Senior Programme Associate Vacancy-Job Ref: ACJOUNICEF/1001/202624

Senior Programme Associate Vacancy-Job Ref: ACJOUNICEF/1001/202624

Amman (Jordan)

Job Description

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

For every child, the right to a Future

How can you make a difference

The Global Programme Division (GPD) plays a central role in driving programme excellence across UNICEF. It provides global strategic leadership and policy direction, develops and monitors frameworks and standards, and ensures coherence and alignment across sectors, regions, and partners. GPD generates high-impact, evidence-based solutions and serves as a hub of specialised expertise, offering technical guidance on policy reform and scalable programming.

GPD leads UNICEF’s policies, standards, and negotiations for programmes, ensuring that the organisation’s assets and priorities align with, and contribute to, child development goals. In addition, GPD strengthens country-level implementation through integrated technical support, linking global policy with on-the-ground action to deliver results for children at scale.

As part of this structure, UNICEF has established Centres of Excellence (CoEs) to provide high-quality, demand-driven technical assistance to Country and Regional Offices, and their governments and partners. Located strategically in Nairobi, Panama, Amman, and Bangkok, the CoEs bring together cross-cutting expertise across time zones.

Global Programme Practices in CoEs function as a single point of entry for support, delivering tailored assistance in priority areas such as policy reform in matters that advance the well-being of children, at-scale programme design, public finance, workforce development and institutional strengthening, and timely humanitarian response while promoting resilient development. In doing so, the CoEs also contribute to global policy standards, ensuring that UNICEF’s support is grounded in practical knowledge.

Purpose of the Position

Join our team to help shape how UNICEF delivers high-quality, timely, and data-driven technical assistance through the Technical Assistance Hub (TAHub)—a cornerstone of UNICEF’s digital transformation. As a Senior Programme Associate, you will coordinate TAHub’s daily operations, ensuring seamless workflows, clear communication across Centres of Excellence (CoEs), and strong alignment with UNICEF’s strategic priorities.

You will play a key role in managing platform performance, supporting data integrity, and enabling real-time tracking of results that strengthen UNICEF’s technical assistance globally. Working closely with colleagues in knowledge management, performance, IT, and programme teams, you will help connect insights with action to improve efficiency and accountability.

Key accountabilities include:

TAHub Workflow and Platform Oversight
Operational Coordination and Resource Management
Coordination and Communication Support
Data and Performance Management

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Minimum requirements:

Education: Secondary education is required. A university degree is highly desirable, preferably in one of the following fields: International Relations, Political Science, Public Administration, information and technology, engineering, or another relevant field.

Work Experience: A minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in programme and administrative support, with a proven track record of managing complex workflows and delivering results in dynamic environments. Demonstrated experience in budget management, including monitoring expenditures, aligning with workplans, and ensuring compliance with donor requirements. Experience in knowledge management and data management.
Skills: Experience with budget management, visualization, digital transformation and digital tools, excellent multitasking and communication skills, strong data analysis skills.

Language: Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language
Knowledge of UNICEF procedures, experience in humanitarian contexts, proficiency in using ServiceNow, Excel, Power BI, and AI.
Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.

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