Recruiter Company: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)
Position in company: 1.# Statistician
2. # Principal Economic Affairs Officer
3. # Human Rights Officer
4. # Chief of Section
5. # Economic Affairs Officer
6. # Programme Management Officer
Place of work: Addis Ababa , Ethiopia
Application Deadline: vary depend on position
NGO Jobs in Ethiopia – UNOCHA Jobs in Ethiopia 2023. UNOCHA published a job announcement for qualified Ethiopians seeking a position stated above.
See detail below:
1. Statistician
Jobs overview
Experience Required: Minimum 5 years
Place of work: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Application Deadline: March 13, 2023
Statistician responsibilities include:
- Organizes, designs, plans and carries out the collection, evaluation, analysis, compilation and dissemination of statistical data by selecting methods of data collection, selecting and implementing methods for checking collected data, and selecting and implementing appropriate methods for data processing for incorporation into databases.
- Participates in the development, implementation and management of civil registration and vital statistical database(s).
- Provides training and technical support on data collection programmes on civil registration and vital statistics, country practices and other related information.
- Participates in the development or revision of standards on statistical concepts, definitions and classifications by performing methodological research in civil registration and vital statistics.
- Prepares draft technical documents for international, intergovernmental and expert group meetings and assists in drafting relevant reports.
- Organizes and participates in seminars, working groups and expert meetings as a technical resource person and coordinates the implementation of the APAI-CRVS activities at national and regional levels.
Qualifications and Experience:
- An advanced university degree (Master’s or Doctorate degree, or equivalent) in demography, population studies, epidemiology, statistics, mathematics, economics, sociology or related fields is required. A first-level degree (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in the specified fields of studies with two additional years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
- A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in the collection, compilation, analysis and dissemination of statistical data from civil registration or related area is required.
Requirements and skills
- Experience working with CRVS (civil registration and vital statistics) systems is desirable.
- English and French are the working language of the UN Secretariat.
- For the post advertised, fluency in one of the working languages of the UN Secretariat, English or French is required; knowledge of the other is desirable.
- Knowledge of another UN official language is an advantage.
How to Apply for Statistician?
Interested and qualified applicants fulfilling the above requirement can apply through the following link Apply here or click apply button below.
2. Principal Economic Affairs Officer
Jobs overview
Experience Required: Minimum 15 years
Place of work: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Application Deadline: March 10, 2023
Principal Economic Affairs Officer responsibilities include:
- Providing technical advisory services on policies and strategies related to debt financing and development finance through policy analysis and dissemination of frameworks and guidelines, including through the provision of guidance to ECA substantive divisions on issues related to the topic.
- Supporting member States through policy analysis and development of appropriate frameworks to implement debt financing and development finance approaches designed to increase the resilience of financial systems in Africa, including through the review of existing studies, regulations and strategies.
- Developing institutional capacity for debt financing and development finance approaches and interventions through review of research, policy analysis and recommendations.
- Building effective partnerships with other UN system agencies and bilateral partners through joint activities, continuous dialogue, mobilization of support and knowledge sharing with ECA member States
Qualifications and Experience:
- An advanced university degree (Master’s or Doctorate degree, or equivalent) in social sciences or economics, with a specialization in macroeconomics or financial economics or a related field is required. A first-level degree (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in the specified fields of studies with two additional years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
- A minimum of fifteen years of progressively responsible experience in the field of economic and social development policy analysis and research with a focus on macroeconomics, public finance, monetary policy, financial markets, and debt instruments is required.
Requirements and skills
- · Experience providing policy advice to member States is desirable.
- · Experience applying relevant econometric approaches and statistical analyses is desirable.
- · Experience working on topics related to African economies is desirable.
How to Apply for Principal Economic Affairs Officer?
Interested and qualified applicants fulfilling the above requirement can apply through the following link Apply here or click apply button below.
3. Human Rights Officer
Jobs overview
Experience Required: Minimum 7 years
Place of work: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Application Deadline: March 9, 2023
Human Rights Officer responsibilities include:
- Reviews, monitors and evaluates activities relating to the implementation of international human rights instruments, including recommendations of treaty bodies and mechanisms of the Human Rights Council. In follow up to UPR recommendations, supports the work of treaty-established bodies and extra-conventional mechanisms including special procedures.
- Prepares relevant human rights parts of reports for the General Assembly, Human Rights Council (HRC),etc. notes on the status of ratification of human rights instruments, etc.
- Prepares inputs for discussions on prevention related matters, including Regional Monthly Reviews (RMRs) and other relevant initiatives and identifies risk areas from recommendations from the UPR and other human rights mechanisms.
- Advises State authorities, civil society, United Nations Country Teams (UNCTs) and OHCHR field presences in the region on the use of the available sources of financial and technical assistance, including the UPR Voluntary Funds, and facilitates country-to-country exchanges of good practices on engaging with UPR and other human rights mechanisms’ and implementing their recommendations.
- Organizes capacity-building activities for States and other stakeholders on engaging with the human rights mechanisms, including the UPR, on establishing or strengthening national mechanisms for reporting and follow-up, and the use of the other digital tools developed by OHCHR.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in law, political science, international relations, social sciences or related field. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
- A minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in human rights, political affairs, international relations, law or related area is required.
Requirements and skills
- Experience with the universal periodic review or other human rights mechanism is desirable.
- Experience in capacity building and implementing technical cooperation projects is desirable.
- Field experience is desirable.
How to Apply for Human Rights Officer?
Interested and qualified applicants fulfilling the above requirement can apply through the following link Apply here or click apply button below.
4. Chief of Section
Jobs overview
Experience Required: Minimum 10 years
Place of work: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Application Deadline: March 8, 2023
Chief of Section responsibilities include:
- Leads the delivery of authoritative technical and policy advice and assistance to intergovernmental and non-governmental bodies, Member State officials, international and other organizations on planning, evaluating and implementing social policy strategies, policies and programmes which impact socio-economic development at global, regional or national levels.
- Manages the performance of institutional mandates/actions plans; influences the development and evolution of the UN approach to social development issues; leads substantive contributions to the design and implementation of significant policy and programme changes to address country, regional, global social-economic concerns, including
- gender considerations.
- Leads the development of policy research agendas on social policy; oversees the development of and/or conceptualizes formulates and manages major projects/studies; analyzing key trends and changes in socio-economic structures and related issues (e.g. demographic patternspoverty, inequality, health, youth, migration, etc.) at regional or national levels; assesses implications and develops proposals with respect to social sector development plans, programmes and projects.
- Leads team members’ efforts to collect and analyze data and provides insight to identify trends or patterns for data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation, and reporting. Ensures that everyone can discover, access, integrate, and share the data they need.
Qualifications and Experience:
- An advanced university degree (Master’s or Doctorate degree, or equivalent) in sociology, economics, demography, other social science, or related fields is required. A first-level degree (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in the specified fields of studies with two additional years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
- A minimum of ten years of progressively responsible experience in socio economic development, policy analysis, sociological research or related area is required.
Requirements and skills
- Economic policy analysis and research is desirable.
- Field experience and Africa-specific knowledge is desirable.
- Experience with international technical cooperation projects is desirable.
- Prior supervision experience is desirable.
- Experience in data analytics or related area is desirable..
How to Apply for Chief of Section?
Interested and qualified applicants fulfilling the above requirement can apply through the following link Apply here or click apply button below.
5. Economic Affairs Officer
Jobs overview
Experience Required: Minimum 5 years
Place of work: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Application Deadline: March 8, 2023
Economic Affairs Officer responsibilities include:
- Interprets, applies, and, as necessary, adapts econometric models to determine macroeconomic trends, patterns, and relationships and to analyze the effects of alternative policies and assumptions.
- Drafts specified inputs for technical papers and analytical studies on selected global, regional, national, or sector aspects of economic development, with emphasis on macroeconomics.
- Develops socio-economic databases and qualitative information necessary for specified recurrent or ad hoc assignments.
- Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables, and reports using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation, and reporting.
- Identifies and analyses policy proposals made elsewhere relating to assigned topics.
- Attends international, regional, and national meetings to collect information and to hold discussions with colleagues in other institutions.
- Assists in the organization and servicing of expert group meetings, seminars, etc. on development issues.
- Prepares speeches and other inputs for presentations by senior staff.
- Prepares inputs for reports to intergovernmental bodies.
- Follows intergovernmental meetings and prepares summary reports.
- Prepares inputs to statements by members of the Bureau and Secretariat staff to such meetings.
- Coordinates the organization of panels, round tables, etc. on development issues for intergovernmental processes.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in economics or a related field is required. A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in the specified fields of studies with two additional years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
- A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in economic research and analysis, policy formulation, and application of economic principles in development programmes or related areas is required.
Requirements and skills
- Work experience in the government and central bank is desirable.
- Experience in preparing technical briefings, speeches, and presentations for high-level officials is desirable.
- Understanding macro-financial linkages and the work of other international organizations is desirable.
- Experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.
How to Apply for Economic Affairs Officer?
Interested and qualified applicants fulfilling the above requirement can apply through the following link Apply here or click apply button below.
6. Programme Management Officer
Jobs overview
Experience Required: Minimum 5 years
Place of work: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Application Deadline: March 2, 2023
Programme Management Officer responsibilities include:
- Undertakes monitoring, reporting and evaluation tasks and responsibilities
- Develops, implements and evaluates assigned programmes/projects, etc.; monitors and analyzes programme/project development and implementation; reviews relevant documents and reports; identifies problems and issues to be addressed and initiates corrective actions; liaises with relevant parties; ensures follow-up actions.
- Performs consulting assignments, in collaboration with the client, by planning facilitating workshops, through other interactive sessions and assisting in developing the action plan the client will use to manage the change.
- Researches, analyzes and presents information gathered from diverse sources.
- Coordinates policy development, including the review and analysis of issues and trends, preparation of evaluations or other research activities and studies,
- Generates survey initiatives; designs data collection tools; reviews, analyzes and interprets responses, identify problems/issues and prepares conclusions.
- Organizes and prepares written outputs, e.g. draft background papers, analysis, sections of reports and studies, evaluation reports, inputs to publications, etc.
- Provides substantive backstopping to consultative and other meetings, conferences, etc., to include proposing agenda topics, identifying participants, preparation of documents and presentations, etc.
- Initiates and coordinates outreach activities; conducts training workshops, seminars, etc.; makes presentations on assigned topics/activities.
- Leads and/or participates in large, complex field missions, including provision of guidance to external consultants, government officials and other parties and drafting mission summaries, etc.
- Coordinates activities related to budget funding (programme/project preparation and submissions, progress reports, financial statements, etc.) and prepares related documents/reports (pledging, work programme, programme budget, etc.).
Qualifications and Experience:
- Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent or PhD) in programme planning and management, public administration, business administration, development studies, social and political science, management, economics or a related field. A first-level university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
- A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in project or programme management, monitoring, reporting and evaluation or related area are required.
Requirements and skills
- Relevant experience in managing and conducting evaluations and leading evaluation teams is desirable.
- Relevant experience in quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis approaches is desirable.
How to Apply for Programme Management Officer?
Interested and qualified applicants fulfilling the above requirement can apply through the following link Apply here or click apply button below.
