The Adolescent Development Manager reports to the Senior Programme Manager for general guidance and direction. The Manager supports country office programming processes by providing expert technical advice and operational support to country office colleagues and internal and external partners and stakeholders to ensure that adolescent and youth development and participation established under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, international treaties/framework and UN intergovernmental bodies, are integrated in UNICEF’s advocacy, policies, programmes and humanitarian work.
Summary of key functions/accountabilities:
Country Programme development and planning
Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
Advisory services and technical support
Advocacy, networking and partnership building
Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Education: An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: anthropology, psychology, social sciences, economics sociology, education or another relevant technical field.
Experience: A minimum of eight years of professional experience in social development planning and management in adolescent and young persons development related areas is required.
Experience in policy related research; development of adolescent/youth national development policies/road maps is required
Experience in adolescent/youth/women`s empowerment is required. Strong proven experience on economic empowerment, capacity building with private and public partners on adolescent and youth work. Experience on data management and use including research in this area is considered an asset.
Recent proven experience working with Line Ministries and their partners would be essential.
Experience working in a developing country is considered as an asset. Experience working in high-income countries is considered essential. Previous experience working in the MENA and or Gulf region is considered an asset.
Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization in high income countries is considered as an asset.
Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required. Fluency in Arabic, essential
