Deputy Representative Programmes
Organizational Context
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 fulfil 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.
Job Purpose
The Deputy Representative Programmes plays a critical leadership role in driving programme strategy, coherence, and delivery at scale in Sudan, a country operating in a large-scale L3 emergency context. The role is responsible for ensuring that programme priorities are effectively translated into results in a highly constrained and rapidly evolving environment, strengthening integration across sectors, and maintaining alignment between humanitarian response and longer-term systems strengthening. As a member of the senior management team, the Deputy Representative Programmes supports overall office leadership, contributes to strategic decision-making, and ensures that programme delivery is risk-informed, results-focused, and responsive to the complex operational realities on the ground. The Deputy Representative supports the Representative in leading and leveraging partnerships with both public and private sectors for the achievement of results and fulfilment of the rights of children.
Responsibilities
The Deputy Representative Programmes is accountable for the delivery of timely, efficient, and principled humanitarian programmes in accordance with UNICEF's global Policy and Framework for humanitarian action. Key functions include leading and driving programme strategy, coherence, and delivery at scale within a volatile operating environment. This involves ensuring programme priorities are effectively translated into results, strengthening integration across sectors, and aligning humanitarian response with longer-term systems strengthening. The role contributes to overall office leadership and strategic decision-making as part of the senior management team, ensuring programme delivery is risk-informed, results-focused, and responsive to complex operational realities. Additionally, the Deputy Representative supports the Representative in leading and leveraging partnerships with public and private sectors to achieve results and uphold children's rights.
Work Experience
A minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience in programme management, humanitarian action, and development, with a significant portion in senior leadership roles, preferably in complex emergency settings.
Skills
Programme Strategy Development, Humanitarian Action, Emergency Response, Child Protection, Gender-Based Violence Prevention, Monitoring and Reporting, Partnership Building, Leadership, Strategic Decision-Making, Risk Management, Systems Strengthening, Cross-sectoral Integration