• Duration: Permanent

• Salary: £48,000 per annum

• Job Level: 3

• Hours: 35 hours per week. Other flexible arrangements will be considered.

• Disclosure Level: Basic. This role involves no direct or indirect work with children

• Reports to: Principal Programmes Adviser: Child Protection

• Location: Working from home and at 1 Westfield Avenue, London E20 1HZ

At the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK), we pull together to achieve the best possible results for children in danger around the world.  We believe in an inclusive workplace and in the power of fulfilled colleagues who share the same values and goals, enjoy their work and are motivated to do their utmost for children. 

Our work is guided by the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which recognise the universality of children’s rights.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The International Programmes Impact (IPI) Team sits within Programmes and Partnership Intelligence and is UNICEF UK’s hub of technical expertise on UNICEF’s global programmes and priorities. The IPI Team is the central source of programmatic intelligence, knowledge, interpretation and strategic guidance ensuring outcomes for children remain at the centre of what we do at UNICEF UK.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Senior Programmes Adviser for WASH & CEED reports directly to one of the 3 Principal Programme Advisers and is part of a broader team that includes 5 other Senior Programme Advisers all overseen by the Head of International Programmes Impact.  

This role is the UNICEF UK organisational lead and focal point for UNICEF’s global work in WASH & CEED - providing technical expertise, specialist guidance and advice in development programming and anticipatory action, emergency preparedness, response and recovery ensuring cross-organisational campaigns and initiatives are aligned to UNICEF global programmes priorities, managing multiple stakeholder relationships and representing UNICEF UK externally as an expert on WASH, CEED and child rights.

CEED is a cross-cutting thematic area, touching on many programmatic priorities. At UNICEF it particularly encompasses climate, environment (including WASH), energy and disaster risk reduction workstreams.

What we will expect you to achieve

• Lead as the focal point within UNICEF UK on UNICEF’s thematic area of WASH & CEED sustainability and proactively advise colleagues on UNICEF emerging priorities, funding gaps, and global regional or country-specific programmatic approaches.

• Build, develop and maintain strategic collaborative relationships within wider UNICEF, with colleagues at country, regional, and headquarters offices, as well as serving as the focal point for WASH & CEED for UNICEF UK among global colleagues. 

• Provide programmatic leadership on UNICEF’s WASH & CEED thematic area to existing and emerging UNICEF UK partnerships.  

• Respond directly to complex queries within WASH & CEED thematic area from UNICEF UK teams, ensuring that they receive efficient and effective advice, and that the resources they use to assist with queries on UNICEF programmes are current, representative of UNICEF global programmes and safeguard organisational integrity.

• Lead or contribute to the delivery of specific IPE team projects, cross-organisational initiatives such as pitches, stewardship events, panel discussions, seminars, one-to-one meetings and other external engagement opportunities.

• Work in partnership with UNICEF UK fundraising, advocacy and communications colleagues, to meet with high impact senior external stakeholders and existing partners as an expert on UNICEF’s sustainability thematic area, to influence major outcomes for UNICEF UK and global programmes. 

• Represent UNICEF UK at conferences and events (within UNICEF globally and externally) relating to WASH & CEED and child rights and provide strategic insights, contacts, and thought leadership on shaping initiatives for UNICEF UK in alignment with UNICEF globally. Engage, as required, as sector specialist with UK media.  

• Where appropriate, respond directly and resolve queries coming from donors, supporters, and members of the general public. 

• Deliver in-house training on international development and humanitarian programming and operations, and UNICEF programmes travel.  

• Within WASH & CEED thematic area, assess the appropriateness of, guide and support any necessary visits of UNICEF UK colleagues and supporters to UNICEF country programmes; contributing to the design, organisation and follow-up of such travel, while ensuring their adherence to UNICEF UK’s programme visit policies and guidance.

• Infrequently, travel to UNICEF country programmes and/or to other UNICEF offices to deliver partnership requirements and to participate in UNICEF global meetings to steer the design and delivery of UNICEF UK initiatives and campaigns.

• Support cross-org projects relating to thematic including participating as a key technical resource person in the UUK Environmental Management Committee and develop and deliver a mandatory "Sustainability and Climate Change Training" with Environment, Sustainability & Government (ESG) Specialist and Climate Policy Specialist

• Demonstrate and model a commitment to our shared values, behaviours and inclusive practices (known as Our Shared Commitment) in all aspects of your work.

BEHAVIOURS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

This section contains the essential behaviours, experience, knowledge and skills needed in order to be effective and successful in this role. All criteria in this section are essential.

Effective behaviours

Mission aligned

• Is committed to children and their rights and motivated to work towards achieving a world that is fit for every child.  

  Communicating

• Conveys complex ideas using a variety of methods to engage an audience and win understanding and support.

Collaboration

• Consults others and shares expertise, know-how and ideas with colleagues for best results.

• Values diversity, respecting and drawing on colleagues’ different perspectives, skills, experience and knowledge.

Efficiency and effectiveness 

• Manage conflicting priorities to ensure that objectives are achieved and deadlines met.

• Responds flexibly to unforeseen events such as emergency responses to ensure that effectiveness is not compromised.

Achieving change

• Demonstrates a solution focused approach to overcoming the barriers to change.

Relevant experience

• Influencing and negotiating within large international organisations either in the public, private or charity sectors with a large supporter base and multiple decision-making centres.

• Building relationships with donors and/or other key audiences (media, parliamentarians, civil society organisations, etc.) enthusing them, gaining their commitment to the work of an organisation, and influencing key decisions.

• Fully experienced within specialist area in an international context.    

Specific knowledge and skills

• Engage confidently on child rights programmes and international development within both fundraising and advocacy contexts.

• Possess in depth knowledge within specialism and broad knowledge of current sustainable development, humanitarian issues and child rights.