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The Programme Officer (Climate & Environment) contributes to UNICEF Madagascar's efforts to place children at the centre of climate action, environmental sustainability, and resilience building. Through technical support, strategic partnerships, evidence generation, and cross-sectoral collaboration, the incumbent helps strengthen the integration of climate and environmental considerations across UNICEF programmes and supports the achievement of the Country Programme's sustainability and resilience objectives.

The position contributes to enhancing the capacity of government and partners to address climate and environmental risks affecting children, promotes innovative and scalable solutions, and supports the mobilization of resources and strategic investments for climate-resilient services and systems. By fostering a child-centred and equity-focused approach, the incumbent helps ensure that vulnerable children and communities are better protected from the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation while contributing to sustainable development outcomes in Madagascar.

Join UNICEF Madagascar’s Climate and Environment team and help drive child-centred climate action in one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change. As a Programme Officer (Climate & Environment), you will support the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of climate and environmental programmes that strengthen the resilience of children and communities. Working closely with government counterparts, development partners, UN agencies and UNICEF programme teams, you will contribute to evidence generation, programme quality, policy dialogue, resource mobilization and partnerships that advance climate adaptation and environmental sustainability across Madagascar. The role combines technical support, programme management, coordination and advocacy to help ensure that climate and environmental considerations are integrated across UNICEF programmes and contribute to sustainable results for children.

Key accountabilities

Knowledge Management for Programmes
Programme Development and Management
Optimum Use of Programme Funds
Programme Monitoring and Evaluation
Rights-Based and Results-Based Programme Management
National and Local Capacity Building and Sustainability
Climate and Environment Advocacy from a Child Rights Perspective
Partnership, Coordination and Collaboration

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: Download File 138012 Nutrition Officer Level 1- Service.pdf

To qualify as a champion for every child you will have…

Minimum requirements

Education: A university degree in one of the following fields is required: nutrition, public health, nutritional epidemiology, global/international health and nutrition, health/nutrition research, policy and/or management, health sciences, nutritional epidemiology, or another health-related science field.
Work Experience: A minimum of one year of professional experience in a developing country in one or more of the following areas is required: nutrition, public health, nutrition planning and management, or maternal, infant and child health/nutrition care.
Skills: Monitoring & Evaluation M&E, Data Analysis, Reporting, Stakeholder Management, Resource Mobilization, Partnership Development, Program Design, Capacity Building, Field Surveys.
Language Requirements: Proficient French knowledge is required.

Desirables

Language: Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish) or a local language.
Working knowledge of English is highly desirable.
Experience in health/nutrition programme/project development in a UN system agency or organization is an asset.

Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF's Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships
(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
(3) Drive to achieve results for impact
(4) Innovates and embraces change
(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity
(6) Thinks and acts strategically
(7) Works collaboratively with others

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Humanitarian action is a cross-cutting priority within UNICEF's Strategic Plan. UNICEF is committed to stay and deliver in humanitarian contexts. Therefore, all staff, at all levels across all functional areas, can be called upon to be deployed to support humanitarian response, contributing to both strengthening resilience of communities and capacity of national authorities.

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