Social Protection Specialist at UNICEF, Bamako, Mali

Deadline: 08 July 2023

United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is currently seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Social Protection Specialist in Bamako, Mali.

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

Key Jobs Responsibilities

The Social Protection Specialist will perform the following functions:

• Facilitate initial community entry activities including quality oversight of the value chains studies in the 4 regions and specific needs surveys in communities.
• Design the programme approach and monitoring the implementation activities of project in accordance with the plans and the donor agreement
• Design and supervising cash operations (implementation modality, risk management and mitigation, grievance, and redressal mechanisms etc.)
• Plan and supervise training of beneficiaries on IGA and PW best practices according to the project operational manual, policies and guidelines of the organization and donor requirement.
• Design selection criteria and ensuring the identification and selection of the most vulnerable project beneficiaries (reducing exclusion errors), and providing information to ensure accountability, fairness, and transparency during implementation of activities.
• Work closely with the World Bank’s Project Implementation Unit (PIU) of the PAFEEM, community structures to follow up on implementation of income generation activity plans and public work.

Eligibility Criteria

• Advanced University Degree in economy, social protection, development studies, management, and social sciences.
• Proven relevant work experience of at least 5 year’s in the areas of public work, Income generating activities, social protection including cash transfer programme (design, implementation, and monitoring), poverty alleviation, poverty reduction, community development.
• Exposure/Experience to beneficiary data management system.
• Field experience in complex, high-risk and/or conflict affected environment.
• Ability to develop innovative solutions- encourage and contributes creative solutions to address challenging situation.
• Fluency in French and English required (oral and in writing).
• Knowledge of an additional official UN language or local languages (Bambara, Tamashek, Foulfoulbe, Arabic, Songhoi, Soninké, Bozo and Dogon) is an asset.

How to Apply

Applicants must submit their applications through online process.

For more information, visit UNICEF.