Chief Social Policy, P-4, FT, #085946 Ouagadougou - Burkina-Faso
Organizational Context
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
Job Purpose
As Chief of Social Policy, you will provide strategic leadership and technical guidance to advance UNICEF’s social policy and social protection agenda in Burkina Faso. You will lead efforts to strengthen shock-responsive and child-sensitive social protection systems, improve the generation and use of evidence on child poverty and vulnerability, and promote more equitable and effective public investments in children. You will work closely with Government, development and humanitarian partners, UN agencies and UNICEF programme teams to translate evidence into policy and scalable solutions for children. You will also play a key role in strengthening linkages between social protection and essential services, supporting inclusive local governance, and ensuring that social policy interventions contribute to integrated results for children across the eight priority regions.
Responsibilities
Through strategic partnerships, policy dialogue, evidence generation and advocacy, you will help strengthen national systems and create sustainable pathways for the most vulnerable children and families to access the services and support they need, including in fragile and shock-affected settings. Key functions include: Managerial leadership; Improving data on child poverty & vulnerability for increased use for policy and programme action; Strengthening social protection coverage and impact for children; Improving use of public financial resources for children; Strengthening capacity of local governments to plan, budget, consult on and monitor child-focused social services; Strengthened advocacy and partnerships for child-sensitive social policy; UNICEF Programme Management.
Work Experience
Minimum requirements are not specified in the provided text, but typically include several years of progressively responsible professional experience in social policy, social protection, child rights, or a related area, with experience in developing countries being an asset.
Skills
Strategic leadership, Technical guidance, Social policy analysis, Social protection systems, Evidence generation, Child poverty and vulnerability, Public investment analysis, Policy development, Partnership building, Advocacy, Programme management, Capacity building