Job Description

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.

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Together with the Malaysian government and others who are truly passionate about child rights, UNICEF works in Malaysia to ensure every child has the opportunity to grow healthy and happy; live safely; and achieve their full potential.

With the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Sustainable Development Goals, and the 12th Malaysia plan as our guides, we endeavor to change minds, change policies, and in turn change the lives of all children in Malaysia.

How can you make a difference?

1. Evidence generation, situation analysis and technical guidance to staff and programme partners on climate and environmental risks and solutions for children

• Support evidence generation activities, research and situation analyses to enhance understanding on the impact of climate change and environmental degradation on children in Malaysia, and child-sensitive climate and environmental actions in Malaysia across different sectors, such as education, child protection and social policy programmes.
• Identify, capture, synthesize and share lessons learned and best practices for protecting children from climate change and environmental risk globally and locally.
• Support the development of strategic UNICEF position papers, information materials, internal briefing notes, and knowledge on climate and environment.
• Participate in relevant United Nations and development partners\' climate change and environment working groups to ensure linkages/ knowledge exchange with regional and global stakeholders.

2. Child-sensitive climate, environment and disaster risk reduction & recovery policy and action, advocacy and partnership development

• Build and sustain close working partnerships with government counterparts and national stakeholders to advance UNICEF Malaysia\'s climate, environment and disaster risk reduction & recovery work.
• Identify and build strategic partnerships and networks with youth organisations and environmental organisations that champion inclusive participation of young people in climate action and environmental sustainability.
• Support communication, dissemination of evidence, and awareness-raising regarding climate change and child rights in Malaysia and provide grounded inputs into key national climate, environment and disaster risk reduction & recovery policy dialogues.
• Support the development of platforms and opportunities that empower children and youth as agents of change with an active role in addressing the climate crisis by exercising their views, opinions and concerns, identifying and working on solutions, and promoting environmentally sustainable lifestyles.
• Identify funding opportunities and support UNICEF programmes in accessing climate & environment-related funding from existing and emerging sources, including public private partnerships, innovative climate finance and leveraging of non-financial contributions for climate aims.
• Support with the implementation of advocacy strategies and initiatives, including developing inclusive key messages and products for advocacy purposes.

3. Effective management and coordination support for climate & environment programme development and implementation

• Provide support towards the implementation, monitoring and coordination of programmes under UNICEF Malaysia\'s Climate and Environment portfolio, including the Air Quality Monitoring in Schools (AQUAMS) programme, the MyUNICEF Impact Challenge, the Youth Environment Living Labs (YELL) joint UNDP-UNICEF programme, the Youth Climate Champions programme, community-based disaster resilience and preparedness, innovation and youth engagement in climate action programmes.
• Contribute to the further development, design and management of UNICEF Malaysia\'s climate and environment programme, particularly on interventions to build climate of children and youth; and strengthening of climate-resilient social services, taking advantage of new strategic programming opportunities.
• Coordinate with Implementing Partners to ensure timely and quality submission of work plans, financial and substantive reports in line with UNICEF\'s internal requirements.
• Conduct regular programme field visits and surveys and exchange information with partners/stakeholders to assess progress and provide technical support. Take appropriate action to resolve issues and/or refer to relevant officials for resolution. Report on critical issues, bottlenecks and potential problems for timely action to achieve results.
• Provide technical and operational support to government counterparts, NGO partners, UN system partners and other country office partners/donors on the application and understanding of UNICEF policies, strategies, processes and best practices in climate & environment, to support programme implementation.

4. Results-based planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting

• Coordinate and be ultimately responsible for effective knowledge management systems (data collection, monitoring, report generation, evaluation and tasks related to documenting the programme process with partners) regarding UNICEF climate and environmental actions.
• Ensure that child-focused climate & environmental actions are appropriately integrated into results-based programme workplans, progress against set objectives and targets is monitored and jointly reviewed with Government to ensure achievement of quality and sustainable results.
• Prepare inputs to annual reports, results assessments and specific programme/project and reports in order to update management, partners and allies, including relevant briefs and reports for decision making purposes by UNICEF management.

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• Minimum Bachelors\' Degree in environment, climate science, social and economic development, public health, public administration or another relevant technical field. A Masters degree in the same field is highly desirable
• Minimum of two years of direct professional work experience at the national level in programme/project development in climate and environmental related areas is required.
• Technical knowledge of climate and environment in Malaysia is a requirement.
• Experience working with the Malaysia government and familiarly with regulations and policies concerning climate & environment are considered an advantage is an asset.
• Experience in negotiating and liaising with counterparts and partners, including young people and youth organizations in the area of climate & environment is an asset.
• Demonstrated ability to work harmoniously in a multi-cultural environment and establish harmonious and effective working relationship both within and outside an organization.
• Fluency in English and Bahasa Malaysia is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF\'s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter:

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(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others.

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: .

UNICEF is here to serve the world\'s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. , irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.
We offer a , including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and . 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 is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. 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:

UNICEF\'s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable candidate are encouraged to apply.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are also 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 visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

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

Advertised: 14 Jul 2023 Singapore Standard Time
Deadline: 27 Jul 2023 Singapore Standard Time

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