For more than 70 years, UNICEF has been operating in Turkey and we have witnessed remarkable progress, especially in the area of maternal and child health. Still, gaps and inequalities remain and UNICEF continues to support systemic reforms in education, social and child protection and justice, through the provision of technical assistance to improve access and quality of services as well as ‘modeling’ of service delivery at both central and local level, especially for the most vulnerable children and young people.
How can you make a difference?
Under the supervision of and in regular consultation with the Chief of Field Office in Gaziantep, implement country office emergency preparedness and response. Responsible for the technical contribution to the development, planning, monitoring and evaluation of the emergency and resilience interventions to advance the survival and well-being of children and mothers and affected communities. The incumbent is expected to support the Chief of Field Office in Gaziantep in ensuring proper multi-sectoral coordination and monitoring within the field office.
Some of your tasks include:
Emergency Preparedness and Situation Monitoring
Provides professional assistance in risk analysis to identify emergency-prone conditions/situations and contribute to early warning and timely emergency preparedness. Contributes to systematic monitoring of the situation of children in South East Turkey.
Assists in the formulation of plans of action in preparation and response to emergencies. Monitors compliance of all sectors with emergency plans of action. Ensure sufficient coordination between sections.
Identifies formal and informal sources of information. Collects, interprets and analyses all available data on the evolving children situation and its implications to the emergency operation. Keeps the effective flow of information and communication crucial for the planning and implementation of emergency/resilience programmes.
Assists in organizing and conducting staff training for the office's capacity building in programme planning, implementation and monitoring. Provides briefing, as required. Contributes to enhancement of the emergency preparedness and response capability of the field office staff.
Represent UNICEF in relevant coordination platforms.
Emergency Response
In the event of an emergency, promptly assists in implementing the initial operational tasks relating to emergency assistance. Immediately collects reliable information to verify the nature and extend of the emergency with staff, government officials, other UN agencies or local organizations and media.
Provides input in and contributes toward determining priorities and an appropriate intervention by UNICEF. Coordinates with other partners to make a rapid assessment covering priority areas as defined by the Core Commitment for Children in Emergencies. Establishes contact with community groups, government, UN agencies, media and other partners to keep the country office of emergency situations.
Participates in implementing the emergency response plan as necessary. Assists in identifying urgent staffing requirements and redeploying field office staff. Follows up with the timely delivery of assistance and procurement of supplies, and monitors the appropriate and effective use of UNICEF resources. Identifies problems and constraints in project delivery. Sends daily situation reports to concerned parties.
Support to Ongoing Programming
Participates in the implementation of plans of action and workplans for the response to the Syria Crisis. Monitor progress against planned results and ensure proper multi sectoral coordination.
Undertakes field visits to project areas to assess local conditions and monitor project progress. Carries out project administration and coordination with partners as required.
Collects and analyses lessons learnt from UNICEF's operations experience and contributes towards adoption of the best practices and standards for longer-term interventions. Assists in identifying longer-term requirements of the intervention/operations.
Works with other colleagues to make sure that preparedness and response strategies are mainstreamed in the country office's workplans. Assists in the preparation of sectoral input for the country programme documents, plan of action, annual work plans, and other related documents of the office's.
Provides technical input in the preparation of the Situation Analysis and the Country Programme document, as required.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
University degree in one of the following fields: social sciences, public administration, law, international relations, business administration or another relevant related discipline. Advanced University Degree is considered an asset.
Two years of relevant professional work experience at the national and/or international levels in programme/project development, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation or administration.
Field work experience (ideally on program management and planning functions).
Relevant experience in UNICEF or other UN agencies is considered an asset.
Fluency in English and Turkish is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
