Chief Social Policy

Lead UNICEF Syria’s economic and social policy portfolio during transition and recovery. The chief directs programmes on child poverty, social protection, public finance, local governance and livelihoods, manages multidisciplinary teams and builds policy, advocacy and financing partnerships.

Department: Social Policy

• Lead economic and social policy programme strategy and delivery
• Improve child-poverty evidence for policy action
• Strengthen shock-responsive social protection systems
• Advance equitable public finance for children
• Build local-government planning and budgeting capacity
• Develop livelihoods and economic-opportunity programming
• Strengthen child-sensitive advocacy and partnerships
• Manage programmes and multidisciplinary teams

• Relevant advanced university degree
• At least ten years of economic and social policy experience
• At least five years working in or advising developing-country public institutions
• Experience in fragile and humanitarian contexts
• Fluency in English

• Fixed-term appointment
• International professional mobility applies