Emergency Specialist at UNICEF, New York, United States

Deadline: 25  June 2023

United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is currently seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Emergency Specialist in New York, United States.

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

Key Jobs Responsibilities

The Emergency Specialist will perform the following functions:

• Fundraising, roll out and management of an EMOPS capital investment fund dedicated to sustainable programming.
• Selective operational research in support of effectiveness, efficiency and humanitarian/development nexus transition programming.
• Oversight of UNICEF’s humanitarian innovation strategy and priorities.
• Support to humanitarian research initiatives in collaboration with PG, Innocenti/Global Office of Research & Foresight, and the Office of Innovation.
• Current initiatives include Health implementation research and Public financing research.

Eligibility Criteria

• Advanced University Degree in one of the following fields: social sciences, public administration, law, public health, nutrition, international relations, business administration or other related disciplines and Preferably a combination of management, administration, and relevant technical fields.
• 8 year’s progressively responsible professional work experience at the national and international levels in programme/project development, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and administration.
• Experience in Development of business cases to improve operational performance related to development and/or humanitarian programmes
• Experience in Cost/benefit analysis, financial modelling, return on investment analysis, risk modeling and data visualization.
• The interagency humanitarian system, UNICEF humanitarian action, performance management systems and results frameworks.
• The aid funding landscape, policy debates related to humanitarian/ development aid systems, public finance (social spending and public budgets), the role of IFIs in the aid system, etc.
• Innovative financing instruments.
• Fluency in English, proficiency in French a/ Arabic preferred.

How to Apply

Applicants must submit their applications through online process.

For more information, visit UNICEF.