Deadline: 05 November, 2022
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
The United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is seeking to fill the role of Social Policy Specialist.
Across 190 countries and territories, UNICEF works for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for every child.
Responsibilities
- Advise and support the country office on minimum preparedness requirements
- Conduct needs assessment to inform the design of programmes addressing barriers to meeting humanitarian needs
- Promote the strengthening of a shock-responsive social protection system by applying evidence and appropriate advocacy messaging across the entire spectrum of social protection from a risk perspective
- Support dialogue, convene, and coordinate with different parts of the government at the national and sub-national levels, with other sectors and actors
- Design CSSP programme, including inter alia setting benefit levels, eligibility/targeting criteria, transfer values, administration and delivery systems
- Ensure operational linkages and referrals between the programme and relevant social sectors
- Oversee the implementation of the CSSP programme
- Ensure that sound, efficient and timely monitoring takes place through MIS to collect data, carry out analysis and provide reporting
Requirements
- Advanced university degree in Economics, Public Policy, Social Sciences, International Relations, Political Science, or a related field
- Five years, minimum, of professional work experience in strategic and operational aspects of social protection systems
- Experience in programme design and management and policy advocacy
- Experience in cash transfer programme design and management and policy advocacy is a strong asset
- Experience working in developing countries/contexts is a strong asset
- Background and/or familiarity with emergencies and humanitarian contexts is a strong asset
- Fluency in English
- Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset
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