Mission and objectives

UNICEF was established in 1946 to supply emergency relief to millions of children suffering in the aftermath of World War II. The organization still functions to ease the suffering of millions of children in emergency situations across the world. UNICEF also focuses on the protection and promotion of child rights, working for the survival, protection, education and healthy development of every child.

UNICEF has worked in Jordan since 1952 to promote and protect the rights of children. In the following decades, significant progress has been achieved for children. Since the beginning of the Syrian crisis in 2013, UNICEF has significantly increased its operation to respond to the challenges faced by both refugee children and those in the communities where they live.

Building on the lessons learned from this emergency response, UNICEF Jordan moved to a vulnerability approach in 2018 – supporting interventions that target the most vulnerable children in the country, regardless of their nationality.

Context

Since 1952, UNICEF has been working closely with the government of Jordan and civil society partners, promoting, protecting, meeting, and reporting on the rights of all children in the country, irrespective of their nationality or status.

In 2023, Jordan was home to around 11.5 million people, over 90 per cent of whom resided in urban areas. Children under 18 years represents 40 per cent, and young people (aged 15-24 years) accounting for 20 per cent of the total population. 16 per cent of the population aged five years or more had at least one functional difficulty related to a disability, of which six per cent were children 5-17 years old and 1.6 per cent of children had severe difficulties (DHS, 2023).

Jordan ranks second highest globally by the number of refugees per capita. Around 730,000 refugees are registered with UNHCR, predominantly from Syria and living outside camps; and over 2,5 million Palestinian refugees are registered with UNRWA, most of them holding Jordanian citizenship.

The available data on monetary poverty illustrated that in 2017-18 around 16 per cent of the Jordanian population was living under the national poverty line, while a regional study in 2023 indicated that around 14 per cent of children in Jordan were living in multidimensional poverty.

The DHS (2023) findings showed improvement in some of the child survival indicators. Under-five mortality declined from 19 to 15 child deaths per 1,000 live births between 2018 and 2023 while three and two percentage points decline were observed for infant and neonatal mortality rates, respectively. Overweight among under-five children doubled from 4.4 to 8.8 per cent.

Jordan has made significant strides in increasing the enrolment in basic education of both Jordanians and non-Jordanians but inequities in access to education remain. 92 per cent of Jordanians compared to only 41 per cent of Syrian adolescents have completed basic education (Grade 10). Learning outcomes remain low. Jordan is off track in meeting most of its national and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) nutrition targets

Assignment Place Remarks:

This assignment is part of UNV’s disability inclusion strategy. UNV seeks to 1) provide opportunities for persons with disabilities to serve as UN Volunteers 2) enable UN partners to expand diversity and inclusion of persons with disabilities in their workforce worldwide 3) build a talent pipeline of qualified professionals with disabilities who can contribute to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at national and global levels, with focus on national capacity.

The Host Office is in charge to fund and put necessary reasonable accommodation measures that may be required.

Additional Information:

National UN Specialist Volunteers in Jordan are entitled to:

• Monthly Volunteer Living Allowance (VLA) at the amount of JOD 1,068.5;

• Annual and learning leaves;

• Free Medical and life insurance;

• Free access to different learning platforms.

Task description

Under the direct Supervision of the Planning and Monitoring Specialist, the UN Volunteer will be responsible for:

• Coordinating and providing quality assurance to e-work plans in the RAM digital platform.

• Coordinating and providing quality assurance to CSI and RAM outcome/output planning, reporting and bi-annual indicator updates.

• Contributing to the analysis and display of field monitoring products using dashboards which will be used to inform management decision making.

• Developing a web-based central data repository/solution for key child data as well as developing an easily retrievable digital fact sheet of key child statistics.

• Contributing to the development of innovative mid-year and end of year review information sharing products.

• Updating and providing quality assurance to UNICEF inputs for the UNINFO cooperation framework programmatic, monitoring and financial information database.

• Contributing to the development of digital surveys and data collection tools as requested by sections.

• Contributing to the JORISS data compilation, entry and quality assurance as requested by the supervisor and chief of section.

• Perform any other relevant tasks assigned by the supervisor and chief of section.

Skills

This opportunity is reserved for Persons with disability

Nationality

Candidate must be a national or legal resident of the country of assignment.

Requirements

Required experience

3 years of experience in the area of information management and data analytics.

• Familiarity with statistical software (i.e. SPSS, Stata) and data visualization would be a strong asset.

• Excellent oral and written skills; excellent drafting, formulation, reporting skills.

• Excellent interpersonal skills; culturally and socially sensitive; ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with a range of partners, familiarity with tools and approaches of communications for development.

• Ability to work and adapt professionally and effectively in a challenging environment; ability to work effectively in a multicultural team of international and national personnel.

• Solid overall computer literacy, including proficiency in various MS Office applications (Excel, Word, etc.) and email/internet; familiarity with database management; and office technology equipment.

• Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision; ability to work with tight deadlines.

• Sound security awareness.

• Have affinity with or interest in serving the children of Jordan, volunteerism as a mechanism for durable development, and the UN System.

Area(s) of expertise

Community development, Development programmes, Information technology

Languages

Arabic, Level: Working knowledge, Required

English, Level: Working knowledge, Required

Required education level

Bachelor degree or equivalent in Information Technology, Computer Science, or Statistics

Competencies and values

To effectively drive change for children and young people in Jordan, the following competencies should be demonstrated:

• Self-Awareness and Ethical Awareness

• Works Collaboratively with others

• Builds and Maintains Partnerships

• Innovates and Embraces Change

• Thinks and Acts Strategically

• Drive to achieve impactful results

• Manages ambiguity and complexity

Genuine commitment towards UNICEF’s core values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and