Programme Officer (Field Operation and Emergency)

Title     Unicef
Start Date     Jan 7, 2013
End Date     Jan 21, 2013
Job Information    

Post: Programme Officer (Field Operation and Emergency)

Grade: NOA

Duty Station: Kampala

Type and Duration of Appointment: Fixed-Term Appointment (One year with possible extension)

Purpose of the post:


Under the direct supervision of the Chief, Field Operations and Emergency, and in close collaboration with the technical sections and zonal offices, the incumbent will be responsible for the communications, monitoring and analysis of decentralized field-level activities, including trend monitoring, DevTrac analysis, reporting and capacity building.

Required Qualifications, Competencies and Attributes:

University degree in Social Sciences, or a related technical field.

Two years professional work experience in project administration, including monitoring and evaluation, communications, analysis and reporting.

Fluency in English is required and strong written and verbal communications skill therein strongly desirable.

Core Values (Required): Commitment; Diversity and Inclusion; Integrity

Core Competencies (Required): Communication [ II ]; Working with People [ II ]; Drive for Results [ II ]

Functional Competencies (Required): Formulating Strategies and Concepts [ I ]; Analyzing [ I ]; Applying Technical Expertise [ I ]; Learning and Researching [ II ]; Planning and Organizing [ II ]

Eligibility Criteria

1. ONLY Ugandan Nationals will be considered.

2. UNICEF is committed to gender equality in its mandate and its staff; qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

3. Applications will be considered only if accompanied by an updated CV and P11 form, as well as the most recent performance evaluation report.

4. If applications are sent by email, please clearly indicate the position applied for and use this order to name your file attachments: Firstname_Lastname followed by document e.g. Gold_Mukasa P11 or Gold_Mukasa CV or Gold_Mukasa Application.

5. UNICEF is a smoke free environment.

6. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Closing date for applications is 21 January, 2013.

Applicants interested in the above position should send their resume to:

Human Resource Specialist,

UNICEF Kampala, Uganda,

Plot 9, George Street,

P.O. Box 7047, Kampala-Uganda.

Via email to: ugderecruit@unicef.org