Temporary appointment: Programme Manager (Climate and Sustainable Environment) (P4)

UNICEF PNG Country Office seeks to recruit a Programme Manager (Climate and Sustainable Environment) to work supporting the implementation of the KOICA supported Climate Smart Social Services and Infrastructure Programme. The Manager will be located in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea and will report to the Deputy Representative Programme.

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, Sustenance

With over 850 indigenous languages, and one of the most ethnically diverse populations, widespread poverty and gender inequality make it hard for many children to realize their rights.  In Papua New Guinea (PNG), UNICEF’s works effectively both ‘upstream’ (with governments) and ‘downstream’ (at the grassroots level) to carry out its mission through a programme of cooperation jointly developed with the government guides our work in the country.

How can you make a difference?

UNICEF in partnership with KOICA will address the climate crisis and its impact on children in Papua New Guinea through increased climate resilience in the social services and social infrastructure.  The programme aims to build climate-smart social infrastructure and access to net-zero climate-smart social services through gender responsive and inclusive low-carbon development pathways to reduce climate vulnerabilities in the targeted areas. Children in Papua New Guinea will also directly and indirectly benefit from improved gender responsive climate policies, climate finance, access to climate justice, laws and regulations and transformational institutional capacity.

Under the direct supervision of the Deputy Representative Programme, the Programme Manager will provide support for programme planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and reporting, as well as data and evidence generation and technical support for the Climate Smart Social Services and Infrastructure Programme. S/he will also play a role in coordinating with other Programme Managers in other country offices, KOICA, relevant Korean institutes as appropriate as well as embassy in country and KOICA in HQs periodically. The incumbent of the post will also play a strong coordination role with Korean authorities.

KEY END-RESULTS EXPECTED

Setting Standards for Programme planning

Programme Monitoring and Assessment

Programme Performance Monitoring

Evaluation and Assessments

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES and DUTIES & TASKS 

Within the delegated authority and the given organizational set-up, the incumbent may be accountable for all or assigned areas of the following major duties and end results.

Setting Standards for Programme planning:

• Provide technical support as necessary to the process of developing and monitoring programme work plans.
• Support the internal coordination of the project implementation, including reporting on progress of the equity and gender markers

Programme Monitoring and Assessment: 

• In coordination with stakeholders, support the collection of key project indicators to improve project annual and mid-year planning. 
• In key initiation and review periods, provide professional support where timely assessments are to be carried out, working in close collaboration with stakeholders, specialists, and UNICEF staff.

Programme Performance Monitoring: 

• Coordinate with partners to ensure that monitoring systems are properly designed, and that data collection and analysis from field visits are coordinated and standardized across all project components to feed into project performance and monitoring.
• Drawing on monitoring and analysis of key programme performance and management indicators aligned with KOICA reporting requirements, provide input to regular/mandated programme reports, including relevant sections of annual reports for management, donors and Korean partners to keep them informed of programme progress

 Evaluation and Assessments: 

• Collaborate with PM&E Advisers and Regional Advisors for overall coordination of priority research, monitoring and evaluation activities.
• Undertake lessons-learned reviews on successful and unsuccessful M&E practices and experience, and ensure they are shared as appropriate.
• Assess M&E knowledge networks to identify innovations and lessons learned that may be relevant for the CO and partners to improve their M&E function. 

 To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• An advanced university degree in climate change, environmental science, engineering, disaster management, international development, international relations, government, public administration, public policy, social policy or other relevant disciplines is required.
• A minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience in areas related to sustainability, international development, disaster management, environmental issues, public policy, social policy, and children’s health and wellbeing is required.
• Specific experience in policy/advocacy/programming, implementation, monitoring, review and evaluation related to climate change, environment or disaster risk reduction is required, preferably in a developing country context. Understanding of programme planning, monitoring and evaluation. Knowledge and experience in climate, environment, and DRR impacts; renewable energy; climate adaptation and mitigation solutions; climate finance and proposal development; data and evidence generation.
• Experience with PM&E and/or knowledge management activities including, data capture, analysis, presentation, and communication; preparing documents for various target audiences and online learning.
• Ability to analyse and communicate complex and technical information to multiple types of audiences; ability to attend to details and meet deadlines. 
• Familiarity with children’s rights in the context of climate change, environmental degradation and disaster risk reduction, with particular reference to UNICEF social sectors (Health, Education, WASH, Nutrition, Child Protection, Social Policy).
• Expertise in developing tools and providing training to staff, particularly as part of a global/regional role in support of other country offices will be considered an asset as is experience working on Climate, Environment, and Energy (CEE)issues within UNICEF or other international development agencies. 
• Experience working with KOICA (Korea International Cooperation Agency) or KOICA funded programmes (directly or indirectly), as well as knowledge of Korean culture, working style and language will be an advantage.
• Knowledge about and familiarity with Korean NGO’s and stakeholders supporting Conflict and Fragility Programmes will be an asset.
• Familiarity with UN/UNICEF regulations is desirable.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset. As many tasks to be performed by the incumbent of the job will be directly linked to coordination with Korean authorities and entities, knowledge of Korean language could be considered an added value.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

 UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others (8) Nurtures, leads and manages people.

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.

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