Job Opportunity at UNICEF in Uganda- Social Policy Advisor

Job Title: Social Policy Advisor
Vacancy Announcement No.VA/PBR/2011/07


Grade: NOD
Duty Station: Kampala
Type of Contract and duration: Initially one year, with anticipation of renewal
Purpose of the post:
The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development in collaboration with UNICEF Uganda Country Office seeks to recruit a Social Policy Adviser (SPA) for an initial period of one year, with anticipation of renewal based on effective performance The SPA will tie stationed in the Ministry of Finance Planning and Economic Development Building, reporting to the Director Budget. He/She will work closely with the Budget Department in preparation of the budget specifically in respect to the social sectors.
The main objective of this position is to strengthen mainstreaming of social dimensions in the budgeting process. The position will also entail working very closely with implementing departments and partners of the GOU/UNICEF Country Programme of Cooperation. In addition, this job will require good technical ability in order to promote successively deeper analysis to assess government efforts in education, health, water, sanitation, nutrition and protection of children and women, at the National and District level.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The Social Policy Advisor will assist the Director Budget to:
• Advise the social sectors and Ministry of Finance on prioritizing their programmes and allocating their resources to those programmes that have major social impact particularly on vulnerable groups of population, especially women and children throughout the budget cycle.
• Prepare annual performance report on key sectoral outputs
• Prepare relevant working papers and briefs on selected subjects
• Undertake a benefit incidence analysis of Government budgetary allocations for the social sector.


Job requirement

Applicants should possess the following qualifications and skills:
Advanced postgraduate qualifications in social sciences with a firm grounding in Economics and preferably with specialization in public finance.
• Solid background on national policy design and implementation
• A wide range of experience covering a period of not less than 10 years on social policy issues particularly related to children and women
• Experience in participatory planning and MTEF budgetary process.
• Worked in a senior position for 10 years in Government, international organisations, academia or NGO.
• Advanced skills in social policy analysis and good of relevant software applications,
• Demonstrable advocacy and negotiation skills
• An understanding of Rights Approach to Programming would be an added advantage.
Eligibility Criteria
• ONLY Ugandan Nationals will be considered
• UNICEF is committed to gender equality in its mandate and its staff; qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Applications will be considered only if accompanied by an updated CV and P11 form, as well as the most recent performance evaluation report. P11's can be obtained online on our UNICEF website.
• 4. E-mail applications, please use this order to name your file attachments: Firstname_Lastname followed by document e.g. Gold_MukasaP11 or Gold_MukasaCV or -Goid_MukasaApplication.
• Only short listed candidates will be contacted.


How to apply

Closing date for applications: 9 June 2011. Applicants interested in the above position should send their resume to: Human Resource Specialist, UNICEF Kampala, Uganda, Plot 9, George Street, PO Box 7047, Kampala Uganda Via email to: ugderecruit@unicef.org