical support to COs to respond to short-term surges in demand
    • Mobilizing and facilitating technical advisors to support COs meet the CCCs in the framework of the UNICEF Strategic Plan.
    • Ensure that COs approaches and learning on risk-informed programming to promote resilience are documented, packaged, and shared to promote evidence-based approaches in the region.
    • Overview of the budget and financing management of HARP section as well as allocation and reporting of regional funds and grants across the CO (GHTF, FCDO, HIP).

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

    • Advanced University degree in one of the following fields: social sciences, public administration, law, public health, nutrition, international relations, business administration or other related disciplines. Preferably a combination of management, administration, and relevant technical fields.
    • A minimum of eight years of progressively responsible professional work experience at the national and international levels in programme/project development, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and administration.
    • Specialized training/experience in emergency response management is required.
    • Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
    • Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

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