Deputy Representative Programme

Provide strategic leadership for UNICEF’s programmes in Iran, maintaining quality and continuity across development, emergency response and recovery. The role steers preparedness and nexus programming, supports country-office management, builds alliances and strengthens innovation, knowledge and capacity.

Department: Iran Country Office

• Lead country programme planning and development
• Support the Representative in managing the Iran Country Office
• Monitor programme quality and continuity across development and humanitarian work
• Steer emergency preparedness, response and recovery in a volatile operating environment
• Integrate humanitarian, development and peacebuilding approaches across programmes
• Build alliances and coordinate with the United Nations system
• Strengthen private-sector engagement, innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

• Advanced university degree in social sciences, international relations, government and public relations, public or social policy, sociology, social or community development, or another relevant technical field
• For eligible internal staff only, a first-level university degree with two additional years of relevant experience may replace the advanced degree
• Eight years of international-level professional development experience combining technical and managerial leadership, including experience in a developing country
• Fluency in English

• This is a re-advertisement and previous applicants do not need to reapply
• The position is a fixed-term appointment
• The role is subject to elevated child-safeguarding vetting
• Mobility is a condition of international professional employment