Mission and objectives

Working in 190 countries and territories to protect the rights of every child, UNICEF has spent 70 years improving the lives of children and their families. UNICEF promotes the rights and wellbeing of every child, in everything we do. Together with our partners, we work in 190 countries and territories to translate that commitment into practical action, focusing special effort on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all children, everywhere. In all of its work, UNICEF takes a life-cycle based approach, recognizing the particular importance of early childhood development and adolescence. UNICEF programmes focus on the most disadvantaged children, including those living in fragile contexts, those with disabilities, those who are affected by rapid urbanization and those affected by environmental degradation. UNICEF was created with a distinct purpose in mind: to work with others to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease and discrimination place in a child’s path. We advocate for measures to give children the best start in life because proper care at the youngest age forms the most robust foundation for a person’s future. We promote girls’ education – ensuring that they complete primary education as a minimum – because it benefits all children, both girls and boys. Girls who are educated grow up to become better thinkers, better citizens, and better parents to their own children. We act so that all children are immunized against common childhood diseases, and are well nourished: no child should suffer or die from a preventable illness. We work to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS among young people because it is right to keep them from harm and enable them to protect others. We help children and families affected by HIV/AIDS to live their lives with dignity. We are UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund.

Context

For more than 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children’s survival, protection and development. UNICEF’s Area Programme for Palestinian children (APD) aims to further the realization of children’s rights, improve access to basic services, strengthen the protective environment and promote social inclusion of Palestinian children and women in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and State of Palestine. The Palestinian Programme in Lebanon (PPL) contributes to improving the lives of Palestine refugees by providing programmatic interventions in partnership with UNRWA and a consortium of NGOs, in areas not covered (or covered only marginally) by UNRWA. The UNV Programme Officer (Youth) will support the Palestinian Programme in Lebanon (PPL) to implement, monitor, and report on the planned Youth and Adolescents (YAD) activities and results in the Area Programme Document (APD) and the Rolling Work Plan (RWP) for the programme aligned with country/area programme and goals and provide technical support to the programme ensuring effective and timely delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations. In addition to duty station specific vaccine requirements, appointments are subject to confirmation of fully vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the appointment. It does not apply to UN Volunteers who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their contracts. UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for UN Volunteers with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process and afterwards in your assignment.

Task Description

Under the supervision and guidance of the Programme Officer (Palestinian Programme) NOB, the UNV Programme Officer (Youth) will: Monitoring and Evaluation: • Undertake field visits to monitor and assess Youth and Adolescent (YAD) Programme implementation, local conditions, resources and identify areas of interventions for programme improvement at PPL’s MAKANI centers and partner NGOs implementing centers. • Track progress of PPL’s YAD programme activities against timelines and budgets at PPL MAKANI centers and partner NGOs implementing centers. • Collect and analyze data on YAD programme outputs and outcomes. Implementation and reviewing of YAD programmes • Coordinate with partners to ensure the proper implementation of YAD programme • Work collaboratively with the Chief of section and Palestinian Programme colleagues to facilitate/contribute to the regular partners’ meetings and to the preparation of the Mid-Year and Annual reviews meetings with partners and government counterparts. • Assure child Rights-Based, gender, disability, and Results-Based approach in YAD programming through consistent and effective design, Knowledge Management • Provide professional assistance in data collection and analysis of Palestinian Programme. • Contribute to the preparation of the progress, annual and donors’ reports. Climate Change • Ensure that the PPL’s YAD interventions in the country programming are climate resilient and responsive to the impacts of climate change. • Partake in guiding the climate change strategy for LCO moving forward.

Competencies and values

• Care • Respect • Integrity • Trust • Accountability • Sustainability • Adaptability and flexibility • Creativity • Judgement and decision-making • Planning and organising • Professionalism • Self-management UNICEF Specific Competencies: • Build and Maintain Partnership • Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness Ethical awareness • Drive to achieve results for impact • Innovates and embraces change • Manages ambiguity and complexity • Thinks and acts strategically • Works collaboratively with others Full UNICEF competency framework: competency framework here.

Living conditions and remarks

As this is a national UN Volunteer assignment, the UN Volunteer will be responsible for arranging his/her own housing and other living essentials. This position is based Beirut, Lebanon. National UN Volunteers are part of the malicious insurance plan. National UN Volunteers are expected to be culturally sensitive and adjust to the prevailing culture and traditions. Benefits package: • Monthly Volunteer Living Allowance (VLA) USD 1,606.58 • Annual and learning leaves • Medical and life Insurance • Free access to different learning platforms.

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements