Programme Associates

**Temporary Appointment: Programme Associates (2 Posts), UNICEF Ha Noi, Viet Nam (for Vietnamese Nationals)**

**Job no**: 576049
**Contract type**: Temporary Appointment
**Duty Station**: Hanoi
**Level**: G-6
**Location**: Viet Nam
**Categories**: Emergency, Knowledge Management

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**For every child, **_an opportunity_**

Globally, Viet Nam is among the most affected countries by climate change. Each year, increasingly intense and unpredictable weather events cause fatalities and extensive damage to infrastructure, such as schools and health centres, and impact the livelihoods of already disadvantaged communities in urban and rural areas.

From the beginning of 2024, several serious natural disasters have occurred across the country, greatly affecting people's lives and production. On 7 September 2024 super typhoon Yagi entered Viet Nam as the strongest typhoon in decades. It caused wide-ranging damage in the Northern region (at least 26 provinces; various cities). The strong Typhoon resulted in heavy rains and storm damages well beyond the coastal regions, especially in Northern mountainous areas, which are most vulnerable to flash floods and landslides. It is forecasted that natural disasters are likely to be complicated, unpredictable and extreme in the coming time. Children are especially affected by these natural disasters. Access to food, water, education and healthcare is threatened and the pressure on communities - resulting from loss of income and assets - increases children’s exposure to violence, exploitation and abuse. Women also tend to be disproportionately impacted, further increasing negative effects on children, as they may be less able to provide sufficient nutrition or care. UNICEF Viet Nam has been working around the clock to respond to the disaster and uphold our core commitments to children.

UNICEF Viet Nam is establishing a pool of Program Associates to provide administrative, logistic and financial support to all programme sections during this emergency response and recovery for an initial period of 9 months with possibility of extension.

**Purpose for the job**:
Under the supervision of Chief of Child Survival, Development and Environment section (CSDE) and Chief of Social Policy and Government section (SPG), the two Programme Associates support all related sections of Viet Nam Country Office by carrying out a range of programme assistance functions to support the implementation and monitoring of country office emergency preparedness, response and recovery activities.

The two Programme Associates work in close collaboration with a range of staff in the Country Office under the guidance of 04 Senior Programme Associates, external partners and agency counterparts in support of programme design and delivery. The two Programme Associates provide regular feedback on the status of projects through monitoring milestones and advises on improvements to keep activities on track. They also provide back-up support to other Program Associates when required.

**How can you make a difference**?**

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

- Facilitating the development and implementation of emergency programme.
- Ensuring the timely and accurate recording and administrative processing of government proposals and support reviewing requests for direct cash transfers (DCTs) and cash delivery module (HOPE program).
- Monitoring and tracking the efficient distribution of supplies that are required for effective and timely emergency programme delivery.
- Conducting emergency programme monitoring in UNICEF focus districts for cash and supplies and informing team-members on the status.
- Carrying out transactions in the system of UNICEF (VISION and FIORI) ensuring programme results, activities and programme coding and making amendments and alterations as per section revisions when necessary.
- Carrying out transactions in the system pertaining to grants and 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 for supervisor and team on agreed performance indicators to drive more efficient management and accountability for results.
- Regularly monitoring Emerge