Regional Chief of Programme and Planning

**Job no**: 569844

**Contract type**: Fixed Term Appointment

**Duty Station**: Bangkok

**Level**: P-5

**Location**: Thailand

**Categories**: Knowledge Management, Programme Management, Research, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

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, **_a vision._**

East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) region is home to 580 million children (27 percent of the global child population). Estimates show that by 2030, this will increase to 657 million or 30% of the global child population. By 2030, EAP will have the largest population in the world and reach urbanization levels of over 70 percent.

The 28 countries covered by EAPRO represent a mixture of diverse High Income, Upper Middle Income, Middle and Low-Income Countries, and Fragile States. The positive correlation among the region’s high number of fast-growing, technology-driven economies, largest working-age population, and largest number of urban dwellers contributed significantly to the reduction of poverty and extreme poverty for more than 900 million people over the last decade. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, poverty in the region stopped declining for the first time in 20 years, and 32 million people were prevented from escaping from poverty as a result, while pushing millions more who were previously not poor into poverty. COVID-19 has also exacerbated the stark and persistent inequities faced by children. The drivers of the region’s economic growth and success are also at the heart of the high and increasing inequities that children face. UNICEF EAPRO estimates that there are 30 million children living in extreme poverty and that over 100 million children are left behind in rural areas by young parents who work in urban, largely informal sector jobs. The Asia-Pacific region is among the world's most vulnerable regions to natural disasters, including those related to climate change, which impacts children and adolescents most heavily in the region.

**How can you make a difference?**

Also oversees EAPRO’s support to COs at key programming milestones and strengthening availability and quality of data for children. Reinforces UNICEF’s commitment to culture change as they relate to Results-based Management and Results-based Budgeting across the region with a focus on demonstrating results across the Goal Areas. Leads technical expertise to COs in their efforts to collect, analyse and use data, including implementing the UNICEF Data for Children Strategy in countries. These include the following:

• Support Country Programme Development, Monitoring and Review
• Support Country Office End Year Summary Narrative Reports and Regional Office Annual Report
• Support the Regional UNSDCF process through the regional peer support group
• In collaboration with the Public Partnership Team, support UN Coherence and Inter-Agency Coordination
• Support Data for children strategy and SDG monitoring;
• Coordinate the development and monitoring of the Regional Office Management Plan in alignment with the UNICEF Strategic Plan;
• Development of global and regional programme guidance.
• Coordinate meetings; Regional Management Team, Deputy Representations Programmed and Operations (DROPs), Programme Planning and Monitoring Network

**To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have**

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in social sciences, or other relevant disciplines of the specialized technical areas.
• A minimum of **_10 years_** of relevant professional experience in all aspects of programme management, and/or advisory support, in the technical area or programme sector resulting in recognized expertise in the technical area.
• Extensive experience at the country level in programme planning, monitoring, and reporting is the most desirable asset.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

**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 (8) Nurtures, leads and manages people