
Emergency Specialist (Planning and Reporting)
Category | Grade:Professional | P-3Deadline:3 Aug 2026Job ID:594761Posted on:27 Jul 2026
Overview
Lead regional humanitarian planning, reporting and information management for UNICEF country offices across MENA during the transition to a combined regional office. The specialist strengthens appeals, budgeting, performance monitoring, preparedness, emergency surge support and harmonised systems.
Department: MENA Regional Office Humanitarian Team
Languages
Required: English
Desired: Another UN language, Local language
Minimum Experience
5 years
Estimated Salary
Not available
Responsibilities
- Lead regional humanitarian planning and appeal development
- Strengthen humanitarian reporting and information management across country offices
- Coordinate budgeting, performance monitoring and corporate reporting
- Provide technical support and capacity strengthening for emergency teams
- Support emergency surge deployments and crisis escalation
- Coordinate regional humanitarian action and office-transition harmonisation
Requirements
- Advanced university degree in social sciences, public administration, decentralisation, anthropology, psychology, international relations or a related discipline
- At least five years of progressively responsible national and international experience in humanitarian programme or project development
- Experience developing standalone, regional and multi-country humanitarian appeals and situation reports
- Expertise in analytical writing, humanitarian coordination, emergency programming, deadline management, cross-cultural communication and organisational adaptability
- Fluency in English
Skills
Humanitarian PlanningHumanitarian ReportingInformation ManagementAppeal DevelopmentBudget ManagementPerformance MonitoringEmergency PreparednessCapacity StrengtheningCrisis EscalationRegional Coordination
Additional info
- This is a seven-month temporary appointment
- The role supports the transition to a combined Europe, Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa regional office