UNICEF,Social Policy and Economics Specialist Jobs in Rwanda

Social
Policy and Economics Specialist, NO-3, Kigali, Rwanda (Position For Rwanda
Nationals Only)

Job no: 501884
Work type:
Temporary Appointment
Location:
Rwanda
Categories:
Social and Economic Policy

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.

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.

Purpose of
the Position

Under the direct
supervision of the Chief of Social Policy and Research, the post is accountable
for effective engagement in and support to the analytical function, with
particular focus on economic analysis linked to social policy and planning for
children, advocating for increased public resource allocation and robust
budgeting towards the social sector, sustainable decentralization of social
services and local capacity building in support of the goal of universal
coverage of essential social services and creation of a protective environment for
children.

Key Expected
Results

• Social
  Economic policy dialogue and programme development

• Monitoring
  of state budget resources

• Sustainable
  decentralization and capacity building

• Data
  collection, analysis and results-based approach

• Advocacy
  and communication

• Partnerships

• UNICEF
  programme management

Key
Accountabilities and Duties & Tasks

1. Social
   Economic policy dialogue and programme development

• Participate
  in social economic policy dialogue and development with the Government.
   Engage in and establish constructive dialogue and partnerships
  between international and local stakeholders to support the development of
  economic policies and programmes contributing to the progressive
  realization of children’s rights.

• Provide
  technical support and guidance on national planning and budgeting on
  issues related to children’s rights. Assists UNICEF country programme and
  government partners in costing policy options and monitoring expenditures
  related to social protection and programmes that target children and
  vulnerable groups.

• Provide
  technical inputs to ensure that national and district development plans
  and other social policy and planning documents at the central and district
  level articulate and prioritize expenditure for child-targeted programmes
  and that they can be refined for adoption through the annual MTEF process.

1. Monitoring
   state budget resources 

• Analyse,
  monitor and update current information on state budgeting and spending
  patterns for social programmes and decentralization status of social
  services on an on-going basis to support advocacy for greater public
  resources and budget allocation for social development, the prioritization
  of resource allocation for children, and universal coverage of essential
  services for children, particularly most vulnerable, to ensure that they
  are inclusive and reflect the best interest of children.

• In
  coordination with other programmes/units, provide technical economic
  expertise in budget monitoring and analysis, public expenditure tracking,
  costing of policy options, and participation in national public
  expenditure reviews, with a view to influencing these processes and
  increasing allocations to children and vulnerable groups. 

1. Sustainable
   decentralization and capacity building 

• Collaborate
  with the central and local authorities to assist in planning, social
  economic policy discussion and service delivery closely responding to the
  needs of local communities.

• Collaborate
  with the central and local authorities to strengthen community-based
  capacity for quality economic data collection and analysis in support of
  socio-economic policy development, planning, implementation, coordination,
  and monitoring. 

1. Data
   collection, analysis and results-based approach 

• Collect
  systematically qualitative and quantiative economic data for the sound and
  up-to-date assessment of the situation of children and women.

• Analyse
  the macroeconomic context of social policy programmes and its impact on
  social development, emerging issues and social policy concerns, as well as
  implications for children, particularly excluded and vulnerable children,
  and propose and promote appropriate responses in respect of such issues
  and concerns, including government resource allocation policies on the
  rights of children. 

1. Advocacy
   and communication 

• Promote
  and raise awareness on social economic analysis linked to social policy
  and planning for children both the general public and with children’s
  rights policy makers.

• Prepare
  briefs that periodically update the social sector analysis of national
  budgets and advocate for/facilitate the creation of alliances and capacity
  building around the issues of social budgeting and child-friendly-budgeting. 

1. Partnerships 

• Establish
  effective partnerships with the Government, NGOs, civil society and local
  leaders, the private sector, and other UN agencies to support sustained
  and proactive commitment to adequate budget allocations for children.

• Participate
  in meetings and other national forums (e.g. Public Expenditure Reviews)
  and provide technical advice and assistance to government officials and
  other partners on strengthening of inter-sectoral efforts to focus on
  children in national development planning, budgeting and programming.

• Support
  in particular initiatives to enhance capacity of social ministries to
  participate in budgetary processes as well as to strengthen decentralized
  planning and monitoring of district resource allocations for child poverty
  and disparity reduction. 

1. UNICEF
   Programme Management 

• Ensure
  that the social economic analysis enhances policy dialogue, planning,
  supervision, technical advice, management, training, research and support,

• Link
  with other programmes and facilitates inter-sectoral linkages at both
  national and district level; facilitate both internal and external
  learning processes with regard to social policy, budgeting and social
  protection issues. Monitor the disbursement of funds and proper
  utilization of UNICEF resources and liquidation; liaise and link with
  Government ministries and advocate for institutionalization and scaling up
  of social economic policy initiatives, with particular attention to
  costing issues. Help document and assess experiences.

• Participate
  in the preparation of programme reports and annual reports as required.

• Participates
  in UNICEF multi-sectoral coordination meetings and Task Forces and
  contribute to the activities relating to the cross-cutting programmatic
  activities.

Qualifications
of Successful Candidate

• Advanced university degree in Social Sciences,
  International Relations, Political Science, International Finance, public
  relations, media, communication, or other relevant disciplines.

• Five years of relevant
  professional work experience.

• Background/familiarity
  with Emergency.

• Fluency of the local
  language of the duty station as well as proficiency in English 

Competencies
of Successful Candidate

Core Values

• Commitment

• Diversity
  and Inclusion

• Integrity

Core
competencies

• Communication
  [II]

• Working
  with People [II]

• Drive
  for Results [II]

Functional
Competencies

• Leading
  and Supervising    [ II
  ]                      

• Formulating
  Strategies and Concepts [ II ]

• Analysing  
  [ III] 

• Relating
  and Networking [ II ]

• Persuading
  and Influencing [ II ]

• Planning
  and Organizing [ III ]

Technical
Knowledge

To view our
competency framework, please click here. 

How To Apply

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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.

Applications
close: 25 Jan 2017 South Africa
Standard Time