Social Policy Officer до UNICEF Ukraine

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, Hope

Under the general supervision and guidance of the Chief Social Policy, the Social Policy Officer (Public Finance Management) provides advice and technical assistance to support the UNICEF Ukraine country office to continue working towards the realization of children’s right. Specifically, the Social Policy Officer (Public Finance Management) will contribute to expanded financing and improved transparency of child-sensitive social interventions in Ukraine by performing public finance monitoring and analysis and leveraging these for policy advocacy and programming.

How can you make a difference?

The Social Policy Officer is responsible for the following functions:

1.    Public finance reforms

2.    Public finance analysis

3.    Public finance planning, budgeting and monitoring

4.    Cross-cutting social policy areas

Specifically, the Social Policy Officer (Public Finance Management) performs:

Public finance reforms

• Analyzes macroeconomic context and its impact on children and provides support to budget transparency reforms.
• Participates in the revision of Chart of Accounts, updating/expanding financial management information systems, support to program-based budgeting, revision of inter-governmental fiscal transfer formulas, development of medium-term expenditure frameworks.
• Collaborates with, provides hands on support to and builds the capacity of decision-makers to improve policies, planning, budgeting and accountability processes.
• Participates in thematic working groups and actively contributes technical inputs to collaborative research.

Public finance analysis

• Collects, analyses and presents financial data and information for influencing public finance management reforms and as input into the broader country programme, via preparing budget briefs, thematic spending analyses, public expenditure reviews, value for money analyses, benefit and expense incidence analysis, costing exercises, fiscal space analyses, financing studies, investment cases and others.
• Engages and establishes constructive dialogue and partnerships with international agencies and national bodies to ensure that the national public finance agenda remains child-sensitive and equity-oriented.

Public finance planning, budgeting and monitoring

• Builds capacity of partners for improved social sector financing, budgeting and oversight processes at national and subnational levels, including via revising budget circulars, developing expenditure tracking and monitoring tools/templates, and providing training that support the integration of social sector financing issues into plans and budgets.
• Supports the identification of policy options for expanded financing and improved transparency of child-sensitive social interventions, which includes as appropriate domestic resource mobilization and innovative financing options.

Cross-cutting social policy areas

• Establishes effective partnerships with the government, bilateral and multilateral donors, civil society and local leaders, the private sector, and other UN agencies to support sustained and proactive commitment to the Convention of the Rights of the Child, achieve global UN agendas such as the Sustainable Development Goals and strengthen UNICEF’s leading positioning for their implementation as they relate to social policy.
• Analyzes national context, including key socio-economic trends, and their impact on social development, emerging issues and concerns. Uses evidence and data to help the country office predict, prepare for and mitigate risks and adjust programming course.
• Supports the correct and compelling use of data and evidence including on the situation of children, and coverage and impact of child-focused services, in support of the social policy programme and the country programme overall.
• Assesses how specific vulnerabilities are tied to multifaceted aspects of poverty and the contribution social protection has on reducing exclusion, to mainstream inclusion, particularly as it relates to gender, disability and migration. Works towards gender-responsive-transformative, disability-inclusive and migrant-inclusive systems by integrating the inclusion lens into public finance reforms, policies and programmes.
• Develops approaches to identify social and behavioral change needs and undertakes interventions for the meaningful accountability to affected populations and community engagement.
• Monitors current technological trends, new modalities of working applicable to social policy and public finance versus current and emerging needs to assess their role and match their potential applicability to social policy for enhanced outcomes for children.

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

a) Education: An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: Finance, Economics, Public Policy, Social Sciences, International Relations, Political Science, or another relevant field.

b) Experience:

• A minimum of two years of professional work experience in public finance reforms, public finance and social policy analyses and/or social spending processes is required.
• Experience in programme design and management and policy advocacy is required.
• Experience of close cooperation with government institutions in Ukraine is considered as a strong asset.
• Background and/or familiarity with emergencies and humanitarian contexts is considered as a strong asset.

c) Language Requirements:

Fluency in English and local language of the duty station is required. Knowledge of another official UN language is considered as an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance.  Appointments are also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

Please note, this position is for Nationals of Ukraine only.