Requirements

Education (Required)

• A master's degree or equivalent in programme or project management, public administration, international development, engineering, environmental sciences, public health, economics, social sciences or a related field.

Experience (Required)

• At least 5 years of growing responsibility in programme or project management in developing countries or similar settings.

• Experience leading a large, multi-year project with several government ministries and partners.

• Strong command of the full project cycle: design, planning, budgeting, monitoring, risk management, evaluation and closure.

• Experience with results-based management, financial follow-up, donor reporting and leading mixed teams.

Skills (Required)

• Climate adaptation, resilience, climate finance and disaster risk reduction.

• Monitoring and evaluation, data quality and reporting.

• Knowledge of gender equality, environmental and social safeguards, disability inclusion, and protection from sexual exploitation and abuse.

• Ability to travel often to field sites and work in fragile, hard-to-reach areas.

Languages (Required)

• Fluent French and English.

Preferred (Desirable)

• Another UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish) or Sango.

• Extra training or certification in project management, public policy, financial management or M&E.

• Experience with GCF-funded or other climate fund programmes.

• Strong knowledge of climate-resilient WASH.

• Experience in fragile, humanitarian or hard-to-reach settings.

Other Conditions

• Selected candidates go through reference, safeguarding and background checks.

• Offers depend on medical clearance. A visa from the host country is needed for this international post, and UNICEF will help arrange it.

• Government employees normally must resign before joining UNICEF.

• Female candidates are encouraged to apply.