Executive Officer, NO-2, Fixed-Term, #00120443, Kyiv, Ukraine (for Nationals of Ukraine only)

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, Results

The incumbent is responsible for supporting the coordination, management and planning activities in a systematic and organized manner; managing an effective system for incoming information, including correspondence, decision memos and other institutional documents that together constitute an important part of the organization's archive; and lastly, drafting the work plans, annual reports, correspondence and other planning documents pertaining to the goals of the team.

How can you make a difference?

The key functions, accountabilities and related duties/tasks of this position are as follow :

1) Support to office priority setting and decision making

• Ensure that high-level visitors are appropriately addressed, that they receive background information as necessary, and that protocol is respected.
• Contribute to coordinating drafts of position papers and other documents relevant to the activities of the office.
• Accompany the supervisor to meetings and on missions in order to prepare notes on the discussions, ensure follow-up in matters raised, and support the supervisor with any relevant input.
• Ensure that the supervisor is prepared for meetings and missions by drafting talking points and by researching relevant information; and by establishing contacts (within and outside UNICEF) on the subject matters to be discussed.
• Confer with section/division Heads to secure timely and authoritative information relevant to matters requiring action, decisions or approval of the supervisor.
• Handle all protocol related matters duly by perfor