Explore Current Job Opportunity At UNICEF| Project Manager | New York, USA or Home Based
Host
UNICEF
Target Audience
International Applicants
Introduction
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Explore Current Job Opportunity At UNICEF| Project Manager | New York, USA or Home Based
Purpose of the job:
The Project Manager (Disability Inclusion) is accountable for the overall coordination and technical support for the implementation of the operational and management commitments of the DIPAS. Under the supervision of the Principal Advisor for Organizational Culture, and in close collaboration with the Disability team in Programme Group, the incumbent will need to work with numerous stakeholders in both programmes and operations, providing regular technical advice to HQ, regional and country offices and contributing to an intersectional approach to DEI within the Culture and Diversity team in DHR.
Summary of key functions/accountabilities:
Coordination and integration of disability issues across UNICEF’s areas
- Support the implementation of the management and operational commitments of the Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy (DIPAS) 2022-2030, using an intersectional approach
- Support the Disability Section in Programme Group (PG) with efforts to meet UNDIS requirements as needed and other activities to increase mainstreaming of disability issues into UNICEF’s work
- Support the implementation of the Recommendations of the Internal Task Team on Anti-Racism and Discrimination
- Support development of guidelines on accessibility of conferences/events/meetings and accessibility of digital documents
Other activities
- Support UNICEF to increasingly hire employees with disabilities
- Provide ongoing support for onboarding to offices hiring employees with disabilities
- Provide input to other activities carried out by the Culture and Diversity team, particularly on policy, performance management, learning, recruitment, wellbeing and mental health
- Continuously update the Inclusive Employment Guide and roll it out in HQ, regional and country offices
- Manage and follow on reasonable accommodation (RA) requests from HR practitioners, applicants and employees with disabilities and support facilitation with RA Committee
- Participate in assessments conducted by the Special Constraints Panel to determine mobility of employees with disabilities
Minimum requirements:
- Education: An Advanced University Degree in occupational therapy, disability studies, human resource management, organizational psychology, social sciences, human rights or a related field is required.
- Work Experience: At least seven (7) years of increasingly responsible professional experience in disability inclusion in an international organization and/or large corporation is required.
- Skills:
- Strategic
- Experience and ability to implement targeted, customized and innovative strategies to address the needs of clients and employees.
- Ability to implement innovative programmes within a fast-paced, evolving, and wide organizational setting.
- Interpersonal and Communication
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in a diverse organization tailoring language, tone, style and format to match audience.
- Ability to empathize with senior leaders, clients, supervisors and staff while advocating for consistent and equitable applications of disability-inclusive policies and initiatives.
- Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required.
Desirables:
- UN/UNICEF experience, or experience working in the development/humanitarian community, is an asset
- Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency.
- Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station is required for IP positions and will be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be selected for a position with UNICEF, you either must be inoculated as required or receive a medical exemption from the relevant department of the UN. Otherwise, the selection will be canceled.
