Programme Associate (Education Cannot wait)

UNICEF

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• Temporary Appointment

Locations

Latin America and Caribbean Region

• Colombia

Functional Area

Programme

• Education

Position level

Programme Associate (Education Cannot wait), G-6, TA, 10 months, #00138851, Bogota -Colombia, LACR

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Contract type: Temporary Appointment

Duty Station: Bogota

Location: Colombia

Categories: Education

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.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.

For every child, the right to an Advocate.

UNICEF Colombia operates in a complex, geographically diverse, multicultural middle-income country (MIC) characterized by significant structural disparities. The country programme is implemented within a demanding environment shaped by "triple affectations" – the overlapping impacts of armed conflict, irregular migration flows, and localized natural disasters exacerbated by climate change.

To effectively address these challenges, UNICEF Colombia’s Country Programme Management Plan (CPMP) 2025–2028 establishes a comprehensive territorial approach. This strategy decentralizes technical support through two Zone Offices (Norte de Santander and Cauca) and seven outposts (including Riohacha, Quibdó, Arauca, Puerto Carreño, and Pasto) to ensure direct, integrated results for the most vulnerable and excluded children.

How can you make a difference?

The Programme Associate supports the implementation and consortium coordination of The Multi Year Resilience Program (MYRP), where UNICEF is the Lead Organization, by supporting all consortium partners to ensure cohesive and collaborative efforts across the programme, carrying out a range of programme support functions to help develop, implement and monitor their country programme, ensuring effective and timely delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations.

The Programme Associate works in close collaboration with a range of staff in the Country Office, external partners and agency counterparts in support of programme design and delivery. S/He provides regular feedback on the status of projects through monitoring milestones and advises on improvements to keep activities on track.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

• Facilitating the development of programme cooperation agreements (PCAs) required to implement MYRP by providing information and drafting selected sections of it.
• Ensuring the timely and accurate recording and administrative processing of government & NGO’s proposals and requests for direct cash transfers (DCTs) for MYRP.
• Conducting programme monitoring and coordination of MYRP consortium partners for cash and supplies and informing team-members on the status.
• Helping conduct regular spot checks of MYRP partner’s projects to assess their financial record-keeping, expenditure controls and reporting systems.
• Supporting the education section in researching, compiling and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data and information from a variety of sources on subject matters relevant to the work of the section to facilitate MYRP programme delivery as well as preparation of reports, working papers and presentations.
• Carrying out transactions in VISION ensuring programme results, activities and MYRP programme coding are as per annual work plans (AWPs) and making amendments and alterations as per section revisions when necessary.
• Carrying out transactions in VISION pertaining to grants and MYRP programme related items for his/her section including but not limited to registering grant allotments and tracking expiring programme grants.
• Preparing monitoring and reporting information on MYRP for supervisor and team on agreed performance indicators to drive more efficient management and accountability for results.
• Regularly monitoring MYRP budgets and financial expenditures of section by employing applicable tools, ensuring compliance with UNICEF rules and regulations, keeping supervisor informed and advised on actions for decision and/or follow up.
• Helping prepare periodic or ad-hoc MYRP financial and programmatic reports relating to country office and donors to support the office in optimizing use of programme funds.
• Supports capacity development activities related to programme development by preparing training materials and participating in exercises.

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here:

Job Description Programme Associate G-6 Educacion ECW Bogota Colombia.pdf

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

Minimum requirements:

• Education: Completion of secondary education is required, preferably supplemented by technical or university courses related to the work of the organization.
• Work

Experience

• A minimum of six (6) years of work experience in implementation, monitoring and reporting results in primary and/or secondary education is required. A completed first level university degree (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent) from a recognized academic institution in the field of education, social work or social studies may replace three years of related work experience. A completed advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) may replace additional two years.
• Skills: Good working knowledge of MS Office (MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Word) and SharePoint are required. Strong data analytical and reporting skills are required. Ability to facilitate programme delivery is required. Strong organizational, planning, prioritizing and analytical skills as well as strong attention to details is essential. Ability to work effectively with people of different national and cultural backgrounds is required.
• Language

Requirements

• Proficiency in English and Spanish are required.

Desirables:

• Experience in children’s rights, data analysis in primary and secondary education in schools is considered as an asset.

• Prior experience in programme support or partner coordination functions is an asset.

• Relevant experience in programme management support to consortiums or interagency/inter-institutional/inter organizational projects is considered as an asset.

• Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset.

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

• Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.

• UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

• UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodatio