Adolescent Development Specialist at UNICEF, Tripoli, Libya

Deadline: 26 March 2023

United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is currently seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Adolescent Development Specialist in Tripoli, Libya.

UNICEF works for a world in which every child has a fair chance in life.

Key Jobs Responsibilities

The Adolescent Development Specialist will perform the following functions:

• Support to programmes development and planning
  • Assess national/regional/international development priorities to identify opportunities and courses of action to enhance the delivery of services and achieve objectives on adolescent development and participation in the country.
  • Participate throughout the process of CO programme formulation, planning and preparation to provide input, advice and operational support on the integration of policies and frameworks that promote adolescent development and participation and to ensure that crosscutting issues such as gender, disabilities, the rights of minority and marginalized groups are considered and integrated within the country programmes and projects.
  • Establish specific goals, objectives, strategies and implementation plans for the adolescent development programmes/projects using results-based planning terminology and methodology (RBM).
  • Prepare relevant documentations for programme review and approval.
• Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
  • Plan and/or collaborate with internal and external partners to establish monitoring benchmarks, performance indicators and other UNICEF/UN system indicators and measurements to assess and strengthen performance accountability, coherence and delivery of sustainable results on adolescent development programmes and projects.
  • Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, programme reviews and annual reviews with government and other counterparts to assess progress and to determine required action/interventions to achieve results.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must have:

• An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: anthropology, psychology, sociology, education or another relevant technical field (preferably in education).
• First level of relevant university degree in combination with seven (7) years of experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in adolescent development related areas is required.
• Minimum 3 years of working with youth is required (for example, teaching or youth work)
• Experience working in a developing country is considered an asset.
• Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

How to Apply

Applicants must submit their applications through online process.

For more information, visit UNICEF.