United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Fresh Recruitment – June 2017

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 funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments. UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organisation. If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world’s leading children’s rights organization would like to hear from you.

Job Title: Partnerships Officer

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of activities in Communication, and partnerships for promoting child rights in Zambia and to support the country office to build and/or expand relations with key national structures such as parliamentarians and district authorities as well as key civil society organizations and social networks
• Provide technical assistance to Government and civil society stakeholders at national, decentralised and community levels to promote child rights in Zambia
• Using the UNDAF framework, support UNICEF’s contribution to UNDAF priorities for identified key result areas by leveraging strategic partnerships to achieve results for children
• Develop strategic partnerships with key national and decentralized level players including parliamentarians, national government officials, civil society organisations, faith-based Organisations, community-based organisations and other development partners to achieve country programme goals and for their participation in/and support to implementation of the country programme
• Communicate with local counterparts for achieving results in advocacy, behaviour change and social transformation
• Within already-existing national framework, support capacity-building efforts to strengthen capacity of key child rights-focused partner at all levels of society to ensure better programming and national planning for all children at schools and community levels
• In close collaboration with key UNICEF programme sections and in line with UNDAF priorities, work with strategic partners including parliament, civil society and FBOs for child rights promotion in Zambia in increasing child participation of children in national decision-making
• Analyse and evaluate data to ensure achievement of objectives and/or take corrective action when necessary to meet project and programme objectives
• Coordinate all activities regarding strategic partnerships within UNICEF Office in Zambia
• Manage an up-to-date and easy to access database on knowledge and information of the country office partnership framework with government, development partners, civil society and donors, including lessons learnt, best practices, reporting, and information management
• Develop processes, tools and job aids that enhance effective use of experience and translate best practices in easy to use and access mechanisms for general use within the office and with partners in relation to partnerships with UNICEF

Key End Results

• Effective strategic partnerships established with key actors – the Office of the President, First Lady’s Office, parliamentarians, civil society organizations, cooperating partners, FBOs, social networks and key community-based networks — to achieve results for children
• A database of key child rights actors in Zambia, their areas of interventions, contacts, geographic area, area of comparative advantage is maintained
• Mechanisms for involvement of key partners in advocacy and programming for children in Zambia enhanced
• Commitment and capacities of national and community-level partners for child rights development strengthened
• Effective coordination and collaboration of UNICEF Zambia partnerships maintained for advocacy, behaviour and social change, and for enhanced programming and leveraging of resources
• Social Mobilization and grassroots-driven policy dialogue on child-focused development planning at community level strengthened

Qualifications

• University degree in the social/behavioural sciences (communication, marketing, social psychology), international relations or in a related technical field
• Knowledge in HRBA, Results-based Management, Child Rights, gender issues, child participation and strategic partnerships etc
• Two years practical professional work experience in programme design, management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation related to networking and partnerships for child rights
• Relevant work experience related to advocacy, marketing and public relations in Zambia, including proven experience of working with government and civil society groups
• Field work experience
• Background/familiarity with Marketing is an asset
• Fluency in English, and the local working language of the duty station
• Competencies of Successful Candidate
• Core Values
• Commitment
• Diversity and Inclusion
• Integrity
• Core competencies
• Communication
• Working with People
• Drive for Results
• Functional Competencies
• Formulating Strategies and Concepts
• Analyzing
• Relating and Networking
• Persuading and Influencing
• Planning and Organizing
• Applying Technical Expertise
• Learning and Researching
• Technical Knowledge
• Analytical and conceptual ability in building strategic partnerships
• Knowledge in strategic marketing theories, strategies, methodologies and tools
• Skills in partnership building, networking, negotiation as well as training and facilitation skills
• Knowledge of human rights-based approach to programming; Results-based management and gender issues
• Knowledge of partnerships and networks for child rights at national and international levels, including Public
• Private Partnerships
• Ability and experience in planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of partnerships and networks for child rights in Zambia

How to apply
Send your applications to the undersigned: