Country: Cameroon
Closing date: 23 Jan 2020
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The purpose is two-fold:
1) to strengthen and sustain access competencies and practices to extend UNICEF reach to children in greatest need, and
2) to support North-West South-West (NWSW) coordination for integrated humanitarian response while encouraging and supporting inter-cluster response within the overall coordination structure.
Towards this purpose and reporting to the Chief of Field Office (CFO), Buea, the Emergency Specialist (Humanitarian Delivery) will make use of available data and information management tools, consult with key humanitarian stakeholders and apply organizational access guidance for complex emergency environments while engaging closely with the OCHA-led Access Working Group. The product will be a sustained engagement and access strategy relevant to the operating environment.
This will include quality control and strengthening of existing integrated response approaches targeting hard to reach areas and identifying opportunities for expansion with a wider coalition of partners and stakeholders including the framework of inter-cluster coordination forum.
UNICEF piloted a Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM)-like approach in June 2019 and will expand on this model in 2020. However, a complex access situation and difficult operating environment has limited the capacity of UNICEF partners to access target populations sufficiently and in a timely manner. Operating closer to scale has also been a challenge. This RRM-like strategy has been limited to UNICEF and implementing partners only, and not collaborative with other humanitarian actors, although discussions are ongoing with other agencies, including WFP. Drawing from this experience, UNICEF is revising its strategy on reaching people in hard to reach areas to adopt a more effective, integrated and scale-based strategy involving additional humanitarian actors.
In working to strengthen humanitarian access to children, UNICEF has heavily relied on its implementing partners to facilitate access, both for programme delivery and UNICEF staff access for assessment and monitoring. This has not been without challenges. In recent months, it has become clear that the Non-State Armed Groups (NSAGs) prefer speaking directly to UNICEF given suspicions as to whether such assistance comes from the government or not. This applies at all levels of the NSAGs. A risk informed, fit for purpose strategy needs to be advanced towards greater acceptance and results for children.
Broadly, the Emergency Specialist (Humanitarian Delivery) will spend 50% of his/her time on access facilitation and 50% of his/her time on supporting the integrated response of UNICEF in coordination with the existing UNICEF NW/SW team including two Emergency Specialists (Buea and Bamenda) and Programme Officers, presently based in Buea.
Under the supervision of the CFO, the Emergency Specialist (Humanitarian Delivery) will identify both programme access and delivery constraints and enablers, and will consolidate information, undertake analysis, advice in support of the overall Cameroon Country Office emergency response for North-West and South-West regions. This will build upon existing UNICEF response, current access and acceptance approaches and enable a more effective strategy in coordination with the OCHA-led Access Working Group (WG).
The Emergency Specialist (Humanitarian Delivery) will also support the CFO in monitoring response against humanitarian targets (including cluster).
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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, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.
Remarks:
* Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
* The successful candidate for this emergency recruitment MUST be available to commence work within 31 days of receivingan offer.
* Please note that this is a non-family duty station.
* Employment is conditional upon receipt of medical clearance, any clearance required, the grant of a visa, and completion of any other pre-employment criteria that UNICEF may establish. Candidates may not be further considered or offer of employment may be withdrawn if these conditions are unlikely to be met before the date for commencement of service.
How to apply:
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