Vacancy Announcement

**Job no**: 558201

**Contract type**: Temporary Appointment

**Duty Station**: Mumbai (Bombay)

**Level**: NO-2

**Location**: India

**Categories**: WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene), Emergency

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

**For Every Child, AN ADVOCATE**:
The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfil their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.

**How can you make a difference?**

If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children in the world's thereby ensuring a better future for every child, this is the chance to make a difference.

**Job Organizational Context**

The Climate, Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Officer is to be housed in Mumbai Field Office and will reports to the WASH Specialist who is at Level 3 (NOC).

**Purpose of the job**:

- This position will be in a key strategic position to support UNICEF Mumbai in driving the Climate Adaptation, disaster risk reduction and resilience agenda forward, given the considerable size and complexity in drought and flood prone areas as well as UNICEF MFOs own positioning at State Disaster Management Authority and Department of Environment and Climate Change. The position will support the mainstreaming of DRR, climate and resilience by supporting UNICEF’s sections with focus on WASH, Education, and SPSP with programme design, planning and implementation, data analysis and progress reporting. This includes providing support and developing Government’s and development partner’s capacities across the sectors, disaster preparedness, response and resilience as well as promoting child centered DRR and CC programming.

**Major duties and responsibilities**:
**1.Support to program development and planning**:
- Ensure that UNICEF engagement in CEED and resilience is well coordinated within and outside UNICEF, and that UNICEF progressively integrates climate change action into office programs.-
- Conduct/update situation analysis for the program sector/s for development, design and management of Climate Action and Youth engagement related programs. Research and report on development trends (e.g. climate finance, integration of CEED in WASH flagships, integrating lens of children in State Action Plan for Climate Change) for higher management use to enhance program management, efficiency and delivery of results.-
- Contribute to the development/establishment of CCES-DRR program goals, objectives and strategies and results-based planning with WASH-CCES, Education and shock responsive social sector recovery through analysis of adaptations and capacity building needs and areas for intervention and submission of recommendations for priority and goal setting.-
- Provide technical and operational support throughout all stages of programming processes by executing/administering a variety of technical program transactions, preparing materials/documentation and complying with organizational processes and management systems, to support program planning, results-based planning (RBM) and monitoring and evaluating results.-
- Prepare required documentations/materials to facilitate the program review and approval process.**2.** **Program management, monitoring and delivery of results for CCES-DRR**:
- Work closely and collaboratively with internal and external colleagues and partners to discuss operational and implementation issues, provide solutions, recommendations and/or alert appropriate officials and stakeholders for higher-level intervention and/or decision.-
- Establish clima