Deadline: 09 January 2023
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is currently seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Programme Officer (Climate, Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction) in Mumbai, India.
UNICEF works for a world in which every child has a fair chance in life.
Key Jobs Responsibilities
The Programme Officer (Climate, Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction) will perform the following functions:
- Support to program development and planning:
- Ensure that UNICEF engagement in CEED and resilience is well coordinated within and outside UNICEF, and that UNICEF progressively integrates climate change action into office programs.
- Conduct/update situation analysis for the program sector/s for development, design and management of Climate Action and Youth engagement related programs. Research and report on development trends (e.g. climate finance, integration of CEED in WASH flagships, integrating lens of children in State Action Plan for Climate Change) for higher management use to enhance program management, efficiency and delivery of results.
- Contribute to the development/establishment of CCES-DRR program goals, objectives and strategies and results-based planning with WASH-CCES, Education and shock responsive social sector recovery through analysis of adaptations and capacity building needs and areas for intervention and submission of recommendations for priority and goal setting.
- Program management, monitoring and delivery of results for CCES-DRR:
- Work closely and collaboratively with internal and external colleagues and partners to discuss operational and implementation issues, provide solutions, recommendations and/or alert appropriate officials and stakeholders for higher-level intervention and/or decision.
- Establish climate, environment and risk informed focused partnerships with CSO, Government, UN and development partners.
- Identify how UNICEF programmes can support climate and disaster preparedness funding and financing priorities by establishing partnerships with relevant focal points and potential partners for UNICEF.
- Participate in planning, monitoring and evaluation exercises, program reviews and annual sectoral reviews with SDMA, DDMA’s and other counterparts to disaster preparedness, adaptations, management and response.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have:
- University Degree in Social Work, Water Supply and Sanitation, Disaster Management, Environment- Climate Change or other Social Science field is required.
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Minimum 2 year’s of progressive professional experience in social development planning and management in Water Resource Management or Climate.
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Experience of Youth Engagement on climate action and / other related areas at state/national level will be an asset.
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Relevant experience in WASH-DRR and Environmental Sustainability and related areas, programme / project development and management in a UN System agency or organization will be an asset.
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Experience in emergency response will be an asset.
- Fluency in English is required.
- Knowledge of another official UN language or local language of the duty station is considered as an asset.
- Nationality of India.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit their applications through online process.
For more information, visit UNICEF.
