Date of last update: 29/05/2022 2022-05-29
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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 the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized. 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 also the world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries. As a global authority UNICEF is able to influence decision makers at the global level and turn the most innovative ideas into reality.
More than 13,000 staff work with UNICEF, with approximately 85 per located in the field in 190 countries. Seven regional offices and over 124 country offices worldwide, 34 national committees, a research centre in Florence, a supply division in Copenhagen, a shared services centre in Budapest and offices in Berlin, Brussels, Seoul and Tokyo, and UNICEF headquarters in New York and Geneva work on helping children survive and thrive, from early childhood through adolescence.
We employ committed professional to work in our five focus areas: Child Survival and Development, Basic Education and Gender Equality, HIV/AIDS, Child Protection and Policy Advocacy and Partnerships. We also employ staff with expertise in administration and finance, human resources, information technology, supply and logistics as well as external relations and communication. UNICEF's presence in humanitarian crises means that we also seek experts in emergency preparedness and response.
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UNICEF works in some of the world's toughest places, to reach the world's most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child, a Champion
How can you make a difference?
In anticipation of agreements with the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and other major donors to implement programme interventions in the context of Afghanistan, the Afghanistan Country Office (ACO) is looking for a Beneficiary Data Manager responsible to provide oversight through the use of UNICEF Humanitarian cash Operations and Programme Ecosystem (HOPE) of the beneficiary personal data cycle for Programmes entrusted by ACO to the PMU for operational support. The incumbent will supervise beneficiary/payee registration, verification by third party monitors, ensure the quality of targeting, coordinate data sharing with relevant data processors including Financial Service Providers (FSP), oversee payment verification exercises and coordinate the use of reporting function in HOPE. The Beneficiary Data Manager will be responsible to uphold UNICEF Data Protection Policy while delivering timely beneficiary data management services to PMU supported programmes. The incumbent will supervise a P3 and a NO2 staff who will be supporting the PMU data management function.
Summary of key functions/accountabilities:
Under the direct supervision of the Deputy Team Leader, the Beneficiary Data Manager, P4:
Personal Data Services Management
Data Management representation function
Efficient and effective supervision
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Education: Master's degree in Economics, Social Science or related field is required.
Work Experience: 8 years of professional work experience of data or humanitarian program/project management experience, including with multiple stakeholders. Experience in emergency contexts highly desirable; program/project management experience, including with multiple stakeholders; Experience in implementing humanitarian cash transfers programme; Experience in Beneficiary Data system for humanitarian cash transfer at field level; Experience in business operation environments with a proven track record of interfacing with multiple stakeholders (internal and external) and successful project completion; Experience in working with UN agencies (UNICEF experience preferred) at interagency level; Detailed knowledge of the Project Lifecycle and fluency in project management methodologies.; Experience collaborating across multiple functions and working with operational subject matter experts, technical resources and architecture teams; Excellent communication & presentation skills (written & verbal) across multiple audiences with the ability to influence others while working in a multicultural, multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity; High motivation, and dedication to deliver results within strict timeframes; Experience supervising data management staff
Language Requirements: Fluency in English as a working language. Knowledge of another UN language an asset
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UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).
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UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.
Remarks:
Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
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Type of contract: Staff (Permanent and Fixed Term)
Macro-area: Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Level of experience: Senior Professional, more than 5 years
Area of work Definition: Social Development and Social Protection
Type of organisation: Multilateral Organisations