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For every child, the right to deliver
UNICEF has been working in Cameroon since 1975 to allow women and children to fully realize their rights to development without restriction, as enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. UNICEF provides financial and technical support to Cameroon across seven areas to fully realize the rights of women and children. These areas include Health, HIV/AIDS, Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene, nutrition, education, child protection, and social inclusion. UNICEF focuses mainly on children and the most vulnerable and excluded families. The population is young and generates strong socioeconomic demand. In rural areas, limited access to basic social services and the effects of climate change led to household impoverishment and severe child deprivation. The task is immense but not insurmountable; it requires the energy of all stakeholders in Cameroon and beyond. Everyone is invited to participate in the struggle to meet the challenges ahead. Together, we will act for Cameroon, a country that summarizes the challenges and hopes of Africa.
To learn more about UNICEF Cameroon, use the link below
https://unicef.sharepoint.com/sites/CMR/SitePages/AboutUs.aspx
How can you make a difference?
Join our team as a Programme Specialist (Programme Hub Coordination).
Help us deliver results for every child by leading the transactional backbone of UNICEF Cameroon’s programme implementation. As Hub Coordinator, you will be at the center of implementing partnership management, budgetary oversight, and service delivery, ensuring we operate with impact, efficiency, and integrity. As Programme Specialist Hub Coordinator, you will:
People Management
You will lead and develop a high-performing team, ensuring integration, responsiveness, and performance against key indicators. Through coaching, mentoring, and performance monitoring, you’ll foster a highly efficient, collaborative, accountable, and inclusive work environment.
Service Delivery & Operational Efficiency
Champion the service hub model by ensuring efficient delivery of core transactional services such as budget oversight, HR processing, travel, and partner payments. You'll maintain quality standards, oversee SOPs, and ensure cost-effectiveness and client satisfaction in service delivery.
Strategic Budget & Financial Monitoring
Take the lead on financial planning and oversight of centrally managed grants. You'll develop dashboards, track budget performance, advise on reallocations, and ensure compliance with donor and organizational requirements, including during grant closure.
Implementing Partnership Management
Provide expert support in formalizing and managing partnerships with government and civil society. You'll ensure alignment with UNICEF's policies and help streamline partnership agreements and documentation using corporate tools like e-Tools and UNPP.
HACT Implementation
Support the implementation of the Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers (HACT), coordinate assessments and assurance activities, and help the office close audit recommendations. You'll also work closely with the regional office for technical guidance.
Quality Assurance
Contribute to maintaining high standards in partnership and HACT documentation, ensuring procedures and assurance activities meet corporate requirements and lead to actionable follow-up.
Monitoring, Analysis & Reporting
Use tools like InSight and e-Tools to track key metrics on partnerships and cash transfers, highlight risks, and inform country management through regular reporting.
If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: 
CMR26013 Programme Specialist (Hub Coordination) NO3 Yaounde Cameroon.doc
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Minimum requirements:
• Education: An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: Development studies, International Development, Business Administration, Financial Management, Economics, Auditing, Project/Programme Management, or another relevant technical field.
• Work Experience: Minimum of 5-years’ professional experience in Programme Management which includes a few areas such as HACT/IPM, budget management and related programme processes including management of KPIs. · Proven supervisory and people management experience including developing and maintaining high performing teams is desirable. · Demonstrated experience in leadership of projects and matrix organizations. · Experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset. · Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel, required.
• Skills: Proven supervisory and people management experience including developing and maintaining high performing teams is desirable. Attention to detail. Very good organizational skills. Effective and efficient working attitude focused on timeliness and quality delivery of tasks.
Demonstrated experience in leadership of projects and matrix organizations
• Language Requirements: Fluency in English and French (written and oral) is required.
Desirables:
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergencies.
For every Child, you demonstrate...
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships
(2)
(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
(2)
(3) Drive to achieve results for impact
(2)
(4) Innovates and embraces change
(2)
(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity
(2)
(6) Thinks and acts strategically
(2)
(7) Works collaboratively with others (2)
(8) Nurtures, leads and manages people (1)
Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.
UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.
UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.
UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.
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.
Remarks:
As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.
UNICEF is committed to fostering an inclusive, representative, and welcoming workforce. For this position, eligible and suitable Female and candidates with disability are encouraged to apply.
Government employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government positions before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.
UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.
Humanitarian action is a cross-cutting priority within UNICEF’s Strategic Plan. UNICEF is committed to stay and deliver in humanitarian contexts. Therefore, all staff, at all levels across all functional areas, can be called upon to be deployed to support humanitarian response, contributing to both strengthening resilience of communities and capacity of national authorities.
Cameroon CO: UNICEF shall not facilitate the issuance of a visa and working authorization for candidates under consideration for positions at the national officer and general service category.]
All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. An internal candidate performing at the level of the post in the relevant functional area, or an internal/external candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, may be selected, if suitable for the post, without assessment of other candidates.
Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.
NB : This VA is open to all internal staff and other UNICEF personnel (including consultants, UNVs, TAs etc.).
