Job Number: 501634 | Vacancy Link
Location: United Republic of Tanzania
Work Type : Consultancy
If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.
For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.
BACKGROUND
Over 180,000 refugees have crossed the northwest border of Tanzania since the beginning of May 2015 as they flee violence and political turmoil in Burundi (165,000) and to a lesser extent DRC (5000). Children make up to 60 per cent of the refugee population and are disproportionately affected as they have been uprooted from school, subject to violence and separation from their families, and have suffered from increased mortality and morbidity due to the lack of basic health care, water and sanitation facilities during the exodus. From May 2015, under overall coordination of UNHCR, UNICEF and UN/NGO partners immediately reacted to address the vulnerabilities of these refugees. UNICEF support focuses on: child protection, access to safe water and sanitation, education, nutrition and basic health services. The initial response focused on basic services in transit centres and a pre-existing refugee camp that was expanded to triple its pre-influx size. As the influx continued unabated throughout 2015 and 2016 two new camps were opened and are now nearly at full capacity. As of October 2016 daily influxes average as high as 300 new arrivals per day and a site for a fourth camp is being negotiated with the government for future influxes.
PURPOSE
UNICEF Tanzania initially deployed a field coordinator from another sub-office in the country to handle coordination of UNICEF's initial response to influx of refugees into in Kasulu district. A temporary base was set up in UNHCR premises and now UNICEF has its own office premises and Kibondo is an established duty station. This assignment would relieve the current temporary coordinator to return to his assigned duty station and to ensure UNICEF response is well coordinated during the assigned period. The nature and duration of the crisis will be assessed and the need for a field coordinator for the longer term will be determined during this assignment. The coordinator oversees the overall work of UNICEF staff who are deployed there to cover health, WASH, and education sectors. Other support is provided from technical staff from the main UNICEF office in Dar Es Salaam. The Kibondo field office is located in Kibondo district which is centrally located between the three refugee camps which range from a half hour to 2 hours drive from the office. UNICEF also supports the refugee hosting districts as these districts are among the poorest in the country while also hosting refugees.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS
Coordination
- Ensure appropriate coordination between all sectors of UNICEF engagement and humanitarian partners at District/camp level including effective links, communication and information management.
- Compile, analyze and keep up-to-date information on humanitarian partners, their capacities and interventions at camp level
-Represent UNICEF at coordination meetings with local government, UN agencies and NGOs as well as ensuring that UNICEF technical staff cover coordination meetings at sector level. Report outcomes of meetings to supervisor that require management decisions.
- Ensure UNICEF is engaged in all stages of sector planning as well as contingency planning and assessments.
Monitoring and reporting
-Provide regular reports & updates to Chief of Planning, Monitoring and Field Coordination including weekly reports and monthly contribution towards the situation reports.
-Ensure that sector specific UNICEF staff provide technical oversight to partners as well as monitoring overall partner performance.
-When necessary, highlight specific issues for the attention of the sectors and management to ensure priority and corrective measures are taken, including operational issues such as transport, office premises, logistics and security.
Advocacy
Support all sectors to advocate for donors to fund priority actions while at the same time encouraging actors to mobilise resources for their activities through their usual channels.
Support donor missions by preparing partners, sites, and logistics.
Undertake advocacy for the rights of refugee children—including advocacy with UNHCR, NGOs and local government.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES
-Advanced university degree desirably in subjects/ areas of humanitarian action and/or sectors of UNICEF focus (health, education, protection, WASH etc.)
- A minimum of 8 years of experience with either the UN and/or NGO.
- Experience of responding in first phases of emergency - especially in refugee or IDP settings.
- Experience in coordinating peers as well as managing a team in remote environments;
-Fluency in English (verbal and written) required, and a working knowledge of the local language preferred (Kiswahili and/or French useful—refugees are French speaking. Working language is English).
To view our competency framework, please click here.
Please indicate your ability, availability and daily/monthly rate (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference above (including travel and daily subsistence allowance, if applicable). Applications submitted without a daily/monthly rate will not be considered.
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organisation.
Opening Date 29 Nov 2016 E. Africa Standard Time
Closing Date 6 Dec 2016 E. Africa Standard Time
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